The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
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…
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age is a role-playing (rpg) developed by EA Redwood Shores, released 2 November 2004 on Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
What The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age is
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by EA Redwood Shores and released in 2004. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
The premise, in the publisher's words
As you fight to destroy the one ring, you will interact with the different characters on your team, take individual assignments, and travel through familiar and little-seen lands -- utilizing the unique turn-based fight system all the while.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the The Lord of the Rings series
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age is the 23rd of 69 entries we hold in the The Lord of the Rings series. The next entry was The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth in 2004. Its critic score of 76 is 2 points above 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 Third Age holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 51% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 6 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 58 votes.
What it launched against
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age launched on 2 November 2004, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and World of Warcraft. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, World of Warcraft.
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