Return Of King Game Debuts Ahead Of Movie

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday November 4, 2003 @12:57AM from the re-return-of-king-due-next dept.

Thanks to GameSpot for its review of Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King, the EA-developed hack-n-slash action game based on Peter Jackson's acclaimed movie trilogy. The reviewer rates the now-released multiplatform title as a "relatively simple and short action game at heart, but [with] a solid combat system, some extremely intense and cinematic levels, [and] cool extras that fans of the movies will enjoy." 1UP also seems to dig the game, although notes that "the pre-level sequences are potentially spoilerish", since FMV from the not-yet-released movie is sometimes used. Finally, GameSpy has a whole section on the game, including a developer-friendly postmortem and a 'Pile On!' article that has opinions ranging from EA doing "such a good job of appealing to mainstream and hardcore gamers", to a sole dissenter: "This is definitely a great game for fans of the films, but others beware."

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and ahead of the game... by andrewleung · 2003-11-04 01:03 · Score: 4, Funny

was the frikkin' book! WITH ALL THE DETAILS AND SPOILERS!!!

ARGH!! who would have thought of the book coming before the MOVIE AND GAME!?
Spoilers? Ohhh, do we have spoilers.... by bluethundr · 2003-11-04 03:46 · Score: 2, Funny

Yumpin' Yiminy! You mean the game shows Frodo and Sam battling and killing Shelob, Frodo getting trapped in Cirith Ungol and being rescued by Sam, and Gollum biting the ring off of Frodo's finger and falling into the pit of Mount Doom? It would be cool if the game showed the 'scouring of the Shire" (which will NOT be in the movie). This book has been out for Yeesh, RTFB already!

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yeah by Luveno · 2003-11-04 05:14 · Score: 2, Funny

the pre-level sequences are potentially spoilerish

Yeah, I hear they're releasing the book of the movie before the premiere as well.