The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring (video Game) - Plot

Plot

The narrative of the game can be roughly divided into four acts, each played out by one of the three main characters, with some variation. The first act deals with Frodo's journey to Bree. It begins peacefully in the Shire as Frodo has to make the final arrangements for his departure. Although there are many optional quests involving the inhabitants of Bywater and Hobbiton, the main story focuses on the selling of Bag End. Once this is complete and the Ring is retrieved Frodo must escape the Shire undetected by Black Riders to meet with his companions at Maggot's Farm.

The Old Forest

Frodo must find Merry, Sam and Pippin who have lost themselves in a forest labyrinth. However giant spiders lurk behind the trees, and the forest has a mind of its own. Once he finds all of his companions he ventures to the Withywindle and must free Merry and Pippin from the clutches of Old Man Willow, the first boss. Finally, Tom Bombadil intervenes, rescuing the Hobbits and setting them off in search of 12 water lilies whilst defending themselves from the giant spiders. Once recovered, Tom takes them to his house to recuperate.

The Barrow-downs

After a brief time with Tom Bombadil and his wife Goldberry, Frodo and his companions journey to the Barrow-Downs. Frodo's companions are again lost (probably kidnapped while he slept) and Frodo must find them in the fog of the wight-haunted downs. Along the way Frodo encounters Barrow-Wights, ghost-like creatures that claw at him. In the final Barrow Frodo finds his friends and the Westernesse Dagger, which he uses to fight the Old Barrow-Wight. The Old Barrow-Wight is much stronger than the others and spews toxic mist at Frodo. Eventually, Tom Bombadil finds them again. He kills the Old Barrow-Wight with a spell, and guides the hobbits to Bree.

Bree

The second act of the game starts in Bree when it is learnt that Merry has gone missing and gameplay switches to Aragorn. As Aragorn begins playing he will have to fight a boss character, Bill Ferny. Bill Ferny carries a large pike. Once Ferny is dead, Aragorn sets out to find Merry again. Having found Merry he then hunts for objects to construct Hobbit decoys to fool the Ringwraiths and wild men. Harry Goatleaf releases wolves that Aragorn has to fight in Bree. After fighting a few wolves, Aragorn will have to confront Harry Goatleaf. After Aragorn kills him, he gets some of the objects he needs to construct decoys. After finding most of the objects, Aragorn meets two wild men attacking Bob, a stable-cleaning hobbit. Aragorn kills them and enters The Prancing Pony.

Weathertop

Aragorn escorts Frodo and Sam to the summit of Weathertop. On the way Wargs and Orcs are first introduced into the game. Aragorn must battle a troll on the summit before returning to the campsite to protect Frodo from the attacks of the Ringwraiths, while armed with a burning brand as the Nazgûl fear fire.

The Trollshaws

Aragorn must clear the area of enemies including orcs, wargs and several Trolls. Once all enemies are defeated, Glorfindel takes the company to Rivendell. In other versions the enemies are mainly goblins (including the Xbox version).

Moria

Gandalf becomes a playable character as he searches for the doors of Moria. As he attempts to open them, play switches to Aragorn as he fends off the Watcher in the Water before returning to Gandalf upon entering Moria. in the other system versions you must defeat the watcher in the water with Gandalf. With Gimli the dwarf as a companion, Gandalf must navigate the dark maze of the Dwarrowdelf fighting off the orcs and trolls that stalk its shadows. In other versions you do not fight all enemies like trolls and so not have Gimli as a companion at all. The game becomes more objective based when the Fellowship reaches Balin's Tomb from which Gandalf must find an escape route as the other characters fend off the trolls. Play then switches to Frodo, retaining Gimli (no Gimli in other versions) as a companion, who must find a way through the various ladders, walkways and bridges to reach and open the gates on the other side. The levels ends at the bridge of Khazad-dûm where Gandalf duels with a Balrog.

Amon Hen

After a brief interlude in Lothlórien, Aragorn becomes the playable character. There is a short level in which he spies out an orc-dam on the river Anduin. Play then moves onto the final level of the game at Amon Hen in which Aragorn battles his way through hordes of enemies to the Seeing Seat. The actual summit has to be reached twice, first as Frodo who must get to the top of a stone hill while other members of the fellowship are battling orcs. Aragorn battles the game's final boss, one of the Nazgûl, riding a Fell Beast.

The game ends in a cut-scene where Legolas shoots the Nazgûl's winged mount with an arrow. Meanwhile, Lady Galadriel looks into her fountain (as she did in the opening cut-scene) and the game ends. Beating the game unlocks infinite health and ammo for the next time you play.