With the Fellowship split, the gamer can select to follow the path of Gandolf, the group of Aragon, of Legolas and Gimili, or of the two hobbits. These are very different adventures requiring different strategic and tactical thinking but does up the challenge.
There is plenty of variety in the weaponry, and plenty of tricks for maximizing damage on the enemy. There are also hidden levels to test even those who regard themselves as experts in action games.
Voices are those of the characters from the movie and the team play mode provides a greater sense of adventure. Then, of course, there is Howard Shores award-winning score, which adds to the dramatic impact of the game.
Not many games can boast that they had the Governor of California do the dubbing, but this is one thing that Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines has in its favor, even if the film itself will be a quickly forgotten appendage to the first two films in the series.
More than 20 scenes are taken from the movie which serves as a backdrop for T-1000 to save the world from the technologically superior T-X model, in its red latex bodysuit.
There are plenty of weapons available to the T-1000 and there is also the option of getting down and dirty in hand-to-hand combat.
Although there is plenty of combat, the game -- like the movie -- doesn't take itself too seriously, and players can make Arnold perform his body building poses to celebrate victory. He even becomes more muscular as his skills and physical abilities improve.
The Chinese version of this game has already been given a limited release at the recent Computer Show and garnered an enthusiastic response from gamers.
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