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The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004)

EA Redwood Shores

Game Boy Advance · Nintendo GameCube · PlayStation 2 · Xbox

3.45 from 479 ratings

980 members have it in their collection · 13 playing now · 192 backlogged · 110 wish listed

How long? Main story 27h · with extras 23h · 100% 27h (from 4 logged playthroughs)

The Lord of the Rings:The Third Age introduces entirely new characters which aren't mentioned in the books or movies. The game does relate to the movies by including scenes from all three movies, with new background speech by Ian McKellen (Gandalf). There are seven playable characters in the game which have been created specifically for it, as well a small … Read more
The Lord of the Rings:The Third Age introduces entirely new characters which aren't mentioned in the books or movies. The game does relate to the movies by including scenes from all three movies, with new background speech by Ian McKellen (Gandalf). There are seven playable characters in the game which have been created specifically for it, as well a small appearances by characters such as Gandalf, Aragorn, Eowyn, Faramir, and Gothmog. The game covers events in all three movies/books, mostly with references to major events shown through cut scenes, or the scenes from the movies with Ian McKellan's narration. A classic RPG game, The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age has gameplay elements similar to Final Fantasy, where you have a party of characters, each with a different set of skills and attributes, who gain levels, making them stronger as the game progresses. Battles are turn-based, and let the gamer make different decisions on what they want to do to change the outcome of the battle. The game travels through many areas throughout Tolkien's Middle Earth, including The Pelennor Fields and Moria. Read less
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Details

Developers
EA Redwood Shores
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Themes
Action, Fantasy
Franchises
The Lord of the Rings
Series
The Lord of the Rings
Event
Xbox E3 2004 Press Conference

Release dates

  • Nov 02, 2004 (North_America) Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
  • Nov 05, 2004 (Europe) PlayStation 2, Xbox
  • Nov 12, 2004 (Europe) Nintendo GameCube

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Rating distribution

5 stars
77
4 stars
139
3 stars
202
2 stars
43
1 star
17
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grok

Review grok 3/5 · Feb 13, 2024

Lord of the Rings Fanfiction Playing Like Final Fantasy

I really enjoyed my time with Third Age.

This isn't a great game. It's story is fun nonsense. The characters are barely there. But that's fine, it's a blast playing through the trilogy story.

The gameplay is legit, it's Final Fantasy wearing a Lord of the Rings skin and it works SO well!

The length is pretty spot on, beatable …

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I really enjoyed my time with Third Age.

This isn't a great game. It's story is fun nonsense. The characters are barely there. But that's fine, it's a blast playing through the trilogy story.

The gameplay is legit, it's Final Fantasy wearing a Lord of the Rings skin and it works SO well!

The length is pretty spot on, beatable in 24-28 hours, which I think is perfect for something this style.

The pacing is largely good, but at the end, it felt a bit rushed. Jumping from scene to scene and just sort of ending. No conclusion scenes or dialogue, no finale, just a weird final fight and then shift to the main menu.

Overall I like this game a lot. I don't think its great, but if you go in with the right mindset you should have a lot of fun.

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Nachonskiplays

Status Nachonskiplays Feb 28, 2022

Juego del Señor de los Anillos estilo RPG que narra la historia de un equipo que sigue los pasos de la comunidad del anillo y que son dirigidos por Gandalf en la ayuda para derrotar a Sauron, los cuales terminan abarcando los sucesos de los 3 libros (o películas). En cuanto a jugabilidad es muy parecido al Final Fantasy X, …

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Juego del Señor de los Anillos estilo RPG que narra la historia de un equipo que sigue los pasos de la comunidad del anillo y que son dirigidos por Gandalf en la ayuda para derrotar a Sauron, los cuales terminan abarcando los sucesos de los 3 libros (o películas). En cuanto a jugabilidad es muy parecido al Final Fantasy X, un juego increíble con buen nivel de dificultad y mecánicas interesantes que se aplican muy bien al universo de esta saga. Si eres fanático del señor de los anillos, es altamente recomendado.

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RPeterG

Status RPeterG Oct 4, 2020

So once I realized Berethor had an ability that prevents stuns, the fights against the Oliphaunts became much easier. Beat Sauron on my second attempt. Took a tad over 26 hours to beat the game and overall I enjoyed it. The story can be a bit nonsensical in relation to the films at times. I'm a big fan of the …

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So once I realized Berethor had an ability that prevents stuns, the fights against the Oliphaunts became much easier. Beat Sauron on my second attempt. Took a tad over 26 hours to beat the game and overall I enjoyed it. The story can be a bit nonsensical in relation to the films at times. I'm a big fan of the Lord of the Rings though so for me it was worth overlooking some of that stuff to just enjoy questing through Middle-Earth. If you aren't a fan of the source material there's probably not enough here to keep you invested. If you are though and also enjoy RPG's it's a decent enough playthrough. On to the next RPG!

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RPeterG

Status RPeterG Sep 7, 2020

Made it through Moria and just got Morwen in my group. Like the dual wielding but man is she squishy when you get her. Need to upgrade her armor and stats. Been having fun playing through this.

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Othy

Status Othy Oct 10, 2018

This is a travesty of a game that I thoroughly enjoyed playing. In the game, you literally follow the fellowship, just a step behind them. The graphics are clunky, the whole thing is clearly a rip off of the movies, but I had so much fun playing it.

And the last boss is, well, amazing.

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Darcy

Status Darcy May 20, 2014

Idk if it was our memory card or our ps2, but we tried two different copies of this game, and it always froze when we were about to fight the balrog. T_T

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