Funny how you can still enjoy a poorly made game because it is based on Tolkien's Middle-earth. A fans only game.

User Rating: 7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring XBOX
The game is pretty basic. You play as either Frodo, Aragorn, or Gandalf and each character has his own perks: be it the use of the One Ring, the use of sword/bow, or the use of wizard's magic. All in all the combat part of it would have been ok, not great, but definitely ok if it wasn't for how buggy the enemies were due to bad coding. Often a boss fight could be fought without any fear of being hit if you were to stand on a certain section of ground. Usually in games these types of bugs are hard to find, but the AI is really simple and easy to outsmart in almost any situation or fight. This takes the games rating down a few notches. Boss fights were mostly a breeze. Only a few fights were difficult, and usually that difficulty came because of the camera angle that you might get stuck on which could hinder your ability to act quickly when in combat. Sometimes (like the last boss fight in Moria) the fighting area itself is too small to maneuver which can cause further problems when your character is getting snagged on graphical borders which are not really visible or invisible walls that keep you from areas that look like you should be able to get to. Most fights didn't have these problems, but the ones that did were definitely irritating.
I did manage to enjoy some aspects of the game. Graphically some of the areas look great and were very much like I would think Middle-earth would look. The Shire looked pretty good, as did Moria's entrance area and most of the mines. The game's puzzle element was there but for the most part it was trivial in difficulty and not very memorable. Many of the cut scenes were amusing, and some were just not necessary. However, I'm sure for the Tolkien fan these would increase interest in the game. Not a great game in itself, but still fun if you like all things Tolkien.