Was The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King As Good As I Remember?

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I played my fair share of movie tie in games as a kid. Whether it be Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Ghost-rider, Hulk, Star Wars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith, King Kong, Aladdin, Madagascar, Shrek 2 I mean the list seriously goes on and on. None of these games quite had a grip on my childhood though like The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. It was a game that had no right being that good... or at least that's what I think. Nostalgia will get you from time to time so, let's just double check and see if Return of the King really is as good as I remember!
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Introduction - 00:00
Developers - 02:16
Gameplay Loop - 03:29
Level Design - 05:12
Voice Acting - 08:09
Conclusion - 08:45
Outro - 10:11
Was The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King As Good As I Remember?
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@tomverstappendrums3423 Жыл бұрын

yep the mid 2000's were so sick. Spiderman, star wars, the lord of the rings etc etc. I'm trying to put nostalgia aside but really I think it was a great time for these kinds of massive franchises back then.

@nicks288 Жыл бұрын

The nostalgia is there, but I don't think it's blinding us. Games were just better then.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Yeah nostalgia is a tricky beast, for me that's why I love going back and seeing how all these games stack up and usually they pass with flying colours making me realise it really was a great time for gaming

@tomverstappendrums3423 Жыл бұрын

@@MayorHairBear Glad I'm not alone

@jakestocker4854 Жыл бұрын

@@nicks288 idk I disagree big time. I think games now, especially single player games, are better than ever.

@MorfsPrower Жыл бұрын

I miss Star Wars Jedi Starfighter and Dark Forces ffs I miss Kyle Katarn so bad

@nicks288 Жыл бұрын

YES! This and the Two Towers game! My dad and I played these two games so much on the PS2. I'd kill for a remaster or remake.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

The Two Towers was awesome, I wish it was backwards compatible! Might bust out the emulator for that one. Would love for these games to get some remasters!

@brendandehn123 Жыл бұрын

Same, man loved this and battlefront.

@MT-UK Жыл бұрын

Ah man - I have to agree. Fellowship sucked - but TT and RotK were amazing - I remember being Gandalf White in Gondor - loved it

@MT-UK Жыл бұрын

Imagine them being remade with the shadow of Mordor style mechanics, graphics etc … shiiiiiit 🤯

@timp918 Жыл бұрын

Remaster.....yessss

@dallinferguson994 Жыл бұрын

I loved the bonus features with the cast. The video where Merry's actor is making fun of Pippin's actor for sucking at video games made me laugh as a kid

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Dom and Billy have such a great chemistry, they have a great podcast too if you're interested call The Friendship Onion!

@megamoogles1234 Жыл бұрын

"Billy is awful"😂🤣

@jonashworth3827 Жыл бұрын

@@megamoogles1234 "which ones X"

@MerkhVision Жыл бұрын

I’m playin the game now and just watched that clip, it really is very funny!

@Naterator92 Жыл бұрын

Now THIS is a game in need of a remaster!

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@AceGunnerManEIR Жыл бұрын

If they remastered today they would use all the female characters instead

@aladinhegic3306 Жыл бұрын

@@AceGunnerManEIR 😆

@SefniAsheforr Жыл бұрын

I wish we had more games like this in the modern day. Being able to sit down with friends and play through a campaign together side by side was something I experienced back in the day with this game and Halo 1 & 2, and wish remained popular. It was especially fun in this game because you got to choose between all these great characters. Gimli and his axe parry are insanely good in this game btw.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

I agree mate, the amount of memories I had with this game playing it with my little brother and then going and watching the movies are things I'll remember forever. Couch co-op made some games.

@zzodysseuszz Жыл бұрын

Yeah I miss running through a game with a friend purely pve. Instead of pvp constantly being forced into it

@Richard-tj1yh Жыл бұрын

Elden ring seamless coop?

@SefniAsheforr Жыл бұрын

@@Richard-tj1yh Does Elden Ring have splitscreen gameplay?

