The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age is a turn-based tactics game for the Game Boy Advance. It was released in 2004 by EA Games. It should not be confused with the RPG of the same name, The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age, released at the same time for GameCube, PS2, and Xbox. Although it is much different from the console games of the same name, as it is a turn-based tactics game similar to Fire Emblem.
The game allows players to choose either ...
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The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age is a turn-based tactics game for the Game Boy Advance. It was released in 2004 by EA Games. It should not be confused with the RPG of the same name, The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age, released at the same time for GameCube, PS2, and Xbox. Although it is much different from the console games of the same name, as it is a turn-based tactics game similar to Fire Emblem.
The game allows players to choose either the good or evil campaign. Once the player has selected the campaign, they can choose one of three commanders. The good side commanders are Aragorn, Gandalf and Elrond. The evil commanders are the Witch-king, Saruman and the Mouth of Sauron.
The campaign includes levels from all three movies, including battles only hinted at in the films such as Théodred's defeat at the Fords of Isen, the defense of one of Minas Tirith's beacons, and the Uruk-hai and wild men assaults on villages and outposts in Rohan. The scenarios must be beaten in order ...
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