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The Lord of the Rings:
The Two Towers

Don't let the title fool you. This game actually clumps The Fellowship of the Ring together with The Two Towers into one exciting adventure game. Unlike the literary Fellowship of the Rings game, The Two Towers isn't a mind crunching RPG style game; it's straightforward smash'em bash'em hack'em up adventure. Based on the elegant movies, of course.

The game starts off with the longest DVD rip-off yet seen in a film-to-game title, playing scenes from The Fellowship of the Rings that take the player up to the Battle of Mordor.

With no warning, ogres attack. The movie has ended and the game has begun. As you drop your soda all over the carpet and realize the game has started, you may find yourself trying to figure out what to do next.

Never fear, as a button flashes at the side of the screen, labeled "Quick Attack." Or something. This is officially your training mode, appropriately throwing you to the wolves.

Eventually you become Aragorn at Weathertop shooing away Ringwraiths. Again you have to figure out to defeat them. Did I say there was no mind-crunching to do with this?

After this sequence, the Fellowship is formed, and you can choose to play one of three characters for every scenario: Aragorn, Legolas, or Gimli. Try and even out the game play if you can stand the wait, and once you save you cannot repeat the level using the same guy again.

Any fan of The Lord of the Rings should like the fighting using these heroes. And there are many of cut scenes taken directly out of the movies that prep you for the adventure that lies ahead, or starts your level off. Unfortunately not all of them can be skipped, so if you're playing the scene a second or third time as a different character, it can get quite boring watching the same cut scenes over and over. At least the scenery is remarkable, almost a carbon copy of the movies.

The game play is pretty straightforward, especially when you find your best suited fighting style. You will probably spend loads of time replaying levels to get more points to purchase new techniques and perfecting them.

Most of the techniques don't change too much between the characters, and neither do the scenarios. The movements do differ as you fight with different characters, but the key sequences don't really vary at all. And that could be a boring thing, or your savior.

Depending on who you're playing, bosses can be pretty easy or darn right impossible to get the first couple of times. You may find inconsistencies of where you start if a Boss kills you to be one big turn-off.

The movie actors' voices are used, and during every interview included here they all seem pretty proud of that. At first you the switch between film and CG is enjoyable, but it doesn't always work smoothly. Oh, sure, it gets the job done, but it's inconsistent.

The musical score comes right out of the movie soundtrack. In particular, the loop for the menu selection is so menacing and powerful that I left it on for an hour or so to get myself hyped.

Basically The Two Towers is a well-crafted game to play once, twice, or three times (just to be able to play everyone you can), but that's about it. This game will take you a good five to six hours using one character, watching the unlocked selections and releasing the mysterious secret character.

What fans will enjoy more is the unlocking of interviews. There are stills included, but those are somewhat boring, because you'll have the feeling you've seen most of them on the extra special New Line DVD or something. The extras on the making of the game are probably worth it. And for now, it's a MUST play for those who like seeing sneak peaks of footage of Part Deux.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers for PS2

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers for Game Boy Advance

Available in January:

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers for Game Cube

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers for XBox

Mish'al Samman

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