@zovian6302 Жыл бұрын

Lord of the rings online is still very active, I play it all the time and I have been playing it for 5 years now

@darthcarnage12 Жыл бұрын

Also loved the co-op. This was probably the best game for my brother and I to play together as kids.

@MatWol41 Жыл бұрын

I think the best part of the Return of the King game was the fact that they added a split-screen coop. Man that was such a fun experience

@HUNKragor 9 ай бұрын

Not split screen tho

@chucklytell Жыл бұрын

I loved this one, the battles really felt like you were in a war. Kinda reminded me of like a Tolkien Dynasty Warriors and really enjoyed the differences between the way characters fought. Good game memories LOL

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Some levels definitely had that Dynasty Warriors vibe, even more so in The Two Towers. Great game!

@joe77andino Жыл бұрын

Like to see old games like Tolkien and Star Wars get a HD remastered version . Heard something they might redo LOTR Conquest ..

@sethledford9612 Жыл бұрын

@@joe77andino from what I've seen is a fan project called Conquest Reimagined. I'm kinda excited for it.

@nicks288 Жыл бұрын

I remember playing this game before the extended edition of the movie came out. And I was so confused because some parts of the game weren't from the theatrical movie... Like parts during the Army of the Dead section and fighting the Mouth of Sauron. I figured they were made up just for the game. Had no clue they were from the movie but were just cut out for the theatrical release.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

That's actually a great point, that would have been so weird!

@Al3i. Жыл бұрын

For me it was completely the opposite :D I was playing the game before watching the movie because I couldn't see it in the cinema or anywhere else. Later I was surprised that there are no scenes from the game in the movie D

@BucklingSwashes Жыл бұрын

Still one of my favorite couch coop games of all time, and Aragorn's light-heavy-light-light combo is one of the absolute coolest-looking moves in any video game, period.

@Ihavehadmanynames7779 Жыл бұрын

I can’t remember if it was in return of the king or in lotr conquest but I remember playing as aragorn and summoning a stampede of ghosts. I think it was conquest

@someguy9301 Жыл бұрын

Coop was the best part. My brother and I could/would play at the same time.

@austen44 Жыл бұрын

My little brother and I would spend hours playing ROTK growing up

@rhylin26 Жыл бұрын

This game had sick multiplayer. My cousin and I put lots of hours into this!

@gbdeck200 Жыл бұрын

One of the best movie tie in games Just so authentic to it and love the cutscene gameplay transitions as the plot gets expanded, added so much to it Final fight is great, shame his copy crapped on him

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

I was really sad I couldn't play the Hobbit path and the finale. Still easy one of the best movie tie in games though!

@TheSorrel Жыл бұрын

When the Game came out, these transitions where so convincing I thought the graphics where photorealistic. Today, they are still very impressive, its extremely hard to line up shots like this and they did it consistently.

@Tyler_W Жыл бұрын

This game was fire. One of my favorites growing up. I played this a lot with my dad, sister and friends as much as I played it solo.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

This was a great game, co op and solo!

@fantassthicc7817 Жыл бұрын

The last good Lord of The Rings game I played was back on PS3, War in The North. Game wasn’t as well known bc I believe it came out the same time as Skyrim but I loved that game, was one of the last offline co-op games I had played.

@ICanCDeadPeople Жыл бұрын

This game will always hold a special place in my heart. My cousin used to come over on holidays and we played through the entire game together slowly over many Thanksgivings and Christmas' . We had divided the characters between us based on our favorites. I played Aragorn for like half the game and struggled with later when I switched to Gimli so we played earlier levels again so I could catch my Gimli up in level.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

That was always fun, going back and replaying levels to make sure you could get through the game with anyone!

@ninchmovies1845 Жыл бұрын

The game really didn’t need to be this good tho. The scope of the levels are very impressive for the time. Gg jimmy love the throwback videos

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, plenty more to come!

