Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Sam goes all platform specific in this essential read.
Seeing as Richard has already checked-in with a review for the GameCube version of this game I am going to skip past any preliminaries, past any game description, past anything that would be covering the same ground. Instead I'm going to be quick and nasty and just cover what differences you can expect if you pick up the PC version over the 'Cube.
Well the first thing I would recommend any PC owner grab is a gamepad. As the game was developed for gamepads that is just what you are going to need to get the best out of the combat system. Having said this the keyboard controls work just fine, with the only problem being pain and cramps from prolonged key-mashing. EA has done a good job converting RoTK for the PC and there are plenty of options to choose from. All the keys can be remapped, resolutions and sounds set. Unfortunately there aren't any finer controls over the graphics settings as the game does tend to suffer from slowdown when the particle effects kick in.
Naturally it is in the graphics department that the PC version stands head and shoulders above its more compact and cheaper cousins. The amazing graphics really stand out well in higher resolutions and with the detail that only a monitor can provide. As a result you can really appreciate the great work that has been done on populating the levels and making them not just absorbing to play through but interesting to look at as well. Unfortunately we can see just how poor the level of texturing is on console games as no effort has been made to up their resolution for the transfer to the PC. Seeing as such a fine job was done on the rest of the conversion and the muddiness of some textures, particularly all those of the character models, it is a real shame that EA didn't go the whole hog and give us some top class detailing to truly make the console owners weep into their toys. While this is a wasted opportunity it may well have been made as a concession to speed. The game runs fine on a medium spec machine at 1024x768, but as I've said special effects will slow it down. Some of the larger levels also get a little sluggish but fortunately the number of characters on screen seems to have little noticeable effect on speed so combat remains a pleasingly vicious and frenetic affair.
The sounds also deserves special mention as they are great. Hearing the actors bellow out warrior cries as the sound of Orc arrows whistles past your head while the glorious score pulses around you and all in sumptuous 5.1 really gets the blood pumping. Combine the sonics with the visuals and we have what is probably the best transfer of cinematic material to another medium yet witnessed. While you play the game you are as close as is possible to being in the film itself. The lands of Middle Earth truly come alive in this game and as all the art is identical to those in the movies the extensions of locales from the movies feel authentic. This helps to make this game a worthy addition to the Middle Earth world as envisioned by Jackson and his cohorts in the artistic sense. And it does a great job in its other role as a marketing tool. A few shots when the game arrived and my desire to see the last film passed so far the thermometer popped.
Like all versions of the game you should only play it through if you have seen the last film as the game quickly takes you through the events portrayed within. There's a co-op mode but unfortunately this requires the both of you to sit round the one PC and totally ignore this networking thing that some PCs are rumoured to be capable of. Loading times can stretch a bit and the fact that you can't skip any movies or cut-scenes the first time round may irk with some, but the quality of these interludes is of such high standard only someone who was regularly picked on at school for being too weird will have a problem. As to be expected there is no quick-save option. While the checkpoints and auto-saves work really quite well this is a bloody hard game so I often found myself wishing for some functionality on the old F6 key.
This PC conversion has a few niggling issues that could have been sorted out with some more time (probably at a premium), and money (definitely not an issue here), but none of them come close to spoiling what is the most enjoyable film license since Blade Runner. It does get a bit repetitive gameplay-wise but there are so many unlockable features, from characters to cast interviews and art galleries that if the idea of rampaging around Tolkien's world cleaving the minions of Mordor in two isn't enough then there's still more than enough incentive to hack your way through the whole game at least once.
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Comments
why is man hunt getting band
1 PC for coop, hahaha are they that bad at coding?
I will give this a miss for that reason
I can't believe they let the PS2 version have multiplayer but not the PC! That just makes me hate EA (at least until I play Battlefield 1942 again)
I love this game, great fun hacking and slashing. Shame about the schoolboy error with co-op..........
