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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

An action game with RPG elements – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, developed by Visceral Games in cooperation with EA Redwood Shores, is based on the license of a hit movie by the same name.

Action | TPP | fantasy | The Lord Of The Rings | videos | for 2 people | co-op | action adventure | splitscreen | slasher

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Release Date

03Nov2003

GCN PS2 XBOX

04Nov2003

PC

05Nov2003

GBA

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is an action game with the third-person perspective and is based on the movie of the same title.

The goal of the player, just like in the book and the movie, is to destroy the ring that brings trouble, and freeing the Middle-Earth from Lord Sauron and the army of orcs he commands.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is full of fast-paced, dynamic action, lots of adventure elements and fully-3D graphics rich with detail inspired by that from the movie.

  • Eight playable characters, such as Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Sam, and Frodo. All voiced by the cast of the movie.
  • Co-op multiplayer mode allowing for playing with friends.
  • Over twelve interactive environments modeled with great attention to detail: Paths of the Dead, Minas Tirith, Pelennor Fields Black Gate, Crack of Doom, and others.
  • The characters may jump from ropes and catapults, attack enemies from all directions, perform combos, etc.
  • The cut-scenes come from the movie.
  • The soundtrack is composed by the Oscar-awarded Howard Shore.

Last updated on 15 December 2014

Game mode: single player  

Media type: 3 CD

User score: 8.6 / 10 based on 6146 votes.

PEGI rating The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Age rating. The PEGI rating considers the age suitability of a game, not the level of difficulty. Game contains depictions of violence.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King System requirements

PC / Windows

PC / Windows

  • Recommended:
  • Processor Pentium 4 1.6 GHz
  • 256 MB RAM
  • graphic card 64MB
  • 2 GB HDD
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