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Gimli in the books really wasn't comedic relief. He was more of a warrior poet. The one comedic thing that they did keep was the keeping score of how many enemies they kill between Legolas and Gimli.

This and The Return of the King game were basically my childhood...

Sauron doesn't die when the ring is cut from his finger but his physical form we see in the movie is destroyed. His spirit lives on after the ring was cut from his finger.

This game, along with RotK, are actually such good action games. They're genuinely a good time and I remember them fondly.

The genuine growl in "TOWARDS HIM" at 19:15 was such a true rage gamer moment and it delighted me 😂

Y'all should consider playing the Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance games for the PS2. While they have very little in common with their isometric cousins, they are still a pretty good time and can be played co-op.

The fact that they keep calling Aragorn "Eragon" without ever once acknowledging it is one of the most low-key hilarious jokes of them playing these old Lord of the Rings games.

3:49 is actually quite an interesting question and a major fuck up of the movie. In the lore Sauron fights Elendil and Gil-galad at the same time. They both die in the process but they are still able to incapacitate and damage Saurons physical form. Sauron is overthrown and weakened which enables Isildur to cut Ring of Saurons hand with the broken Narsil. Saurons spirit flees after that, vanishing his body. There is no explosion but it's more cinematic I guess. In the movie Saurons just yeets Elendil with his mace, instantly killing him, there's no Gil-galad (just a few shots of him but not fighting Sauron directly) and Sauron extends his hand like an idiot so that Isildur can conveniently cut it off. I assume that Peter Jackson wanted to imply that Sauron was about to burn Isildur with his hand like he supposedly does with Gil-galad in the books but it just doesn't work in the movie for me, like Sauron exposes his biggest weakness just like that and Sauron is not an moron, he's actually a very cunning intellectual in the books, arrogant but crazy resourceful, cunning and NOT an idiot who would go down like that... You guys should check out what Sauron does in the first, second and third age of Middle-earth, he has a very vast history, from being the right hand man of Melkor (the ACTUAL dark lord and primary antagonist in Tolkiens work), to his final defeat at the end of the War of the Ring. After his defeat in the prologue of the Fellowship of the Ring he actually regains a physical body, Gollums describes him as some demonic entity with nine fingers. After the destruction of the Ring he is nothing more than a cloud that coukd cause you a depressing thoughts. As a Maiar he technically can't die so his spirit lingers on. The burning eye on top of Barad-dûr is actually an invention of Peter Jackson, too which I absolutely love. In the books the burning eye is the symbol of the Orcs and Uruks of Mordor. FYI, I love the movies, they are my all time favorite movies but they still screw up in them.

Sauron put a good amount of his power into the Ring itself, when Isildur cut the Ring from Sauron's hand he couldn't continue to remain in the physical realm. That 'explosion was just him escaping in his real form, a Spirit

One of my favourite games from way back when

"Boromir has to die. It's a canon event." 😂 that got me

Dude, you just triggered a core childhood memory and answered a question I've had since then. I used to have a set for the LoTR hex figures. Came with a landscape board and probably 50-100 pieces or something? All I remember doing with it was lining all the good guys and bad guys up and being like, "Dude the orcs are so fucking cool." Never knew they were called hex figures, though; always called it, "That LoTR boardgame thing-y." Grammar edit:

The ring being cut off doesn’t kill him, it destroys his physical form. He made a gamble that by putting part of himself in the ring he’s able to amplify his power. It also gives him the set back of having his physical form tied to the ring.

We got this back Christmas 2002 and it was so awesome. Came with a PS2 bundle and it was still the best christmas gift my brother and I got. So classic.

The transitions from movie clips to video game cutscenes blew me away as a kid

I've waited for this moment longer than gollum waited to get the ring back.

the cutscene for the mission with the wraiths in the beginning of the game, in the cutscene, sam yells "FRODO!" but it sounds like he says "STRODO!" and its hilarious.

