Evaluation Essay
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers for Playstation 2 EA Games once again pulls a game from the phenomenal trilogy of movies, "The Lord of the Rings." Their latest production is The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers for Playstation 2. As an avid game player, I find myself seeing brief acclaim for the trilogy EA has worked so hard, or not so hard, to create. Though this game does have some strong points, the overall output is poor, and I find myself wanting to either throw my controller or rip my hair out whenever I play this game. Graphics are the first thing a player sees when they play a video game. The graphics of Two Towers were just short of unbelievable. The bright and vivid colors made characters look very real, and close to their movie counterparts. Backgrounds were paid close attention to in creation, and enemy units were done just as well as the lead characters. Usually, a game company will take more time in developing the main characters features, and in a way diminish the other characters overall look. This was not the case in Two Tower's. Enemy characters were just as creative if not more than the lead characters. What made the graphics so great was their mixture of actual movie footage. The graphics
Before you can even start over again, every time you die you are forced to watch an intro scene to the level you may be playing which gets very old, repetitive, and flat out annoying. Unfortunately for Two Towers, the game play not only dropped like a rock, but sank like one as well. Once again, another large quantity of enemy units is sent your way and you must save the civilians in a limited amount of time. There are many things that could have been improved, like maybe making the main characters not have to fight so many enemies at once, or making the game play a little faster. I couldn't deal with the thought of wasting another thirty minutes killing all the Orc's I had just killed. The sound of metal clashing against metal, and arrows bouncing off of rocks or hitting enemy Orc's let you even increase the adrenaline rush you were feeling while surrounded by enemy units. Again?!?! Two Towers may have been a very good looking and good sounding game, but it lacked many things that make a game actually fun. The only time you can save your progress is after you complete a level. The most important and most influential part of a game is its overall control, feel and response. would fade into movie footage and set up the next set of level's or objectives. Overall, I would not recommend buying this game and I find myself using it as a coaster for my drink while I read a good book. Sure graphics can be great, and the sounds can get you in the mood, but if a player can't actually respond with this look and feel, the game play is going to drop like a rock. Again, probably a question you will keep asking yourself over and over while you play this game. The biggest fix would have to be the save feature.
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