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Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II Windows version of the game was released on Maand the Xbox 360 version was released on July 5, 2006. This Game Was Developed By Electronic Arts Los Angeles And Published Under The Best Banner Of Electronic Arts.
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The Lord Of The Rings The Battle For Middle-Earth PC Game Overview The Lord Of The Rings The Battle For Middle-Earth PC Game Is A Real Time Strategy Game. The cutscenes use the in-game engine and look extremely good.Name : Lord of the Rings:Battle for Middle-Earth 2 The game mixes in live-action scenes from the movies in subtle places, not as cinematics, but more as highlights, such as on the tally screen after each mission, in the multiplayer window or in the round interface screen in the bottom left corner at key moments in missions. I particularly enjoyed killing a few of those nasty Hobbitses. But Helms Deep and Minas Tirith take on a whole new appeal when playing here. This portion of the game is a bit more freeform since there are few times in the movies where the evil side didn't get crushed. Saruman is the key hero, with Lurtz (the Uruk-hai warrior with a penchant for well-placed arrow shots) also available.
The evil campaign will easily appeal to those who really wanted to see Sauron conquer Middle-earth. While keeping true to the movies, it does tend to take away from the urgency to protect them. They are still available for use in later missions. The same applies to heroes that die in battle during the campaign. However, if you do not save him, he still shows up later on. In one mission, you are told to save him, and he will be available as a hero unit throughout the game when Gondor is involved. There are some slight deviations (all of which had to be approved through New Line Cinema), such as the part where Boromir dies. Throw in the riveting music of Howard Shore and the key voice acting of Christopher Lee, Sir Ian McKellen, Sean Astin and others, and the game becomes as a fairly faithful adaptation of the movies, but with the player tasked with making sure the good side wins.
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The battles and key plot points of the movie are so utterly compelling (and at times overwhelming) that the player really feels that they control the destiny of Middle-earth. The world map and Mount Doom The good campaign pretty much follows the three movies, and this is one of the biggest strengths of the game for Tolkien fans (of which I am one). The player can choose between easy, normal, and hard gameplay, with the only difference being the amount of damage units dole out: on easy, enemy units don't do as much damage, while on hard, they do more damage. If players choose to jump right in to the single-player campaign, they can opt for good or evil, with the good side focusing on Rohan and Gondor and the evil side drawing from Isengard and Mordor (along with their Rhun and Haradrim allies). Veteran RTS players may not need it, but the presentation is user-friendly.
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To that end, players can opt to go to Battle School, which is a non-playable tutorial on how to play the game. The Journey Begins The game was originally billed as a game where Tolkien fans could play without being overwhelmed by the traditional micromanagement or interface of a real-time strategy game.
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The game is a perfect example of a license enhancing the final product.
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While veteran RTS players may have some nits to pick with the relatively solid gameplay, those same fans of The Lord of the Rings series should find that the game shines as a playable re-creation of Tolkien's work. Enter The Battle for Middle-earth, touched by the Tolkien license and Peter Jackson's films, and imbued with the personality of the team that created Red Alert 2 and C&C Generals. The obvious reason for the license is to draw in fans, but those fans can become the toughest critics if the game doesn't measure up. Without the familiar setting, the game could just as easily be a generic RTS or RPG. Most games with a literary or movie license don't always live up to the mystique of that license.