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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 video game based on Peter Jackson's New Line Movie house flick The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The game was published by Electronic Arts for GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GBA, PC, Mac, and Mobile.

Contents

• 1 Player paths
  • 1.1 The Path of the Wizard
  • ane.2 The Path of the Rex
  • one.3 The Path of the Hobbits
• ii Playable characters
• 3 Battle rating system / Experience
• iv Bonuses
• 5 Differences from the book and motion-picture show
• 6 Level summaries
  • 6.i Path of the Magician (Gandalf just)
    • 6.1.1 Helm'due south Deep
    • 6.1.two The Route to Isengard
    • 6.i.3 Minas Tirith - Top of the Wall
    • six.1.4 Minas Tirith - Courtyard
  • 6.two Path of the King (Aragorn, Legolas, or Gimli)
    • 6.2.one Paths of the Dead
    • half dozen.2.ii King of the Expressionless
    • vi.2.3 The Southern Gate
    • half-dozen.2.4 Pelennor Fields
    • 6.ii.5 The Black Gate
  • half-dozen.3 The Path of the Hobbits (Sam, Frodo)
    • 6.3.one Escape from Osgiliath
    • 6.3.ii Shelob's Lair
    • 6.3.3 Cirith Ungol
    • 6.3.4 The Scissure of Doom
  • 6.4 Palantir Bonus Levels
  • 6.5 Palantír of Saruman
  • vi.6 Palantír of Sauron
• 7 External links

Player paths

Campain

The game has three "paths" to play, which involve unlike undertakings of the main characters of The Return of the King.

The Path of the Wizard

Characters

• Gandalf
• Aragorn in co-op
• Legolas in co-op
• Gimli in co-op

Levels

• Helm's Deep
• The Road to Isengard
• Minas Tirith - Tiptop of the Wall
• Minas Tirith - Courtyard

The Path of the Rex

Characters

• Aragorn
• Legolas
• Gimli
• Gandalf (The Black Gate just)

Levels

• Paths of the Dead
• The King of the Dead
• The Southern Gate
• Pelennor Fields
• The Black Gate

The Path of the Hobbits

Characters

• Frodo (Scissure of Doom just)
• Sam
• Merry (in co-op for Xbox/PS2/GameCube)
• Pippin (in PC co-op)
• Aragorn
• Legolas

Levels

• Escape from Osgiliath
• Shelob's Lair
• Cirith Ungol
• Crack of Doom

Playable characters

• Samwise Gamgee
• Aragorn
• Legolas
• Gandalf
• Gimli
• Frodo Baggins
• Faramir (Bonus character)
• Merry (Bonus character, playable grapheme in co-op style)
• Pippin (Bonus character)

Boxing rating system / Experience

The game's battle rating system is based on how many hits the player tin can deal without taking impairment. This fills the player's experience bar. Experience decreases whenever the player pauses from fighting. The ratings are as follows:

• Off-white - rusty Uruk-hai helmet
• Good - bronze Uruk-hai helmet
• Excellent - silver Uruk-Hai helmet
• Perfect - gold Uruk-Hai helmet

At the end of a level the player gets a rating, which is based on the amount of times the player gets the four ratings. According to this rating the thespian gets an experience bonus. Off-white: 1000, Expert: 2000, Fantabulous: 3000 and Perfect: 5000. With this gained feel, sure upgrades can be bought, either for 'the fellowship', meaning all members get this upgrade, or for 'the character', pregnant only the current character get it, some upgrades however are some characters but.

For a list of all the upgrades see: List of upgrades.

Bonuses

• Palantír of Saruman (Bonus level)
• Palantír of Sauron (Bonus level) (Must also achieve level 10 with Sam, Gandalf, and Aragorn or Legolas or Gimli)
• Billy Boyd interview
• Dom Monaghan interview
• Andy Serkis interview
• David Wenham interview
• Faramir (Bonus graphic symbol)
• Merry (Bonus character) (Not a bonus character in co-op mode)
• Pippin (Bonus character)
• Surreptitious codes

Differences from the book and moving-picture show

Hither are listed the differences between the video game, the original book, and Peter Jackson'southward flick. The bold text shows the characters in co-op mode. Once The Crack of Doom is completed, any character tin can play in any level, co-op fashion or not (except Captain's Deep, which isn't available in co-op way).

