It’s crazy that this even exists, and isn’t surprising at all to find out that this game pissed Francis Ford Coppola off something fierce. Now would someone make a Gladiator or Braveheart game? The Godfather (PS2, PS3, Xbox, 360, Wii, PC, PSP) Basically, this is everything an adaptation of an Oscar winning movie should be. Things like local co-op, replaying levels as different characters, and permanent upgrades are enough to inspire many comforting replays, not unlike the rewatchability of the Peter Jackson films. Return of the King also has a replayability that few of these games have. Or because everyone’s storylines overlap from time to time. Some of the scenes feel like they kind of overlap each other, but maybe that’s just to make sure you’re getting it. The game benefits from your assumed familiarity with the source material and sort of gets to fast forward around to get to the parts you’d most want to play. Also, if you’re anything like me, you’ll put off the giant spider bit for as long as possible. I just think it’s so cool that Return of the King doesn’t have to embellish the action of a movie to make it a worthwhile video game.
You’ll fight as hobbits, heroes, and Gandalf the wizard as you reenact a bunch of the movie’s incredible fight scenes.‘Epic,’ is a ruined word, but this game feels epic. The episodic game tasks you with navigating three storylines to their shared conclusion. This game blows your mind when it clearly becomes a video game again and says, “Here, you take the wheel for a while.” The image on screen morphs from filmed footage to your controllable polygon characters, and it’s a rush every damn time. And that’s exactly the impression it made on me. I remember when Uncharted 2 was described to me as a game that would blow your mind with the seamless way it transitioned from cutscene to playable sequence. What I’m saying is, this game is incredibly immersive, and I was always afraid to run that fast as a kid, because of the bones thing. How in the hell are you going to beat that? Considering this is just seven years after Resident “Don’t Open That Door!” Evil, that’s like going from crawling to running so fast your bones come out of your body. It’s kind of cheating, sure, but this game features beautiful cinematic cutscenes directed by Peter Jackson and narrated by Sir Ian McKellan. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (GC, PC, PS2, XBox, GBA)
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