The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring

List Price: $9.99 Discount Price: $3.85

Features:

• Real time strategy game set in the Lord of the Rings universe
• Play as the forces of Good or Evil using multiple types of character units
• Real world environment and terrain effects alter the outcome of skirmishes and battles
• Character units gain experience and visual enhancements as they destroy enemy units
• For one or more players

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

Customer Reviews:

Do you like cubism?If you don't, buy a dead hampster instead [Posted on 2005-05-18]
Well, for all of you cube-fanatics, this is a must get. The graphics are HORRIBLE!!! Oh-no, the rohan rider's head is square!!! He has been deformed at birth!!! Wait, what was that? Oh, my mistake, his head is square on purpose (don't ask me why). Nothing in this game is round at all. Blizzard-nerds were too busy drawing the cover to actually make good graphics. Poor little Bilizzard entertainment was too poor to come up with money to get a permit to use New Line Cinema's character photos. So instead they come up with all of these square representations instead.

Not worth the price! [Posted on 2005-06-16]
this game is not worth the pirce! the campagin is comepletly random battles jumping from third age 1000s to thirda ge 3000s, the population limit is tiny! the troll stonehurlers are as a strong as a gondor swordsman! the riders of rohan have flails! no mumakil? dwraves?dwarves aren't fighinting for the free peoples!

good game [Posted on 2005-10-08]
I dont see what everyone has against this game (except for the graphics, which raise the question: was Picasso on the design team?) as long as you ignore the fact that this is a LOTR game. It is fun to just get a bunch of trolls and a hero and smash everyone. As for BFME being better, I have to say this game was strong in certain areas and BFME was strong in certain areas, but if you were to choose between the two, pick BFME

Not Bad [Posted on 2005-12-13]
This one was just okay for me. I am a big fan of Warcraft and this game is along the same lines. My copy was a bit buggy though, with visual glitches which took away from my enjoyment. The game is licensed from the books, so the orcs and such are a little differant from the movie versions. If you want the movie version, go pick up Battle for Middle Earth. All in all, this game had decent graphics, good AI, and had kept me entertained.

You have to understand... [Posted on 2007-04-21]
Let's look at this from a logical standpoint:
1) Runs on the WC3 engine, plays just like WC3, if you liked WC3, chances are you'll like this. Though they've improved on everything, including graphics.
2) You need a fairly decent PC, if you're whining because your graphics are lame, maybe it's time to toss out your 486X and hit the new-age of 64-bit graphics.
3) It's BASED on the BOOKS, not the Movies. If you're someone who thinks Legolas is the coolest guy ever, and have never read the books, or only read them after seeing Peter Jackson's movies, this game is not for you. This game is for true LotR fans that enjoy the classical art-style, and the accuracy. If you want some bland, boring, EA-produced, New-line Cinema's taking more of your money and handing you crap game, there are two Battle for Middle Earths, and an expansion.

This game is for true RTS Fans and true LotR fans. Movie-goers shove-off.
I read the books 10-times through before I even heard about any movies (Which were disappointing to say the least.)

There are plenty of other RTS that are tasteless and grey, and if you buy this expecting another Command and Conquer: Generals clone, you'll be sorely mistaken.

This game is for a certain type of person, and you either are or are not, as you can see from the reviews, people either love it or hate it.

This game draws the ire of all of Legolas fanboys who thought Gandalf died in FotR and gets praise from the people who already knew.

So there's your choice in life, be a tool and play Halo with your fraternity, or be a hardcore geek.
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