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Super Nade
12-25-04, 09:52 PM
Folks,

If you are a fan of fantasy/strategy games you woul love LOTR Battle for middle earth. Cool graphics and awesome gameplay. Got it yesterday and I must say that I am very impressed.

On the Good side you can summon heros like Gandalf and on the evil campaign you can summon Balrogs and the Nazgul. Gandalf rocks though!! Full multiplayer capabilities (similar to warcraft) in additon to single player skirmishes and full blown campaigns. I would post ss's but for some starange reason prntscr isn't working. I guess Newline cinema and EA collaborated on this one, you you hear the voices of the original characters in the movie. Also, scenes from the movie are re-enacted by animated characters. Looks pretty decent on 1024 x 786, High settings. The Very High setting was a bit choppy so I gave up on that.

I'd like to hear your opinions/comments on this game.

Tatuya
12-25-04, 09:57 PM
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=349286

Personally I really enjoyed the game by just reliving the movies over and over, with new twists added. It's fun to have control over such a wonderful trilogy of books and movies and crushing evil/good. The graphics are not as good as I imagined they would be and neither are the numbers of soldiers (in comparison to Rome:Total War at least) but it makes up for it with the cool power buying option and ability to summon allies. Overall, I'd recommend this game to any avid RTS or LOTR fan; however, RTS of the year it is not. Rome:Total War still takes the crown.

Super Nade
12-25-04, 10:04 PM
Thanks for the link.
Cool, now that you mention it I'll check out RTW. My buddy bought it so I'll play it on his computer. I'm a big Tolkein fan. Hope they make a movie about the Silmarillion and an expansion pack to this one. Too bad you can't get Sauron or Saruman on this one (AFAIK). That would be tight!

Tatuya
12-25-04, 10:31 PM
Too bad you can't get Sauron or Saruman on this one (AFAIK). That would be tight!
Oh you can with an unofficial mod ;)
http://bfmemods.artistrygamers.com/DrathianMod125.zip
Check out the homepage for many other goodies.

Leviathan41
12-25-04, 11:11 PM
I got it for Christmas today, from what I've played (about 1 1/2 hours) it seems very fun!

TommyHolly
12-26-04, 11:32 AM
Just got it for Chrsitmas yesterday. I haven't played it yet.

Super Nade
12-26-04, 12:30 PM
Oh you can with an unofficial mod ;)
http://bfmemods.artistrygamers.com/DrathianMod125.zip
Check out the homepage for many other goodies.

OMG!!! You lifesaver!
Hail Tatuya!!! :clap: