Hello friends,

Today I will review the game LEGO LORD OF THE RINGS. This is based on the same movie series that is also titled the game. Although not an exact match to how the movies are, it adds silly stuff and funny things in the game that are not found in the movies. The game covers all three movies. If you want to play the hobbit games, that is a different Lego series the player will have to purchase. A lot of the scenes are actually pretty accurate to the movie source.

The game also has many collectibles that the player will have to replay levels to collect. Luckily the game has "FREE MODE" which allows you choose which characters you want to play for each level. This allows you to replay them with specific powers for each character that can help you unlock secret areas or get collectibles that are not normally gotten in story mode.


PROS:

- A Lego game based on the Lord of the Rings series with whimsical scenes added into it.
- Co-Op mode to play game with 2 players.
- Side quests to finish, collectibles to find in every level, and hidden rooms.
- Characters to unlock by paying with Lego studs.
- Cloud Saving is in this version of this Lego game.
- Works somewhat on windows 11 operating system, but the player may have to adjust the refresh rate in the game, and set v-sync on to lower crashes.
- Works with controllers. I use a ZEN PRO switch controller.


CONS:

- There are several bugs in the game. These include crashing, random items moving up in the air, weird invisible walls in front of some jumps, some counters on levels are not accurate and do not show all items you collected, and many other issues. Turning on V-sync and lowering refresh rate can lower the amount of crashes in the game. Also sometimes switching characters in free mode allows you to use a puzzle if the player runs into issues with one character.
- The Lego aesthetics is not for everyone and will turn some players away.
- There are missing DLC not found in this version like other versions of the game.

Do I recommend this game? Yes, but due to the bugs, players may wish to buy when it is on a sale. The annoying bugs with crashing sometimes when fast traveling to locations, like there is invisible walls for some characters, and other issues make the game not as fun as it could be. It could be something to do with more modern machines having issues in the game. The fact the game is pretty accurate to the movies with some silly scenes thrown in is definitely something i recommend to players who have both watched the movies and players who have not.

would still recommend after another 200 hrs

It's old an dit didn't age well

If you want to experience the story again just watch the movies.
And if you wan't to play a Lego game, pick a newer one.