Where can I find patch for Return of the King??
is there n e 1 u can enter a cheat or code for the game to unlock all levels as if u have completed it on the ps2
how do i play co-op mode on PC, ive seen heaps of other people mention it but u have to play on one PC. this doesnt bother me but im not sure whether you can play co-op on PC.
please reply and answer my question ..... anyone!
Because you have the hacked version.
Did you ever get LOTR ROTK to work
Why can't I play co-op?
Is it true that you cant play co-op on Pc?
U can play co-op on the PC version, but only on a single computer. Uneed to have a game pad or joystick inserted into the PC in order for the other player to play, pretty crap realy....
That is CRAP!
And what is there to do if you have the hacked version?
Where can I find a patch of LOTR the return of the king???¿¿¿???
it depends which level u r on
Where are the files for the levels ive saved stored??!!!
it aint in the main folder!!!
can someone help me get past the minis tirith top of the wall level!!!
how to can play "two pleyer on the PC" tell me please
Mr.
They do have CO-op, get agamepad!!
you have to beat the game in order to play as any of the different characters in any of the levels. so kill golum in mount doom and you wont have to be sam anymore
why can i only play with sam?????
why all level play sam?? why? why not?
The reason why you can only play sam is that it´s a hacked exe file you have. I had the same problem, but i fixed it by reinstalling the game and only unpack the exe file... the reason is, that i got the hacks in a zip file, and there where one or two more files. These file does that you can only play sam and in hardcore mode...
hope it helped.... it worked for me..
The reason why you can only play sam is that it´s a hacked exe file you have. I had the same problem, but i fixed it by reinstalling the game and only unpack the exe file... the reason is, that i got the hacks in a zip file, and there where one or two more files. These file does that you can only play sam and in hardcore mode...
hope it helped.... it worked for me..
The reason why you can only play sam is that it´s a hacked exe file you have. I had the same problem, but i fixed it by reinstalling the game and only unpack the exe file... the reason is, that i got the hacks in a zip file, and there where one or two more files. These file does that you can only play sam and in hardcore mode...
hope it helped.... it worked for me..
The reason why you can only play sam is that it´s a hacked exe file you have. I had the same problem, but i fixed it by reinstalling the game and only unpack the exe file... the reason is, that i got the hacks in a zip file, and there where one or two more files. These file does that you can only play sam and in hardcore mode...
hope it helped.... it worked for me..
The reason why you can only play sam is that it´s a hacked exe file you have. I had the same problem, but i fixed it by reinstalling the game and only unpack the exe file... the reason is, that i got the hacks in a zip file, and there where one or two more files. These file does that you can only play sam and in hardcore mode...
hope it helped.... it worked for me..
The reason why you can only play sam is that it´s a hacked exe file you have. I had the same problem, but i fixed it by reinstalling the game and only unpack the exe file... the reason is, that i got the hacks in a zip file, and there where one or two more files. These file does that you can only play sam and in hardcore mode...
hope it helped.... it worked for me..
The reason why you can only play sam is that it´s a hacked exe file you have. I had the same problem, but i fixed it by reinstalling the game and only unpack the exe file... the reason is, that i got the hacks in a zip file, and there where one or two more files. These file does that you can only play sam and in hardcore mode...
hope it helped.... it worked for me..
The reason why you can only play sam is that it´s a hacked exe file you have. I had the same problem, but i fixed it by reinstalling the game and only unpack the exe file... the reason is, that i got the hacks in a zip file, and there where one or two more files. These file does that you can only play sam and in hardcore mode...
hope it helped.... it worked for me..
Where to download the patch file which i can play STOP USING SAM?
Can anyone help me beat minas terith the top of the wall? Im sick of playing this level. Ive tried like 30 time and i still cant beat it!
Does anyone know where i can find cheats that work withour beating the game for pc?
