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LEGO The Lord of the Rings

Adventure

Time to beat: about 18 hours

Overview

Lego The Lord of the Rings is a 2012 Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales released for the Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii (the final Lego game released for the latter console). An OS X version of the game, published by Feral Interactive, was released on 21 February 2013.

Based on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the game follows the original but spoofed storylines of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, taking players through the epic story events, "re-imagined with the humour and endless variety of Lego play". The game utilises music and voice acting taken from all three films of the film trilogy. Developer Traveller's Tales has stated they toned down the slapstick humour found in other Lego-licensed titles. The game follows the events in the films; however, like the Lego Star Wars series, some scenes from the films have been altered to become more family friendly or provide comic relief to the player.