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Summary: unbelievable
Review: Im a huge lotr fan and boy, was I going to like lotr more when I bought this game... This is the sickest most intense RTS game available...It may be a power hog but it is definitely worth uninstalling other games to make sure it works good. Now for the things I like about The Battle for Middle Earth....
>The graphics are phenomenal...almost as good as or better than ps2
>The character's voices are the same or similar to the real thing
>The amount of warriors you can get surpasses War of The Ring
>The heroes abilities and strengths are exceptional
>You can use the siege equipment like it was used in the movie
>You can place archers for the Free Peoples all over your camp walls
>When you use wargs and horses you can run over your enemies
>You can use creatures like Eagles,Balrogs,The Army of The Dead,
and Ents
>I could go on for hours...
Overall if you dont get this game, your missing out.
LOTR fan or not this game is good for anyone. I appreciate your reading this review.
Thanks
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Summary: Middle-Earth is yours to Command!!!
Review: (...)Experience Middle-earth like never before in The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth, the first The Lord of the Rings game that puts you in command of a real-time, open world. Control the legendary heroes, massive armies, and epic campaigns of Middle-earth in over 25 missions based on all three films of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. From waging all-out combat among the vast forces of good and evil to controlling your favorite heroes and characters to managing the troops and resources of your side, the fate of a living, breathing Middle-earth is in your hands.Key Features-Fight the epic, sweeping battles from the Academy Award-winning The Lord of the Rings film trilogy from a whole new perspective-as commander of hundreds of soldiers and creatures. Control massive armies and interactive battlefields across the vast world of Middle-earth. Lead the forces of good or evil by controlling one of four unique groups, from the Riders of Rohan to the forces of Sauron, each with its own playing style, resource management, and base-building techniques. Take command of strategic territories across a highly detailed, 3D map of Middle-earth and turn the tide in the battle to control The One Ring. Forge new heroes, customize their abilities and powers, then lead them into battle where they'll gain experience and rank in their quest for victory.
Watch your armies come to life as they express emotion-from anger to fear to triumph-when reacting to events and their surroundings. Make smarter and faster decisions in the heat of battle with an all-new intuitive, streamlined interface that gives you contextual control of your forces and structures. Challenge fellow rulers online in massive multiplayer battles."-From eagames.com
Check out sweet screenshots and videos at eagames.com The four playable sides with info on their weaknesses and strengths are as followed:
"Gondor
Strengths: Defense, economy (lots of economy upgrades and get money within the safety of their castle, lots of allies they can summon to their aid), knights, rangers, army of the dead, eagles.
Weaknesses: Not as strong at offense, more reliant on castle walls, fewer troop numbers, low mobility - have knights but unable to quickly exploit enemy mistakes.
Resources: Farms, blacksmith, gold from killing enemies.
Heroes: Gandalf, Faramir. Rohan
Strengths: Powerful versatile fast offense - horsemen, best and most heroes in the game, magical allies like ents and elves.
Weaknesses: Low numbers, only moderate defenses.
Resources: Farms, gold from killing enemies.
Heroes: Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Theodin, Eowyn, Eomer. Isengard
Strengths: Large numbers of tough urak-hai, powerful magical spells (like change the weather and exotic technologies), bombs, ladders, balistas.
Weaknesses: Poor defenses, weak heroes, high resource consumption.
Resources: Slaughter house, forge, lumber mill, gold from burning down enemy buildings.
Heroes: Saruman, Lurtz. Mordor
Strengths: Free troops encourage wave assault tactics, sacrifice your own troops for veterancy and cash.
Weaknesses: No defenses, weak individual soldiers, no ability to upgrade troops except for veterancy.
Resources: Slaughter house, forge, lumber mill, gold from burning down enemy buildings.
