King of the Rings! (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (PS2))

Member Name: heekeer

Product:	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (PS2)
Date:	14/08/09 (9 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great gameplay, more playable heroes, multiple plotlines, good graphics, epic scale, co op gameplay

Disadvantages: None really.

The Lord of the Rings Return of the King is an action game for the Playstation 2 developed by EA games.

The games story picks up at Helms Deep at the end of the Two Towers and has Gandalf the White rush to everybodys aid with the Riders of Rohan in tow and pushing back Sarumans white hand army. The game then guides you on a recreation of the last part of the trilogy covering Frodos path to destroy the one Ring, Aragorn as he fufills his right to become the King of men and the other heroes as they struggle against the forces of Sauron.

The game now lets you play multiple paths, you can choose to play as Sam and be teamed up with Frodo and Gollum as you journey to Mordor to get rid of the ring, you can now pick Gandalf the White as a playable character and follow his quest to protect the ring bearer and trick Sauron, you can still follow Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli on their quest to gather the armies of the dead to fight against Saurons forces and these levels are even playable in co op.

Each of the characters plays a little differently, Sam is a little faster, Gandalf can use magic lightning attacks, Gimli can do some groundshaking moves with his axe and so on. Combat is fast and furious and has all the big battles you want, from the conflict at Helms Deep to the epic defence of the White City, the scale the game captures is very impressive. The game still has an upgrade system so depending on how well you perform you will be able to increase the abilities of your characters unlocking new moves along the way.

Graphically the game improves upon the Two Towers especially capturing the scale alot better this time, voiceover and the look of the characters is very true to the film too.

The last Lord of the Rings game is a really epic experience and the one of the best movie games around.

Summary: Superb movie title.