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| The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2 | 
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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $9.99
Buy Used: $5.95
You Save: $4.04 (40%)
New (18) Used (23) from $5.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  72 reviews
Sales Rank: 1230
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
ESRB: Teen
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.1
MPN: 302
UPC: 014633151237
EAN: 0014633151237
ASIN: B000CA5FLW
Release Date: February 28, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Battle for Middle Earth 2 February 2, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This game had an amazing concept, or at least I thought it did. However it failed to deliver a truly inspiring vision of the Lord of the Rings universe. As an RTS the game was sub par. Resource management and unit archetypes were generally cookie cutter models, neither horrible nor exceptional. As a representation of the Lord of the Rings universe the game was extremely flawed. Its storied campaigns focused on unimportant characters who in most cases did not do in the books what the game said they did and in general were not vibrant enough to keep my attention. The War of the Ring mode was slightly better but seemed like a cheap knockoff of the conquer the world mode in Rise of Nations or the campaign mode in Dawn of War 40k: Dark Crusade. In general the game was not horrible but it most definitely was not amazing either. I give the Battle for Middle Earth 2 a '3 out of 5'.
Well-received January 18, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this game for my younger brother, aged 16, for Christmas and he played it non-stop for the entire week afterwards. He has since bought the expansion pack (Rise of the Witch King) on his own, so overall I would say he was very pleased with it. I had the chance to play the game myself for a bit and found it fairly easy to pick up, especially with my experience with Blizzard's Real-time Strategy games (WarCraft, StarCraft, etc). With my limited experience, I can't say for sure the quality of the game, but while not blown away, I enjoyed it.
 Great game! January 17, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have played a lot of strategy games and this one certainly ranks among the top few. Creating Heroes and War of the Ring are two elements that don't arise is many other strategy games and certainly enhance the fun of the game. Campaigns are well-designed and follow good plotlines. Skirmish-style games are also a lot of fun.
Overall Fun January 10, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Overall, I found this game to be highly addicting. However, if you play it for too long you start to get bored with it. I appreciate the new "build anywhere you want to" ability, but the missions are starting to run together. It seems like the same thing every time I skirmish.
I originally favored the Elves but have since moved on to the goblins. Every time I tried to build my city and army, I saw some goblin battalions marching over the nearest hill. This can become incredibly frustrating, especially if you aren't quick to go on the offensive. I usually prefer to build up for a while and then take the enemy all at once, but this game hinders that strategy.
Overall, I gave this game a four out of five because it is so addicting and takes you to so many locations that were not covered in the movies, but the quick aggressiveness of the enemy and the brittleness of almost all of the buildings (they seem to just fall apart with every attack) are both annoying.
not an avid gamer - but i love this game January 9, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This was my first RTS game in years. I'm not an avid gamer and so it took a couple of years for me to wear out my older RTS games (Warcraft III, C&C:Generals) enough to justify opening the wallet for a new one. Also, I just got a new computer that can finally handle newer games.
In all, I have quite enjoyed the game for the first three weeks and I'm very excited about the future. It seems to combine/include all the best elements from all the RTS games i've played. some don't like it, but I like the fact that you have to upgrade each unit individually. It allows for more strategy and makes the upgraded/experienced battalions/units much better than those that aren't. The hero element is also good (as it was in Warcraft III) but very-well balanced with non-hero units. Heros can do tons of damage, but they will still get destroyed if you send them into battle alone. Also, the experienced hero's have significant advantages so it is well worth your while to build them early and level them up as much/fast as you can.
The resource gathering mechanism is cumbersome, difficult and challenging. Other games allow you bunch all resource gathering in a concentrated area, but this game forces you to sprawl your base if you want to collect resources faster. this is compensated by the fact that resources never run out. All of these things introduce new elements and therefore alter the strategies needed to overcome them.
This was consistent throughout the game. It takes a little bit to get used to it, but one can play it fairly soon. But the more you play, the more you see the depth of the game and realize the extent to which various strategies can be employed.
Strongly recommended. my best friend is considering buying a pc just so he can play this game because i've raved about it so much.
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