Level	Path	Book	Film	Game
Helm'southward Deep	Gandalf	Non-Conflicting	Non-Conflicting	Non-Conflicting
Road to Isengard	Gandalf Gandalf A-Fifty-G	Following the battles of Isengard and Helm's Deep, Gandalf, A-50-G, Éomer, and Théoden journeying to Isengard on horseback, and pick up Merry and Pippin.	Not-Alien	Gandalf comes to Isengard at the cease of that battle, lonely and on foot. He helps the ents slaughter the remainder of the Uruks and Orcs, and helps intermission the levee to "release the river."
Escape from Osgiliath	Sam Sam Merry	Original to Film	Faramir takes Frodo, Sam, and Gollum to an old sewer that will lead them out of the bombarded city. They escaped Osgiliath 2 days before the orcs arrived.	Gollum leads Frodo and Sam through the ruins to the sewer, fighting many orcs on the manner.
Paths of the Dead	A-L-G A-L-G	Canon, but non seen	A-Fifty-G are followed by specters into the main hall.	The trio must fight the specters to proceed their journey.
King of the Expressionless	A-L-G A-L-G	Canon, merely not seen	Aragorn challenges the King of the Dead, who brings down the caverns, with the trio narrowly escaping.	Aragorn fights the Male monarch of the Dead, and must fight his minions to escape the plummet.
Minas Tirith: Top of the Wall	Gandalf Gandalf A-L-Yard	Not-Conflicting	Non-Conflicting	Non-Conflicting
Minas Tirith: Courtyard	Gandalf Gandalf A-50-G	Non-Alien	Not-Conflicting	Non-Conflicting
Shelob's Lair	Sam Sam Merry	Not-Conflicting	Non-Conflicting	Sam must destroy multiple orcs camped within the tunnel and impale Shelob .
The Southern Gate	A-L-1000 A-Fifty-G	Original to Game	Original to Game	A-L-G must press through the Harlond earlier they can enter the Pelennor Fields.
Pelennor Fields	A-50-One thousand A-L-G	Aragorn arrives with an army of Gondor.	Aragorn arrives with an ground forces of the dead.	The dead arrive a curt fourth dimension subsequently Aragorn.
Cirith Ungol	Sam Sam Merry	Non-Conflicting	Non-Conflicting	Sam must fight Gorbag at the top of the tower.
The Black Gate	A-L-G Gandalf A-L-Thousand Gandalf	Aragorn'southward forces fight from atop the Slag Hills, and Eagles attack the Nazgûl.	The Slag Hills are absent.	In that location is 1 slag hill with ruins on information technology, Aragorn duels the Oral cavity of Sauron, and the Fellowship must fight the Nazgûl.
Fissure of Doom	Frodo Frodo Sam	Gollum takes the Ring from Frodo, merely and then falls into the fires past his own fault.	Frodo, in acrimony, attacks Gollum. Both fall off the edge of the Cliff, though Frodo is saved by Sam.	Sam and Frodo must push Gollum off the cliff in the Crack of Doom 6 times in order to get him and the ring into the lava.

Level summaries

Path of the Sorcerer (Gandalf merely)

Helm's Deep

The actor must defeat the Uruk-hai at Helm's Deep. This is a tutorial level, in which the thespian gets to experiment with the unlike moves the game has to offer. The level ends when the player destroys a cart of explosives on the causeway with three ballistas, driving the Uruks away from Helm's Deep.

Failure if: (Histrion cannot neglect)

Allies- Gimli, Legolas, Aragorn and the Rohirrim

The Road to Isengard

The player chases the orcs and Uruk-hai through Fangorn wood. At ane point, the actor must help the Ents by killing 75 enemies in order to proceed. Afterward following the path, the player will terminate upwardly at the Dam of Isengard. The player must so protect the Ent trying to break the dam from the orc archers by killing them and letting the Ent suspension the dam. The level ends when the dam is destroyed.

Failure if: The role player is killed past orcs and dies.

