
Packed with fantastical creatures and funny Welsh-sounding names, Jackson crafted a saga that can be appreciated equally by those who worship or ignore Tolkien's series. With the exception of Ralph Bakshi's ambitious but uneven animated film, Jackson was the only other director who believed that such a project could be carried out without producing a total embarrassment. In the early 2000s, Peter Jackson accomplished the impossible and successfully adapted Tolkien's books into cinematic form. Split into three volumes and published over the course of a year, Frodo's journey to Mordor feels timeless. Inaugurated with a short fantasy novel called The Hobbit, J.R.R Tolkien created literary gold with 1954's The Lord of the Rings. The game was met with positive critical reception for its graphics, audio, and gameplay, although its camera positioning and short length were criticized.It would not be an exaggeration to say that people have been entranced by the world of Middle-earth since the mid-1930s. As with The Two Towers, The Return of the King was developed in close collaboration with the filmmakers, using many of the actual reference photos, drawings, models, props and other assets from the film. A two-player co-op mode is also available for some missions.

The game is similar to its predecessor in basic gameplay, but differs by adding multiple storylines, more playable characters and increased interaction with environments. 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. Tolkien's 1954 novel, The Return of the King, the third volume in Lord of the Rings, anything from the novel not specifically mentioned or depicted in the films could not be represented in the game.

The game is an adaptation of Peter Jackson's 2002 film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and his 2003 film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which was released shortly after the game. It is the sequel to the 2002 game The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. The game was published by Electronic Arts. It was ported to the GameCube and Xbox by Hypnos Entertainment, to the Game Boy Advance by Griptonite Games, to mobile by JAMDAT, and to OS X by Beenox. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 hack and slash action game developed by EA Redwood Shores for the PlayStation 2 and Windows.
