"Unique game. Yes that's all for the title now read it for real =D."

Introduction
Been playing this for a while... but never played Multiplayer.

Graphic 9/10
Overall good, but sometimes units can get stuck.

Background music 5/10
BG Music? I don't even remember it... probably because it's not very present in the game. And I doubt we would want to.

Special effect sound 8/10
Nothing special about it, unlike other games that their FX sound is very useful. But they put the real sound of the movies and it goes great with this game, so that's why it gets its score.

Game play 10/10
Like most RTS, but it's concentrated on the fight. Easy building and etc. I love the hordes and troops system and the very unique veteran system.

Game interface 10/10
Really easy to learn actually. We use the mouse way more than the keyboard. The interface is not suffocating and there's lots of details in it.

Story 10/10
The story is the same as the movie if we play the good campaign. And what is the most fun is that we can be the evil and destroy Rohan and Gondor!! muhahaha! lol.

Replay value 9/10
As all other RTS, it has infinite possibility under the bound of the game. But too bad there's not more stuff to do (sometimes I have to wait for a long time since I'm waiting for the ressource. But for all RTS lovers, this game is a must =D!

Community 0/10
Ok, this is NOT a 0 for not good. As I said before in the intro, I didn't test the multiplayer. So it's a 0 for unknown.

Style 10/10
As I said before, very unique gameplay. They really put all the brilliant ideas in it. And I hope it's the same with the second coming (or already released if you read this after it's release).

Quests -/10

IG support 10/10
Well, all support is in the BFME site, so it's more of a OG support :D. And that site is absolutely wonderful! So much info!

PvP 0/10
Same as Community section.

Character design 9/10
Well, that's suppose to be for MMORPG =D. But since there's special heroes, I'll still put it in. There's lots of speciality between players. It's not always strength and awfully lots of HP that difference heroes. Their special ability is cool =D well most of them . Oh, and I heard that the second BFME would have a free character design where we can make our own hero! So I'm subtracting a point just for that =D hehe.

Skills and levels /10
Wonderful. See skill in the last section. There's a veteran system, and even buildings have levels. I call that RLS (real-life system). If we upgrade a sort of unit, who says all those units should come in fully upgraded?

Lag and servers 8/10
Forget about servers =D. So dependably on the kind of computer you have, you may have super lag to no lag at all. I have loading time super lag. But in-game lag is okay.

Payments & support 10/10
We pay only once and the game is ours. I had only one patch to do. But I doubt it needs more updates.

Overall 9/10
A big 9 after all this =D.

Requirements
Very VERY high. Even my super computer is laggy.

Recommendation
Recommend this for all RTS lovers. But not for others. I personally don't REALLY like RTS if there's nothing new. Plus, I think now it cost like less than 50$ CAN (yes I'm Canadian =D)

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 03/13/06