26.6.2010

Usually when I see yet another Tolkien game, I think it's yet another average game that's simply attaching the name to it to get some kind of recognition. For once I'm happy to say I was wrong. Without even the Tolkien lore behind it, the mechanics behind this game is great.Plot: It follows the three films with you fighting out significant battles to progress through the game. Not everything from the film can be played and there are some parts that can be that aren't in the film but the balance in my opinion is just right. Obviously some parts of the film aren't as exciting to play as they are to watch and vice versa.With numerous cut scenes throughout the game,you are kept up to date with the goings on within the world and the reasons for each battle you commit to.Graphics: The graphics are still pretty decent even though the games getting on a bit nowadays. The characters match the actors and actresses in the film to a tee as well as the scenery, enemies and allies.Sound: As would be expected, you have the epic music from the films to listen to throughout your campaign. Another nice touch is the little comments made by the characters when you select them which you've already heard from the film.Game play: It's mainly a kill or be killed game. You begin each level with nothing and then have to get the balance right between buildings and warriors. Too many buildings and you will have nobody to defend them but yet have too many warriors and you won't have the money or resources to support them.Once you've built yourself up, you then need to go and find the enemy and wipe them from the map. Sometimes there can be more then one camp too. You need to again get the balance right but this time between attacking and defending. Too long building up your camp and the enemy will be attacking you in swarms but yet attacking too early will leave you with no army left to defend your camp.Another thing that needs to be thought about is the strengths and weaknesses of the troops you are building. You need to have a well balanced army to survive or as soon as a certain type of enemy is thrown at you, you will struggle.Although most of the missions are about killing or being killed, there are a couple of missions where you simply need to get from one end of the map to the other. This I find breaks up the game quite nicely. Areas like the Mines of Moria are where this comes in to play.Throughout the game, you have the option to control heroes. These heroes are in the form of the famous figures from the films. Each of these heroes plays out like they would in the film with the likes of Legolas shooting from afar, Gimli getting in the midst of the chaos and Gandalf shooting bolts in all directions or healing when needed. Sometimes having a hero with one of the battalions can make all the different between living and dieing.Controls: Pretty simple. Clicking on a battalion and then either right clicking where you want to go or want you want to kill is the main thing you need to know about fighting. The different buildings can be created on a few small clicks too.Although this may put off the hardcore strategy fans, I think they would be missing out. Within this game there's a compelling experience to be had and even the best can be beaten.Lifespan: Not only is there a good campaign to be completed, but there is an evil one too with both having the option to complete the bare minimum of scenarios on the mission map or the chance to complete everything. There is also the option to try and better your score of that mission too.Not only do you have two different campaigns, but there is the option to try skirmish mode and multiplayer too. This game can last you for however long you want it to.Overall: It may not be as complicated or as deep as the likes of Total War but it's a great game within its own right if you're a Tolkien fan or not. When I first saw this game, I wasn't sure if it was going to be my kind of thing but once loaded up, from the first mission I was hooked.

26.10.2009

This is a form of strategy game using the characters from the Lord of the Rings trilogy of films, though it does not follow the books or the films in progression.You have the choice of playing for good or evil, of playing a skirmish or the longer campaign mode. There is also a good training package included which you can return to at any time. The game also gives you the ability to play others via the internet - the game online is, however, extremely hard to win.Once you have picked your side you must then either conquer Mordor or conquer the armies of Men. This is done by selecting an area of Middle Earth to battle over. Once won, it will not fall to the enemy,so is yours until the end of the game.This game allows you to use heroes (or villains). Each hero (or villain) has certain skills which can be gained as you build their experience up to level 10. Some of the heroes seem to gain experience easier than others.As you go through the different levels of the game you gather power points. These points can be used to purchase special powers such as "heal", "temporary elves", "temporary Rohirrim", right up to "temporary ghost army", these are very useful for overrunning Isengard and Mordor.The contours of each level map are revealed as your troops travel across the land.On the down side (for me) is that you have to build your encampments on a predetermined site, unlike C&C you have an open choice of where to build. However, on the good side, initially you only receive a few buildings - farms, barracks, stables, etc - but as you progress though the game you gain more buildings (this allows you to understand which are the basic buildings and which are the bonus extras which you might want to consider). Once you have played all the way through and won, going back to the start with only a few types of building available makesUnlike C&C you are limited to the number of troops you can produce on each level. I have found this very annoying at times.One of the big irritants with the game is the use of the voices of the actors and actresses involved - each recorded only two or three lines which are used every time a hero is selected and there are only so many times that you can hear "men of Rohan", "rally to me", "I will ride with the men", "for our friends" or "protect the hobbits", etc, before it starts to get a bit annoying.I have played the old Command and Conquer games since they were first released (I personally prefer the strategy type games to the shoot `em up ones), and this is very similar in form to C&C. Like C&C (and the Dungeon Keeper games before them) it is very addictive, and you want to finish each battle before you end. If you are not careful you can find that several hours have passed without you noticing.LotR:BfME is one of the better strategy games of this type available, it is easy to learn and easy to play, but the game play gets progressively harder meaning that there is always something that needs your attention. It is a game that I have enjoyed playing and runs on my laptop (but please check the specifications for your own as it does take up a lot of memory space). It is something which, when you are ill or away from home, can be played as a distraction from the current events, eg, hospital stays, illness in bed, overnight stays, etc.The graphics in this PC game are superb, and include clips from the films and CGI produced footage.This is one of the pc games which I play the most often.I highly recommend this game for anyone who enjoys strategy and war games.

