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EA’s second “The Lord of the Rings” action adventure game, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, will allow players to journey through multiple gameplay paths, taking control of the motion picture trilogy’s heroes. Defend the walls of Minas Tirith as Gandalf, raise the Army of the Dead as Aragorn, Legolas, or Gimli, and with Frodo and Sam, deliver the ring to the fiery depths of Mount Doom.

Rated: M

Categories:
Adventure
Role Playing

Added to Library: 18/08/2006

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

GAMEPLAY CONTROLS
X Button Speed Attack
Triangle Button Fierce Attack
Square Button Parry
Circle Button Physical Attack
L2 Button Jump Back
L1 Button Ranged Attack (Hold to activate the ranged attack, then press the X Button to fire)
R2 Button Killing Move
R1 Button Action Button
Start Button Pause Game
Left analog stick (L3 Button when pressed down) Move
Right analog stick (R3 Button when pressed down) Left/Right = Speed Attack, Up/Down = Fierce Attack
Combo #1 R1 + R2 + L1 + L2 = Special Ability
Combo #2 X, X, X = Speed Combo
Combo #3 Triangle, Triangle = Fierce Combo
Combo #4 Successful Parry then R2 = Orc Bane
Combo #5 X, X, Triangle = Orc Hewer
Combo #6 Triangle (Hold and Release) = Ranger Fury

MENU CONTROLS
Directional Buttons Up/Down = Highlight menu items, Left/Right = Cycle choices/Move sliders
X Button Select/Go to next screen
Triangle Button Return to previous screen
Square Button Help
Circle Button View level info (Level Select screen only)

Four-Hit Combos
Pause the game and hold the four shoulder buttons. Depending on which character you are playing as, enter the corresponding buttons while holding the shoulder buttons to unlock that character's Four-Hit Combo.

	Up, Square, Triangle, Down	Aragorn's Four-Hit Combo
	X, Circle, Triangle, Square	Legolas's Four-Hit Combo
	Triangle, Square, Up, X	Gimli's Four-Hit Combo
	Down, Triangle, Up, Circle	Gandalf's Four-Hit Combo
	Up, Down, Triangle, Triangle	Sam's Four-Hit Combo
	Down, Square, Down, Circle	Frodo's Four-Hit Combo
	Triangle, X, Square, Square	Merry's Four-Hit Combo
	X, X, Down, Circle	Pippin's Four-Hit Combo

Characters and Arrows
Pause the game hold the four shoulder buttons(R1,R2,L1,L2) and press.......

Legend
( x=x t=triangle ,s=square ,c=circle
,u=up,d=down,l=left,r=right)

	X,X,T,T.	Unlock Faramir
	X,D,D,X.	Unlock Merry
	T,C,S,D.	Unlock Pippin
	C,C,C,X.	Full Arrows-Gimli
	S,C,C,T.	Full Arrows-Merry
	U,C,D,S.	Full Arrows-Pippin
	T,D,X,S.	Full Arrows-Gandalf
	T,S,S,T.	Full Arrows-Aragorn
	T,U,X,X.	Full Arrows-Faramir
	T,T,T,D.	Full Arrows-Legolas
	X,X,C,X.	Full Arrows-Sam
	T,T,T,C.	Full Arrows-Frodo

Unlock Character
Pause the game, press the four button shoulder, with the buttons still pressed type in this code.

Triangle, Circle, Circle, Circle

Frodo

Co-op Code
Pause the game, press the four button shoulder. With the buttons still press type the code.

Triangle, Up, Square, Square

Share Health

Secret Codes
Once you've completed the game for the first time,you'll unlocked the secret codes list.
1)Start a mission
2)Press START to pause the game
3)Press and hold L1+R1+L2+R2
4)Enter the code below

	Square,Square,Circle,Circle	Restore Health
	Circle, Down, Triangle, X	Perfect Mode
	Triangle, Up, Triangle, Down	Always Devastating
	Up, Down, Triangle, Square	All Upgrades
	Square, Square, Down, Circle	Infinite Missiles
	Square, Circle, Square, Up	Invulnerable
	Down, Circle, Up, Square	Targeting Indicator Mode
	UP, SQUARE, TRIANGLE, DOWN	Unlocks Aragorn's 4-hit combo.
	TRIANGLE, UP, SQUARE, X	Unlocks Gandalfs level 4 abilities
	Circle, Square, Up (on D-pad), Circle	Infinite Re-spawns in Co-Op
	Up, Square, Triangle, Up	Aragorn's Level 8 Skills
	Circle, Square, Down, Down	Gandalf level 8 skills
	Circle, Circle, Down, Down	Frodo level 8 skills
	Circle, Circle, Triangle, Triangle	Sam level 8 skills
	Square, Up, Up, Down	Legolas level 8 skills
	X, Circle, Down, Square	Gimli level 8 skills
	Square, Square, Down, Circle	Infinite Missile Weapons
	Level two skills for Frodo	triangle, up, down, circle
	Level four skills for Frodo	triangle, up, circle, down
	Level six skills for Frodo	down, down, X, triangle

1000 Experience Points
Pause the game and hold all four shoulder buttons and then enter one of the following codes, depending on which character you are playing as. Can be used as many times as you want.

