The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth

Rating:
Summary: 2D BATTLES... huh?
Review: Sorry for being a stick in the mud but if I had seen this game running before I got it I probably would have just watched someone else play it. The big con to this game (that I was really looking forward to playing) is the fixed world camera with a tiny little tilt to the left or right that springs back the moment you release the key. Zooming in or out takes you somewhat closer to the fights but you cannot choose your action viewpoint meaning that TBFME is a very limited RTS ( I knew it was limited but didn't realize how much)... so much so, that it is nothing more than draw a big box around whatever group is present on the screen and right click on the enemy and then watch the battle

... but watch what? Amazing 2D fight sequences?... and I think you might just get my point here... -> The film is the better 2D fight sequences.

I am sorry but the fact that you could not rotate the camera just blew me away. It felt like playing R-Type Final or some other 2D platform shoot `em up. The extreme (and I mean extreme) lack of critical thinking in this game just makes it a very glorious looking bad game. It is not even a game when compared to any modern RTS. The best way of describing it is like a gawk-fest where you can literally sit back and just let the game run itself. I would not have minded that if I could actually choose an angle to gawk at the battles.

The best way of describing my disappointment is to imagine if the producers of this thing just recorded a demo of the whole game on DVD for you to watch.

Anyhow, all this depends on how much time you invest in games. If you are a fan of the movie, and do not play games, then maybe this will satisfy you. If you have any experience with RTS gaming and a pimpin' fast computer you have a right to know that you can not rotate or tilt the world. If I knew that then maybe this item would have got a far better rating.

I would love to have recommended it but sadly, I am a gamer and felt badly letdown by the lack of world controls. Something as simple as a 360 rotate with a 90-degree tilt would have made it five stars (even with the simplest of RTS controls). As I said, watching the film is better.

Rating:
Summary: Great Game a 4.5
Review: This game has nice grahpics, even set at the lowest settings, and I have had no problems with video or sound. It plays just like a warcraft game...get resources, build buildings, make troops, attack, and defend. You have different troop types and heros to do battle with straight from the movies. The voiceovers by the actors who played Sauramon, and Gandalf add a very nice touch to the game. The only dissapointment I had was that I was hoping for a bit more control on a strategic level vs. all tactical and how many times do you have to kill Aragorn? The powers of the Evenstar for good and Sauron's powers in addition to troops are fantastic...just wait till you can summon a Balrog or the Ghost Army! If you liked warcraft....get it. If you liked Lord of the Rings....get it. If you liked both...you'll be in heaven, must get it.

Rating:
Summary: Cool
Review: This game has wonderful graphics and looks much better then other lotr games I have seen. zyou can choose to be good or evil. You control everything. Its up to you whether you want gondor to win or Mordor to win. You decide the fate of MiddleEarth.

Rating:
Summary: A little left of heaven
Review: This game is almost perfect with a few flaws. First and the most obvious is the pop cap. With good you can only have 150 and evil 300. This means you won't be seeing 200,000 orcs at Minas Tirith. Also Mordor is weaker, the orcs are not good. In the movies you see the orcs beating the crap out of the Gondorion Soldiers but here its the opposite. Thats about all the flaws, the good things are great graphics, great soundtracks, great battles. The voices and energy for the characters are great, same for the heroes, very smooth if you have a good computer, online is great... I could go on forever, anyway, if you get this, which you HAVE TO you will be playing forever.

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Summary: Review for Lord of the Rings : Battle for Middle Earth
Review: This game looks awesome. The graphics and A.I. in the game is really advanced. I like how you can make it so the units have there own thoughts about other units. Like in one of the movie clips the humans backed away from the troll. I am really looking forward to this game!!!!!!