@joshuacalkins Жыл бұрын

I remember those 2 games very fondly. They had same screen co-op, I think! I miss them. Kept waiting for backwards compatibility for these and Battle for Middle earth 2, but alas the rights are apparently all wrapped up.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's the tricky part about video games, once the rights are up it's almost impossible to keep them up and available to purchase. Thankfully they aren't too expensive and can be played on the 360 but emulation is almost a must for some movie based experiences now

@biscuitboi9478 Жыл бұрын

There was something special about early 2000’s movie tie-in games. So many great meteorites playing The Two Towers and this one.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Two Towers and Rotk were my go to's after finishing the films every time!

@R.W.S. Жыл бұрын

I remember The Lord of the Rings games well, they were so good for the time. I honestly just find myself playing all the classic games I used to play as a kid these days. That's why I'm really happy PlayStation started the whole PS Premium thing, because they're putting a lot of classic games on there and I'm loving it lol. I played Toy Story 2 recently and am playing through Jak and Daxter atm.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see these games make their way to a service like that. Toy Story 2 was a great game, Jak and Daxter is incredible, enjoy mate!

@Slimjim2147 Жыл бұрын

Man I loved these old LOTR games, this was my childhood. I just remember getting wrecked by the king of the dead for hours. And there was one game I've never been able to remember, it was a turn based strategy LOTR game, very much like final fantasy games. I've never been able to remember which it was but I have such fond memories of that one. If anyone knows it please let me know

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

That would be The Third Age, great game!

@morgothbloody7181 Жыл бұрын

Battle for middle-earth

@DannyyBravo Жыл бұрын

Third age, classic!

@jonathanvallee8779 Жыл бұрын

My brother, my best friend and me played that game sooo much when it released. We had to rent the game at the video store (yeah I'm old); great childhood memories, great game!

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

I remember renting this game as well before getting it for christmas later on don't worry mate 😂

@dvo9882 Жыл бұрын

Seeing this video gameplay of Lord of the Rings Return of the King definitely brought back memories. I literally remembered EVERYTHING this video showed. I played this when I was maybe 6-8 yrs old. Wow this was years ago omg.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Time really does fly doesn't it 😂

@dvo9882 Жыл бұрын

@@MayorHairBear Yes it does 😂 I’m glad I got exposed to the Lord of the Rings in my childhood. The movie and the game was great!

@librarybear3419 Жыл бұрын

Damn, this brings memories. It was fun, even if it is as clunky as most pre-Arkham games. It still performed hack and slash better than most and music was good.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Revisiting this one was like a wash of memories, really awesome

@logarithm14 Жыл бұрын

this game, and the original star wars battlefront ii, were the first video games i’ve ever played - they’re both masterpieces

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Battlefront 2 is a phenomenal game, that has stood the test of time beautifully!

@dreamlandnightmare Жыл бұрын

I had ROTK for the GameCube. Loved it. One of my all-time favorite games. The Fellowship of the Ring game wasn't licensed for or based on the movie. It was based directly on the Tolkien novel. Had nothing to do with the movie series games.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Yeah I know now that Fellowship wasn't related to the films but back in the day I had no clue and it was bitterly disappointing

@23Revan84 Жыл бұрын

I have that still. 😭

@SDNate760 Жыл бұрын

My son was born around Christmas 2003 and a buddy came to visit that year. We played this game co-op for several days between feedings and had a great time. Lots of great memories.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

I love that story, as someone who's just recently become a dad for the first time I can relate hard to playing between feedings 😂

@zacharyjohnson9269 Жыл бұрын

I honestly loved this game. Man it takes me back.

@Lionrisesproductions Жыл бұрын

I had such amazing memories from this game. Thank you for reviewing it. I wonder if there is a lord of the rings game that retells the movie stories. But for the newer consoles ps4 and up

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching mate! That'd be a dope game, I'd love to see it

@TheShepard2011 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that game made my childhood. Waaaaayyyyyy too good for the sake of a movie videogame adaptation. One of the best videogame on the Gamecube and one of the best movie tie in games.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Well said mate, I couldn't agree mroe!

