The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth
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- Real-time strategy game based on the Lord of the Rings film trilogy
- Fight on either the side of good or evil by commanding 1 of 4 groups
- Control massive armies across the vast world of Middle-earth
- Create new heroes and customize the abilities and powers
- Single player and online massively multiplayer modes
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Product information
ASIN | B00026ENLE |
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Release date | December 6, 2004 |
Customer Reviews |
4.2 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #32,642 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games) #856 in PC-compatible Games |
Product Dimensions | 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches; 11.2 ounces |
Type of item | Video Game |
Rated | Teen |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | Yes |
Item Weight | 11.2 ounces |
Manufacturer | Electronic Arts |
Date First Available | May 10, 2004 |
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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.
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Customers like the quality, value, and graphics of the video game. For example, they mention it's fun, has unique armies, and a focus on combat. That said, opinions are mixed on performance and installation.
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Customers like the quality of the video game. They say it's fun to play, with fun units, unique armies, and a focus on combat. They also say the good campaign is the funnest because you control the unique heroes of the movies. Overall, customers describe it as a decent RTS game and one of the best made during its time.
"Many diverse situations to deal with make this a challenging, fun game. There are some huge battles (Mordor v the White City, for instance)...." Read more
"the game its self is an amazing game but i bought the disc from amazon and its a pirated disc i have all these problems with my buildings blowing up..." Read more
"...game does a lot of things right...great graphics, sound and music, playability, etc...." Read more
"...played it and when i purchased this again recently, it brought back all those good memories! Thanks for letting me feel like a kid again." Read more
Customers find the value of the video game software to be great. They say it's well worth the money, and a good buy.
"...I think the game is worth buying, but still be careful because after awhile it DOES get old." Read more
"...the disc was not scratched up. the fees were at a very reasonable price. I liked it" Read more
"Great game, good product and reasonable price. In short, the white wizard did pay without hesitation :)." Read more
"...Frekain love it. Played it all thru my teen years. Well worth the money" Read more
Customers like the graphics in the video game software. They say the graphics are good and still hold up after all these years.
"...Graphics still hold up after all these years!" Read more
"...Yes, this game does a lot of things right...great graphics, sound and music, playability, etc...." Read more
"...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..." Read more
"...the hero's and their powers are great and the graphics are also good...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the performance of the video game software. Some mention that it performs well, while others say that it never worked.
"Everything worked! So glad to play this game after 18 years and my PC runs it well." Read more
"...Cons: Condition leaves something to be desired. Cracked and nearly unusable case, disk has scratches but works fine...." Read more
"Game works perfectly. Thank you so much." Read more
"The disks look to be in good condition. But the game will not run. I've tried multiple ways to get this to run and it won't...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the installation of the video game software. Some mention that it's very challenging yet fun at the same time, with good instructions and bug-free gameplay. Others say that it never got to install, the game would not install correctly, and that it gets too easy.
"...be the unrealisticness to the story and how it never changes and gets too easy.But the maps are amazing and great and the evil campaign is harder...." Read more
"Many diverse situations to deal with make this a challenging, fun game. There are some huge battles (Mordor v the White City, for instance)...." Read more
"The game would not install correctly and was never even able to open the game. If you research this, it is a know problem with the game...." Read more
"...I had an IT co. work hours on installing it as well as HP. No one could install it." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the scratch resistance of the video game software. They mention that the disks have lots of scratches and can receive more damage than they should.
"...In this game catapults move fairly fast and can receive more damage than they should, so you will discover that destroying catapult factories is..." Read more
"...Cracked and nearly unusable case, disk has scratches but works fine...." Read more
"Horrible. Disk 1 could not be read. Lots of scratches on 3 of 4 disks. Case broken" Read more
"Disc 1 has scratches and game won't load." Read more
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Maps:
Either way I think THIS one should be the more expensive game because the maps are MUCH more crisp especially the trees and rivers and there is less problems running this on Windows 7 then BFME2 which has various issues. The most common issue for this game is the options.ini file is not put in and there is a fix for that.
There is a huge variation between forest and desert/rolling hills geography in this game focusing in Southern Middle Earth or down in the land of cotton where old times there are not forgotten. This game also uses movie based icons while the 2nd one is more into book lore focusing on the more exotic places that you may never heard of if you didn't read and pay attention to the book series.
In the 2nd game sequel the forests all look dead like WW2 bomb shelled which the only thing missing is dug out trenches and wired fences with land mines ready to explode.
Mirkwood and Shire are about the only pretty maps in the sequel to this.
Defense and Gameplay structure:
This first game has better castles with doors you can watch open and close (good factions) and battle towers for defense and battering rams really do break down the doors which can be *healed* up over time (2 minutes) providing your central pillar isn't being bashed by 5 cave trolls.
The 2nd game has fortresses with builders you spawn costing 500 gold but upgrades can bring the cost down to 250 gold and cut the build time by half but there is no real reason for siege weapons and why the FK doesn't the AI build walls in the 2nd BFME?
The enemy on hard comes fast with trolls and siege weapons usually within the first 15 minutes of gameplay you start getting the catapults come a firing at you because the AI cheats and gets a 50% discount on stuff and can take/give more damage so make sure to find those *Great Siege Works* early and dismantle them which screws the AI up for a spell.
Easy Army is actually better then medium army which the latter does almost nothing.
The 2nd game you have builders you have to re spawn periodically or in my case a LOT! However THIS game it's on fixed plot bases usually 6 plots or 12 plots on castles which 6 plot lands costs 2,000 gold and 12 plots 5,000 gold. (Enemy factions DO NOT have walls or gates which I'll never know why)
The 2nd game has a mod that makes it more like this game with fixed places instead of free roaming builders but I think it may be for ROTWK expansion only as it's hard to tell what games the mods are compatible with.
I like to alternate between Gondor and Isengard which both have good strategy skills to offer while Rohan and Mordor don't have very good defense structures.
The latest patch on outposts the central pillar can be commandeered by one unit so I put in fire archers to slow enemy AI down a bit and get a couple of quick power points before they smash the outpost to pieces.
Sounds:
The sounds of this game are funny from the murmurings of the Orcs to the shoutings of the Rohans and Gondor peasants such as "Cmon Soldiers move it!" or "Destroy it!" "Tear it down" "This building doesn't belong here!" "There's a cave troll near by watch out!" "Their attacking our horses (or is it forces?)
The enemy like Isengard say "Move your feet!" or "I'm getting hungry" which those units die the fastest. On the enemy faction when under attack they say "Is that them?" "Their attacking from over here!"
I especially like the orc laborers from the lumber mills when moving those units around.
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2017