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Gameplay was fun. But it was short. I was thinking about getting the two towers version of this. Now i'm not. I felt like they watched the movie, picked out THREE key parts, made those into levels and that was about it! You've got, get out of the shire, get through moria, and then the game basically ends after you kill some orcs. NOT worth the money. I feel like this game played on the fact that there are tons of tolkien fans out there who would like to play a LOTR game. They capitalized on it, and were just out to make money. Should have rented it and beat it I guess. So what game play there was, was good. It was way to short. You don't even get to use legolas gimli boromir, or anyone else. What would have been cool is something more along the lines of zelda(freedom to travel around) and having some sort of team battle, where you could switch who you wanted to control. The computer takes over for the others. I was disappointed in this game. I will be looking at other peoples reviews on the next two... So sad.

Well I finished the Fellowship of the Rings game. At first I thought this game was kinda hard but after I got used to the movement it wasn't so bad. For those few hard spots I went to the online user forum provided by Vivendi and found hints to all the difficult parts of the game. This game is awesome. Somewhat short compared to RPG video games for the PC, but nonetheless it is very fun.

If you are a Lord of the Rings Fan do not pass up this game! Unless 3D holodecks are created like they have in Star Trek this is the closet thing to actually being in middle earth. :)

I will definately be playing this game over again. I love the Lord of the Rings and this game is like stepping into the story. My favorite level was Moria.

There are at least two levels(one in Moria and the other before the final battle with the flying Nazgul) where using Frodo's ring helps him run past orcs and Gimli or Aragorn can kill them later.

This game is fun, and is faithful to the book It is great to actually play as a character in Middle Earth, and wander in the Shire, etc. This is really the first PC game I have ever bought with the exception of Age of Mythology, and Buck Rogers about a million years ago on a PC in the Age of The Dinosaurs, so it is fun learning to play. I do have several problems with this game. The first is the white flashing when it starts, and also in the "movies" that occur from time to time. I do not like that you cannot choose which character you play, and are limited to Frodo, Aragorn, and Gandalf. I also have problems with the point of view of the character that you are playing. Sometimes it is impossible to see what is going on, or the character gets "stuck" in a wall or something. Movement is often limited down a predetermined path. This gets quite annoying at times. I am not finished playing ( I am to Moria) so I will see how the rest of the game goes, but all in all it has been fun so far.