Lord of the Rings Tactics puts players in the universe of Middle-Earth, for adventures that go beyond the books and films. This tactical RPG game lets players guide Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Frodo, Gandalf and Sauron, among others. In turn-based action, you'll use your strategic abilities to gain advantage over the enemy and determine the future of Middle-Earth. Simultaneous turn-taking in single and multiplayer

User Reviews about The Lord of the Rings: Tactics

Lots of people have given this game 5 stars, why? In a nut shell this is the best game on the PSP at time of writing. Great graphics, fantastic game play. I bought my PSP a year ago and have not used it much because of the many very poor games out there for it. LORT has change that. Thank you LORT team for bring me this wonderful game! -- Best Game on PSP

Lord of the Rings Tactics lets you enjoy a strategy romp through the world of Aragorn and Legolas on your PSP. The turn-based system allows you to take your time and explore the layout thoroughly before making your moves and decisions.

You're allowed to play as the "good" or "bad" side in a number of situations from the movie. They even have actual movie footage introducing the scenes, so you really get to feel as if you're immersed in the action. It's a let down when you get into the character select screen though. Instead of having that same high level of graphics they have some pretty cheesy looking portraits for the characters.

With the turn based system you are moving around on a grid. Each turn all of your characters can move a certain distance, and then the enemies can move. After that, everyone can choose who to attack. For people who enjoy wild slice-and-dice games it might seem a little slow and stilted this way. However, it turns the game into a chess like game. You look at the map and figure out how you can outflank your enemies given the terrain and situation.

It's not all close combat attacks. Some of the characters have distance weapons, and others have magic. It helps to think about each character individually, what he or she can do on the board, and keep them as safe as possible while they inflict their damage.

The music is straight out of the movies and adds an epic feel to the game. Since the cut scenes are actual movie footage, you get to hear Frodo, Gandalf and Aragorn's voice coming from your PSP just as they did in the movies.

It's important to note that you really aren't "changing the storyline" anywhere in here. You are succeeding or not succeeding at key battles that are IN the story. If you fail, you get a chance to go back and try it again.

Well recommended to any strategy fan who enjoys the Lord of the Rings world. It provides a nice level of challenge without becoming overly bogged down in minute detail. -- Great Melding of Lord of the Rings and Strategy

I love tactics games and LOTR, so bought this one by instinct without reading any review. The game didn't disappoint me, is very fun, fast paced and the animation is amazing, besides the strategy and planning your moves you will enjoy just by looking the characters executing the attacks and spells.

The only negative is the fact that you will complete all the levels relatively in a short time (maybe with more levels I wouldn't get enough either) so after completing it with the bad guys, I tried to start again with the Fellowship, and you get the same missions but on the other side of the ring. I have to admit that playing with Sam and Frodo is not closely fun compared with the Witch King attacks, so really don't went too far with the good guys. I guess I will be playing again from the start but trying to win in less moves or getting different skills and items to slain the good guys faster (sorry for my sadistic side).
-- Great fun always ends soon

This is a great game for the psp. For those of you that are Final Fantasy fans this game plays like Final Fantasy Tactics.
You can play either the side of Moria or the Fellowship. Some reviews call this a short game. If you only play it once with out getting everthing for your heros, it is. However I'm taking the time to get everthing and the memory stick claims I have about nine hours play time. I still don't have all the Moria skills. I still need to lv the side of the fellowship and get there skills. I belive you could spend 20+ hours to get everthing.
The graphics on this game is the best i've seen on a handheld. The sound is great as well. The game also has clips from all three movies.
Now the down side. As you work your way through the game, all your heros gain exp. It don't matter if they was in combat or not. However, you still have spend the credits on your heros skills. The highest lv you can go is lv 15 which = 8,700 exp.
Over all this was a great effort by EA.
-- Good effort by EA

I'm a big fan of tactics games. For that and only reason I bought this game.This is a good game for short term simply because it's too short. All you can do is follow the movie story (the movie was damn long one) no alternatives. Dissapointing.
-- Oh well