Heroes: Witch King, Nazgul."-From gamespy.com
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Summary: THIS GAME IS INSANE
Review: ALRIGHT FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT IF IT HAD BEN A POSIBILITY I WUD HAV PUT 500 STARS INSTED OF 5. SECOND, THIS GAME LOOKS SO AMAZING THET WEN I SAW THE TRAILER I PEED MY PANTS, AND THIRD I HAVENT EVEN PLAYED THE GAME AND I LUV IT SO MUCH IM GONNA BUY 50 COPIES JUS SO I CAN HANG THEM ON THE WALL AND STARE AT THEM.THAT SED, ILL GET INTO MY REVIEW.I HAVENT PLAYED THE GAME YET BUT IF THE GAME IS HALF AS GOOD AS THE TRAILERS IT WILL B INCREDIBLE.I MEEN NOBODY CAN SAY THET THE GRAPHICS IN THIS GAME ARENT THE BEST THEYVE EVER SEEN THRUTHFULLY. AND EVEN WITHOUT THE GREAT GRAPHICS THE GAME WILL B AWESOME. U CAN BLOW DOWN WALLS WITH THE FIERY BREATH OF THE MASSIVE, DEMONIC BALROG, U CAN CLIMB THE WALLS OF MINAS tIRITH IN A SIEGE TOWER, U CAN WATCH PEOPLE GET SWEPT UP BY LOW FLYING FEL BEASTS ONLY TO B DROPPED AGAIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET HIGER, U CAN EVEN WATCH UR SOLDIERS AS THEY BUILD A CAMP. THE DETAIL IS ALSO INCREDIBLE. INSTED OF WATCHING UR MEN RUN IN AND OUT OF A GOLD MINE LIKE IN WARCRAFT (ANOTHER GREAT FANTASY RTS) U CAN WATCH AN ORC BUTCHER WHISTLE AND CALL A BEAST UP INTO HIS SHOP. A FEW SECONDS LATER AND U SEE THE BUTCHER WALK OUT OF HIS SHOP AND HANG A SLAB OF MEET ON A HOOK. UR MEN EVEN CHEER WEN THEY WIN. THERE IS SO INCREDIBLY MUCH TO DESCRIBE BUT ITS 2 O CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND I WANT SUM SLEEP. IM NOT SUGGESTING IT, IM TELLING U THET U NEED TO GO TO GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE AND TYPE IN THE BATTLE FOR MIDDLE EARTH. CLICK THE FIRST LINK THEN GO TO VIDEO CLIPS AND WATCH ALL SIX TRAILERS. I HOPE THIS WAS A HELPFUL REVIEW BUT EITHER WAY I JUS HAD TO TELL PPL ABOUT THOSE TRAILERS IM SO EXCITED I THINK IM GONNA DIE.
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Summary: Unbelievable. should own its own part of heaven.
Review: Battle for Middle is a definite must-get for all Lord of the Rings fans.I think best part of this game are the missions. I still haven't finished them all- I'm still working on the Black Gate- but I can definitly say that is one of the neatest RTS games I've played. Some of the missions are easy but there are a couple real hard ones to get through, especially Helm's Deep and Minas Tirith (those elephants are really difficult to kill. The first time I tried it, they wiped out my entire Rohirrim army).
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Summary: can't belive it ! its better than command and conquer!!
Review: C and C was my favourite game for its sheer brilliantness, I liked red alert 2 then generals which I spend far too much time on. Played dawn of war looked ok but gameplay was a bit c ra p.
Lord of the rings excells in every aspect especially gamplay, I don't know why one of these reviews says there is no gameplay they are very very wrong!! single player is better than c and c also very enjoyable, skirmish mode is great too.
My advise buy it you will not be disappointed !!!
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Summary: Preview for The Battle for Middle Earth.
