In 1937, J. R. R. Tolkien unleashed The Hobbit onto the world, which consequently threw us all into a fantastical world of goblins, wizards, and dragons. The Hobbit was incredibly well received, but it wasn’t until 1954 that readers were able to explore Middle-earth once more with the release of The Fellowship of the Ring. This marked the beginning of an epic adventure that ultimately spanned a three-part collection, and crafted a realistic, living world onto the page. Over time, The Lord of the Rings has become something of a classic piece of literature, and so, naturally, it has received numerous adaptations into various media, including animation, film, TV, and, of course, video games. Here is Every Lord of the Rings Video Game Ranked from Worst to Best!
VO: Peter Austin (@ThatPeterAustin) & Ben Potter (@Confused_Dude)
Script: Travis Cartwright & Cat Elliott
Video Editor: Lean Bacalzo (@LeanBacalzo) & Leonardo Bacalzo
Featured The Lord Of The Rings video games:
• Guardians of Middle-earth (2012)
• J.R.R. Tolkien’s Riders of Rohan (1991)
• J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I (1990)
• J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers (1992)
• Lego The Lord of the Rings (2012)
• Shadows of Mordor (1987)
• The Crack of Doom (1989)
• The Fellowship of the Ring: A Software Adventure (1985)
• The Lord of the Rings Online (2007)
• The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game (2019)
• The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest (2010)
• The Lord of the Rings: Conquest (2009)
• The Lord of the Rings: Tactics (2005)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth (2004)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II (2006)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring (2003)
• The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (2011)
• War in Middle-earth (1988)
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What's your favourite The Lord Of The Rings game, fellow Ringers? Should we rank EVERY Tolkien-adjacent video game in a future video? 🥬⚔🏹
SAM ENTERS
I've spent a lot of my time looking for the best LOTR experience gaming can provide and there are so many options old and new – But in my mind nothing stands up to a fan-made mod for Medieval 2 Total War called 'Third Age' and it's submod 'Divide and Conquer'. There is no more complete experience in my opinion.
My best friend got The Two Towers for his birthday and I was blown away when we played it for the first time. I've always wanged to replay it
Hey now…TS………………….2:02………watch….it…with these Entttt jokkess
“Every Harry Potter video game ranked from worst to best”
Conquest is a classic 😢 split screen was the way to play
lotro best game ever
Lotro was/is such a great MMO i startet back 2008, it was "My Vanilla WoW" my jump in the MMO Genre, the world was great, i like the roll system (Tank, Healer, Support, DPS) it just aged porly but i still play today sometimes to relax and chill out
from someone who played most of these starting around 2002, Lord of the rings online is the best by a lightyear for any tolkien nerd…EVERYTHING from the books is covered and then way more added…the game's story is YOUR story during the war of the ring…..imagine the books as a naked christmas tree then the developpers added a bunch of things and events to ''decorate that tree'' and EVERYTHING fits perfectly from a fanfic point of view….right now the max level is 140…yes 140 and a new expansion is due next November…to give you a sense of how long this is, when you see the scene where Frodo destroys the ring you're around level 105….its around 8k quests for someone who does all the content and a good 1 year project to reach endgame…its not just another RPG its also trying to bring middle-earth to life so there is WAY more content than needed to progress
I don't understand why Conquest was lame…something about it was missing.
I can't believe that right after a few mentions of Boromir's death, they didn't mention he doesn't die in Battle for Middle Earth, instead travelling up to Edoras with the group and then to Minas Tirith with Gandalf and Pippin, and fights in the final battle as well.
(Well he can die permanently, but it's actually harder than him not dying)
I love old games don’t get me wrong, but to put any of the ancient games above the likes of Conquest is just lying to yourself and others. I have my copy of Conquest and return to play it to this day. Couldn’t pay me to play any of the MS-DoS games,
Two Towers/ROTK, Battle for Middle-Earth, Shadow of Mordor, the Holy Trinity of LOTR video games.
Why the hate for LOTR Conquest? I freaking loved this game!
LOTRO player since 2010 – best way to hang out in Middle-earth with friends 🙂
Am I wrong or you omitted Shadow of Mordor/War and War in the North? They are both solid action games and quite fun too 😮
Conquest is too low. This is tragic
1:37 in fairness to rise to war for mobile game standards it’s not that bad. Has a few decent systems for what the norm is in that market
There is also some appeal to it with being able to use a lot of characters that wouldn’t appear in most other middle earth titles like Isildur, Thranduil, Gil Galad, Cirdan, Celeborn, etc
But it is just a fairly standard mobile game bogged down with pay to win economy and tries its best to exploit people with gambling addictions with almost everything in the game relying on luck in loot boxes.
Unfortunately they also have no spending limit in place per season so some people will just mindlessly drop thousands of dollars per season making them essentially unbeatable unless someone has also spent a lot of money.
I seriously enjoy The Lord of the Rings Battle For Middle Earth Rise of the Witch King
In battle for middle earth 2 the heroes(at least on the good side) were extremely overpowered..i remember doing the campaign with only the heroes and was having little trouble..like Ettenmoors or Blue mountains you only have Glorfindel and Gloin but these two can wipe out the entire map by themselves(with some breaks to heal up)
I remember playing an absurd amount of War of the Ring and The Third Age when I was younger. I wish they would release them on steam or some other digital platform. Hard to find copies of them anymore and if you do they're usually massively overpriced
Great vid
Conquest is way too low. That game was a blast
6:44 this got my "Like".
Lord of the Rings Conquest was one of my favorite games.
It was extremely simple, but it was one you could play at home with your buddies.
lego LotR is backwards compatible, but its not available on the Microsoft store for newer gen xbox's, but if you have the disc from your 360 you can play it on newer get consoles
Bored of the Rings is an actual book, a parody of Lord of the Rings 😂
I thought the MMO sucked, it came out and bombed… Should have been a massive hit like WoW, but it sucked. The best game was Shadow of Mordor….
Third Age’s turn based concept was AMAZING, but the creators dropped the ball on the story, especially in regard to character development and the absolute fuck ass ending that was battling the eye of Sauron….?
BFTM2 is soooo good, to this day I play it with friends, we have to do it in non legal ways as it isn't readily available now, but we would instantly buy it should they re-release it.
Yes Lord of the rings let's go
Ah man, I loved the Third Age. I had forgotten about that game, and now you got me wanting to play it again. Felt like Final Fantasy X with a LOTR skin.
No shadow of Mordor and shadow of war!?
Third age is the best
Battle for Middle Earth has to be even higher, it's legitimately one of the best LOTR games
For me both middle earth games and Return of the king of course !
lord of the rings battle for the middle earth 1 , 2 and Rise of the witch king with mods like Age of the Ring , Edain Mode , BOTA and lot more are by far , BY FAR BEST lord of the rings games . Im playing this game for 18 years now i have original CD casees . Just saying