@Hoboken90 Жыл бұрын

Oh man those memories with my friends staying so late at home that my mother had to call their parents and tell them "Dont worry, tonight they are staying here" while we were playing Two Towers and Kings return coop. Time passed so fast that supper time was our only "break" and we would still comment strategies and gameplays during supper xD. Those 2 games were my best ps2 experience, very addictive

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Addictive is definitely the word for it, time seemed to fly past playing these games!

@kaidorade1317 Жыл бұрын

My brothers and I would play this game religiously! This game and Battle For Middle Earth 2 need remakes

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Battle for Middle Earth were great games!

@nicks288 Жыл бұрын

I'd give my left nut for a remake of Battle For Middle Earth 2.

@Litfilmz Жыл бұрын

The twin towers game was awesome too so much nostalgia

@hardlysuitable Жыл бұрын

i still have my gamecube copy with me. i had so much fun playing this game as a kid by pulling off combos with aragorn. especially that one move where he stabs the orc behind him while facing forward. good times

@Alijamaru Жыл бұрын

LoTR : The Battle for Middle Earth is another great one. The 1st strategy one where it follows the movies and lets you play as both sides was great stuff.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

BFME has been installed and I'm super excited to revisit it soon!

@j6216 Жыл бұрын

The fact your grandad introduced you to these films makes me feel so old as I still remember the seats in the cinema I sat in watching each film through 01-03, and I'm 27

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

You're only a couple of years older then me mate, I'm 25. My grandpa was a fan of the films and my parents hadn't seen them hence why he showed them to me

@Jameserton Жыл бұрын

Parrying into "Perfect" mode is beyond satisfying in this game.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@stefanzivkovic4195 Жыл бұрын

I remember there was this mission with giant spiders and I was too scared to complete it but the game was awesome!

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Shelob's Lair was a spooky one back in the day for me too 😂

@liquid5555 Жыл бұрын

So crazy growing up knowing after a movie there was most definitely going to be a game. I remember playing the lotr games and Star Wars games after movies and can I say I wish we knew the time we had at the time. Amazing video 👏

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate, glad you enjoyed the video! It was a different time knowing hey, I loved that movie now I can play that movie game. Didn't always work but was cool as a kid 😂

@arlwav Жыл бұрын

dude this game was my life, i used to loop the level where you have to get the gate open, when aragorn legolas and gimli were on their way to assist in battle, legendary video game

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

The Southern Gate is probably my favourite level from that path, it's quality!

@23Revan84 Жыл бұрын

Best games of that time! I remember playing Two Towers over and over, ROTK for me was long and hard, went through it like 2 times. Thanks for the memories, wish I can go back and enjoy those times again. 😃

@juanjosedelatorre7644 Жыл бұрын

This game was fantastic for me, but the one I really loved and would love to see you review is The third age, I think it was the first time I played a turn based rpg that was not Pokemon

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

The Third Age would be a great one to revisit!

@michaelsatterfield3040 Жыл бұрын

The Third Age was amazing! Only downside was how absolutely overpowered the female elf got when she unlocked the water horses spell

@dewulfe9913 Жыл бұрын

Agreed, I got a lot of time out of this game, had the right atmosphere, settings etc., love a good hack n slash. Ended up playing the horde/challenge mode on each character, don't think the game would be *as* fun today if I went back to it, but it was great for its time, and i had a blast

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

It's definitely aged but it's still a blast from the past to experience

@mirkogajic4117 Жыл бұрын

Man this Game was/is a Masterpiece. A friend and i Played for month, mastering every Mission and Stuff with perfect Scores. Such good times back as a 13 year Old.

@jaketstephens3932 Жыл бұрын

My buddy and I played Return of the King sooooo much. I loved the first two games, but the local coop aspect of the 3rd game was what put me over the top.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

The couch co op is why I have so many fond memories with this game too over Two Towers!

@daniellewis2664 Жыл бұрын

Fun facts. The developers were making this game at the same time that the crew in New Zealand were wrapping up The Return of the King film. Electronic Arts received all of the creature designs and set photographs from Weta Workshop on printed paper instead of digitally and simply had to extrapolate from them. Also, there was a plan to make an EA tie-in video game of the Fellowship of the Ring film but, due to time constraints, Stormfront Studios had to abandon that plan and lump the Fellowship levels in with The Two Towers game. Gollum was also modelled and animated as a playable character for The Two Towers game - this was scrapped because the design for Gollum (as he appears in the film) hadn't been decided upon at Weta Digital yet. These games are amazing.

