The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

 Xbox
Metascore
84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
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  1. games(TM)
    50
    It's considerably better than last year's sorry attempt but there's still plenty of room for improvement. [Christmas 2003, p.127]
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  2. TotalGames.net
    50
    Insufferably bi-polar difficulty levels attacks that can't be repelled or escaped from no matter your skill and combat because your stuck on the ground in a death loops is something so lacking in grace that it numbs you.
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Awards & Rankings

32
#32 Best Xbox Game of 2003
37
#37 Most Discussed Xbox Game of 2003
18
#18 Most Shared Xbox Game of 2003

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User Score
8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 43 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 43
  3. Negative: 4 out of 43
  1. Rhinochimera
    Aug 6, 2021
    8
    A good game to one of the best Movies of all time, fighting through the levels alone or in co-op is a lot of fun.
  2. AllanPo27
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Just amazing...
    Must have a reboot!
    A pure and beautiful game for his Time!
  3. GamingSoldier
    Aug 22, 2013
    9
    Lord of the rings return of the king is with no doubt probably the best movie based game out there and heres why
    pros: gameplay, graphics are    Lord of the rings return of the king is with no doubt probably the best movie based game out there and heres why
    pros: gameplay, graphics are actually pretty good for an xbox game, audio, voice acting (gandalf is voiced by Ian Mckellen so you know its good once you hear) cooperative gameplay, recreations of awesome scenes from the movie, playing as characters from the movies like frodo sam faramir and all the other guys but face it we all want to play as legolas gimli gandalf and aragorn
    cons: camera control, saving only after a mission is done, short length, why cant i play co op in the path of the hobbits theres Frodo AND Sam why isn't there co op there?!?    … Full Review »
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