PC's watch out another console RTS done right

User Rating: 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II X360
By Madroxcide | Review Date:
After checking out some online sites about the game it started noticing it getting good scores but i was mainly worried how an RTS would work on the 360 because i didn't really want the pc version. I have always played RTS on pc so not having a mouse i felt it would be a little bit weird, and it was at first. Once you go through the tutorials which there are only 2 you have it down. This is a clever game on how you control everything since you are restricted to a controller.

The single player experience is pretty good too. I keep seeing people say its short well i don't believe it is, you can choose to go with the good or evil side and there are bonus objectives to get which can be a challenge. Of course thats not all, you can make matches against a cpu opponent and there are different game modes and of course where most rts games go is online.

One thing i absolutely love about this game are the sounds. From the clanging of steel in fights to just hearing the roar of the units as they go fight. It almost makes me want to stand up and yell out CHARGE! Anyways the sounds are one thing i really enjoy about the game.

I felt the graphics to be pretty good for what the game is. Sometimes there is just a bit of slowdown but even during that slowdown its not unplayable its just because there are 100s of units on screen fighting.

I believe the only gripe i have is you should be able to zoom out more so you can see more. You can zoom in and out some but sometimes i get lost a bit because i am used to a view that is farther out but thats just me

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