@ArbiterEx Жыл бұрын

My childhood. My cousin had this on his Xbox and when we came to visit the two of us used to spend so much time playing together. Sweet memories.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Those types of memories are the best, I have the same memories playing this game with my brother and my cousins coming over and learning what LOTR was!

@jonah8270 Жыл бұрын

Bro this vid is amazing, so nostalgic.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video mate, from playing the game to editing the video was just nostalgic so I'm stoked others are getting that too from the video

@alejandromolina7270 Жыл бұрын

I played this game so much on my Game Cube. I loved it so much.

@calebhammon3324 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree with you man. This was my favorite game when I was 10 years old 🙂 I used to invite my buddies over and play co-op with them, and I remember a few specific times where we played well into the morning and all passed out asleep trying to beat levels like Pellenor fields! lol

@Ollowayn Жыл бұрын

I remember playing Battle of Helms Deep over and over again with a buddy to level our fav characters and get these cool combos.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

I did that on Osgiliath back in the day because I loved that level so much 😂

@Tenno222 Жыл бұрын

I’ve spent many weekends at my cousins house and we would play this for hours . You can level up your characters and it’s two player ! So much fun . Just started playing shadows of war and I wish I picked it up sooner

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Shadows of War is great, does have some BS at the end or at least it was (may have been patched or fixed) but overall I really enjoyed it

@brentvalente Жыл бұрын

Yes! This game was soooo good. It tricked me into thinking all LOTR games would be good. Oh how I was wrong…

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Yeah unfortunately not 😂

@DisturbedAidan2 Жыл бұрын

What truly makes games like this the best is the split screen co-op.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

1000&, couldn't agree more!

@pansarkanin6227 Жыл бұрын

I didn't get to play The Return of the King until much later but me and my sister took turns playing The Two Towers. A precious memory of my childhood.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

The Two Towers was a great time!

@pizzanomicz Жыл бұрын

This game was so good.LOTR: War in The North was one of the best co-op experiences I’ve ever had, too.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed War in the North co op!

@Lucians_Sword Жыл бұрын

I always wanted to buy this game but never got around to it. It looks pretty fun, great analysis

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate, it is just good fun!

@chogan73 Жыл бұрын

This was such a fun game, I remember even back then being like god damn, finally a game off of a movie that is awesome.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

I was the exact same, it was probably one of the first movie games that I genuinely loved

@Dgusting Жыл бұрын

I assume they showed me this vid because I recently did a playthrough of this game on the PS2 emulator lol. It's still so damn good and I wish they still made games like these. So simple, so good. I wish I had an actual PS2 though because there's some things that it glitches on a bit.

@fangsofthefenrir1349 Жыл бұрын

Yeah one thing I noticed is the in game text just kinda vanishes for some reason on emulator and its a bit of a hassle when saving and loading as a result.

@Rommulo35628 Жыл бұрын

Oh i remember this one! It was really fun.

@Vengfoul Жыл бұрын

I remember faking an illness to skip school and beat this game in one day, it was so amazing!

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

I remember many a sick days playing and watching LOTR's it was glorious!

@ivanelrino Жыл бұрын

I internally groaned when I unwrapped this game on my birthday. I played it with the intent of just showing my dad that I played it and 'enjoyed' it. Wow. What a shock of how good this game was.

@skinnyboy400 Жыл бұрын

Been Playing Return of The King this month on my PS2. Two Towers as well. Love these games.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Great games!

@CloudConnection Жыл бұрын

Never played this one but it looks really cool! I didn't watch Lord of the Rings until much later in my childhood but I probably would have dug this one a lot.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

For a kid who was obsessed with Lord of the Rings it was incredible!

@madka7664 Жыл бұрын

I remember playing this game with my sister in summer during school holidays, almost 20 years has passed; i miss my childhood.

