<P> The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is an action hack and slash video game developed by Stormfront Studios for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox . It was ported to the Game Boy Advance by Griptonite Games, to the GameCube by Hypnos Entertainment, and to mobile by JAMDAT . A version for Microsoft Windows developed by Ritual Entertainment was cancelled during development . The game was published on all platforms by Electronic Arts . Originally released in North America for the PlayStation 2 in October 2002, it was released in November for the Game Boy Advance, in December for the Xbox and GameCube, and in May 2003 for mobile . In November 2003, EA released a sequel, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King . </P> <P> The game is an adaptation of Peter Jackson's 2001 film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and his 2002 film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, which was released shortly after the game . As it is not an adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Two Towers, the second volume in his Lord of the Rings novel, anything from the novel not specifically mentioned or depicted in the films could not be represented in the game . This is because, at the time, Vivendi Universal Games, in partnership with Tolkien Enterprises, held the rights to the video game adaptations of Tolkien's literary works, whilst Electronic Arts held the rights to the video game adaptations of the New Line Cinema films . EA chose not to publish a game based on Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring film, instead incorporating some of the plot and footage into their The Two Towers game, which was released a few weeks after Vivendi's The Fellowship of the Ring game, a licensed adaptation of Tolkien's novel The Fellowship of the Ring . </P> <P> The Two Towers received a generally positive response, with critics praising the re-creation of sets and scenes from the films, and the epic scope of some of the battles . Some, however, criticized the game for being too short and the combat overly repetitive . The game was a financial success, selling almost four million units, and outselling Vivendi's The Fellowship of the Ring game, which sold just over one million . </P> <P> The Two Towers is a hack and slash action game played from a third - person perspective . The game features levels taken either directly from scenes in The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers films, or based closely on elements from the films . For example, the levels during the defense of Helm's Deep are very similar to the corresponding scenes in the film, but a level in Fangorn Forest in which the player fights orcs, Uruk - hai and trolls is original to the game . For most of the game, the player is free to play as Aragorn, Gimli or Legolas . In the game's main opening level, however, set at Weathertop, only Aragorn is playable . Isildur is also a playable character in a tutorial level set during the Battle of the Last Alliance . All subsequent levels can be played with any of the three characters . Often, the two characters not chosen as the player character will appear as supporting NPCs . Upon completing the game with all three characters, the player can play through every level with Isildur . In the Game Boy Advance version, which is played from an isometric three - quarter top - down view, the playable characters are Aragorn, Legolas, Gandalf, Frodo and Éowyn, with Gimli available as an unlockable character once the player has completed the game with two other characters . </P>

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