26.10.2009

This is a form of strategy game using the characters from the Lord of the Rings trilogy of films, though it does not follow the books or the films in progression.You have the choice of playing for good or evil, of playing a skirmish or the longer campaign mode. There is also a good training package included which you can return to at any time. The game also gives you the ability to play others via the internet - the game online is, however, extremely hard to win.Once you have picked your side you must then either conquer Mordor or conquer the armies of Men. This is done by selecting an area of Middle Earth to battle over. Once won, it will not fall to the enemy,so is yours until the end of the game.This game allows you to use heroes (or villains). Each hero (or villain) has certain skills which can be gained as you build their experience up to level 10. Some of the heroes seem to gain experience easier than others.As you go through the different levels of the game you gather power points. These points can be used to purchase special powers such as "heal", "temporary elves", "temporary Rohirrim", right up to "temporary ghost army", these are very useful for overrunning Isengard and Mordor.The contours of each level map are revealed as your troops travel across the land.On the down side (for me) is that you have to build your encampments on a predetermined site, unlike C&C you have an open choice of where to build. However, on the good side, initially you only receive a few buildings - farms, barracks, stables, etc - but as you progress though the game you gain more buildings (this allows you to understand which are the basic buildings and which are the bonus extras which you might want to consider). Once you have played all the way through and won, going back to the start with only a few types of building available makesUnlike C&C you are limited to the number of troops you can produce on each level. I have found this very annoying at times.One of the big irritants with the game is the use of the voices of the actors and actresses involved - each recorded only two or three lines which are used every time a hero is selected and there are only so many times that you can hear "men of Rohan", "rally to me", "I will ride with the men", "for our friends" or "protect the hobbits", etc, before it starts to get a bit annoying.I have played the old Command and Conquer games since they were first released (I personally prefer the strategy type games to the shoot `em up ones), and this is very similar in form to C& Like C&C (and the Dungeon Keeper games before them) it is very addictive, and you want to finish each battle before you end. If you are not careful you can find that several hours have passed without you noticing.LotR:BfME is one of the better strategy games of this type available, it is easy to learn and easy to play, but the game play gets progressively harder meaning that there is always something that needs your attention. It is a game that I have enjoyed playing and runs on my laptop (but please check the specifications for your own as it does take up a lot of memory space). It is something which, when you are ill or away from home, can be played as a distraction from the current events, eg, hospital stays, illness in bed, overnight stays, etc.The graphics in this PC game are superb, and include clips from the films and CGI produced footage.This is one of the pc games which I play the most often.I highly recommend this game for anyone who enjoys strategy and war games.

