Reception
GamePro gave Two Towers a Fun Factor of 4.5 out of 5.0, and Game Informer gave it a 9.25. Stormfront and EA won the 2003 Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Award for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
It was later followed by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003, which improved many aspects of the game and added a multiplayer mode and new playable characters: Gandalf, Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, and Faramir.
IGN, rated the PS2, Xbox and GameCube versions 8.3, 7.6 and 8.0, respectively, they noted the vivid graphics, the well-implemented beat em' up gameplay, the RPG-style elements and the transition from FMV to in-engine cutscenes, in terms of flaws, they noted that the game was actually hard, that the Xbox version was the same as PS2 and there were only 4 characters to choose, but in conclusion was lasting due to its extras and leveling up. Despite rating it .3 less than the PS2 original, they concluded that GameCube was the best version.
The game sold very well, and entered the reduced price ranges of all three systems.
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