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Good Game, Bad Tech Support

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Overall, this is a good game and a vast improvement over the first BFME. The inclusion of the dwarves and elves as races makes the skirmish mode more interesting.

There were a couple of things that were disappointments. First of all, I have to say that the graphics, even when set on ultra high were very disappointing and EA made no effort to improve them since the last game. The graphics where blocky and the characters' faces were all blurred out.

The largest problem was that if you are using any sort of nVidia graphics card this game usually WON'T even start. When I went through the EA support system they said, "try rebooting and enter this code." Needless to say, that didn't work. I then went to nine other third-person forums where I finally found something that I could get it to boot up.

Finally, if you save a game it won't be retrievable. I also tried looking on other forums for this but with no joy.

Good fun and a chance to be in Tolkein's world

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This recreation of Tolkien's world succeeds, in my opinion, at least as far as reflecting various battle scenes is concerned. It's not a first-person game, but rather a build-and-battle game. The units are well-balanced, and the game solid, though I did bring the ring to my fortress once only to have it disappear and then reappear mysteriously. I don't think Gollum was involved.

A mid-range graphics card is needed, and the interface is intuitive, and similar to Battle For Middle-earth I. They addressed many of the concerns people had with version I, for instance, now you can place buildings yourself.

It's more complex than version I too, for now archers and footsoldiers are rather critical for battling monsters, and there are some neat new monsters such as Wyrm.

It does bring an atmosphere reminiscent of Tolkien's world, but then I suppose most such games do that! Such is the influence of an author like Tolkien.

The original was better in many ways

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First off, the "strategic" level war of the ring is total crap. Very simplistic and not very playable. Again, there are two pre-scripted campaigns: good and evil. Those are o.k. but you don't have the option of picking your next battle by moving on a strategic map like in volume I. No real improvements in design or playability, just new races and units. I had expected more.

Not recommended.

Fun game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I was pleasantly surprised with this game, I think I paid 10 bucks for it and I've gotten a ton of play time out of it, it's really been fun especially for the price. It's a bit more simplistic than some RTS games I've played but still fun and I always enjoy "The War of the Ring" game type. Campaign isn't super long but the replay value comes in playing the skirmishes and other game modes. I wouldn't pay $50 for this but for less than $15 you can't go wrong here and I 100% recommend this title. Music is really good too. 5 stars for fun factor and 4 stars overall (for re-playability and complexity)

Be warned!! May not work by design.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: April 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Although the first game was pretty damn good, be careful buying this one. Apparently for some reason EA has intentionally made this game incompatible with some NVIDIA Geoforce graphics cards even if they meet the memory requirements. Not sure why they did this and don't care either. There was no information about this in the description on Amazon and nothing on the box that I received either. Double check the web to see if it will work with your card.

a great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is a really good strategy game the best lord of the rings game out! I love how you can make your own caracter,and hide in castles. It is a really fun game so you should buy it befor it is gone!

My Sons Enjoy this Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game at the request of my 15 year old son with the "LOTR: Rise of the Witch King" expansion pack. He and both of his brothers are still playing it regularly and none of them has thrown anything at the computer screen, so I guess it is a pretty good game. :)

Great Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the better RTS games I've played. It's addictive and has virtually no learning curve.

If you liked the LOTR movies and/or books, and if you like RTS games, you'll probably be as hooked on this one as I was.

Sweetness

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

alright well for anyone who played the first game and liked it you will LOVE the second one. everything i didn't like about the first game they fixed, and everything i did like they made it even better. no more set base building, it's all free range building. there are a whole bunch of new powers, 3 new races, and you can create custom heroes! i highly recommend this game! 5/5

cool

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

my son really likes this game because he can set it up and then battle, which means he has to think a bit more while playing so mom likes it to.

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