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The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2 | 
| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $9.99
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Seller: YourOneStore
Rating:  85 reviews
Sales Rank: 522
Format: CD-ROM
Platform: Windows XP
Genre: Strategy Games
ESRB: Teen
Media: CD-ROM
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.3
Memory Card
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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| Features:
| • | Real-time strategy game based on the Lord of the Rings film trilogy | | • | Control massive armies across the vast world of Middle-earth | | • | Build a landmark castle; create hero with all-new customized RTS units | | • | Fight on either the side of good or evil; powerful new A.I. system | | • | Single or multiplayer gameplay modes |
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Product Description
Platform: WINDOWS XP Publisher: ELECTRONIC ARTS Packaging: DVD STYLE BOX Rating: TEEN In The Lord of the Rings The Battle for Middle-earth II the sequel to the critically acclaimed RTS game The Lord of the Rings The Battle for Middle-earth you now have the chance to experience all that Middle-earth was meant to be.With all new content from J.R.R. Tolkien's original fiction delve deeper than ever before and engage in new battles that go beyond the award-winning movie trilogy. Wage war in the North and assumemand of the most storied civilizations in all of Middle-earth history--the Elven and Dwarven armies--or fight on the side of evil with heroes and creatures that have never been seen in The Lord of the Rings films. Defend or overtake never-before-seen lands such as Dol Guldur The Misty Mountains and Mirkwood as you unleash powerful new weapons and abilities--summon dragons cause volcanoes to erupt or bring down a cataclysmic lightning strike. But beware with greater poweres greater adversity. Your enemiesmanded by a powerful new A.I. system possess a greater tactical edge and more powerful spells. Will your armies have the fortitude to persevere? Features: New races places heroes and battles from books and films Command all the races of Middle-earth with three all-new factions including Elves Dwarves and Goblins.Win the war in the North single-player campaign with an all-new story that takes you to places and battles of Middle-earth previously unseen. Customizationmand and control Build your own landmark castle with fully customizable and upgradeable fortresses and walls.Create your own hero with all-new customized RTS units that are your avatars in-game.Control battles with all-new enemy A.I. meleebat and flanking adding unprecedented tactical fidelity. Core RTS depth of strategy Master next-gen unit control with smart formations battle lines and planning mode.Build anywhere brings creativity
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 85
 Pure, Enjoyment July 2, 2010
Charles Kohl
If you are a Tolkien Fan, you will certainly enjoy this game. This game offers you numerous Hero's mentioned in the book (Not just those in the movies) to play, as well as numerous hours of fun, appealing to Tolkien Fans and gamers alike.
Fun, different gameplay; The original is better June 2, 2010
Remaining Anonymous ahaha (CA)
I can't believe the original BFME is on Amazon for almost [...]--I bought mine at on sale in a store for about 10! So I searched around and found this was still pretty cheap.
Game Overall:
It's lost some of it's luster from the first one because
A)You aren't fighting battles from the movies
B)Only some of the characters are voiced by the movie actors
C)There are less characters from the movies and more original "new" game heroes--you can't direct Boromir, Gandalf, Frodo, or any of those. The only ones from the movie are Gimli, Elrond, Eowen and that Ha-something elf from the battle of Helms deep.
However, the real way to play this game, as it is essentially a NEW stand-alone different from BFME 1, is in the "War of The Ring" mode. It's a strategic game between you and the computer AI taken in turns, kind of like LOTR chess. In this mode you start as a tiny army in one location of middle earth (you choose the army type: elves, dwarves, etc). You view a map of middle earth and select a location to travel to. You're army icon moves and then you can build 2 items at each location--items such as a fortress or baracks. You continue to conquer territory and build your army until you encounter an enemy force--either both of you trying to conquer the same area, or one of you attacking the other. Then you go into Battle mode, which is the close up RTS mode we're familiar with from the first game. From there you can build more fortresses and baracks, etc, but they do not last after the battle is over; your winning or losing the battle only affects you winning or losing the territory.
It was fun to play and definitely not too hard, as one reviewer mentioned. It worked on Vista, which is the main reason I bought this and didn't continue replaying the original (which actually may have been due to my CD being scratched more than Vista-compatibility issues). It fulfilled my LOTR RTS craving, and if you're a die-hard fan of the books and movies then you'll enjoy this. Just probably not as much as the original.
Very Fun Game May 19, 2010
Gregory Kiene
I enjoy this game. It is a twist on the original(first) version that came out.
 in a word - disappointing May 21, 2009
R. Gillman
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Well this game has pretty good multi-play and that is about the end of the PROS. The CONS are many so far as I have seen. First the price I see on Amazon says like $93.61 or something and I'm scratching my head like is this is Martian Kronars or Dollars? Did I fall asleep like Rip Van Winkle and wake up and my currency has been devalued to pennies for each dollar or what is up with that?!
More CONS include AI levels are missing and how they impact your solo play. If you choose EASY the computer plays like he is simpleminded and almost never attacks and simple sits in his own camp waiting for you to attack him when you are ready. If you choose Medium, you'd better be a mean fighting expert because he will rush you with sets of troops getting progressively harder with each wave until he breaks your camp down. From what I can see there needed to be about two more levels like Easy+ just like Easy but not a COMPLETE stoop. There also needs to be a Not quite Medium level where the computer sends waves of troops to attack but takes a breather every now and then to let you rebuild from the onslaught.
Other Cons include the view is pretty well zoomed in by default and you CAN ZOOM in MORE if you want your nose pressed against the Towers and walls to work on that crosseyed thing BUT sadly there is no option to ZOOM further OUT to see the whole camp. Instead you are left resorting to people yelling "They're attacking the camp!" and a tiny golden ping on the minimap to hint at what you wish you could have seen if ONLY you could have zoomed out and not been quite as Surprised as the guy who was yelling for help "They're attacking the camp!" "They're attacking the camp!" becomes a common thing if you are playing medium.
More CONS is custom maps. Found one of several custom map sites like http://bfme2.heavengames.com/ but sadly nobody on this site seems to be able to stop boasting about their custom map long enough to explain exactly where do WE PUT these downloaded maps to ACTUALLY use them so we can know for ourselves how awesome and brilliant you were...
All in all a good game if you are interested in just playing the campaign through once and finding someone human to play a few rounds against multiplay via Hamachi or something. Skirmish is toast with the lack of AI levels 1 too easy 2 too tough (difficulty 1.4 and 1.6 would have been a huge plus but no luck) Maybe they could use the windfall from their $93.61 to see it in their massive budget to slap a few useful AI levels into this game. Nah - never gonna happen.
Play-testing people. You know QA!? It's all about spending the few weeks actually letting actual gamers play with your software before trying to SELL it.
great! April 29, 2009
Julie Hermonat (Roanoke, VA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
when i first got this game 2 years ago, it was [...]$ now it is an average of [...]$! now that shows how great the game is! the only thing is that if you have a problem TS sucks! but the game is awsome! i highly recomend this game! it is #3 on my top RTS games my #1 is C&C 3 #2 DoW2 then this game! i absautly love it (im 13) but i have incounterd 25 year olds playing online!
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