To provide some context on things: Sauron started life as a bodiless spirit before the world was created, alongside a whole bunch of others. theyy can survive having their bodies destroyed, it's just unpleasant.. Unless apparently they decide to be super evil or something. Not quite sure if that was a problem for Sauron in either book or movie form before the ring was made, but I lean towards it being so. once he has the One Ring idea he pours a bunch of himself into it. This in turn somehow amplifies his already considerable power, though it's not an end all be all. He's by no means invincible with the Ring, and can be defeated with it. Which happened twice to his armies whenever Numenor AKA Atlantis AKA where the ancestors of the Dunedain (Aragorn and Boromir and other Gondorians) are from. After tricking Numenor into suicide by God, he managed to escape back to Mordor only to find that Gondor had popped up on his doorstep. This made him very cross and started a lengthy "Get off my lawn" war that culminates in the Last Alliance of Men and Elves - pretty much everyone who hated him versus all his servants and armies. Durin's Folk aka Khazad-dum aka the future Moria even pitched in with a troop of Dwarven warriors. With the vicious battle at Dagorlad (the Dead Marshes in the future, where the ghost lights are), Sauron ended up trapped for ten years inside Barad-dur despite repeated attempts by him to get the Last Alliance to fuck off. Until at last he manages to escape and head for Mount Doom. There he gets cornered and it is here that the movie prologue occurs. Now, here is where things get interesting. In the movie, Sauron of course has his finger sliced off, and explodes without the One Ring. Or something. BUT, in the book it's not as clear as to how Sauron is defeated, only that he kills Elendil (and also the High King Gil-galad by burning him alive) in the process. It's implied that he is basically killed the old fashioned way, in a sense. It is then that Isildur takes the Ring as repayment for the many personal losses he suffered in his long battle with Sauron, still by cutting the ring off. Elrond and another elf are both present for this, being the only two besides Isildur to be able to stand up to Sauron along side the high kings. They advised him to destroy it, and he says no. None of them go to mount doom in this part. the end result is the same - Sauron loses ring, but survives because the Ring isn't destroyed. Orcs ambush Isildur's entourage and slaughter them. Isildur dies, ring is lost.

for a video game note, the Return of the King game has co-op! It's done in an oldschool LEGO and such style where the screen is shared by both players.

I think that Orc broke Frodo's Jaw lmao

I must have spent 3-4 months real time trying to get out of that first dungeon room with the tomb and giant. Probably took me about a year to even get that far. The two towers and prince of Persia sands of time where two games I really loved but was very very bad at as a child

The story of the pool noodles on the trampoline had me lmao

My favourite as a kid, loved watching all the behind the scene extra videos on the game too

Visually the game is beautiful, striking and lively. It's so animated and beautifully shaded. I've never played this game but now I want to. A visual feast.

the way this game is set up is that Aragorn was the jack of all trades, Gimli was a tank, and Legolas is the fast ranged fighter. Gimli unfortunately suffers from being slow compared to the other two, which lets enemies smack him around. The hitstun is real. You're also meant to replay levels as the other two to level them up. There's no shared moves in this game, while in Return of the King there are. They cost more but they unlock moves for EVERYONE as they level! You can also unlock instakill attacks in both games. They require a button sequence but they're insanely powerful.

I played this game so much growing up those last 3 levels were just a absolute nightmare to complete because of how hard they get

Definitely was a co-op player. Played the whole game with my childhood friend

Mind pulp is the only channel I’m not bored of on KZfaq currently. Just rewatching everything to keep myself entertained.

Frodo lookin like Cyrax the goblin of Akron

Feels like yesterday when I was looking at the articles for the Shelob and Gollum boss fights in a gaming magazine

A "Max Meltdown" is so enjoyable..... because it's so relatable. 😆

I had a really bad day. Just started the video and I know that in about 23 minutes I will feel better. Thank you guys for all the laughs you provide.

Loved this game back when it came out. Not sure if this was a secret, but you can move the right stick around to fight. You don't have to button mash your way through combat. Eventually, you will use a combo.

One does not simply watch a Mind Pulp video without leaving a like.

I absolutely love the banter you guys have. I discovered your channel a week or so back and have been binge-watching everything. Amazing stuff lads, thanks so much!

No Tom Bombadil singing his name over and over like a pokemon here in this game, but I guess it's OKAY...