Does anyone know were to find a cheat or a patch that lets me have all of the levels in the game as if i had beaten it?
i have a problem, i only get sam and i never get anyone else...//
I have that problem to with Sam.. well it's kinda cool cause you can do path of king and wizard levels again and again exept path of hobbits.....
i need cheats for minis tirith the top of the wall
i need cheats for minis tirith the top of the wall
i need cheats for minis tirith the top of the wall
i m facing problem in playing LOTR ,the return of the king ..............error is like that after 1st stage game gose to error that we cant contiue due tho c00000005 error on locatio some where else
please help me to over come this problem
Anybody know the PC cheat to gain unlimited respawns in cooperative mode?
please can you explain me again and very detailed how can I fix the sam problem, I just cant understand what files to take off or what to do
How Can I Kill Golum???
I Tried To knock him off the edge 6 times and he dosent fall
what Should i do??????
Check that you have all the system requirements for the game.
How Can I Kill Golum???
I Tried To knock him off the edge 6 times and he dosent fall
what Should i do??????
How Can I Kill Golum???
I Tried To knock him off the edge 6 times and he dosent fall
what Should i do??????
B.t.w
Pelanor fields
whatt is it?
Pelanor Fields is a level. Me and Paul Jr. are trying to beat it on multiplayer.(coop pronouned co-op.)
Please help me!I dont like Sam,why always play for him?! Can you anybody help me??? pleeeease
what is wrong with Sam, he is the best character, I just can't get past Cirith Ungol with him. The orc boss is impossible to kill, and I can't see what his health is. Also, is there a way I can play the movies that are located in the movie folder? Windows Media player and Quicktime won't play it.
I left the game running at the level selection screen and when I came back, it was playing a trailer/screensaver thing. It was really cool, how do I get the game to do that again?
DUH! Just leave it at the screen for a long time and the same thing will happen again.
P.S.
I know it is cool.
Yeah, I figured that out
i really wish they came out with a damn patch to fix all the little bugs in the game
any news of a patch coming out soon?
how do i beat gollum?
u beat gollum by using ur physical attack to push him over the edge , then do your kill stab to wound him, do this several times, another tip would be to STAY NEAR THE EDGE! so the flying debris doesnt hit u
Why cant i play co-op trough multiplayer lan.. It was on the box..
I have a proble with LOR --Retun of king...
After the beginning of the game (using Gandalf), I always get an error and the game close itself...My pc is good...64Mb of video, 512 RAM...Pentium IV 2.6000 Ghz...
Does exist a patch to solve it?
thanks
Zeck
Where on the box does it say Co-op over LAN? It doesn't.
What is your chipset of your grapics card? If it isn't nVIDIA or Radeon, you are screwed. There isn't a patch. The game should run though.
I just got the game for my MAC, but I don't play a lot of games and am having trouble getting anywhere. I've tried using PC codes (ctrl, alt, shift), but it doesn't work. Does anyone know how to find cheats that will work on my mac?
I wasn't aware that the game ran on a Mac. I have almost beaten the game. What levels do you need help for? Cheats will make the game fun for awhile, then it get's boring.
Can anyone give me any advice on how to betat the "Palantir of Saruman" and "Palantir of Sauron" levels of The Lord of the rings: The return of the king Pc game? I AM having Problems defeating these last two levels!
My Lord Of The Ring Return To The King cannot choose character
I am with a problem. I lowered the game and when complete first nivel has the exhibition of an error. What I make?
what levels are so hard
READ THE BOX the only chipsets that will work are nVidia and Radean
ive finished this and its was wicked, i luv the gameplay graphics characters, everything about it. this game rox the chad
It is really fun!!!! I only wish I could figure out how to beat Minis Tirith - top of the wall. : -(
i need some cheats to beat minis tirith-top of the wall
i have a 4 button gamepad
but lord of the rings finds a 8 button and i cant change it
i would like to be able to figure out how the game sets it up to have 2 buttons for some of the stuff
Is there a cheat to skip a lvl? cuase iv played minas tirith 160 times on the top of the wall. im tired of seeing orcs over flow the wall. this is the only lvl i havnt beaten and i must beat it to play the black gate!