Allies-Ents

Minas Tirith - Elevation of the Wall

The player must motility up and down the walls of Minas Tirith, knocking down siege ladders and killing whatsoever enemies at the top of the wall. All the time, he must make certain that the overrun meter is equally low as possible, considering the player will fail if too many enemies brand it on the wall. Occasionally, siege towers volition appear, which the player must either burn down a catapult at (left-side towers only) or shoot straight. When the player destroys the quaternary siege tower (which will land on the wall no matter what), a cut-scene will prove trolls using Grond . The level ends when the player makes it down the stairs to the courtyard.

Failure if: The thespian dies or the wall is overrun.

Allies-Gondorian swordsmen and archers

Minas Tirith - Courtyard

The gates accept been breached, and the player must now defeat the waves of enemies coming through the cleaved gate, with only a few Gondor soldiers to help him. His main objective is to defend the courtyard allowing civilians to escape to safe. When 150 civilians are saved, huge trolls volition bring together the ranks. The level ends when 200 civilians have been saved.

Failure if: The player dies.

Allies-Gondorian archers

Path of the Rex (Aragorn, Legolas, or Gimli)

Paths of the Dead

The player, every bit either Aragorn, Legolas, or Gimli, must brand their way to the very center of the Dwimorberg mountain through the Paths of the Dead, in order to call the Dead Men of Dunharrow to fight for Gondor. Throughout the paths, they must fight specters that will seek to kill them. There is besides a point where the Three Hunters are trapped and must defeat 35 specters earlier they are able to move on. The level ends when the histrion makes it to the end of the Paths of the Dead.

Failure if: The player dies.

Allies-Legolas,Aragorn and/or Gimli

King of the Dead

The role player must now fight the King of the Dead alone. The King attacks either by a iii-strike attack or past calling dead soldiers. After about one-half of his wellness has been depleted, he starts to accident powerful wind at the histrion and his iii-strike assail becomes five-strikes. After the Rex is defeated, the thespian must escape the collapsing mountain to return to his and defeat any specters in his path.

Failure if: The player dies

Allies-Legolas and / or Aragorn and / or Gimli

The Southern Gate

The player must get by the Southern gate in order to assist the Rohirrim at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. Unfortunately, however, he must fight off hundreds of Uruks and orcs that lay in ambush. If you lot enjoy fighting many enemies, this level is for you. Two trolls likewise lay in look. The player must fire three catapults, ii at a tower and one at a troll, to get to the peak of the gate. After he defeats the troll at the top, he must slay a Mumakil by shooting at four points in its armor and bravado it upward. He must then open the gate. The level ends when the player gets through the gate alive.

Failure if: The player dies

Allies- Legolas, Aragorn and/or Gimli

Pelennor Fields

The player is immediately launched into the full-scale battle fighting several Easterlings and Uruks alongside the Rohirrim. They must boxing until threescore enemies have been killed. And so, Merry and Éowyn will join the fight. Mumakil will also enter the battlefield. The player must destroy the Mumakil coming for Éowyn and Merry (the Mumakil will automatically kill them if it gets there, and the mission will fail) by destroying its armor and bravado it upward before it is likewise belatedly. Periodically, the Witch-king will ride downward on his Fell Animate being to attack Merry and Eowyn. The player must shoot the Witch-king until it flies off. This process will echo until the Witch-king'south Fell Beast is slain. Éowyn will kill him, and the dead will arrive.

Failure if: The player dies or the Witch-king kills Éowyn and Merry or a Mumakil crushes them.

Allies-The Legolas, Aragorn and/or Gimli, Rohirrim

The Black Gate

There are three parts to this level, separated by checkpoints.

The level begins with the player facing the Oral fissure of Sauron who was brandishing Frodo's Mithril shirt. The actor and then battles to defeat him. After the role player slays the Mouth, the progress is saved and the next role begins.

Hordes of orcs volition erupt from the Black Gate of Mordor. The player must kill every enemy that makes it onto the slag ruins while protecting the residuum of the Fellowship (the other members regain health when you are adjacent to them). The objective is to kill six champions, merely the enemies will come up from the sides as well as the front after three champions accept been killed. Once all vi champions are defeated, there is a checkpoint and iii Ringwriaths appear.

The Ringwraiths will attempt to kill the player and the members of the Fellowship. The level ends when the iii Ringwraiths are slain.

Failure if: The player dies or any other member of the Fellowship dies.

