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

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

    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.

    Game Details

    Themes

    Fantasy
    Warfare

    Game Modes

    Single player
    Multiplayer
    Co-operative

    Player Perspectives

    Bird view / Isometric

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    Developer

    EA Los Angeles

    Publisher

    Electronic Arts

    Release Date

    December 6, 2004

    Platforms

    PC

    Genres

    Real Time Strategy (RTS)Strategy
    Review Scores
    84
    Metacritic
    82
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