The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth

December 6, 2004
EA Los Angeles
Electronic Arts
SAGE
82
User244 ratings
84
Critic4 ratings
83
Total248 ratings
Real Time Strategy (RTS)Strategy
PC
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Bird view / Isometric
FantasyWarfare

Summary

The players control the heroes or villians from the famous Lord of The Rings movies. With a hero characters similar to the Warcraft series you control both the armies and all the unique heroes. The game follows the movies very closely and even got scenes from the films appear in game. Not only does the game contain a giant campaign where you play through the journey of the ring as the good side, the game also features an evil campaign where as the players play as the evil forces of Middle Earth. With multiple diffrent races from all over Middle Earth, a giant spell tree to customize your game and a unique basebuilding layout the game was great for its time.

Release Dates

PCDec 06, 2004
PCDec 16, 2004
PCDec 10, 2004

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