27.1.2005

Well, what can I say? I have been looking for a game of this quality for many years. The first thing that will astound you is the graphics! The introduction is amazing, the beginning story to the trilogy. Then you enter the main menu, the back-ground picture of the army that is about to attack helms deep. The detail in this picture alone is amazing! Their is no other word i can use. Then we go through and enter the campaign menu, you have the option of following the people of middle earth in their struggle against the evil that is clouding their land. Or the evil side who have a great desire to shroud the middle earth in a brand new darkness. i started by choosing the good campaign.The next thing to make me gasp was the main map! They have taken the pencil drawing out of the book and made it into a 3d wonder. you can see all the main parts of the map in great detail like, helms deep, minas thirth, isangaurd ect. You then zoom into the section you want to and begin. The first mission is getting the fellowship through balin's tomb. i would not mention this really because it is quite basic, until you reach the end. Remember that impressive battle between Gandalf the grey and that awesome balrog? Well this battle is 100 times better. The balrog its self is a work of art. The whip. The flame sword, the tail, all the detail is exquisite! So now you decide whether the evil balrog destroys Gandalf? Or does Gandalf survive to continue helping the fellowship? Their are a lot of decisions like this to be found out! The next wonder to be seen is the building interface! One thing us gamers have had a problem with for a long time is having large buttons with big gaps in between them. And we used to end up paying more attention to the buttons than the actual game! Were as now the E.A. team have come up with nice sized buttons with just the right amount of space in between them. So you can produce units and buildings at a touch of a nice sized button.We then move onto the sound in the game, the E.A. team have rounded up all cast and asked them to record different sayings for the game. so now, for instance, during the battle for helms deep, you get to here gimli shouting an accurate amount of how many urak-hai he has killed. or Aragon shouting his anger when the wall is breached!Now we move on to look at each unit. Their are many units, and it depends who you are fighting for, as to if you can get them. For instance, if you are rohan, you can't have minas thirth solders. The one other thing i must, must talk about that to be the mumakill!!! The team really have gone to town on this one! The thing is totally breath taking! The size is portrayed really well, the war paint visible but not intrusive and the solders on their back's very effective! But the thing that makes this game totally unique is that units have emotion!!! If a troll is approaching a group of solders they start walking backward and screaming! If they have a captain he might try to steady his soldiers before he is picked up and crushed under the monster's hand! Another example of this is looking again at that awesome mumakill, if fire archers manage to set fire to the stand on the beast's back, the poor creature will panic, running around madly and stamping on its troops. were as if orc archers manage to set fire to an ent, then the ent get a bit scared, but keeps carm and finds water to put its self out in!I hope you have enjoyed this review, I certainly enjoyed the game! Please leave feedback.ThanksALEX

30.1.2005

Well, what can I say? I have been looking for a game of this quality for many years. The first thing that will astound you is the graphics! The introduction is amazing, the beginning story to the trilogy. Then you enter the main menu, the back-ground picture of the army that is about to attack helms deep. The detail in this picture alone is amazing! Their is no other word i can use. Then we go through and enter the campaign menu, you have the option of following the people of middle earth in their struggle against the evil that is clouding their land. Or the evil side who have a great desire to shroud the middle earth in a brand new darkness. i started by choosing the good campaign.The next thing to make me gasp was the main map! They have taken the pencil drawing out of the book and made it into a 3d wonder. you can see all the main parts of the map in great detail like, helms deep, minas thirth, isangaurd ect. You then zoom into the section you want to and begin. The first mission is getting the fellowship through balin's tomb. i would not mention this really because it is quite basic, until you reach the end. Remember that impressive battle between Gandalf the grey and that awesome balrog? Well this battle is 100 times better. The balrog its self is a work of art. The whip. The flame sword, the tail, all the detail is exquisite! So now you decide whether the evil balrog destroys Gandalf? Or does Gandalf survive to continue helping the fellowship? Their are a lot of decisions like this to be found out! The next wonder to be seen is the building interface! One thing us gamers have had a problem with for a long time is having large buttons with big gaps in between them. And we used to end up paying more attention to the buttons than the actual game! Were as now the E.A. team have come up with nice sized buttons with just the right amount of space in between them. So you can produce units and buildings at a touch of a nice sized button.We then move onto the sound in the game, the E.A. team have rounded up all cast and asked them to record different sayings for the game. so now, for instance, during the battle for helms deep, you get to here gimli shouting an accurate amount of how many urak-hai he has killed. or Aragon shouting his anger when the wall is breached!Now we move on to look at each unit. Their are many units, and it depends who you are fighting for, as to if you can get them. For instance, if you are rohan, you can't have minas thirth solders. The one other thing i must, must talk about that to be the mumakill!!! The team really have gone to town on this one! The thing is totally breath taking! The size is portrayed really well, the war paint visible but not intrusive and the solders on their back's very effective! But the thing that makes this game totally unique is that units have emotion!!! If a troll is approaching a group of solders they start walking backward and screaming! If they have a captain he might try to steady his soldiers before he is picked up and crushed under the monster's hand! Another example of this is looking again at that awesome mumakill, if fire archers manage to set fire to the stand on the beast's back, the poor creature will panic, running around madly and stamping on its troops. were as if orc archers manage to set fire to an ent, then the ent get a bit scared, but keeps carm and finds water to put its self out in!I hope you have enjoyed this review, I certainly enjoyed the game! Please leave feedback.ThanksALEX

