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Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II (PC DVD) | 
| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: £34.99
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Seller: Startup Media
Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 367
Platform: Windows XP
Genre: fantasy-strategy-games
Media: Video Game
Age: 11 - 18 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5030930047863
ASIN: B000CED8SA
Release Date: March 3, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
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 assume command 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 power comes greater adversity. Your enemies, commanded by a powerful new AI system, possess a greater tactical edge and more powerful spells. Will your armies have the fortitude to persevere? - New races, places, heroes, and battles from books & films
- Command all the races of Middle-earth with 3 all new factions including Elves, Dwarves, and Goblins
- Win the war in the North single-player campaign with all-new story that takes you to places and battles of Middle-earth previously unseen
- 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 AI, melee combat, and flanking, adding unprecedented tactical fidelity
- Master next-gen unit control with smart formations, battle lines, and planning mode
- "Build anywhere" brings creativity and strategy to base building and battlefield dominance
- Control the entire war with a high level "Risk" style meta-game on the Living World Map with all new strategic AI
- Extend your battlefield with larger than life navy battles at sea
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 Dam good July 24, 2010
David Adamson (uk)
The game is good one of the best lord of the rings games there are but the biggest problem with this game is it's internet servers where there is very bad connection problems but if you can get around them then it can be a very fun game to play
 Mesmarising May 16, 2010
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is brilliant.
I really liked the first one, but it just get's better because you get new heroes like Elrond, Glorfindel, Sauron and Galadriel. New powers and units. The story is also very entertaining too, especially the Dol Guldur level. It really shows what Lord of the Rings can give you, since while the Battle in the South is going on, you can be fighting in the Battles of the North, fighting in Rivendell, Dol Guldur, Mirkwood, Erebor, Ettenmoors and the Shire.
Skirmishes are not as good as the first one, but I still believe having a one on one skirmish match is great fun if you use the handicap.
Story: 10/10
Graphics: 9/10
Characters: 10/10
Powers: 9/10
Locations: 8/10
great RTS and bonus features April 30, 2010
Mayzee
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I never owned the first game so i can't comment on whether gameplay / AI etc has improved with this sequel. I was pleasantly surprised by the game which offers a range of races to manage - each with their own strengths and weaknesses. It gives some good varied gameplay, especially in the skirmish mode. The chance to play as good and bad in the story game is often standard in these RTS's but this package has more depth in alternate game modes (War of the ring) that offer a RISK style strategy game as a bonus. Coupled with the opportunity to make and individualise your own characters this is a great buy. The online gaming is good as well - though pretty hardcore! My pc runs windows Vista and I haven't encountered any problems, so overall I am very pleased with my purchase.
Bfme 2 April 26, 2010
Ms. L. Davis (United Kingdom)
This game is really amazing to the battle on the ground in the air to the sea overall this game is exellent. However i bought this game a few years ago, i played it alot. But i lost the manual to it and with out the manual you cant play the game really because you need the cd key. Theres new upgrades from the first one and these are a few of them, you can build a unique landmark castle, create your own hero, direct hundreds of troops and much more. Aswell as play new races and heroes, explore never-before-seen locations and relive legendary battles from the movie trilogy by J.R.R. Toliens fiction.. Also fight epic battles on land and at sea as you command units with even greater control and in-depth strategies.
Thankyou and i hope you enjoy the game.!!!
war of the rings January 24, 2010
Susan Belcher (St Helens, England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the sequel to the Lord of the Rings: Battle of Middle Earth game - The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth (PC DVD).
At first I was disappointed by this game, but as I started to use the other game playing options I found it just as good if not better than the original.
The game play in the campaign is simple - I was very disappointed by the fact that I walked through the entire campaign with such great ease, so much so that I nearly gave up completely. I decided, however, to give the War of the Rings section a try, and I was so glad that I did.
I suggest using the "campaign" option as training because the fun isn't with the campaign but with the "War of the Ring" section.
WotR mode gives you the options of pulling your troops out (basically running away), "real-time" (you play each battle) or "auto-resolve" the computer predicts who would win based on which hero/villain and the number of extra troops and their ranking. I would never use the auto-resolve as the majority of time you will lose. Playing the real time resolve is where the real fun lies.
Here, unlike the "Campaign" mode you can both win and lose land, meaning that the battle can swing either way at any time. You may have to battle over the same land several time as the enemy moves to break through your lines or you move against the enemy, but so-far the battle has been different each time this has happened to me.
WotR adds an additional intellectual element to the game; you have to plan your strategy to ensure that the enemy has no gap to sneak through, while moving forward yourself (this is not as easy as it sounds). You can build additional troops to add to a heroes already claimed area. You can only attack a new land using a hero, so it can be quite easy to move a hero to a new area only to discover that you have left the door open for the enemy to move round behind you and taken land off you.
I also enjoyed the skirmish games. These are great if you don't want to spend hours on the game, or if you want to retrain yourself, or practice your techniques and strategies.
Once again characters from the books and films appear in the game, but the snippets from the films are no longer in the game
As with the previous game it has some of the most beautiful cgi images and films.
I recommend you play the War of the Rings matches as true game, and use the Campaign and Skirmish as training. Once I discovered the War of the Rings mode I was in game playing heaven again.
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