The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

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by EA Redwood Shores, Aspyr Media, Electronic Arts

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Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Legacy Mobile Device Show more

Genres:Adventure, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

Themes:Action, Fantasy

Game modes:Single player, Co-operative, Multiplayer

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The video game adaption of the acclaimed film of the same name. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a follow up the well received adaption of the first two films in the trilogy. The game expands on what The Two Towers accomplished, with the action and adventure sequel introducing three separate story lines from the movie: one following Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, as The Two Towers did, another following Gandalf, and a third following Frodo and Sam, with Merry, Pippin, and Faramir serving as unlockable characters. Gameplay features were also expanded upon, including multiplayer. Show more

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I remember playing this one a lot when I was just starting to game. Didn't even speak english by that time (I was 10 and my parents barely did so), so I just forced my way through it and learned by trial and error. Sure had some problems with the bosses, but the single most memorable moment to me inside this world was raging because I couldn't figure how the hell to make Aragorn shoot arrows in order kill the ghosts on the other side of a cliff while also trying to lower a bridge so I could cross the gap. Never felt so stupid after figuring it out. Loved this masterpiece.dpCapella

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@dpCapella

July 21, 2025

I remember playing this one a lot when I was just starting to game. Didn't even speak english by that time (I was 10 and my parents barely did so), so I just forced my way through it and learned by trial and error. Sure had some problems with the bosses, but the single most memorable moment to me inside this world was raging because I couldn't figure how the hell to make Aragorn shoot arrows in order kill the ghosts on the other side of a cliff while also trying to lower a bridge so I could cross the gap. Never felt so stupid after figuring it out. Loved this masterpiece.

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@Cocidious

August 03, 2025

i remember going to my local library and playing the ps2 they had and playing LOTR Return of the king until they told me to leave. would be amazing to see this game come back and hopefully co-op aswell drag my friends over play all day reminiscing. hoping two towers follows

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@Sh3rlockHomeboy

August 14, 2025

This is a game that I put probably 1000 plus hours into as a kid. It is by far one of the best co op experinces ever. It is without a doubt somerthing I would buy day 1 when it is released again. This is the best LOTR game ever made.

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@Dbfan4life

August 16, 2025

I remember buying this game in the store as a little kid and have never stopped loving it. I still have it but sadly one of the install discs (yes plural) got badly scratched so I can't install it anymore. That's why I'd love to see it release on GOG so I don't have to resort to "other means" that I'm not proud of. I'd pay again in a heartbeat for this marvelous gem!

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@TankerCaptain

August 25, 2025

THE BEACONS ARE LIT ! GONDOR CALLS FOR AID!!! This and its predecessor are some of the best movie tie in games out there that id love to see remastered and released on modern platofrms.

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@jsmachado

August 26, 2025

When this was launched, I didn't have the money or the machine to run it. I'd like to give it a go now. As anyone, I have fond memories of the movies and books, and living that experience within a game would be amazing!

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@Soban.

September 18, 2025

I played it for hours with a friend in co-op. One of the best Lord of the Rings games :) It would be great to be able to play it again, but this time with my daughter :)

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@Gamma-Ray-Burst

September 24, 2025

This game is surprisingly addicting to play. Some of the most fun being to play the Gandalf levels. The Return of the King game also gets a shout out by emphasizing that Sam was the hero in that story by having the story playthrough with him instead of Frodo for the Hobbit levels.

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@laneurry123

September 25, 2025

I played and replayed this whole story so many times I can't count. This was my all-time favorite game. My friends and I used to race home to my house after school to play this game and never stopped loving it from elementary to highschool. It was my favorite game of all time. Period.

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@Wolfo_x

October 05, 2025

This was my very first game, or at least the first one I remember playing beside LEGO Star Wars back in 2006. I loved it deeply, I played it several times with my big brother but I played it the most on my own. I really hope it can release on GOG to be able to play it easily.

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FreelancerEight hundred years prior to the start of our story, bitter conflict divided all of mankind. A handful of colonists struck out on their own to begin anew - far away from the Earth and its turmoil. Several ships were launched with enough equipment and supplies to give the hundreds onboard a fighting chance - but since the area around far-off Sirius had never been surveyed, no one really knew what to expect. What they found was a new frontier of free-flowing natural resources, unexplored territories, great wonders and lurking dangers. Each ship, representing the clusters of people and their earthly place of origin, settled into different parts of the galaxy pre-selected by their ship-board computer to give them the best chance of survival. Life was hard in the beginning, but over the 800 years the different colonies prospered and expanded their territories, claiming more and more systems for their own. Survival and propagation eventually led to growth and profit as each of the colonies developed specialties and fostered commerce. As the colonies grew and time passed their connections with their roots on Earth dwindled and they lost their memories of the conflicts of the past. Soon their attention was dominated by new, more immediate conflicts. Feelings of lost ancestral connection spurred anachronism in the look of the great cities, and created a somewhat distorted image of each colony's cultural heritage. In the ever-expanding outer edge of the territories, frontier lawlessness prevailed. The Houses: Each shipboard colony that left Earth carried some memory of its origins in its name. The Liberty carried Americans, The Bretonia flew from The United Kingdom and surrounding territory, The Kusari from Asia, and the Rheinland launched with Germanic cargo. As each ship settled and colonies began to expand, they knew little about each other and their advancing development. Finally, little by little, the individual colonies found each other and began to set up trade routes to link their systems for commerce and solidarity. Today, with each colony firmly rooted in its respective corner of the galaxy, the colonies rely heavily on each other for trade and industry but also compete for resources and new territories in the Border Worlds. The colonies mandate member governments in "The New Alliance" within the Sirius sector. To control conflicts, each colony has forged alliances and treaties with others as they have grown. Competition remains fierce, however. Struggles rage for supremacy in business, commerce, resources, power and control. There can be tenuous peace between colonies' political agendas, but the grabs for holdings constantly unsettle the volatile frontier.

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