Curious: Who is buying the games? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

10-20-2002, 02:51 PM

The Two Towers Video Game by EA games will be coming out on Tuesday the 22nd and I was wondering who here will be purchasing it. Keep in mind there is another game, the Fellowship of the Ring made by a different company that is a total piece of trash, at one point Sam is kidnapped by a Nazghul on a dragon I for one will be buying the Two Towers game for PS2, it looks quite promising.Anyone else? share your thoughts ....

Tigerlily Gamgee · 10-20-2002, 09:39 PM

I am going to wait and see if I win it from the official website (fat chance!), & when that contest is over I will buy it at some point (or ask for it for Christmas!).

Eruialiwen · 10-21-2002, 08:03 PM

I WOULD buy it for sure, but at the moment I can't afford a PS2 or Gameboy Advance (or whatever the other game system was). I wish they made TTT for the PC!!! [ October 21, 2002: Message edited by: Eruialiwen ]

Helkasir · 10-21-2002, 08:11 PM

I might be able to, but I plan on it. I'm not sure if there's an XBOX version~ there's an Xbox version of the Fellowship of the ring that's decent. I also have the snes version of it, which is plain crap.

Faye Took · 10-21-2002, 09:07 PM

Yep I am buyin both of them! Don't care if there crap! It's Lord of the Rings.

Faye Took · 10-21-2002, 09:10 PM

Oh one more thing... Tigerlily, where can you win it from?

Evenstar1 · 10-21-2002, 09:56 PM

You can win it from the official movie site (www.lordoftherings.net). There's a contest right off the main page.I'm buying it (TTT game), but for my husband. He'll watch the movies, but refuses to read the books, so I figure I can kind of get him to understand ME better if the game is a true to the books as it claims to be. Also, since I'm not much of a "gamer," I can just watch from the sidelines. I can't figure out how to manipulate game characters to save my life (uh, literally, I guess)! Thanks for the UD on the FOTR game. I was planning to buy it, but will reconsider now!

GreyIstar · 10-22-2002, 09:01 AM

The Two Towers got a great rating. I think ill trade in a game I never got into and get Two Towers. I don't know about the Fellowship, it is based off the books not the movie but I heard it was inferior.<A HREF="http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0,10867,2895276,00.html" TARGET=_blank>Gamespot</A>

Nilwen · 10-22-2002, 10:49 AM

I think I will try it.If I don't like it I can allways sell it on ebay or something.

10-22-2002, 10:39 PM

Yep, the Fellowship of the Ring for XBOX got HORRIBLE rating don't buy it! Sam gets kidnapped by a dragon !!!!But The Two Towers out on PS2 and game boy advance right now (soon to come XBOX/gamecube) got great rating. I was watching the movies of gameplay it looks quite cool )going to buy it this Friday for PS2 )Anyone who has it right now and played please tell us what you think.Arwen- Its not that hard to manipulate them

LeGoLaSz gUrL · 10-25-2002, 10:47 PM

I really want that game, it looks really cool! Im gonna get it eventually, lol. Since i already have a PS2, i should ask for it for Christmas. But then my parents would be like you're too old for video games...im not that old...im turning 15 :(edit: Please change spelling mistakes by editing the original post, not adding two new ones.)[ October 26, 2002: Message edited by: Estelyn Telcontar ]

greyhavener · 10-25-2002, 10:58 PM

I'll be buying it for my kid's birthday and will get to play it after he's in bed.

10-26-2002, 10:29 AM

Well I've been playing it, great game. GOt Aragorn to level 3 and I have to say it's pretty tough ) gotta go try Legolas tonight )

Catherine · 10-26-2002, 02:17 PM

I am getting to for sure! My best friend has it and its awsome!

hobbitlass · 10-26-2002, 10:12 PM

*has sheepish look on face*Does it work for the ancient Playstation? My sister says so but I haven't got the guts to ask a sales clerk.

Evenstar1 · 10-28-2002, 10:05 PM

Does anyone know if TTT-game will be coming out for the PC? My kids have a Sega and an N64. All the games my hubby plays are on the PC, so I was hoping to avoid having to buy an Xbox or PS2! Alternately, if I wind up having to buy Xbox or PS2, which would you recommend? (I have absolutely no point of reference here!)