If you dont have a nVidia and Radeon chipset will this Game run at all??? Or will you get a message could not find any compatible direct 3d device and not start Game???
the way you beat minas tirith on top of the wall first u push all the ladders that come up and kill all the orcs while the ladders are gone keep doning that and use ranged attacks alot because they kill in 1 hit and when the siege towers start coming blow them up before they come and when the third one comes a whole bunch of orcs will come out kill them that are over there and blow up the siege tower after that u need to go to the stairs at the far left of u and go down ull see about 30 archers running follow them until u get to the door and u have beaten it and now ur at the courtyard.
If you don't have ndvidia or radeon, it says no compatible 3d device. I sent EA games a nasty letter about selling ou their games to certain shipsets and I got an equally nasty response. They said they didn't want to damage their software and the reputation of the company by letting the games run on inferior hardware.
I would like to enjoy the game too, but i don´t have the password (code) to start to install.......please someone pass it for me!!!!
Hat einer von euch bekackten Asis nun mal rausgekriegt warum dieses Spiel nach dem ersten level mit Gandalf nen fehler raushaut.....??Das geht mir auf den Sack.....übrigens Michelle: probiers mal mit R2Q8A68EYK52HJYKJN6K!
Hey DUDES!!! to play this game in co-op mode you have to plug 2 controller or just 1. 1 player use the controller and the other the keyboard and mouse, is a great action game enjoi it
The black gate mission is kinda hard, but not too bad. To give the other heros helath, stand next to them and they will regain it faster. I passed the mission as Legolas in 3 tries maybe.
I Dont know what simon means about the reason why you can only play sam is that it´s a hacked exe file you have. I had the same problem, but i fixed it by reinstalling the game and only unpack the exe file... the reason is, that i got the hacks in a zip file, and there where one or two more files. These file does that you can only play sam and in hardcore mode...
hope it helped.... it worked for me.. could you please describe it mor clearly please!!!
Simon how do I unpack an exe file and wich file is it
id really like to know. And to the others Iv'e already searched for a patch but nothing found.
Please email me at www.dieter.jensch@iscor.co.za
I just figured out how to Defeat pelanor fields in Co-op u gotta jump down the cliff
Anybody know how to get more than one life in PC coop mode?
Finally beat the game in sigle player and co-op. I can answer any strategy questions.
Hey, SOMEONE, how do u get through the dead king area after u beat him, ive gotten to the end where u fight all those people ans right when i was about to finish killing them all, rocks started to fall like crazy and killed me, i can never get through this,plz help me, thanx!!
Hey could someone tell me how I plugin my gamecube to my computer.
Steven, that level is very hard. I had to restrain myself from smashing my keyboard many times. Speed is the essense. You must kill all guys as fast as possible. Nothing much more I can say except work on being able to kill guys quickly and use Legolas with his special abiility to get in perfect mode real fast.
I got LOTR - Return of the King.. i was playing it... and then i got a error... TvdK is missing code c00000005 on 004801F9 <-- what is this error???
thnx
how do u start co-op mode on ps2?
I got LOTR - Return of the King.. i was playing it... and then i got a error... TvdK is missing code c00000005 on 004801F9 <-- what is this error???
I have the same error..The "TvdK is missing code c00000005 on 004801F9".....What the hell's wrong with game??? It occurs when gandalf's stops speaks at the end of the frist level in helmsdeep...
Does anyone have an answer??
whenever i try to pull up lotr rotk some thing comes up and it says that i don't have compatable drivers where can i find some.
You probably don't ahve the right video card. it has to be a nvidia or a radeon
Help me!!! i have posted a lot on here helping others, but now I am angry. The game can't find my saved games. I lost all my progress that took me forever to complete. Does anyone know where these files are supposed to be stored?
i can never get my cheats to work. it's pretty stupid.
what is the code for instoling it?
I lost the maneal...
pc lord of the rings the return of the king
I used to have the same problem... an error at the end of first lvl (pc)... but this was because of an error in cd number 3. Fortunately now u can search for the third cd and dw it again or aplly a fix ;)
Still, I have the same problem as many here... Sam rox, but I'm a kind of tired playing with him again and again :s