	Circle, Circle Triangle, X	1000 Experience for Gimli
	Circle, Triangle, Up, Down	1000 Experience for Gandalf
	Up, Triangle, Up, Down	1000 Experience for Frodo
	Up, Square, Triangle, X	1000 Experience for Aragorn
	Triangle, X,, Down, X	1000 Experience for Sam
	X, Triangle, Up, X	1000 Experience for Legolas
	Square, Triangle, Up, Square	Faramir
	Down, Down, Square, X	Merry
	Triangle, X, Square, X	Pippin

Co-ops Cheats
Pause the game and hold L1, L2, R1, and R2 and then enter the following:

	Down, X, X, X	Share Experience Points
	Circle, Square, Up, Circle	Infinite Continues

Unlock 3-Hit Combos
Pause the Game, and hold L1 + R1 + L2 + R2 on the menu to unlock the codes (for the correct character)

	Square, Down, Circle, Up	Aragorn
	Square, Triangle, Up, Triangle	Faramir
	Square, Down, Triangle, Square	Frodo
	Down, X, Triangle, Down	Gandalf
	Up, Square, Circle, Square	Gimli
	Square, Triangle, Triangle, Circle	Legolas
	Triangle, X, Up, Triangle	Merry
	Up, Up, Square, Circle	Pippin
	Square, X, Circle, Square	Sam

Unlock all Actor Interviews
1)On the main menu
2)Press and hold L1+R1+L2+R2
3)Enter the code below

X, Square, X, Up

Unlock all Actor Interviews

Cheat codes for Pippin
1)Start a mission
2)Press START to pause the game
3)Press and hold L1+R1+L2+R2
4)Enter the code below

	DOWN, X, DOWN, UP	Level 2 skills
	X, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN	Level 4 skills
	CIRCLE, TRIANGLE, CIRCLE, TRIANGLE	Level 6 skills
	SQUARE, UP, UP, CIRCLE	Level 8 skills

Cheat codes for Merry
1)Start a mission
2)Press START to pause the game
3)Press and hold L1+R1+L2+R2
4)Enter the code below

	DOWN, DOWN, SQUARE, SQUARE	Level 2 skills
	SQUARE, X, CIRCLE, DOWN	Level 4 skills
	DOWN, DOWN, SQUARE, TRIANGLE	Level 6 skills
	DOWN, TRIANGLE, X, SQUARE	Level 8 skills

Cheat codes for Gandalf
1)Start a mission
2)Press START to pause the game
3)Press and hold L1+R1+L2+R2
4)Enter the code below

	Down, Triangle, X, Triangle	Gandalf's Level 2 Skills
	Triangle, Triangle, X, Up	Gandalf's Level 6 Skills

Unlock Faramir's Four Hit Combo
1)Start a mission
2)Press START to pause the game
3)Press and hold L1+R1+L2+R2
4)Enter the code below

X, SQUARE, UP, X

Unlock Faramir's Four Hit Combo

Cheat Codes for Faramir
1)Start a mission
2)Press START to pause the game
3)Press and hold L1+R1+L2+R2
4)Enter the code below

	X, SQUARE, X, DOWN	Faramir's Level 2 Skills
	X, X, SQUARE, SQUARE	Faramir's Level 4 Skills
	TRIANGLE, X, DOWN, CIRCLE	Faramir's Level 6 Skills
	CIRCLE, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN	Faramir's Level 8 Skills

Cheat Codes for Aragorn
1)Start a mission
2)Press START to pause the game
3)Press and hold L1+R1+L2+R2
4)Enter the code below

	CIRCLE, TRIANGLE, X, TRIANGLE	Aragorn's Level 2 Skills
	DOWN, SQUARE, CIRCLE, SQUARE	Aragorn's Level 4 Skills
	CIRCLE, TRIANGLE, SQUARE, SQUARE	Aragorn's Level 6 Skills

Cheat Codes for Gimli
1)Start a mission
2)Press START to pause the game
3)Press and hold L1+R1+L2+R2
4)Enter the code below