Eruialiwen · 10-29-2002, 07:30 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I really want that game, it looks really cool! Im gonna get it eventually, lol. Since i already have a PS2, i should ask for it for Christmas. But then my parents would be like you're too old for video games...im not that old...im turning 15<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Tell your parents that my Mom is in her 50's and she loves video games And I'm 18 and I love them too

Dimaldaeon · 10-30-2002, 05:22 PM

Does anyone knoe if EA's TTT is coming out on Gamecube as I refuse to buy any other console. By the way I wouldn't really trust a game made by Ea to make a great LOTR game as they will most likely just copy some other game and leave us with an inferior clone.The Hobbit is coming out exclusevely on Gamecube.Woohoo.

10-30-2002, 10:57 PM

i think the cube gets passed up on TTT. sorry. but the game is pretty sweet. i have Aragorn up to level 9 and he's basically killing orcs with this breath now. the movie clips in the game work really well and some of the extras are pretty entertaining. i haven't played FOTR, but LOTR TTT is pretty close to excellent.

Birdland · 10-30-2002, 11:48 PM

Can any of you gamers tell me what the FoTR game is like? I know many of you said "it's awful", but I like games that are more puzzle oriented, like Gabriel Knight and King's Quest, (I know, those are SOOOO 90s!) rather than the "hack and slash" games, which just make me nervous.So would one of us "oldsters" like the FoTR game?

pherostien · 10-31-2002, 04:46 PM

TTT is an awsome game. I have all my charecters on level 4 already. I like using Aragorn for most of everything, Legolas is my worst. It bugs when I cant get my comands quick enough.

Eruialiwen · 11-05-2002, 09:45 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>King's Quest, (I know, those are SOOOO 90s!) rather than the "hack and slash" games, which just make me nervous. So would one of us "oldsters" like the FoTR game?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Both types make me nervous...LOL...I'm not very good at either, even though I love them!!!! I LOVED the King's Quest games, especially "The Princeless Bride"

Harmonica · 11-06-2002, 05:23 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> But then my parents would be like you're too old for video games...im not that old...im turning 15 : <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Too old?! You can never get too old to play and having fun! I´m 40 and enjoy videogames just as much as my 11 year old son.

mithuel · 11-08-2002, 10:22 PM

Birdland, if you like quest-type games I think you'll like the FotR game on Xbox more.We've just hired both to try them out. My son's verdict: FotR is a really good game if you like puzzles to solve and it follows the storyline of the books pretty faithfully. TTT is basically a fighting game with not a lot of connection between the various levels. One minute you're Aragorn fighting ringwraiths at Weathertop. A movie sequence follows and then you can choose to be Aragorn, Gimli or Legolas fighting the squid thing at the gates of Moria. You don't get the chance to walk around and explore in it and my son didn't think it was as good as FotR.

TealDude3 · 11-09-2002, 09:35 AM

Ok, to clear up what game is on what system. FOTR: Play Station 2, Xbox TTT: Play Station 2, GBAIf you want good info on the TTT game, check out the special feature on the LOTR DVD.(not the 4-disc version DVD) There is also a $10 off coupon for the TTT game that comes with the DVD(not the 4-disc version DVD)

10-20-2002, 02:51 PM	#1
Keeper of Amroth Guest Posts: n/a	Curious: Who is buying the games? The Two Towers Video Game by EA games will be coming out on Tuesday the 22nd and I was wondering who here will be purchasing it. Keep in mind there is another game, the Fellowship of the Ring made by a different company that is a total piece of trash, at one point Sam is kidnapped by a Nazghul on a dragon <P>I for one will be buying the Two Towers game for PS2, it looks quite promising.<P>Anyone else? share your thoughts ....

10-20-2002, 09:39 PM	#2
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,056	I am going to wait and see if I win it from the official website (fat chance!), & when that contest is over I will buy it at some point (or ask for it for Christmas!). __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

10-21-2002, 08:03 PM	#3
Eruialiwen Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Mirkwood, Virginia Posts: 71	I WOULD buy it for sure, but at the moment I can't afford a PS2 or Gameboy Advance (or whatever the other game system was). I wish they made TTT for the PC!!! <p>[ October 21, 2002: Message edited by: Eruialiwen ] __________________ ~'%From the mouths of the Sea the South Wind flies, from the sandhills and the stones; The wailing of the gulls it bears, and at the gate it moans.%'~

10-21-2002, 08:11 PM	#4
Helkasir Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: North of the Iron Hills Posts: 89	I might be able to, but I plan on it. I'm not sure if there's an XBOX version~ there's an Xbox version of the Fellowship of the ring that's decent. I also have the snes version of it, which is plain crap. __________________ "Onen i-Estal Edain, u-chebin estel anim."

