The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Mi... on Xbox 360 (2006)

Strategy in action

Zoran Blackie from Liverpool, England , 17/07/2006

For a relative newcomer to a so-called strategy game, you can't help but be drawn in to the complexities of this game and its flexcibility to attack. Who wants to be a goodie, when you can raise unholy terror as your troop of mountain trolls lay waste to groups of prissy elves and their ever-so prim buildings and trees.

This game may seem a little fiddly with a steep learning curve with the control system at first, but soon you find yourself adept at multi-tasking even if you are a bloke, with plenty of adrenaline to keep the goldfish-attentioned action gamer amused. All that with a load of familiar characters, a rewarding single-player campaign and all kinds of online scenarios, there's plenty to keep you out of the sun this summer.

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rubbish

A customer from manchester uk , 06/09/2007

worst game ive played on here if u like warcraft where you direct your army into battle then this is for you but not the game for me

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EA's First Stab At Console Strategy Hits The Mark

anthony from St Helens,England , 04/08/2006

Excellent game ignore the reviews that tell you its unplayable on a non HD tv due to the small text ,completely untrue its fine.2 Campaign modes good/evil,evil is the most interesting of the two but it always is.There is some slowdown when you have 200 orcs fighting elves,ents,dwarves to name but a few ,but the battles are so engrossing you can put up with it, and hopefully EA will fix this in the sequel as I would say this is just a straight port of the pc version and not a specifically made 360 game.The online mode is great and offers various modes capture the flag etc allthough I tend to be beaten by a 12year old american kid quite a lot(im sure they cheat).

All in all a fantastic game and a must for LOTR and strategy fans alike.

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Good game, well worth renting!

TroyMc from Eastbourne [Highly rated reviewer] , 27/08/2007

This game is a good challange (if you are trying to get quick achievements then not recomended as only 705 points? don't ask me why and they are quite slow to get) the Skirmishes are good, you can battle in Helms Deep, Minus Tirith, Mordor, ect.

well worth a rent but i wouldn't buy it.

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TRUELY GREAT

cabbage from UK [Highly rated reviewer] , 07/07/2008

This game is a classic and is easily one of the best games I have ever played, I love the bases of this game and it never gets old with aroud 10 missions where you can be good or evil which is a delight because you get to try a bit of both for once, the heroes on this game make it alot of fun with their powers which are truely awesome such as Gimlis 200x damage multiplayer or sauromans lightning bolt hich causes the floor to set on fire, pretty cool. The multiplayer on this game kicks ass when you have some freinds and fight to the bitter end which can sometimes take over 3 hours which may sound sad but is completely worth it because when you have the battle it is amazing.

The graphics on this game are good in my opinion especially considering that it was made in 2006.

BUY THIS GAME !!!!!!!!!!!

Ross Greaney done a stwinky.......

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360 vs PC

A customer from Taunton , 19/11/2008

As this is a point and click game it would be much better on a PC then on the Xbox.

The gameplay also seemed to lag, im not sure if this was because the disc was quite scratched or if it was because I was trying to do more than it would allow me or I was moving too fast.

The story line was OK and there were some character voices from the film.

The controls were also a little awkward, you have to pull left trigger and then right thumbstick to access spells, builders, etc. On the PC im presuming this would just be a matter of pressing 1, 2, 3, 4, etc

I recommend if you have a PC that meets specs you rent it for that, but wouldnt recommend renting it for Xbox.

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