@nickhanke1 Жыл бұрын

Honestly I loved both of these games, played them quite a bit P.s. thank you for the HUGE nostalgia trip.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

You're more than welcome my friend!

@joe77andino Жыл бұрын

Bro "PJ LOTR" is my official Thanksgiving holiday movie trilogy to watch ... miss these beat em up /rpg movie tie in games so much that I bought the game on Ebay for PC .

@kyleflook7124 Жыл бұрын

Loved playing this game with my little brother.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Me too mate!

@hx20games77 Жыл бұрын

Shelobs lair was the scariest mission for me since your alone in the caves can get lost and the atmosphere of the level

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Scared me so much as a kid, was really sad I couldn't play it for this video but I went and got the game on emulator to experience it again!

@jibigcahoona5876 Жыл бұрын

Not usually one to be nostalgic but damn this video made me miss the early 2000's. Was an epic time to be a kid.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

It really was a great time!

@zachramirez1794 Жыл бұрын

I have so many memories with this game! Glad to see it getting some love!

@volsten8721 Жыл бұрын

In Germany we were lucky. ALL speakers of the movies returned for their roles ❤️ It was so epic!

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Lucky bastard 😂

@Dgusting Жыл бұрын

Third Age is another gem I just started again. It holds up imo. They should remaster these.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

The Third Age is great, same with Battle for Middle Earth!

@Mr.Moments Жыл бұрын

Your content is great brotha!!! You deserve more subs!!

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate, you're far too kind!

@benjaminjane93 Жыл бұрын

The behind the game videos and cast interviews are ingrained into my brain.

@eduardop1995 Жыл бұрын

I don’t know why but I can relate so much to watching the movies multiple times in a year this video was such a treat and your channel has been such a good retrospective on multiple games hope you see this, please keep these coming you’re the most unique when it comes to revisiting old gems! Hopefully you can cover older games like tycoons and serious sam games!

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much mate, I'm glad you're enjoying the content!

@davidlowery2294 Жыл бұрын

Dude I loved this and two towers too much I remember being like " omg they blended the gameplay with the scenes in the movies 🤯"

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

I still remember in Two Towers the forming of the Fellowship scene changing from movie to game and it was insane 😂

@Adeptus_Santos Жыл бұрын

me and my cousins would play this and this lotr rts game alot in our teens

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

So many great LOTR games!

@drew8235 Жыл бұрын

I played this game soooooooooooooo much online as a kid, just competing to get higher on the leaderboards and such. The guy who was always #1 on the boards was named Sadistik. Haven't ever forgotten that.

@atvman12 Жыл бұрын

Bro I literally loved this game as a kid. I even brought it into my 4th grade show and tell lmaooo

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

That's awesome 😂

@QuincyJamesMusic Жыл бұрын

This was one of my favourite games to play as a kid. Sonic Adventure Battle 2, Shrek Xtra Large, Turok Evolution, Spider-Man, Gun, so many greats games from that time era!

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

So many great games, love the game selection!

@RicoRaynn Жыл бұрын

This was one of my favorite co-op games back in the day. Was such a blast.

@redderz93 Жыл бұрын

Definitely want to hear your opinions on Two Towers and The Third Age! War In The North was excellent from what I remember

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

In the process of getting The Two Towers to work, The Third Age and War in the North would be fun too!

@Oniontrololol Жыл бұрын

I feel really old now remembering I was 18 when I saw the return of the king in the cinema

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with that mate 😂

@gzzuss Жыл бұрын

Wow, I remember so fondly playing this with 2 buddy changing controllers every death or complete levels

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

That's what my brother and I did in The Two Towers!

@Walamonga1313 Жыл бұрын

Two Towers, Return of the King and Third Age were amazing

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more, legit my childhood!

@user-wk1kp8lf6p Жыл бұрын

Gooooosh I loved this game when I was 10 years old and probably even right now I’d be happy to play through all this game

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

It's well worth a playthrough today mate!

