"The game suffers from some repetitive missions with a lot of "fetch this and find that," plus many of the camera angles are finicky." Review by Marc Saltzman with screen shots and score [4.5/5].

"There is an initial rush and glimpse of Tolkien's novel in the early going. The ensuing action lacks punch and never arcs to a point to make any of the combat substantial." Review by Fwiffo with overall rating [60%] and screen shots.

"The Fellowship of the Ring is ultimately an average game at its best and a frustrating and boring one at its worst." Review by Brad Shoemaker with score [5.5] and screen shots.

"For gameplayers, linear is not good. Though a game sports a variety of puzzles, they should change up a bit for the sake of diversity, something that this game doesn't appear able to do. The enemy AI is suspect." Review by Michael Lafferty with overall score [8.0] and screen shots.

"Did I have high expectations for the game? Sure, but even if you were to strip the license away, the games lack of focus, sub-par AI, and unbalanced gameplay make the game mediocre at best." Review by Kaiser Hwang with overall score [6.7] and screen shots.

"The die-hard Tolkien will get a kick out of slugging and spell-casting their way through the first book of the Rings trilogy, but the casual gamer will only be disappointed by an otherwise generic action / adventure title." Review by Steve Steinberg with score [68] and screen shots.

"The heavily flawed combat drags this title down to a great degree, effectively making about half the game into more a chore than anything else." Review by Matt Keil with screen shots and overall rating [3/5].

"Big-time Tolkien fans that can tolerate the generally poor gameplay features in order to get a interactive romp through Middle-earth may want to give LotR a rental, but absolutely don't consider this for a gaming buy unless it can be had around the holidays for under 20 bucks." Review by Lee Cieniawa with overall score [5.1/10] and screenshots.

"The game is also pretty short--somewhere in the neighborhood of 8-12 hours to finish, and your desire to replay it will likely be minimal." Review by Bonnie.

"Ultimately LOTR is a good game. While it could have been better in some areas (better load times, more interesting combat scenarios), for the most part it is well done. You should rent it first and decide if it's worth $50. If you are a hardcore LOTR fan, be sure to check it out." Review by Jolex Del Pilar with global score [7.4] and screenshots.