PSA: If you loved the lord of the rings hex game it got bought by Games Workshop and was turned into an army based skirmish game Edit: it's called Middle Earth Battle Strategy Game

16:38 "Yeah, you've cracked the code on this guy" - dies immediately 19:14 "I know what to do!" - dies immediately But it's great that you're revisiting these LOTR classic games :D!

Quickest way to kill the big sword uruks is to use a bane move that you unlock. It’s like a perry and instakill counter attack, and it automatically makes you go into perfect mode.

This was one of my favorite games as a kid. Would love a remastered version to play through again for the nostalgia.

This unlocked a core memory for me. I knew he was called Lurtz because I had this sticker book thing when I was little of all the LOTR characters, you could buy the packs of stickers from a newsagent and try and collect them all like Pokemon cards lmao Good times Also never forget when Jerma played this game and spent like 3 hours on the Helms Deep level. It's kinda validating to watch grown adults struggle with these games as much as I did when I was like 9 lol

Holy cow this brings such flashbacks.. I can literally remember a bunch of these scenes and momets even though it's been so many years

I believe in the books it was actually Gil-Galad (an elven king) and Elendil (badass numenorian) who defeated Sauron but also died in the process. Isildur then cut the ring from Saurons hand after he was defeated.

The reason the holding sword move did nothing to Lurtz is because you did it too late he was already in his next animation. It actually does a ton of damage if you do it while his sword is still stuck 😂. Love the vid guys this and ROTK are classics!

I’ve been watching you guys for awhile now.. your videos are the only form of dopamine i get on this platform.. i hate to admit this but every time i see a post from ya’ll a smile runs across my face. Keep up the good work guys! You are both truly gems.

Had this game growing up, cool to see it again

"For real quality warfare, you have to go with a Gimli!" -John Rhys-Davies on the game itself.

Return of the king is such a nostalgic ps2 game for me. I played the crap outta that game when I was little. That one mission with that huge battle at the beginning was always my favourite. I’d love to see you guys play that. Also a very challenging game and little to no checkpoints.

So nostalgic. I remember being a child and screaming at the npcs to help . Good times..

This was my first Lord of the Rings games and I loved it. Thanks for the flashback!

You need to make Barnyard part 2. You said if it reached 10K likes you'd make a part two. It has over 100K but still no part two. Please pleeeeeeeeeeeeease make part two.

In the intro Sauron poured all his power into the one ring to rule them all along with his spirit. His body during that battle was just basically a husk and the ring is giving him all the power. So as it was cut off it surged causing his husk to disintegrate and explode and thus the ring survives so does the spirit, hence why it betrayed Isildur and why it’s referred to have a “will” of its own. Virginity has served me well finally.

This game was how I was first introduced to the world of Middle-earth, so it holds a special place in my heart. Anyway, good video once again! 👍

This has become my favourite video game channel! I love the banter and the random shitty games! Perfect thing to watch before bed to lighten the mood

ROTK was actually a very fun game you could sit down and knock out the entire campaign in an afternoon. Got good reviews too IIRC

Isildur cuts the ring from his already dead body. Its in Silmarillion so I guess Isildur had an epic fight and won, where Gilgalad and Elendil both dies.

Vote for episode 2! You didn't even get to the battle of helms deep, those are like the best levels in the game!

I remember playing The Two Towers alot on the GameCube

Can you plz play the rest of the haunted mansion game? You just got to a crazy boss battle and the game just gets better and weirder

9:42 Frodo: I CANNOT FIGHT THEM!

IDK about the movies, but in the books he is actually killed fighting the king of the elves and the king of men (isldurs dad) but they both die in the effort. Isildur then comes upon the scene and cuts the ring off his finger to keep as a trophy. So he was already defeated.

I grew up playing this game on the ps2 and got so excited when I was able to get a hand on The Return of The King loving it even more than the first game being able to play with even more characters

Can't wait for you to cover The Third Age. That was my first experience with LotR _and_ turn-based combat!

