LOTR: Return of the King XBox HELP NEEDED

[Blackadar]

I'm about as frustrated as I can be.

The damnable Minas Tirith Defend the Wall mission is driving me mad. I'm about to break the DVD in half.

I finally figured out how to dump the ladders over. No problem.

Then the siege towers start. I hear Gandalf mention something about "catapults" but I've looked all over the f***in level and can't find anything. I can't seem to stop these siege towers and once they land, that's all she wrote. Orks come out, 3 at a time, every 5 seconds. Needless to say, it takes no time at all to overrun me.

How the hell do you take down the siege towers? If there are catapults, where the hell are they? I've been up in the towers, along the wall, along the edge below the wall...nothing. What the hell am I doing wrong or should I just throw away this game?

[Pumpy Tudors]

Dunno how the Gamecube version compares to the Xbox version, but a walkthrough from gamefaqs.com says:

You now have to defend the city of Minas Tirith. This level is similar to the
Deeping Wall level from TTT. The goal is to keep the walls from being overrun.
Now here is the layout. You start out in the middle. You can go to your right
and down a ways. You can also go to your left. When you want to go to your left
you should go up to the front right next to the edge where you can get through.
If you stay to the back when you go left you would be going up towards the
catapult. The main goal is to kick down the ladders and keep the orcs from
getting up on the wall.

Up in the right corner of the screen is a map of the wall. The red dots are
where a ladder is currently up and there are probably many guys in that area.
The meter on the left is the overrun meter. It will fill up as more orcs get on
the wall. Do not let it fill up. You can also get down on the ledge by using
the action button where a ladder would usually be.

Just move around the wall and knock down ladders before you try to kill enemies
to make it easier. Keep doing this for a while and there will be a cutscene.
The cutscene shows trolls pushing siege towers towards the wall.

On the map will be a blinking red dot on the left side of the wall. You can
either go to that dot and use your ranged weapon to shoot the tower down, or
you can go to the blue dot and use the catapult to take down the tower. After
you get the first tower another one comes on the right side. Go over there,
knocking off ladders as you go. Keep shooting at the tower until it falls.

Now another one is on the left. I would suggest going to the catapult and using
that, but you can bring down the tower the same way you just brought down this
one.

A tower will get to the wall and the orcs will get on the wall. You must get
over there. There is probably some rubble blocking your path so you should use
the action button to swing down onto the ledge, then walk on the edge to the
other side of the rubble and use the action button to swing back up. Knock over
ladders as you make your way to the tower. When you get there kill all of the
orcs so you have some space to shoot at the tower. Keep shooting at it until it
falls.

After it falls there is a cutscene showing trolls using the battering ram Grond
to break the gate. Go left and you will come to the area with the tower that
you have not gone up and go down the path that the two soldiers used to be
guarding it. Follow the other soldiers to the gate and you will beat the level.

END MISSION

[Blackadar]

Thanks. Found it.

But I've given up. The damn game is just too hard. I went and played the courtyard level about 10 times and can't even get close to finishing. It's absurd that the game is this damned difficult.

[Anthony]

i guess Middle Earth should never depend on Blacky to defeat Sauron.

[Blackadar]

i guess Middle Earth should never depend on Blacky to defeat Sauron.

I think that fighting the Balrog would be easier than beating this game. :)