Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II (PC DVD)

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Customer reviews

review by: Sood date: 2008-10-29 rating:
This game absolutely rocks in Multiplayer!
This is a sequel to BFME 1, few advancements from the first game; better create a hero for custom heroes, war of the ring mode (which is very engaging even in single player. The game is let down slightly in the campaign, very cookie cut style campaigns. This game really comes out to its own in Multiplayer. Very engaging, loads of fun teaming with friends to play against the computer, or even against each other. I paid full price for this game, worth every penny - now the price has droped to £7.91 (at the time of writing) go grab yourself a bargain stocking filler - cant go wrong!

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review by: date: 2008-10-09 rating:
I went back!
After solidly playing the first game when it came out... I rushed to buy this one. But after the initial thrill of a new game had calmed down... I realised this game is very bad.

Firstly - It won't run properly on most computers I know (unless you happen to be an oil baron capable of buying the most amazing PC on the planet!). I mean the first one was resource heavy... But this one is just insane!

Secondly - The all new campaigns... SHOCKING!! They didn't seem to follow any story at all... Unlike the first which obviously followed the story from the books/films.

Thirdly - It just doesn't 'feel' like a good fun game anymore. EA tried to improve on an already fantastic game (as they have a habit of doing and usually failing). They should have just made expansion packs for the first game, so that users of the first game have the option to keep the old styles of playing, or including an option for turning on the new features like "build anywhere" which is just an annoying feature, as archers cannot go on walls etc (like they could on the castles in the first game... oh yeah and two factions don't even HAVE walls!

Some of the creatures or creations in this game are also a little farfetched, for example most of the goblin units... The naval battles that EA also rave about are about as exciting as watching a fly around a light bulb.

I'm not saying the first one was perfect... But this one is just not a patch on the first!! When will EA learn to not create sequels to already good games?!

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review by: date: 2008-08-07 rating:
this game rules
this game is very good especially if you like lord of the rings because it is parts of the films that have been edited that you wouldnt have seen before. the graphics are excellent and you can play as a variety of armys and heroes.

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review by: jj date: 2008-01-27 rating:
What a Shame
Well, looked forward to playing this game but alas it will not run on my computer for no apparant reason! I've updated to the latest patch 1.05, and updated my graphics card drivers! I also made sure to end all unneccessary tasks on my pc, but still it wouldn't even load! An error with the game.dat file, and my pc is far beyond the specs needed for this game (this is the collectors edtion btw). My GPU is 8800GTS maybe its too new for the game to handle but this is very annyoing and a waste of money!


review by: Magicmerlin date: 2008-01-10 rating:
Great game...but!
I really love this game, i love to play it with my friends..but:

1. You should be able to change the heroes look a bit more! Like haircolour,skincolour and the clothes.

2. The evil teams sucks compares to human team! You can't win with evil, and that really, really bugs me. For example: The human team's got archers that can shoot a rain of arrows anywhere on the map, healing & when you create a hero they can have invulnerability a time - while the evil ones dont have anything like that!

3. Sauroman is a real big issue! In the movies/books (at least at the beginning)Sauroman is better than Gandalf, not in the game! He's the most expencive hero of Isengard, but he dies first!

4. I think that you should be able to use the custom-hero in the single-player game, that would be fun!

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Accessories

Saitek Cyborg EVO Joystick (PC)
Cordless Rumblepad II (Refresh) PC Gamepad
Extreme 3D Pro PC Joystick
Logic3 Rumble Pad - USB Game Pad (PC)
Joytech USB Neo S Controller (PC)

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