Review: From what I have seen from the screenshots, I can't really say much but it looks fantastic. It will be using Command and Conquer Generals engine and it looks pretty good from the screenshots. You can say it is somewhat similar to Medieval Total War series or Shogun series but with a Generals engine. It looks like it will have more than just 50 or 100 units in a battle unlike Starcraft or Warcraft, it probably will have up to 10,000 units in a battle like it does in the movies. I still can't really rate this game because I haven't played it yet but
it is one of PCgamer's top of E3 and it is definitly on my "to have list." Maybe, the game's results might be bad because PCgamer says that results might be rushed but I trust the developers to do a good job because they are about to release one of the most great RTS ever. At least it seems like it will be one of the best. I'll leave it to the developers to do a good job. Since the game is published (not developed) by Electronic Arts, I'm assuming that this game will be good (you know how EA publishes all the good games). Enough talking, while then, I'll be playing my War of the Rings for a while...
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Summary: Awesome
Review: I've benn watching this game for, probably a year and a-half, and I couldn't wait for it to come. Then I went to a friends house and saw it. This game has to be the best RTS I've played (or seen) in years. (and I've seen ALOT!) So, If your thinking about buying this one, I reccommend it over every other RTS out there.
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Summary: Well this just works for Me
Review: I've now been playing this game for about a month now and let me tell you, this game has struck a good nerve. I went out searching for other games in it's gerne you the names AOM - Roman Empire - and so on and so on. Well Age of empire was fun, but I found myself having to mico-manage alittle to much for my liking. Although fun at time, I just don't have the time to sit there and build farmer and hunter all day long. I did like the game play in Lord of the Rings (LOTR) You could just dive right in. The mapping is all eye candy, I enjoy the fact that the hereoes all can do different thing. I think there is just the right amount of different troops to choose from. The animation looks great. The sounds make you feel a part of the movie. He enjoy this game I know I do.
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Summary: RTS King
Review: If you have not seen the trailers, "Inside the Battle" clips, and the game demo at the official site, you might as well stop reading right now for you will not believe when I tell you how magnificent this game is. I want to start this review first by saying that the movies truly brought to life the fantastic books by Tolkien. Peter Jackson and Professor Tolkien are geniuses! The games created by EA Games (ROTK and TT) were beautifully created and threw the player into the movie in a tense, cliff-hanging action game. The new game they are about to release is stunning. To control hundreds or thousands of units at once is unbearable. But through the catupults and Fell Beasts, an expert RTS gamer would be in awe at the immense war game in front of the screen. You decide the battles and the outcome of the war. However, what difference is there from this and the other Real-time strategy games? Mark Skaggs and his team created is a mark in gaming history. A new generation of games has been created from this game based on the battles of the award-winning epic trilogy. The AI in this game act exactly like they would in real life. The Gondor knights cower in fear in front of the fierce cave-trolls. The gigantic Oliphaunts and Ents rampage in fear as they are set on fire. The Balrog triumphs in glory as it crushes the last Minas Tirith soldier in its flaming hand. All of this can be found in this game. Amazing! The fate of Middle-earth is entirely in your hands as you play with four different teams with their own unique abilities. Good luck and conquer your foes.
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Summary: A must get?
Review: OK, I'd like to start off saying that I haven't bought a PC game in well over a year. Just nothing out there that I would want. However, LOTR: BFME might just be a game that gets me to break my game buying hiatus. Well, there's a couple coming out between now and then that I may buy if I can afford to. But anyway, there's a few issues that I worry about with this game. Yes, the graphics are good, based on a up-dated version of the Command & Conquer: Generals engine, which is supposed to be able to support thousands of 3D animated troops on the field. But what about replayability? Being that this game is based on a 25 mission campaign as such, what will be the replay value? Will there be "skirimish modes"? Or once you're done with the campaign, you're done? Let's hope not. In fact, I'd like a random campaign generator that allows you to use the main Middle Earth strategic map to cruise around and fight your own battles. I wanna fight a battle at The Shire, darn it! Imagine an Urak-hai ransack of The Shire! Dead little Hobbitt'sis every where.... But anyway, this game, at least for its graphics and revolutionary RTS control features, should be a good addition to any RTS fan's collection.
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