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: The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2
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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Electronic Arts
EAN: 0014633151237
ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Electronic Arts
Manufacturer: Electronic Arts
Platform: Windows XP
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Date: February 28, 2006
Sales Rank: 423
Studio: Electronic Arts

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Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II gives you a chance to experience all that Middle-Earth was meant to be. Delve deeper than ever before into the fictional world of Tolkien, as you wage war in the North. Assume command of the most storied civilizations in all of Middle-earth history, the Elven and Dwarven armies -- or if you prefer, fight on the side of Evil to aid Sauron in his conquest. Fight with or against heroes and creatures that have never been seen in The Lord of the Rings films! Control battles with all-new enemy AI, melee combat, and unprecedented tactical fidelity Build anywhere brings creativity and strategy to base building and battlefield dominance Control the entire war with a high level Risk style meta-game Larger-than-life naval battles



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Good Game, Bad Tech Support
Overall, this is a good game and a vast improvement over the first BFME. The inclusion of the dwarves and elves as races makes the skirmish mode more interesting.

There were a couple of things that were disappointments. First of all, I have to say that the graphics, even when set on ultra high were very disappointing and EA made no effort to improve them since the last game. The graphics where blocky and the characters' faces were all blurred out.

The largest problem was that if you are using any sort of nVidia graphics card this game usually WON'T even start. When I went through the EA support system they said, "try rebooting and enter this code." Needless to say, that didn't work. I then went to nine other third-person forums where I finally found something that I could get it to boot up.

Finally, if you save a game it won't be retrievable. I also tried looking on other forums for this but with no joy.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Good fun and a chance to be in Tolkein's world
This recreation of Tolkien's world succeeds, in my opinion, at least as far as reflecting various battle scenes is concerned. It's not a first-person game, but rather a build-and-battle game. The units are well-balanced, and the game solid, though I did bring the ring to my fortress once only to have it disappear and then reappear mysteriously. I don't think Gollum was involved.

A mid-range graphics card is needed, and the interface is intuitive, and similar to Battle For Middle-earth I. They addressed many of the concerns people had with version I, for instance, now you can place buildings yourself.

It's more complex than version I too, for now archers and footsoldiers are rather critical for battling monsters, and there are some neat new monsters such as Wyrm.

It does bring an atmosphere reminiscent of Tolkien's world, but then I suppose most such games do that! Such is the influence of an author like Tolkien.


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - The original was better in many ways
First off, the "strategic" level war of the ring is total crap. Very simplistic and not very playable. Again, there are two pre-scripted campaigns: good and evil. Those are o.k. but you don't have the option of picking your next battle by moving on a strategic map like in volume I. No real improvements in design or playability, just new races and units. I had expected more.

Not recommended.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Fun game
I was pleasantly surprised with this game, I think I paid 10 bucks for it and I've gotten a ton of play time out of it, it's really been fun especially for the price. It's a bit more simplistic than some RTS games I've played but still fun and I always enjoy "The War of the Ring" game type. Campaign isn't super long but the replay value comes in playing the skirmishes and other game modes. I wouldn't pay $50 for this but for less than $15 you can't go wrong here and I 100% recommend this title. Music is really good too. 5 stars for fun factor and 4 stars overall (for re-playability and complexity)


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Be warned!! May not work by design.
Although the first game was pretty damn good, be careful buying this one. Apparently for some reason EA has intentionally made this game incompatible with some NVIDIA Geoforce graphics cards even if they meet the memory requirements. Not sure why they did this and don't care either. There was no information about this in the description on Amazon and nothing on the box that I received either. Double check the web to see if it will work with your card.

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