An addictive, yet oh so pointless cash in
User Rating: 7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II X360
*sigh* When you first play this game & you watch the opening sequence, it's evident the graphics are not up to much. The frame rate gets bogged down when in a large battle & not much detail has been put into some of the creatures, contrary to that though some of the larger creatures such as trolls & the giant eagles look very impressive & for many of the well known heroes they have a pretty good likeness to their namesakes from the films. Along with this some of the voices sound close to those used in the films, although I'm not 100% sure if they used the actors from the films to do the voices they none the less sound like them. The gameplay is fun & addictive but can get extremely repetitive which of course has to be expected with this sort of game. When in battle it may be a bit hectic as in many cases the enemy attacks rapidly & with the billions of different controls for different actions its not surprising that it may take you some time to master a completely satisfying victory. It is nice to see creatures & characters from the books aswell as the films & some of the environments are stunning, especially that of Rivendell. Not a game that is going to stand up to others in the 360 line up but should you see it in a bargin bin some where,it may be worth picking up as a small excursion from properly structured gaming & those simple hack/slash/shoot games. 
