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The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Prima's Offical Strategy Guide)

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Very Helpful Guide for a Very Difficult Game... 4 out of 5 stars.
35 of 35 people found this review helpful.

I bought this book just to help me out on Minas Tirith - Top of the Wall - because I couldn't figure out exactly what I was supposed to be doing. I did refer to this book a couple of times along the way. I have just finished the game and re-playing some of the levels with different characters just for fun. If you are having any kind of trouble with this game, this guide offers some good tips. It is excellent at showing you how to beat all the bosses and finding missed items and offers some good strategies for each level. If you don't want to read any hints, then don't read the next few sentences. The guide book tells you how to defeat the Nazgul at the "Black Gate" with Aragorn. If you are having too much trouble doing this (as I did), change your character to Gandalf. Gandalf's magic arrows do ten times more damage to the Nazgul than if you use Gimli, Aragorn, or Legolas.

Editorial Review:

The true king has returned.
·Walkthrough for every adventure
·All secret characters revealed
·Detailed maps of every environment
·Strategies for defeating every boss
·Combat techniques for all characters

The Lord of the Rings - War of the Ring (Official Strategy Guide)

Mark Cohen

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BradyGames' The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring provides a comprehensive walkthrough for both single-player campaigns. Tactical maps reveal enemy locations, attack paths and more! Complete rundown of every unit and structure for the forces of the Free Peoples of Middle-earth and the Minions of Sauron. Multiplayer strategies to crush opponents in online battles. Special full-color format provides added value!

The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)

Mark Cohen

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

A must have if you ... 4 out of 5 stars.
14 of 16 people found this review helpful.

This is a must have if you purchase the game. Now this is NOT the best game in the world. It is not advised to even purchase this game, it is slow... You'd be safer to go with the two towers. But if you do buy this game (probably for the same reason I did..which was it is LOTR and I just have to own it) this is the ideal companion for you. The beginning of the game is very very hard. It takes awhile to get around the Ringwraith riders, and when you finally do you go into another part of town where unless y ou know what you are doing you wont be able to find your way out. So dont expect the game to be simple, it isn't much fun, in fact it is quite aggrivating. But if you do buy the game you have to buy this so you actually know what you are doing, and not wandering around like a fool in the woods...as I was until I read some of this ;)

Editorial Review:

The Greatest Adventure Begins . . .
·Every enemy's weaknesses exposed
·Expert hints on close combat, long-range attacks, and magic spells
·Where to find health power-ups when you need them the most
·In-depth walkthrough featuring maps for every area, for both PS®2 and XboxTM
·Secrets to getting what you want from the NPCs
·Exclusive interviews with the art director and Tolkien experts
·How to use the Ring to reveal secret areas filled with power-ups

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)

Prima Temp Authors

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By: Prima Games
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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

more nessicary then you might think 4 out of 5 stars.
19 of 19 people found this review helpful.

If you think that you would not need a strategy guide to get through the Two Towers, which is basically a hack and slash game, you would be very wrong...dead wrong in fact.
Although at first look, the game looks like just a lot of button mashing and waving your sword around, there is a fair amount of strategy to make it through. For example, in the 3rd level (The gates of Moria) you have to fight the watcher in the water to finish the level. When I first fought, I assumed that I could just hold down the "Block" button, and block the tentales. 3 tries later, my frustration point was at a boil. Then I looked at the book, and discovered that I had to tap the button rapidly to block the tentacles. On my next try, I killed the beast with ease.
In Balins tomb, I had a lot of trouble defeating the cave troll and finishing the level. Then I learned after reading the book that I had to do a double hack, then hop back with the L2 button. These types of examples are found all throughout the book, where it reveals all the nessisary tips that you would need to make it through the game.
Other then these life saving stratigies, the guide has maps to guide you through (altough they are kind of vauge in detail). They also reveal all the cheat codes, and how to get the secret unlockable charachter.
All in all, a worthy guide.
The good:
Reveals life saving tactics
has all the cheat codes
overall, a good buy
The not so good:
maps are vauge

Editorial Review:

One Ring to rule them all . . . .
·In-depth walkthroughs and maps for all 13 levels, including The Gates of Moria, Rohan, and Helm's Deep
·Tips to defeat every enemy, including expert strategies for taking down bosses
·The 10 best gameplay tactics revealed
·Hints on uncovering secret missions and characters
·Special section covering 10 can't-miss features