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The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King | 
| From: Aspyr Media
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $19.99
Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 8762
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Mac Os X, Macintosh
Genre: Adventure Games
ESRB: Teen
Media: CD-ROM
Age: 12 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 1.1
MPN: 10600
Model: 10600
UPC: 618870106007
EAN: 0618870106007
ASIN: B000191ZV8
Release Date: March 31, 2004
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Traverse the haunted Paths of the Dead, defending Minas Tirith from thousands of Sauron's minions as one of 8 characters | | • | Play as Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Sam, and Frodo with voiceovers provided by the films? actors | | • | Twelve interactive levels players will challenge you to swing from ropes, fire catapults, kick boulders, as you face Sauron's hordes | | • | Fight vicious foes including Shelob, the Witch King, the Dark Lord Sauron, and many more | | • | Team up with a companion in all-new Multiplayer mode -- fight side-by-side to defeat Sauron and ensure the destruction of The One Ring |
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Product Description
Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King brings the incredible adaptation of the classic Tolkien novel to life. Become the heroes who determine the fate of Middle-earth as you defend Middle-Earth and destroy the One Ring. Return to Middle-Earth in the only Video game based on the epic final chapter of the highly-acclaimed movie trilogy!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
Great game but no support for Intel Macs December 10, 2008
VA Reader (Annandale, VA, USA)
We just got this game and, as always, installation went smoothly on our Intel core duo iMac. The display is great, even at the lower settings, and it's exciting and engaging.
However, in playing as certain characters, the game would quit -- not go to the main menu but quit completely to the Finder. I sent a support ticket request to Aspyr, thinking that there could be a patch or upgrade for what I assumed is a bug, and was surprised to know that because this is an "older" title (recently re-released, apparently, to appeal to new Mac users), it was designed to run on PowerPC and only that platform is supported. That's right: no support for Intel Macs.
So, it's a great game but no fixes are out there (yet) for Intel Macs.
 GAMEPAD WORKS ! July 6, 2008
A. Nozawa
Great game for Mac. It DOES work with gamepad.I had a similar problem using Microsoft's Sidewinder.I just relaunched the game to change the buttons keys.First press the A button(sidewinder) to choose the button keys associated.It seems you HAVE to associate all the buttons to make the directional pad work properly.Don't forget:Monitor resolution:1024X768 if you have an iMac.
You feel like you're watching the movie, when Legolas pulls you behind the screen June 18, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Pros:
This game is awesome! (1) The game has spectacular graphics, you sometimes forget that they are graphics, and think they are the real thing, like in the movie. (2) You get to watch clips from the movies to figure out what is going on. (3) There is music playing the whole time through the game. I haven't quite figured out yet if the music came from the movie or not. (4) It is just plain fun, it's like living the movie. You get to play your favorite characters. (5) The detail is spectacular. (6) The voices from the characters are awesome. (7) It is a complicated game, but that just makes it all the more fun. (8) It is completely strategy, which doesn't make it a game that wastes your time. Your actually learn stuff from it , For example: the game manual always say to not get overconfident, stay with your friends, don't jump into trouble, and move slow. (9) You can change the actions to what ever button you want (except ranged attack (attack with bow and arrow) you get to choose one button that press down first, then you have to press the speed attack button (another attack))
Con's:
There are none. Except one: when ever you save the game and you're are on (for example: two) and you are at one of the checkpoints, when you go back , you will have to start the level all over (but that should be easy, right, since you got past this part). It did not annoy me at all. The only other thing is that when you are playing the game and you die, you have start the level again or start back at checkpoint, no matter what. My suggestion is that if it starts to annoy, end the game and start again later. Then you don't get angry. You get used to all this after a while.
This game is not a game that you solve in a week (unless you are a professional). for this game, you will need the manual for sure, and you better read every bit of it over and over again, in plant it in your brain, and listen to it. It really helps. If you have a Mac, you better get this one. I bought the PC and it wouldn't install, so I bought another one and it still wouldn't install, so my mom bought me a Mac and it worked perfectly, never had a problem. I am not a gamer, I have never touched a playstation, xbox, etc., I just rarely ever play my gameboy, and I have never done serious gaming, and I love this game. I am edicted to it, I play it every night for an hour or two before I go to bed. I never can wait to play it.
Rockin' Awesome Fun Game January 7, 2006
John Kuczmarski (Calabasas, CA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Amazing Game. This review is short and sweet because there's so few problems with this game. It simply has easy-to-learn controls that open up a massive amount of combinations and relatively complex gameplay. "Buying" combos such as "Final Judgment", "Orc Hewer", or "Dark Deliverence" was similar to the Diablo-style gameplay of purchasing upgrades, but much more realistic because the upgrades became part of your repertoire, even though took awhile to get the knack of.
It's incredibly addictive, fun, true to the the movie (with nearly identical plot sequences and battle-scene details like Eowyn facing the Nazgul, Gandalf covering the Minas Tirith towers, beheading the Lieutenant of Sauran, and more), has amazing graphics, and operates extremely quickly. Most games have surplus of annoying keyboard commands, but Return of the King has relatively few, with stunning control and command over the variety of realistic-looking characters throughout the game. The three different paths you can choose from -- The Wizard path, the King's Path, or the Hobbit Path -- gives the game a mult-dimensional feel as well. The attack on Minas Tirith had incredible graphics and was quite challenging covering each flank of the fortress against scaling ladders, orcs, and attack towers. Except for the Palantir "bonus" levels at the end of the game which are practically impossible without cheaps and the epitome of monotonous with a constant onslought of enemies, and no stage changes, most of the levels had depth and development This is one of my all-time favorite Mac games. I am a huge Tolkien fan, so that emphasized my appreciation, too, but, in general, it's still a fantastic game!
 Beware: GamePad "not supported." Aspyr support disappoints April 26, 2005
J. R. Nebeker (Salt Lake City, UT)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have really enjoyed this game on my brother's X-box. The Aspyr version promised similar game play but with improved graphics (the graphics are great)--and I didn't need to buy an X-box to enjoy it. I bought the iShockII GamePads to facilitate cooperative (2-person) play. The program automatically identifies the controllers and the manual tells you how to set them up. However they don't work. The characters always walk and never run when the controllers do not emulate the keyboard. This makes it impossible to sucessfully complete many levels.
I wrote tech support and got this completely apathetic and misleading answer "I can tell you that The Lord of the Rings; The Return of the King doesn't support gamepad or joystick play." I think Ratburt is the tech support manager there.
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