Battle For Middle Earth II Reviews

Check out these reviews of this new game set in the Lord of the Rings Universe.

TotalVideoGames.com - 7/10

Because it's a faithful port of the PC adaptation, many of its qualities and faults persist. Based heavily around its predecessor, which in turn took influence from the mediocre Command & Conquer: Generals, BFME2 presents an enjoyable experience if you're not too fanatical about your RTS titles. It's a game that makes no attempt to offer any innovation in the genre, with the same old "tank-rushing" strategies often being enough to win the day. The traditional "infantry-archers-cavalry" take on the "rock-scissors-paper" dynamic is a little underwhelming, but provides a stable core to base all of the units within the game around. Each unit can be upgraded with a variety of extra weapons and abilities.

Game Revolution - C+

It's an interesting idea in that it tries to balance both defense and territorial control, but ends up flawed because the structures are flimsier than the Hollywood facades from the film. It turns out that half the units can climb or fly over the walls anyway, and the other half can knock them down just as quickly. Every building, including those widespread farms, can be razed in just a few seconds when confronted by even a single enemy unit. As a result, you simply have to invest all your resources into your mobile army, as trying to build defensible bases is pointless.

GameTrailers.com - 8.1/10

Video Review

Amped IGO - 8.7/10

The single player mode offers two separate campaigns, a good and evil one. Each side has a total of eight missions that span over the northern area of Middle-Earth as Frodo was taking the ring to cast it into the fires. Beyond that you also have the ability to skirmish on any map, and also have access to all of the maps from the original Battle for Middle-Earth that came out in 2004 for the PC. These maps were included for the dynamic campaign which was removed from the Xbox 360 version, for some reason or another.

Via Middle Earth Vault