	UP, CIRCLE, SQUARE, SQUARE	Gimli's Level 2 Skills
	TRIANGLE, SQUARE, DOWN, UP	Gimli's Level 4 Skills
	DOWN, TRIANGLE, DOWN, SQUARE	Gimli's Level 6 Skills

Cheat Codes for Legolas
1)Start a mission
2)Press START to pause the game
3)Press and hold L1+R1+L2+R2
4)Enter the code below

	SQUARE, SQUARE, CIRCLE, SQUARE	Legolas Level 2 Skills
	DOWN, DOWN, X, X	Legolas Level 4 Skills
	DOWN, CIRCLE, UP, DOWN	Legolas Level 6 Skills

Cheat Codes for Sam
1)Start a mission
2)Press START to pause the game
3)Press and hold L1+R1+L2+R2
4)Enter the code below

	CIRCLE, X, CIRCLE, TRIANGLE	Sam's Level 2 Skills
	UP, DOWN, SQUARE, X	Sam's Level 4 Skills
	DOWN, DOWN, UP, UP	Sam's Level 6 Skills

Cheat Codes for Frodo
1)Start a mission
2)Press START to pause the game
3)Press and hold L1+R1+L2+R2
4)Enter the code below

	Triangle, Up, Down, Circle	Level 2 Skills Frodo
	Triangle, Up, Circle, Down	Level 4 Skills Frodo
	Down(2), X, Triangle	Level 6 Skills Frodo
	Circle(2), Down(2)	Level 8 Skills Frodo

Restore Missiles

	Hold R1+R2+L1+L2 and press triangle, down, X, square	Restores all of Gandalf's missiles.
	Hold R1+R2+L1+L2 and press triangle, square, square, triangle	Restores all of Aragorn's missiles
	Hold R1+R2+L1+L2 and press triangle, triangle, triangle, down	Restores all of Legolas' missiles
	Hold R1+R2+L1+L2 and press circle, circle, circle, X	Restores all of Gimli's missiles
	Hold R1+R2+L1+L2 and press X, X, circle, X	Restores all of Sam's missiles
	Hold R1+R2+L1+L2 and press triangle, triangle, triangle, circle	Restores all of Frodo's missiles
	Hold R1+R2+L1+L2 and press square, circle, circle, triangle	Restores all of Merry's missiles
	Hold R1+R2+L1+L2 and press up, circle, down, square	Restores all of Pippin's missiles
	Hold R1+R2+L1+L2 and press triangle, up, X, X	Restores all of Faramir's missiles

The Three Unlockable Characters
To unlock these characters:

	Beat the Crack of Doom	Faramir
	Beat the Crack of Doom	Merry
	Beat the Crack of Doom	Pippin

Unlock Secret Levels
To unlock these two levels, follow the steps below:

	Complete "The Crack of Doom"	Palantir of Saruman
	Complete "The Crack of Doom" and reach level 10 with Gandalf, Sam, and either Aragorn, Legolas, or Gimli	Palantir of Sauron

Quicker way to unlock secret characters
Pause the game, hold L1 + R1 + L2 + R2 and enter the following:

	X, X, Triangle, Triangle	Unlock Faramir
	X, down, down, X	Unlock Merry
	Triangle, Circle, Square Down	Unlock Pippin

Unlockable Interviews and Art
How to unlock the interviews and concept art, Complete the Missions below

	Complete Helm's Deep	Film Concept Art
	Complete Helm's Deep	Hobbits on Gaming
	Complete Path's of the Dead	Game Concept Art
	Complete The Road to Isengard	Christopher Lee Interview
	Complete Escape from Osgiliath	Sean Astin Interview
	Complete The Southern Gate	Film Production Stills
	Complete Minas Tirith - Top of the Wall	Ian Mckellen Interview
	Complete Shelob's Lair	Elijah Wood Interview
	Complete The Crack of Doom	Billy Boyd Interview
	Complete The Crack of Doom	Dom Monaghan Interview
	Complete The Crack of Doom	Andy Serkis Interview
	Complete The Crack of Doom	David Wenham Interview
	Complete The Crack of Doom	Secret Codes

Use Locked Characters in Co-op mode
You must be in Co-op mode for this to work. One of the players must hold either direction at the character select screen. Then, the other player must rapidly press x to select a character. If you press x while the cursor is on a "locked" character, you will get a message saying the character is locked. This is where the glitch comes in. The characters are still rotating while the message appears, but the names don't change. As a result, Sam could have the name Gandalf under him. If you select the Sam character, the name will override the character and play as Gandalf. The second player may be able to select a locked character as well, depending on how many far the names rotated and which characters are available. Now you will no longer have to waste your time on the weak hobbits on Frodo's path. you can play through levels like Cirith Ungol as Legolas and Gandalf on the first try.