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Return Of King Game Debuts Ahead Of Movie

Posted by simoniker on 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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  1. and ahead of the game... by andrewleung · · 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!?