The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

by EA Redwood Shores, Aspyr Media, Electronic Arts
Genres:Adventure, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Themes:Action, Fantasy
Game modes:Single player, Co-operative, Multiplayer
Story:The video game adaption of the acclaimed film of the same name. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a follow up the well received adaption of the first two films in the trilogy. The game expands on what The Two Towers accomplished, with the action and adventure sequel introducing three separate story lines from the movie: one following Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, as The Two Towers did, another following Gandalf, and a third following Frodo and Sam, with Merry, Pippin, and Faramir serving as unlockable characters. Gameplay features were also expanded upon, including multiplayer.Show more
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This game allowed me to experience Middle-earth in an epic way. The world from the movies was recreated quite well. The game could previously be tough for me though, for instance the Minas Tirith top of wall level in which you have to eliminate the enemies fast and watch over the meter which shows to which degree the city is captured. I might have failed lots of times in it. Would be nice to have this game DRM-free and compatible with modern platforms.
My favorite game to play with my little brother on the weekends! Great fun and a very good challenge! The merging of the movie cutscenes with the start of the level made you really feel like you were playing your favorite movie!
user avatar@darksidecemuser avatar@darksidecem
February 03, 2025
Playing this game is a joy for me. I lose myself while playing the game. Only those who have experienced it know this pleasure, it is indescribable. Playing a game of a movie you watch with pleasure and feeling like a member of that world is an undeniable pleasure.
user avatar@Illyriaauser avatar@Illyriaa
February 15, 2025
Between this and The Two Towers I spent a absolutely gross amount of time on my NGC on these games. Pretty sure I also broke a few controllers from regular usage. This game slaps hard and I don't think there's been a better LoTR game made yet.
user avatar@front0607user avatar@front0607
January 30, 2025
The game is great, after bfme the best game of the Tolkien trilogy preserving the atmosphere of the film. The game has authentic scenes from the film, realistic textures of the characters from the film, the graphics also have their own charm, you know it is not beautiful graphics but it makes up for it with atmosphere. If one were to see it in his library of games on Gog, it would be beautiful. Even the actors of the movie played it because the game has something that surpasses the new games even the best ones like gow ragnarok, wu kong
user avatar@Rudobrody88user avatar@Rudobrody88
February 26, 2025
Niezliczone godziny spędzone wraz z przyjaciółmi na wspólnej zabawie. Kilkukrotnie przeszedłem tę grę ciągiem. Jest ona niesamowita. Najlepiej wspominam rozwój postaci, który był dość rozbudowany i dostosowany do etapów gry. A drugim takim dobrym wspomnieniem jest otwarta bitwa na polach. Chętnie powrócę do tego tytułu i może nawet uda się zebrać grono przyjaciół sprzed lat, aby odzyskać trochę młodzieńczej radości.
This was a really fun, arcade inspired take on the LotR movie. It is definitely not an adaptation of the book. I’d compare it to Super Star Wars as a licensed property with really video-gamey action that stretches conceits of the source material to make levels with power-ups and hordes of enemies to run through. I loved that after beating the game you could keep leveling up your team and open up every level to every character. Samwise could pull off comically massive ghost killing combos in the Paths of the Dead by the end.
user avatar@gmunie89user avatar@gmunie89
February 24, 2025
This and the Two Towers game are amongst the best movie based video games that ever existed. Combat was so fun. Playing through the films story, especially since it released before the film iirc, was fun. The variety of characters really gave you some fun stuff to play with. I still remember that opening mission where you play as Gandalf helping the Ents destroy Isengard, which while not canon, was still an amazing mission and so fun.
user avatar@Rayenauser avatar@Rayena
February 05, 2025
Bardzo chciałem mieć grę na GoG, A mam oryginalnie płyty bez klucz tylko dla starszy system, a najnowszy system Win 10 i 11 nadał niedostępny. Bardzo chciałbyś mieć tutaj i było chcę szczęśliwe mieć grę. Po prostu jestem mocne fan The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ogólnie serduszek ♥.
I remember watching the LOTR the two towers over and over again when I was a kid when we still had dvd players just for the hell of it. Watching it and actually focusing on the epic battles between the forces of good and evil. This game gave me the euphoria of actually participating in the battle as an old man with a beating stick. It takes me back the when liking the series was cool in a way that I can't seem to describe it fully in words when I had to worry about was school, the weather, and filling up the bar until it maxed out and I can get through everyone's block. To preserve the game on GoG is to preserve Tolken's legacy in videogame form.
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