The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth is a land of beauty, magic, and darkness. In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, you follow Tolkien's narrative from the Shire to the halls of Moria, and finally to…
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is an adventure developed by Surreal Software, released 26 September 2002 on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is an adventure game developed by Surreal Software and released in 2002. It was published by Black Label Games. It is available on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Riot Engine. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The storyline begins in the peaceful Shire, where Frodo inherits the One Ring from his uncle, Bilbo Baggins. Gandalf the Grey, a wise and powerful wizard, discovers the true nature of the ring and advises Frodo to leave the Shire to prevent Sauron's forces from finding him. Frodo is joined by his loyal friends Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry), and Peregrin Took (Pippin). Their journey takes them through the Old Forest, where they encounter the enigmatic Tom Bombadil, and then to the town of Bree. In Bree, they meet Aragorn, also known as Strider, who becomes their guide and protector. Together, they travel to the ancient elven sanctuary of Rivendell, where a council is held to…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the The Lord of the Rings series
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is the 15th of 69 entries we hold in the The Lord of the Rings series. The next entry was The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in 2002. Its critic score of 51 is 23 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring at 91.
How it was received
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring holds a critic score of 51 out of 100. That places it above 10% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 17 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 55, across 71 votes.
What it launched against
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring launched on 26 September 2002, within three weeks of Battlefield 1942, TimeSplitters 2, Kingdom Hearts and Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Battlefield 1942, TimeSplitters 2, Kingdom Hearts, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin.
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