The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II

"Some Flaws but Great anyway"

Ok, ill get things started right off the bat

Graphics---7
EA made no changes to the graphics whatsoever, which is kinda dumb IMO, but in High-Def it really doesnt matter. the enviroments and buildings look detailed, which is good enough to give it a 7, but if they had been changed to look next-gen this would have gotten 10

Sound---10
Its LOTR so you know the music will be good, basically every song from the movies is imported into the game, not much of a review, but the music is very good

Story---5
The Story isnt the best thing, basically you play either good or bad, and take control of middle earth, the game focuses on what didnt happen in the movies while frodo took the ring to mordor, there are 8 campagins on both sides each will take 30 to1 hour to finish, Its not the best but its alright

Gameplay--- 9
6 diffrent Factions to choose from, 3 good, 3 evil, over 40 sumin maps including the ones from Battle for Middle Earth 1 including maps like Helms Deep and Minas Turith, Each Faction has its own Strengths and weaknesses, Many diffrent combos and buildings to choose from, your units come out in battalions instead of just a single unit, you can also summon heros which have higher damage and armor resistance making them harder to kill, even if they are on level 1 including, Gandalf, Borimer, Legolas, Aragorn, Gimil and Others, you can also unlock heros by compleating Story Campagins, the controls are recreated smoothly and problem free on the xbox 360, although when there are big armys on the screen it will most likely lag

Online-----3
Online....somtimes its fun, but just like anyother RTS 85% percent of people quit when they are loosing, and it wont count a win for you, there are many diffrent modes to playexp. King of the Hill, Versus etc. and these alone would give the online a 7 but since the community is so bad and 85% of people uit, I have no choice but to give it a 3, although if you do play a match without the person quitting you will find the online quite enjoyable\

Average= 6.8

Posted 8/2/06 6:10 pm Central

Reviewer's Score: 7/10, Originally Posted: 08/03/06