Hours of addictive gameplay !

User Rating: 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II PC
By life4hire | Review Date:
The game play is executed very well. There are three modes of play. You can play like the old board game RISK, single player campaign RTS style and skirmish. The graphics are quite impressive and the ability to customize your own hero adds a lot of personality especially when you can import your customized hero to multi-player sessions on the Internet.

I think the best part of this game is the free form base building. You can build anywhere and I don't just mean plop a barracks and armory here and there. You can create a vast fortress with multiple walls, gates, guard posts and traps. If the computer or your human opponent gives you the chance you can really make some impressive fortresses. I love the idea of creating a fortress from old books I have ready like the fortress from "Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever". The fortress was called Lords Keep and is methodically described as a pretty tough to crack fortress. I will pull this design out of my hat of thicks on-line and watch the enemy crumble.

This game has great design and replay potential. Graphics are outstanding and the armies are really well balanced.

Great job for once EA!

Highly recommend for hours of addictive gameplay.

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