As you know this game isn't based on the movie version of Fellowship of the Rings but is based on the book version of Fellowship of the Rings by JRR Tolkien. You play as 3 main characters, Frodo Baggins, Aragon and Gandalf.
Frodo fights with a stick and throws rocks and later with a dagger, Aragon fights with a sword and bow and arrow, Gandalf fights with a sword and shoots fireballs, uses a staff strike and chain lightning. You fight wolves, spiders, ghosts, orcs, trolls, human guards who are attacking Frodo, Aragon, Gandalf. There is a hard boss fight against the Balrog at the bridge. Unfortunately you can't play as Sam, Merry, Pippin, Legolas, Gimli or Boromir which would've been interesting.
This game is has a linear path much like Final Fantasy 10, 13. You cannot return or visit the Shire or Tom Bombadil's house or the town of Bree, Rivendell, Lothlorien, you can visit them but you can't return back to those towns anymore. There are some puzzles you have to solve in the mines of Moria which can get tedious as you have to push blocks around.
This game featured the Old Forest with Old Man Willow tree you fight as a boss, the guest appearance of Tom Bombadil and Fog on the Barrow Downs fighting Wright ghosts which was removed from the New Line Cinema movie version.
This game also foreshadowed the Scouring of the Shire Events in the Mirror of Galadrie scene that would take place during the Return of the King. Sadly the game never showed the Shire being taken over by Lobelia Sackville-Baggins and Ted Sandyman who tore down the old mill for a brick factory and the Ruffians who invaded the Shire and made Hobbits slaves. We never got to see Saruman and Gríma Wormtongue take over the Shire or how they were defeated by Frodo, Sam Merry, Pippin.
I like how Black Label Games adapted this game from the book into the video game, it's very well spot on. I wish more video games based on books would have good adaptations. But sadly the game ends on a cliffhanger with the fate of Boromir being unknown at Amon Hen. Frodo begins his journey into Mordor with Sam.
I wish that Black Label company had made a sequel The Two Towers though they were planning on making Treason of Isengard and The Return of the King, they should've expanded this game to include Two Towers and Return of the King. Just like Square-Enix did with Final Fantasy 7, 8, 9 and Dragon Warrior. To me it's like getting Final Fantasy 7, 8, 9 with one disc but ending on a cliffhanger. I really would've wanted it to be a trilogy and have 3 discs on Playstation 2 and Xbox.
To this day I'm still waiting for the 2 sequels we never got, also there's still no Lord of the Rings video games that featured Scouring of the Shire which I'm surprised by.
Yes The Two Towers and Return of the King video games did get made but those are based on movies by New Line Cinema and made by EA games at the time. Someday I'll made fan fiction video game that has Scouring of the Shire events included.
Frodo fights with a stick and throws rocks and later with a dagger, Aragon fights with a sword and bow and arrow, Gandalf fights with a sword and shoots fireballs, uses a staff strike and chain lightning. You fight wolves, spiders, ghosts, orcs, trolls, human guards who are attacking Frodo, Aragon, Gandalf. There is a hard boss fight against the Balrog at the bridge. Unfortunately you can't play as Sam, Merry, Pippin, Legolas, Gimli or Boromir which would've been interesting.
This game is has a linear path much like Final Fantasy 10, 13. You cannot return or visit the Shire or Tom Bombadil's house or the town of Bree, Rivendell, Lothlorien, you can visit them but you can't return back to those towns anymore. There are some puzzles you have to solve in the mines of Moria which can get tedious as you have to push blocks around.
This game featured the Old Forest with Old Man Willow tree you fight as a boss, the guest appearance of Tom Bombadil and Fog on the Barrow Downs fighting Wright ghosts which was removed from the New Line Cinema movie version.
This game also foreshadowed the Scouring of the Shire Events in the Mirror of Galadrie scene that would take place during the Return of the King. Sadly the game never showed the Shire being taken over by Lobelia Sackville-Baggins and Ted Sandyman who tore down the old mill for a brick factory and the Ruffians who invaded the Shire and made Hobbits slaves. We never got to see Saruman and Gríma Wormtongue take over the Shire or how they were defeated by Frodo, Sam Merry, Pippin.
I like how Black Label Games adapted this game from the book into the video game, it's very well spot on. I wish more video games based on books would have good adaptations. But sadly the game ends on a cliffhanger with the fate of Boromir being unknown at Amon Hen. Frodo begins his journey into Mordor with Sam.
I wish that Black Label company had made a sequel The Two Towers though they were planning on making Treason of Isengard and The Return of the King, they should've expanded this game to include Two Towers and Return of the King. Just like Square-Enix did with Final Fantasy 7, 8, 9 and Dragon Warrior. To me it's like getting Final Fantasy 7, 8, 9 with one disc but ending on a cliffhanger. I really would've wanted it to be a trilogy and have 3 discs on Playstation 2 and Xbox.
To this day I'm still waiting for the 2 sequels we never got, also there's still no Lord of the Rings video games that featured Scouring of the Shire which I'm surprised by.
Yes The Two Towers and Return of the King video games did get made but those are based on movies by New Line Cinema and made by EA games at the time. Someday I'll made fan fiction video game that has Scouring of the Shire events included.