I’m a fan of JRPGs and also like LOTR alot…. so I was shocked to learn today that LOTR The Third Age existed but I’d never played it 😭 Supposedly a FFX clone, which is awesome imo, with solid combat, story and skill system.

if you still have a 6th gen console lying around (I don’t 😓) might be worth checking it out.

30 Comments

  1. EtheusRook

    And it was better than it had any right to be. Fond memories. Would buy a remaster.

  2. Who dares?

    I think i do!

    You think i remember any other line from that game? Nope. But hadhod charging a nazgul will remain there forever.

  3. Ok_Organization801

    And it was good ! I have great memories of this game

    Also the replayability was great

  4. U_Switch

    My absolute favorite game of all time. I soooo hope they remake it

  5. Cheers for this. I was digging through my steam library and I found War of the North and confused it for this as I could have sworn it was turn based, where War of the North is definitely not. Must get this for the emulator.

  6. tiltedslim

    I had a lot of fun with this game. They made a few really great LotR games on PS2. Nowadays we get Gollum…..

  7. hovsep56

    the gameboy version was pretty nice aswell played this game so many times.

    it was basicly LOTR fire emblem

  8. GrootRacoon

    I played this game so much in my youth, had 3 memory cards with 100% saves in them

    It was awesome, can still remember first time helping Gandalf against the balrog

  9. Skeeno-TV

    Lol I searched up the game and found a copy for ~5usd, I might check this out looks fun

  10. snypershot

    This was pretty fun if you were a tbrpg fan

  11. DeErOcK181

    LOTR: TTA is a goated game. One of my absolute favorites to play. A remaster/remake needs to happen.

  12. Razzspoons

    Loved that this game also had an ‘Evil Mode’ (can’t remember the actual name of it) where you got to play some of the games battles as the bad guys!

    Admittedly it was only a handful, but I thought it was really cool.

    Edit: Nevermind it was actually called Evil Mode lol

  13. I played this. One of the stranger modes his game had was allowing you to play as enemy parties against the heroes. I remember such fights as playing as a Ring Wraith and another with the Balrog against Gandalf.

  14. BroadVolume6784

    Man, totally recall this gem. Need to dust off my old console for another ride

  15. daily_peeps

    Having the archer put everyone to sleep was OP. Great game

  16. Shaggy263

    Yeah this was one of the best LotR games I played. It was a lot of fun when I was a kid

  17. chphilie

    There was also lotr tactics on PSP that was awesome

  18. Interloper2024

    It was very good. I experienced a game breaking bug, but I eventually came back to an earlier save and completed the game.

    It’s no FFX, but it’s a solid game.

  19. joseph2883

    LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth is an All timer 

  20. This game fucking ruled. You can play it on an emulator. It’s pretty old now, but still very playable.

  21. TheLunaKeeper

    This was a really nice JRPG-like LOTR game and I really liked how the story moved in parallels with the movie plot.
    What I didn’t enjoy, was the lack of chill peaceful moments that I like in any RPG game, it felt that you were going battle after battle after battle.
    I would probably give it a replay if I still had my OG xbox

  22. coreylongest

    This game was so awesome I rented one weekend from Hastings loved it!

  23. watchingbuffy

    Yeah I spent many many hours on this game, it was great. The animations and voice acting were all really good.

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