10-21-2002, 09:07 PM	#5
Faye Took Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 345	Yep I am buyin both of them! Don't care if there crap! It's Lord of the Rings. __________________ Dream-of the ones who came before. They are calling from across a distant shore. My Blog

10-21-2002, 09:10 PM	#6
Faye Took Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 345	Oh one more thing... Tigerlily, where can you win it from? __________________ Dream-of the ones who came before. They are calling from across a distant shore. My Blog

10-21-2002, 09:56 PM	#7
Evenstar1 Wight Join Date: May 2002 Location: Colorado (just east of the Misty Mts.) Posts: 111	You can win it from the official movie site (www.lordoftherings.net). There's a contest right off the main page.<P>I'm buying it (TTT game), but for my husband. He'll watch the movies, but refuses to read the books, so I figure I can kind of get him to understand ME better if the game is a true to the books as it claims to be. Also, since I'm not much of a "gamer," I can just watch from the sidelines. I can't figure out how to manipulate game characters to save my life (uh, literally, I guess)! <P>Thanks for the UD on the FOTR game. I was planning to buy it, but will reconsider now! __________________ - Eve

10-22-2002, 09:01 AM	#8
GreyIstar Wight Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Dallas Posts: 116	The Two Towers got a great rating. I think ill trade in a game I never got into and get Two Towers. I don't know about the Fellowship, it is based off the books not the movie but I heard it was inferior.<P><A HREF="http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0,10867,2895276,00.html" TARGET=_blank>Gamespot</A> __________________ Keeper of the site Ring Lord. "Dangerous!" cried Gandalf. "And so am I, very dangerous: more dangerous than anything you will ever meet, unless you are brought alive before the seat of the Dark Lord."

10-22-2002, 10:49 AM	#9
Nilwen Haunting Spirit Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Fangorn Posts: 82	I think I will try it.If I don't like it I can allways sell it on ebay or something. __________________ "It's a shortcut, it's supposed to be hard... if it was easy it would be 'the way'."

10-22-2002, 10:39 PM	#10
Keeper of Amroth Guest Posts: n/a	Yep, the Fellowship of the Ring for XBOX got HORRIBLE rating don't buy it! Sam gets kidnapped by a dragon !!!!<P>But The Two Towers out on PS2 and game boy advance right now (soon to come XBOX/gamecube) got great rating. I was watching the movies of gameplay it looks quite cool )<P>going to buy it this Friday for PS2 )<P>Anyone who has it right now and played please tell us what you think.<P>Arwen-<BR>Its not that hard to manipulate them

10-25-2002, 10:47 PM	#11
LeGoLaSz gUrL Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 36	I really want that game, it looks really cool! Im gonna get it eventually, lol. Since i already have a PS2, i should ask for it for Christmas. But then my parents would be like you're too old for video games...im not that old...im turning 15 :<P>(edit: Please change spelling mistakes by editing the original post, not adding two new ones.)<p>[ October 26, 2002: Message edited by: Estelyn Telcontar ]

10-25-2002, 10:58 PM	#12
greyhavener Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: austin Posts: 169	I'll be buying it for my kid's birthday and will get to play it after he's in bed. __________________ Do justly, love mercy, walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8

10-26-2002, 10:29 AM	#13
Keeper of Amroth Guest Posts: n/a	Well I've been playing it, great game. GOt Aragorn to level 3 and I have to say it's pretty tough ) gotta go try Legolas tonight )

10-26-2002, 02:17 PM	#14
Catherine Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lothlorien Posts: 297	I am getting to for sure! My best friend has it and its awsome! __________________ ~.:Catherine:.~ "I have never been out of my own land before. And if I had known what the world outside was like. I don't think I should have had the heart to leave it." ~Merry to Haldir in Lothlórien~

10-26-2002, 10:12 PM	#15
hobbitlass Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: next to the fire keeping warm Posts: 471	has sheepish look on face<P>Does it work for the ancient Playstation?<BR>My sister says so but I haven't got the guts to ask a sales clerk. __________________ Just because a person has the right to do something doesn't make it the right thing to do.

