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

Critic score4 critics
First release
Dec 06, 2004
Engine
SAGE
Genres
Strategy, Real Time Strategy (RTS) · Warfare, Fantasy

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.

Also known as Der Herr der Ringe: Die Schlacht um Mittelerde, A Gyűrűk Ura: Harc Középföldéért, Wladca Pierscieni: Bitwa o Sródziemie, Slaget om Midgård: Härskarringen
… See more, O Senhor dos Anéis: A Batalha Pela Terra Média, Ringenes Herre: Kampen om Midgard, El Señor de los Anillos: Batalla por la Tierra Media, Le Seigneur des Anneaux: La Bataille pour la Terre du Milieu, BFME, 指环王: 中土战争, 魔戒:中土戰爭, เดอะลอร์ดออฟเดอะริงส์: แบทเทิลฟอร์มิดเดิลเอิร์ธ, Властелин колец: Битва за Средиземье, Il Signore degli Anelli: La Battaglia per la Terra di Mezzo, Pán Prstenů: Bitva o Středozem

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Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Dec 06, 2004
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Dec 10, 2004
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Dec 16, 2004
Game modes
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
orcs, wizards, magic, construction, tolkien
… All 39, lord of the rings, elves, horse, archery, mythology, real-time, war, based on - movie, base building, dwarves, sword & sorcery, heroes, trolls, user generated content, licensed game, game critics awards, leveling up, bow and arrow, upgradeable weapons, goblins, resource gathering, treasure chest, melee, auto-saving, invisible enemy, catapult, hotkey, tie-in, demonic protagonist, dead multiplayer, wall building, macromanagement, memorial, mûmakil

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Critic Score
84

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