I just went to see all 3 extended editions re-released at my theater not too long ago so seeing this video in my feed is a nice treat 😁

This was one of the games I traded in for ps2 at game stop and bought at thrift store years later when ps3 was old and still loved it

I had this one when I was younger and all I can ever remember of it is some godforsaken tower defence stage that I gave up trying to beat

Nice to finally see a recent video. Lol been watching your vids from months and months ago to get a fix.

I totally remember this being Co-op

This is one of the legendary games of my childhood. We constantly replayed this one.

7:02 missed your chance to say "There may come a day when we play Mines of Moria, but it is not this day! This day we fight!"

This reminded me of the Lord of the Rings Conquest game I had on the nintendo ds

I had those lord of the rings warhammer things. Had the big starter box for two towers with the rohirrim and the uruk hai. Also got a little pewter lurtz guy to use!

I remember those hexes they used to sell them in Poundland it was awesome 😂😂

Man this game was so fun. I remember struggling so hard with the Fangorn Forest level though

I didn't plan on laughing but the Roxanne joke was to good

Ever since I saw your first lord of the rings THIS is what I wanted you all to play! I haven’t started the vid yet but I hope you BOTH played! And someone chose Legolas he’s my fav 💕🫶🏼 OMFGGGGG MANDELA EFFECT I SWEAR IT WAS CO-OP 🤧😭

The way it’s been described to me is the ring basically acts as a Tether between the realm that his spirit lies and middle earth. So that’s why whenever someone puts the ring on they disappear this is why, when Frodo wears the ring he sees the Naz ghoul for what they truly are. Gandolf and the other wizards are similar in that aspect as well, which is how Gandolf essentially dies and comes back but it takes him a while to remember himself as Gandolf the Grey

this was one of the ones i actually played when i was younger. it was kinda fun....but all that I remember from it was the fight with the cracken.

I've played the console & Gameboy advance versions of this game many times, love em both.

Literally bought this for the GameCube just this week and blitzed through it. So glad to see you guys play it now haha

I remember falling down on cliff near Moria with Aragorn in cutscene. Funny stuff. Real classic game.

I played through all of return of the king with a school friend for an entire night, many years ago, I hope you 2 play it together it was a blast! Gandalf got crazy

We definitely need a Remaster of this game and the ROTK game. Their such classics.

Man, this was the first game we got for PS2. It started my love for gaming as well as for LotR.

I can’t overestimate how many times my dad and I played through this game back in the day. I had to hold myself back from yelling “JUMP BACK” on the troll fights lmao Love y’all’s videos 🫡

9:55 the British New Wave accent was way too good bro

It never ceases to amaze looking back at these games 20 years later. I remember thinking “dude, these graphics are insane!” And now they look pitiful haha

I played that LOTR hex game in the mall at one of those table top game stores when I was younger. They had some type of demo of it to teach you how to play.

This game is both peak and also my first Mandela Effect. I could have SWORN it was co-op as a kid, but it’s always been single player. So weird. My brain definitely crossed it with the Return of the King game.

Yessss y'all gotta try The Evil dead regeneration game on PS2 and the Dino crisis on PS1 next 🙌🏼

I too didnt realise it was not co-op. I think in mandella at his tricks again!

If the Phantom Menace on PS1 could be given a PS5 port, then I see no reason why Two Towers and Return of the King can't be given ports either. Or better yet, we could hope that these games could be remade with updated graphics and gameplay, maybe even let us play more characters in Two Towers, I still remember how bummed I was when I couldn't play as Gandalf, especially since he was my favorite character in those movies.

The two towers and return of the king were awesome games for their time. The Third Age is still my favorite though.

I got this game for Christmas of that year and I played every second till I leveled every character to max. Wished there was more levels but as far as I can tell, none were bad IMO.

You guys keep going Every video gets better and better Nice job❤👌

I still have the top trumps cards. My friend and i played it on and off for years. Sometimes when we had downtime at school. Also at school, I checked out the movie covers books. The girls behind the desk started going crazy, when they saw Legolas got one. Squeals and all. Never knew about the hex stuff.

I have played the lotr combat hex game, I have about 150 of them. My dad and I still play it to this day and I even have the booster packs up on display in my office

I loved playing this game in my ps2 era. I haven't played it in so long.

Now y’all have to play Return of the King. Loved that game so much growing ip