10-28-2002, 10:05 PM	#16
Evenstar1 Wight Join Date: May 2002 Location: Colorado (just east of the Misty Mts.) Posts: 111	Does anyone know if TTT-game will be coming out for the PC? My kids have a Sega and an N64. All the games my hubby plays are on the PC, so I was hoping to avoid having to buy an Xbox or PS2! <P>Alternately, if I wind up having to buy Xbox or PS2, which would you recommend? (I have absolutely no point of reference here!) __________________ - Eve

10-29-2002, 07:30 PM	#17
Eruialiwen Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Mirkwood, Virginia Posts: 71	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I really want that game, it looks really cool! Im gonna get it eventually, lol. Since i already have a PS2, i should ask for it for Christmas. But then my parents would be like you're too old for video games...im not that old...im turning 15<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P> Tell your parents that my Mom is in her 50's and she loves video games And I'm 18 and I love them too __________________ ~'%From the mouths of the Sea the South Wind flies, from the sandhills and the stones; The wailing of the gulls it bears, and at the gate it moans.%'~

10-30-2002, 05:22 PM	#18
Dimaldaeon Wight Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ireland & damn proud of it. Posts: 125	Does anyone knoe if EA's TTT is coming out on Gamecube as I refuse to buy any other console. By the way I wouldn't really trust a game made by Ea to make a great LOTR game as they will most likely just copy some other game and leave us with an inferior clone.<P>The Hobbit is coming out exclusevely on Gamecube.Woohoo. __________________ Dear Saddam, Do not disunderestimate me.Yours G.W.Bush You're not drunk if you can still hold onto a blade of grass to stop yourself from falling off the face of the Earth

10-30-2002, 10:57 PM	#19
dufraine Guest Posts: n/a	i think the cube gets passed up on TTT. sorry. but the game is pretty sweet. i have Aragorn up to level 9 and he's basically killing orcs with this breath now. the movie clips in the game work really well and some of the extras are pretty entertaining. <P>i haven't played FOTR, but LOTR TTT is pretty close to excellent.

10-30-2002, 11:48 PM	#20
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,757	Can any of you gamers tell me what the FoTR game is like? I know many of you said "it's awful", but I like games that are more puzzle oriented, like Gabriel Knight and King's Quest, (I know, those are SOOOO 90s!) rather than the "hack and slash" games, which just make me nervous.<P>So would one of us "oldsters" like the FoTR game?

10-31-2002, 04:46 PM	#21
pherostien Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: that place over there Posts: 29	TTT is an awsome game. I have all my charecters on level 4 already. I like using Aragorn for most of everything, Legolas is my worst. It bugs when I cant get my comands quick enough. __________________ Alas i will no longer have AOL and will soon be at a new location. i just have to create it first.

11-05-2002, 09:45 PM	#22
Eruialiwen Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Mirkwood, Virginia Posts: 71	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>King's Quest, (I know, those are SOOOO 90s!) rather than the "hack and slash" games, which just make me nervous.<BR>So would one of us "oldsters" like the FoTR game?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P> Both types make me nervous...LOL...I'm not very good at either, even though I love them!!!! I LOVED the King's Quest games, especially "The Princeless Bride" __________________ ~'%From the mouths of the Sea the South Wind flies, from the sandhills and the stones; The wailing of the gulls it bears, and at the gate it moans.%'~

11-06-2002, 05:23 AM	#23
Harmonica Animated Skeleton Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 36	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> But then my parents would be like you're too old for video games...im not that old...im turning 15 : <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Too old?! You can never get too old to play and having fun! I´m 40 and enjoy videogames just as much as my 11 year old son. __________________ "Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens" Gimli

11-08-2002, 10:22 PM	#24
mithuel Pile O'Bones Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 13	Birdland, if you like quest-type games I think you'll like the FotR game on Xbox more.We've just hired both to try them out. My son's verdict: FotR is a really good game if you like puzzles to solve and it follows the storyline of the books pretty faithfully. <BR>TTT is basically a fighting game with not a lot of connection between the various levels. One minute you're Aragorn fighting ringwraiths at Weathertop. A movie sequence follows and then you can choose to be Aragorn, Gimli or Legolas fighting the squid thing at the gates of Moria. You don't get the chance to walk around and explore in it and my son didn't think it was as good as FotR.

11-09-2002, 09:35 AM	#25
TealDude3 Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Bebop Posts: 138	Ok, to clear up what game is on what system.<BR>FOTR: Play Station 2, Xbox<BR>TTT: Play Station 2, GBA<P>If you want good info on the TTT game, check out the special feature on the LOTR DVD.(not the 4-disc version DVD) There is also a $10 off coupon for the TTT game that comes with the DVD(not the 4-disc version DVD) __________________ I'm so hungry, I could eat at Arby's.