Title: Not what I expected...read why.
Review: I was expecting a solid real time startegy game like Rome Total War or even the dated Praetorians but was very dissapointed to find out that The Battle for Middle Earth (TBFME) is a lot like the Warcraft series, basically a mouse click-fest where the only elements that matter in the low sacle fights are how many units you created and how fast you can click the mouse or shortcuts during battle. Terrain, unit positions within each other, prescence of commanders, flank or rear attacks, surprise, morale, or anything else from more realistic battles have no effect.For these reasons, the game (TBFME), ends up being a flashy patchwork of sounclips and cinematics from Peter Jackson's superb movies and nothing more than a failed attempt at recreating the epic battles from Tolkien's masterpiece novels.
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