@holeephuck4421 Жыл бұрын

I put so many hours into this on the PS2 as a kid also the two towers

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Same here mate, loved it!

@imarioiv Жыл бұрын

Oh man what a throwback, I LOVED THESE GAMES!

@jrkasaurus Жыл бұрын

That path of the dead though, idk if I’m alone but I caught hell there 😭🤣

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Path of the Dead was genuinely a challenge for the early game, gave me a rude awakening I'll tell you that 😂

@niko-fr9of Жыл бұрын

Co op made this game more fun back when you didn't have internet sitting down with a siblings just hacking and slashing through. Good time and the finale was no joke even on Co Op.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

I remember my brother and I would always save Pelennor fields for last, do every other level, grind character levels and then play what we thought were the 3 toughest levels back to back in Pelelnnor, the black gate and the finale

@Emz0110 Жыл бұрын

i played this with my cousins when we were kids, both two towers and return of the king. GOOD TIMES GOOD TIMES

@Plinious Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! The Two Towers and Battle for Middle Earth next please! 🤘🤘

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

The Two Towers is the next LOTR video, then I'm tossing up a few options after that but Battle for Middle Earth will be covered!

@MDBYSL Жыл бұрын

The co-op was dope. Fond memories. The farthest we got was that Mumakil (giant elephants) level.

@hardy3089 Жыл бұрын

It’s still as good as you remember it’s just different now. You’ve grown, modern games have raised your expectations, controls have been optimized, but when you were young putting this game in your ps2 for the first time it was epic we will never recreate that feeling no matter how hard we try

@willbournerv2259 Жыл бұрын

I have fond memories of deliberately not completing objectives so I could stay in a battle for as long as i wanted

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

I remember doing that too with levels like The Southern Gate!

@fgdj2000 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Like the format. I‘d love to see you tackle more LOTR games, especially The Third Age, War in the North, Lego and Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor/ War.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate, glad you enjoyed the video! I was planning on covering all the LOTR games, even finished playing The Third Age and started Battle for Middle Earth but that hard drive corrupted and I lost everything. Bit demoralising but, I will get back to the games sooner rather than later because I am a massive fan

@fgdj2000 Жыл бұрын

@@MayorHairBear Oh no, that sounds really frustrating. I‘m sorry to hear that. Anyway, I do also enjoy your other content, particularly the GoW videos, which is a series I was always quite aware of but only played bits and pieces of. You have a very calm and critical eye on these games (in the classic sense of „criticism“) yet also your Love really shines through. And you’re honest about your tastes. All that gives your videos a really great energy to just be at home for a while and listen to your „stories“. I‘ve seen few channels where I enjoy listening the content creator talk about games/ films that I‘m not necessarily interested in, but you’re one of the people who pull it of. I‘m sorry for the admittedly long winded compliment, but I believe in giving credit where it is due and positive feedback. :-) anyway, keep it up and no pressure about LOTR, there are lots of other great games out there. Have a nice day.

@benduffy2782 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see a remaster of this with the two towers game as well because that game was amazing too

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

A remaster would be amazing!

@janm3781 Жыл бұрын

LotR:RotK, GTA San Andreas and Spider-Man 2 were *THE* top games of my childhood. The memories! 🤩🤩🤩

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Never played San Andreas sadly but the other two are straight bangers and I've never heard a bad word said for SA!

@breenmcgeough806 Жыл бұрын

Myself and my brother played this non stop as kids, was sooo good!

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

My brother and I were the exact same!

@TheMadKing864 Жыл бұрын

Till this day I’ve never watched the movies but this game is one of the best I’ve ever played in my life

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

Stop what you're doing and go watch the films mate!

@MaxJusth Жыл бұрын

I wish they could remake this game in a future.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

I'd love to a remake!

@nicksalehi97 Жыл бұрын

My dad sold off my old Xbox without me knowing years ago...In his eyes it was of course just a stupid black box. I will always remember playing this game with my friends on the old xbox. Some of the best years playing games in my whole life.

@MayorHairBear Жыл бұрын

The memories are just so precious with gaming around this time!