EA Strategy Collection (Black & White 2, Black & White 2 Battle of Gods, Command & Conquer Generals, Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour, Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth)

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $17.99

Features:

• Lord of the Rings - The Battle for Middle-Earth I&II gives you a chance to experience all that Middle-Earth was meant to be. Delve deeper than ever before into the fictional world of Tolkien, as you wage war in the North. Assume command of the most storied civilizations in all of Middle-earth history, the Elven and Dwarven armies -- or if you prefer, fight on the side of Evil to aid Sauron in his conquest. Fight with or against heroes and creatures that have never been seen in The Lord of th
• In Black and White 2, you'll reprise your role in the original classic - and try to spread your worship around the world. The discovery of more advanced weaponry has led to more warfare -- this has caused destruction on the once-idyllic world. Now you must earn the respect and worship of the natives. How you choose to do that, whether through nurturing them or terrorizing them, is up to you.
• Black and White 2 - Battle Of The Gods takes the player back to the world of Eden to face a host of new challenges in a much darker, more sinister game world. The Aztecs have not accepted defeat lightly -- by making a huge number of human sacrifices, they have managed to raise their own evil deity. Now the player must face this new foe&stop him from taking over the entire world.
• With Command&Conquer - Generals and Generals - Zero Hour takes you into 21st century combat. The superpowers aren't quite as super -- the largest players on the world stage are the United States, China and a terrorist group called the Global Liberation Army. The outcome of this 3-way battle will determine the future. They are all fighting for control of the Earth. Take command of a side and lead it to victory!

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

Amazing, Hopefully. [Posted on 2007-08-09]
This seems too good to be true. Lord of the Rings, C&C Generals, and Black and White 2?! Those are like, my favorite games of all time, and if you can seriously get the full versions for only fifteen dollars, it's more than worth it. Heck, the expansion pack for B&W 2 alone is 17.99. I'm definitely buying this.

Best way to buy games [Posted on 2008-01-24]
I paid $50 for C&C Generals a few years ago. I ended up giving a copy of it to a friend when I bought this set. The price is right and every single on of these games are absolutely some of the best games I have ever played. Not having to pay the premium of the newest, you save so much money, it's crazy not to buy them this way when possible.

Beware: it's good, but not as good as you may think. [Posted on 2008-02-08]
I purchased this games collection pretty much because of B&W 2 + Battle of the Gods and LOTR BOTME II . Everything arrived on time and in a neat way, BUT beware that LOTR II doesn't come included in the package, just the first one. All the other games advertised came along with it except that one so if you are considering this collection, take that into account.

Otherwise the pack value is very good considering that B&W 2 is almost 10 dollars on its own though this tittle seems a bit old.

I'm not a fan of RTS games because it's just about building up your army and fighting horders of enemies coming at you, not very strategic... and LOTR I proved me just that. It's just about building up your army and fighting HORDES of enemies! it doesn't even reassembles the first movie well since the heroes (the fellowship of the ring) battle so many enemies just from the first level. The first time I saw them I thought I was doomed, but no... you can pretty much can leave them fighting alone and they clean hundreds of trolls and globings PLUS you can't build wherever you want, just on specially selected spots (it's like giving you away the whole strategy for your buildings plan O___O). Finally, the magic control explanations are messed up, totally backward (they tell you to press LMB then RMB to cast a spell, when it's the other way around RMB then LMB).

On the other hand, B&W 2 is very addictive. You can build, you can fight, you can mess around and it has more improvements than the first one. The bad thing is that it doesn't support multiplayer games (which was not the brightest idea), the pet is waaaaaay too easy to handle no matter how mean it is and it's not as challenging as the first one was. Despite all that, the game is very good and will hook you up for hours.

The other games I haven't bothered to play them since like I said, RTS are pretty much about building your army and overpowering hordes of enemies. I wish these other 2 tittles prove me wrong and I'll eventually install them.

Lastly, all the games come in CDs, you'll end up having to insert up to 4 CDs per game just to install them. This is something that worries me because what if one of the CDs get damaged? I'd rather have them packed in DVDs.

My recomendation: buy if you are a fan of strategy games (even RTS), good value pack and also get the EA war collection games (pretty much the same concept).

BE CAREFUL [Posted on 2008-04-11]
This arrived without any installation codes.

I should say first that Amazon were very good about sending me a replacement at no extra cost (which I only requested just now, so we'll see how it goes).

I would have preferred that they were able to resolve the issue on the phone, but I can't place much blame on Amazon -- EA really should have supplied the codes in the first place.

Note: that the EA instructions say you will find the install codes on the back of the manuals. Well... the manuals are all on as PDF files on an included CD, and none of the images have any installation codes.

Very frustrating.

Wow! 5-in-1 for less than $20 [Posted on 2008-04-12]
This was an amazing find. If you were to go to Best Buy to purchase each of these games separately, you'd spend around $100. I haven't had time to play these games, but the C&C series has never disappointed me. Likewise, other games from EA are generally good quality games. I don't recommend getting it for the Lord of the Rings game--instead find the two-pack of the Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth 2. You can find this for between $12 to $20 either on Amazon or elsewhere.

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