27.3.2005

Although I have yet to buy Rome: Total War I can safely say that the game is the best RTS game around. Simply put, EA did the obvious thing and created an RTS out of the spectacular story when all others thought it might be nice to make a shallow RPG. In doing so they have managed to let Middle Earth fans control their favourite army to it's limits. It may seem a little shallow and poorly built at first but actually the game has a massive depth with unlimited strategies and no limit to playability.The game is not just about taking an army into battle either. If you stand any chance in getting past the medium level AI you need to use micromanagement sills; saving nearly dieing armies,retreating when you know your attack won't work and healing the wounded. Managing your economy is the second most important thing next to attackig strategies. Rohan are the most simple army to use with this but they have a small limit and are the most trickiest use. Gondor is more complictated with two recources, farms and blacksmiths. They also have countless economy upgrades that need to be activated at the right time to give the maximum amount of money for one hell of an army. I will say no more about these strategies, you will need to work them out yourself.The feeling of being able to launch devastating attacks across the map and capturing settlements and camps is indescribeable. Heroes can be used to fight at the front of your army such as Legolass, Aragorn, Theodin, Faramir, Boromir, Nazgul, Gandalf and even hobbits. The units are arranged into battilions, which make for a much better feel of in-game fighting as opposed to the orginal red alerts where single units ran randomly over the map. And it dosnt stop there. If you play mordor you arnt only able to make tonnes of orcs of all kinds but even the Easterlings and there impressive Mumakils which scare the bajebas out of your enemy (well, how would you like if a skyscraper high elephant ran towards you with pike-throwing haradrim on its back?). Trolls can be massed out of the troll cage and, when playing Isengard, warg riders can charge at the enemy, howling all the way. And what could be better to counter those monsters than an army of ents? Rohan's entmoot may see to that.Gondor are not left out. Gandalf can in fact slay most of these evilries single handedly. Infact each and every army has there own counters for everything, and counters for those counters, and counters for those...Uprgrades for these units are also available. Fancy full armour for Rohan's weak peasents? Or powerful swords for Gondor's footmen? Even the cavalry and Rohirrim have their own horse shields to add to the armour upgrades. And nothing is better than seeing firey arrows whizz through the air. Isengard and mordor both have siege units such as catapults and ballistas that, used in the right situations, can crush the forces of good.This is the only RTS game you need and I dont think I will ever need to buy Rome: total war with something like this. Some of the reviews here have given this one star. I urge them to actually look into more of the game because I assure you there is some real depth and eye goggling battles.

28.10.2005

The lord of the rings the battle for middle earth is another one of those games where all you do is fight, this game however is one of the best fighting games I have ever played and the fact that its based on such a great film makes it brilliant. This game has everything from heroes with wings to orcs, it's a great game and one of the best fighting games money can buy at the moment.Gameplay:This game though not exactly hard is sometimes challenging in the campaign in witch you can be evil or good. Good is by far better than evil witch can cause problems in multi player. The controls are simple mainly using the mouse to control the armies of good and evil.The campaign can become boring and the same with skirmish as no matter what difficulty you put it on (hard, easy, moderate) it still seems to easy but this problem is overdone by the fact that it is so fun to play. The game is very fun to play and can be challenging in its own way although skirmish may seem easy campaign is harder than it for some very odd reason. The overall Gameplay is very good with only some minor difficulty issues.Story:The story in this game doesn't really matter as it not exactly that type of game but here is some background information on it. Gondor and Rohan are the good sides and Isengard and Mordor are the bad sides they are fighting each other over the one ring witch is being taken to be destroyed. While it's being taken to be destroyed the two good sides are fighting the two bad sides to try and defeat their army. The overall story is very good because often you don't get any story at all.Graphics/sound:The graphics in this game are superb and you shouldn't have any problem with them, though sometimes the game does freeze or go slow for a minute or two but this hardly ever happens. The graphics are good also because you can zoom right up into battle scenes and anytime you want and not lose any of the graphics real good quality. The sound is good because it plays music from the films and speed the music up when in battle. The characters voice may become annoying because you hear it each time they move but this is not a major problem. The overall quality sound and graphics in this game are very good.Playtime/replayability:The playtime of the game in campaign would be completing it in about 8-9 hours and this is very good because you can go back and then complete it as a different side (good or evil). The overall playtime of this game is very good as it does take a while to complete. The replayaability of this game is great as you can complete it as different sides and do skirmish as much as you want or go back and complete campaign again as the experience will change, if you put up the difficulty level it would be harder. The overall replayability of this game is great.Final recommendation:My final recommendation would be to buy this game as it is the best fighting game around. If you see this game in the shop you should buy it straight away and not hesitate over buying it. Buy it now!

