Despite its share of flaws, Two Towers certainly breaks the mold of bad movie-licensed games, despites its length.
The Bad: The characters don't have different storylines; the game is extraordinarily short; certain combos can take you most, if not all the way through the game; multiplayer would've helped improve the game length; the Ring itself is barely mentioned, which doesn't make much sense.
The Lord of the Rings is, quite simply, one of the biggest movie franchises ever. Upon getting the game though, there's plenty of reason to worry. Mainly because games based on movies almost always suck.
This one is one of those rare exceptions.
EA clearly put in real effort on this one, just as much, in fact, as they probably would for a game not based on a movie. That led to one of the most logical directions for a Lord of the Rings game they needed to finish sooner rather than later: a hack and slash.
One would certainly presume The Lord of the Rings would work best as an RPG, but to make an RPG worthy of the title, it doubtlessly would've taken longer than they were given. So I certainly praise the decision of the developers.
The graphics are solid for a game on all systems, certainly. And the soundtrack, being straight from The Fellowship of the Ring, is simply flawless. As for voice over... Since everyone's straight from the movie, it's already good. And it's even better because the script is actually good.
My biggest complaint is certainly that it's short, and multiplayer isn't there. But on the upside, it has plenty of replayability. And it's worth playing levels more than once, because there are three difficulties, three/ four characters, and an upgrade system that's very smart, especially for a beat-em-up.
It's a shame the hobbits are never even mentioned (other than Frodo, briefly) and you can't play as Gandalf, but it's partially understandable. After all, at least in Two Towers, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli are involved in the majority of the action scenes.
So is it worth it nowadays? Possibly, because it'll be cheap, especially if you can overlook the now dated graphics. The point is Lord of the Rings addicts will still have fun, which is saying quite a bit for a licensed title.