Allies-Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas or Gimli, Gondorians, Rohirrim

The Path of the Hobbits (Sam, Frodo)

Escape from Osgiliath

The player must brand their mode through the besieged metropolis of Osgiliath and escape through the sewers. Orcs are everywhere, and the Nazgûl are searching ceaselessly for the Band. The histrion must fight their manner through Osgiliath, and either accept encompass or become off the roofs as apace as possible when the Ringwraiths are searching. The level ends when the role player defeats the orc champion stationed well-nigh the leave of the sewers, and escapes the city.

Failure if: The player dies or the Nazgûl catch Frodo.

Allies-Frodo, Gollum/Smeagol, Gondor rangers, Gondor swordsmen, Gondor archers

Shelob's Lair

This level is separated into iii levels, each separated past a checkpoint.

The first part: The first function is a gigantic maze, with few paths actually leading to the right location. Though some paths will atomic number 82 to EXP bonus stones, they also contain spider ambushes. A couple of Orcs as well dwell in the lair. The player'southward basic objective, in this stage, is to make it to a huge arched bridge, where a checkpoint will betoken the end.

The second part: The 2d part is more straightforward, simply harder; there is simply ane path from this bespeak on, merely there are more enemies and more than baby spider blockades that need to exist separated by a torch. The objective, which is fifty-fifty simpler than the concluding, is to become out of the lair into a huge rock arena.

The third function: The player must now fight Shelob. She begins with parry-able thrusts, merely volition occasionally charge into a corner and summon spiders to attack the player. The but way is to hack at Shelob until she is defeated. Frodo will be taken by two orcs, which ends the level.

Failure if: The actor dies

Allies-None

Cirith Ungol

The player must fight through many hordes of orcs, who are at war with each other though will focus attention on the player when they spot him (Note: The enemies seem to not actually kill each other, and so it is up to the role player to practice so if they wish to.) The starting time function of the mission involves killing at least 80 enemies, which tin be accomplished through a variety of paths and activeness sequences. One time this is washed, the player must navigate the level until a brusque scene showing the remaining orcs fleeing to a bridge is shown. After firing a ballista and destroying function of the level, the player must blitz across the span, beginning the second role of the level (if the player is besides boring in getting across the bridge, the histrion dies.)

The 2d part is a brusque dominate battle against Gorbag. Initially, the thespian cannot damage him, but by using the spears in the room, the role player can toss 1 to break his shield, and some other to stun him, during which time his life meter will announced. Notation that information technology is possible to knock him downwardly and use a finishing movement, simply it will not exist an instant impale (it volition only deal damage). Once Gorbag is defeated, the level ends.

Failure if: The player dies or the player falls at the bridge leading to the 2nd part of the level.

Allies-None

The Scissure of Doom

This level is basically a dominate boxing: information technology's Sam and Frodo against Gollum. Gollum simply has melee attacks, but his swipes and jump attack tin can exist quite deadly if unparried. To damage Gollum, the player must lure him to the very edge of the platform, slash him, knock him over with an attack, and terminate the combo with a killing move. (Note: This is similar to the Last Judgment move.) The player must use this process a total of six times; each fourth dimension, additional obstacles like falling rocks and lava oozing on the platform. Once the sixth killing combo has been completed, Gollum falls into the lava and the Ring is destroyed.

Failure if: The actor dies

Allies-Sam

Palantir Bonus Levels

Palantír of Saruman

At that place are 20 rounds in this level, with every five rounds depicting a random deserted identify in Middle-globe. In this level, the thespian must slay every enemy in each round in order to progress. The enemies are piece of cake at starting time but get steadily harder, eventually resulting in enemies similar Trolls and Champions. The enemies involved are the Expressionless, Uruks, Spiders, and Trolls of all varieties (Normal, Shielded, Archer and champion.).

Allies-None

Palantír of Sauron

This level requires lvl x for Gandalf, Sam, and either Aragorn, Legolas, or Gimli. There are 20 rounds like to the Palantír of Saruman, but with unlike Centre-earth locations and harder and more numerous enemies. The difficulty progresses similar to the Palantír of Saruman. The enemies involved are Orcs, Easterlings, Uruks (Isengard), and Trolls of all varieties.

Allies-None

External links

• Official site by EA
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King at MobyGames

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