6.11.2005

The lord of the rings the battle for middle earth is another one of those games where all you do is fight, this game however is one of the best fighting games I have ever played and the fact that its based on such a great film makes it brilliant. This game has everything from heroes with wings to orcs, it’s a great game and one of the best fighting games money can buy at the moment.Gameplay:This game though not exactly hard is sometimes challenging in the campaign in witch you can be evil or good. Good is by far better than evil witch can cause problems in multi player. The controls are simple mainly using the mouse to control the armies of good and evil.The campaign can become boring and the same with skirmish as no matter what difficulty you put it on (hard, easy, moderate) it still seems to easy but this problem is overdone by the fact that it is so fun to play. The game is very fun to play and can be challenging in its own way although skirmish may seem easy campaign is harder than it for some very odd reason. The overall Gameplay is very good with only some minor difficulty issues.Story:The story in this game doesn’t really matter as it not exactly that type of game but here is some background information on it. Gondor and Rohan are the good sides and Isengard and Mordor are the bad sides they are fighting each other over the one ring witch is being taken to be destroyed. While it’s being taken to be destroyed the two good sides are fighting the two bad sides to try and defeat their army. The overall story is very good because often you don’t get any story at all.Graphics/sound:The graphics in this game are superb and you shouldn’t have any problem with them, though sometimes the game does freeze or go slow for a minute or two but this hardly ever happens. The graphics are good also because you can zoom right up into battle scenes and anytime you want and not lose any of the graphics real good quality. The sound is good because it plays music from the films and speed the music up when in battle. The characters voice may become annoying because you hear it each time they move but this is not a major problem. The overall quality sound and graphics in this game are very good.Playtime/replayability:The playtime of the game in campaign would be completing it in about 8-9 hours and this is very good because you can go back and then complete it as a different side (good or evil). The overall playtime of this game is very good as it does take a while to complete. The replayaability of this game is great as you can complete it as different sides and do skirmish as much as you want or go back and complete campaign again as the experience will change, if you put up the difficulty level it would be harder. The overall replayability of this game is great.Final recommendation:My final recommendation would be to buy this game as it is the best fighting game around. If you see this game in the shop you should buy it straight away and not hesitate over buying it. Buy it now!

21.8.2005

Epic battles, valiant warriors, evil orcs, beautiful landscapes, amazing effects, mighty heroes, the fellowship, the battle for middle earth has it all. Even the pre-game movie is very interesting and a very good piece of computer animation.In 'the battle for middle earth' you lead either evil or good armies to victory, following the plot of the LOTR trilogy. When you start a campain, you can choose two ways. Evil, or good. Evil makes you the commander of uruk-hai, warg riders, Lurtz, Saruman, evil pikemen, and many more. If you are lacking in firepower or strength, no problem, just bring in a ballista or a battering ram. If you choose to command the troops of Rohan, Gondor, or the fellowship,you will gain control of many units: Rohan Rohirrim, swordsmen, Legolas, Gimli, Frodo, Sam, Gandalf, Aragorn and others. You will also be able to create other troops such as trebuchets, which can destroy walls, and so on.But the thing that makes the battle for middle earth so special is that it is definately and truly fun. The problem with some other strategy games is that they have devastatingly hard levels, which make you want to smash the CD, or waaaay too easy levels, which also make you want to smash the CD. I think that this has very challenging, but not annoying, levels. Even though some might be annoying, but this only lasts for a short time.I think that there are a few problems with the battle for middle earth. The maps are often too small, resulting in a seemingly relentless attack of enemy troops. Very annoying. Also, it will be a lot nicer if you could actually use more strategy, as (like another reviewer) often you just charge around destroying small patches of enemy territory, then building more troops, then once again charging around destroying other troops or towns/outposts. There is also the problem that the Fellowship levels of the 'good' campain seem to be a lot easier than the Eomer levels, mainly because the fellowship are much stronger than any rohirrim, peasants, or archers that you can ever make.Back to the menu: There is also another button, skirmish. Skirmish is basically a mini-campain, where up to 8 people (1 person and 7 computers) go against each other. Of course, you can choose to have allies, or choose to all be against each other (very messy!). I still feel slightly irritated at the fact that there is no 'peace' option, so that you can build up your horsemen, or archers, or whatever warriors, as you often find yourself trying to build up troops as quickly as you can, and then finding your camp or allies being attacked. Online play is supposed to be pretty good, but I have not tried it, and therefore do not know if it is good or bad.No game or item is perfect, but some games are better than others, and some games are even better. To me, 'the battle for middle earth' is probably one of the closest to perfect when it comes to film/book strategy games.End

