Lord of the Rings: The Third Age

Postby **Kireihana** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 7:25 pm

Anyone else looking forward to this game as much as I am? I'm psyched over the fact that it's more of an RPG than the previous two games (Well, I didn't consider those games RPGs at all). I can't wait to play as the new characters. I'm getting the GameCube version, but the GBA version looks great too. Here's a link:

http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=eef643df-5c19-4a9e-a899-cd69821b8f6b

Postby **battletech** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 7:32 pm

I have it and it is very good.

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:21 am

I played it at the home of a friend (he has muscular dystrophy, so the situation there is a bit complex) and though I did not play a great deal I did enjoy it. The new characters appeared to have actual depth, and their interactions with the primary storyline of Lord of the Rings was generally interesting ("Fool of a Took!"). Furthermore, the battle system was fairly enjoyable and seemed to promise a great deal more.

Postby **Arnobius** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:35 am

I'm looking forward to it. My brother works for EA and was part of the game team (also worked on Two Towers and Return of the King-- all those spashes and other effects you see were part of his work.)

Postby **Jasdero** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:21 pm

*revives thread*

I bought it!!! X3 ...Now.. I just need to play it.. XD;;

AnimeHeretic wrote:I'm looking forward to it. My brother works for EA and was part of the game team (also worked on Two Towers and Return of the King-- all those spashes and other effects you see were part of his work.)

*o* Awesome...

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:40 am

AnimeHeretic wrote:I'm looking forward to it. My brother works for EA and was part of the game team (also worked on Two Towers and Return of the King-- all those spashes and other effects you see were part of his work.)

he works at EA? I heard in the news that they are giving their workers low pay and lots of work hours...

Postby **AnimeKing13** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:31 am

If someone plays both LOTR: Third Age and LOTR: Battle For Middle Earth. Can u tel me which u think is better.

I'm leaning towards Battle for Middle Earth.

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 6:29 am

Aren't they truly different genres, however? The latter is a wargame, whereas the former is an rpg (nearly a carbon copy of Final Fantasy X, at that). I'd be inclined to not compare them at all.

Postby **Hitokiri** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:28 am

Battle for Middle Earth is absolutely amazing of course I havnt played Third Age but I did ask it for Christmas.

Postby **Jasdero** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:34 am

uc pseudonym wrote:Aren't they truly different genres, however? The latter is a wargame, whereas the former is an rpg (nearly a carbon copy of Final Fantasy X, at that). I'd be inclined to not compare them at all.

Really? o.o A wargame.. *o* Looks like I'm going to have to buy Battle for Middle Earth too.. XD;;

Postby **AnimeKing13** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:35 am

uc pseudonym wrote:Aren't they truly different genres, however? The latter is a wargame, whereas the former is an rpg (nearly a carbon copy of Final Fantasy X, at that). I'd be inclined to not compare them at all.

The thing is I can only get ONE (which sucks).
But i'm leaning towards Battle for middle earth for 2 reasons.

1. I'm not much for rpg VIDEO GAMES.
2. And I love war games.

But if Third Age is way better than BFME then I'll get Third age.

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