The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth Review

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(More customer reviews)The game has incredible graphics, I'll definitely give it that.EA had to write some new music to match the game better, but it blends seamlessly with the existing movie soundtracks.Loading times aren't too bad either, and are usually accompanied by a small introction to your upcoming mission.

Gameplay itself is very fun.At first when I heard about the minimized interface, I got a little nervous because I was worried about not having enough control over the units.To some extent this is true, but I've found it doesn't actually get in the way as much as I thought it would.For the most part it serves the purpose I believe EA intended - the player spends less time staring at the bottom of the screen and more time focusing on the battles.

The forces are fairly balanced for the most part.For example, a batallion of Rohan cavalry can be a serious force to reckon with against archers or infantry, but if they come across some Isengard pikemen they'll have met their match.Mumakil can do all kinds of damage, but aren't so strong against archers armed with the flame arrow upgrade.A lot of people say that Mordor is a little bit weaker than the other forces, and I'd have to agree to some extent.However, some good strategy can make up for it.Likewise, Gandalf can be a little too powerful once he reaches the higher levels of veterancy, but there are counters against him as well.

The one thing that really bugs me about the game is the population cap.In the movies, the armies are huge.By having a limit of 200 or 300, you can only have 20 to 30 batallions.That's really not so much, and definitely not enough to recreate to any degree the enormous battles of the movies.Fortunately, there are ways that more advanced users can raise the population cap, but it's still a very annoying thing to have to deal with.

Overall, this is a wonderful game.I would recommend it to anyone, even for the rather high price.Nevertheless, don't expect this game to completely give you large-scale feel of the battles in any of the movies.

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Product Description:
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth is an epic campaigns where the goal is to control all of Middle-Earth! Wage all-out combat against either the forces of good or the armies of evil, controlling troops and managing resources. The fate of a continent is your hands!

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