10.5.2011

In this game everything is just like the movie and books, all the characters (which are playable) can be found throughout the campaign of which you can take the good or bad path! Many other reviewers have gone into detail over the campaign needless to say its engaging either way but for me its the skirmish mode where the long lasting fun in this game is.There are many maps that come from the main campaign which can be played and you can be 1 of 4 playable factions: Gondor, Rohan, Mordor and Isengard. You can play against other online players or against the computer with multiple teams e.g. you can be gondor and be an ally with mordor and fight against a "hard" Rohan....so there are many combinations.

3.12.2004

Having read the reviews of several magazines from the UK as well as from Europe, I must put in a word of caution. I see that every one so far has given the game 5 stars (except one person)(as dated 03/12/04), but I think this may mislead everyone into thinking it will be the best thing since sliced bread.Don't get me wrong there are many plus points to the game but everyone has not mentioned points which some gamers may find frustrating.The game itself is like having 'The Lord of the Rings' Trilogy implanted on your computer. You can fight as both sides of the struggle with forces from Gondor, Rohan, Isengard and Mordor. You then follow the campaigns of either side.

1.3.2006

Usually you can rate a game on how long it takes to a) complete or b) have you bored senseless within 5 minutes of turning it on again. For me this has happened with the RotK LotR game, several cricket games (racking up scores of 1000+ on hard does get repetitive), a different LotR game, and a lot of gameboy games.It is testimony to just how good BFME is that I am still playing it eagerly today, over a year after purchase, coming home for a battle or two over the internet. Part of the great nature of the game is the clear progress you make - you can master easy, then you master medium, then you master hard, then you can go onto the much harder world of online noobs (in other words,

1.1.2005

I'm a LOTR fan, I've got the Two Towers and ROTK for PS2, and I bought BFME knowing it was basically C&C Generals for LOTR.I know a lot of this is nit picking, but it did put a little bit of a dampener on my overall perception of the game. I know it probably didn't matter to most people, but I think it would have been really great if they'd kept more faithful to the books, i.e. managed to put the 7 levels of minas tirith in, with the 7 gates.The way that wall defences are programmed is that on a given piece of wall you can upgrade to trebuchets, arrow towers or hidden gates. If they'd managed to get the code in to allow that all the way up (or at least to the second level,

21.12.2004

Ignore the rubbish about buying this game just because it is Lord of the Rings, that's just over enthusiastic fans getting a little steamy under the collar.tBfME is a LotR game based on the General's engine (which does suck a bit but anyway). You have a choice of single player campaign, single player skirmish or multiplayer online/network. In the multiplayer and skirmish you can pick 1 of 4 armies, thus being Isengard, Mordor, Gondor or Rohan and beat the living daylights out of your mates, internet gurus or the AI. In the single player campaign you get to play as the bad guys or good guys in an epic game of strategy and utilisation of every weapon you can muster. From Gandalf to the Witch-king and from Sam to Gollum,

2.1.2005

THE STORY:As the forces of good, you control the Fellowship and their allies from Gondor and Rohan as you fight across Middle-Earth before taking your war to the Black Gate itself. If you choose the forces of evil, lead armies from Isengard and Mordor in hunting down the Fellowship and despoiling the lands of your enemy. Levels includes such iconic settings as Moria, Isengard, Helm's Deep, Minas Tirith and Cirith Ungol.WHAT'S GOOD:Not only is the best LotR game I've ever played, but it's also the best strategy game I've ever played. Your army fights in units, doing away with the tiresome process of purchasing your forces one man at a time, but you are also given Heroes to control,

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