First of all, this game has great graphics.  Some of the creatures and units in the game look real cool.  Also, this game has the longest title I have ever seen for any game in gaming history. Try to say "The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle Earth II, Rise of the Witch King" over and over ten times has fast you can and see what happens.

 This game had the potential to be a great game.  But something is definitely missing in this game.  I played this game and than I played the the first "Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle Earth" game which is still my favorite Lord the Rings game.

  The first thing I noticed when comparing this game to the first Lord of the Rings game is the speed of the units.  The units in this game move way too fast and a lot of the units just slide around rather than walk or run around on the terrain.  When the units slide around on the terrain, it just doesn't look very real.  Also, with all the units moving super fast, it doesn't really give you time to set up some kind of defense like you could in the first game.  I wish you could slow the units down to a more manageable speed.  I'm a little bit disappointed that this game didn't have some kind of speed control on the units in the game.  In the first Lord of the Rings, all the units moved perfect in the game. In this game, they don't.  The developers are definitely going to have to make a few patches for this game.

 Second, I don't like the Living World map in the game.  The first Lord of the Rings game had a Living World Map with very detailed terrain and living creatures.  This map just shows very basic, bland colors for the territories and that's it.

 Also, how come units cannot fight from the top of the walls you build for castles and fortresses?  In the first game, units could fight on top of the walls and walls were a lot harder to destroy.  The walls in this game get destroy way too easy and the walls are too costly to rebuild.

 I feel the game developers made some changes for the better and some changes were made for the worse for this game.  Hopefully, for the next Lord of the Rings game the developers will learn from their mistakes and make a lot better game.
First of all, this game has great graphics. Some of the creatures and units in the game look real cool. Also, this game has the longest title I have ever seen for any game in gaming history. Try to say "The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle Earth II, Rise of the Witch King" over and over ten times has fast you can and see what happens. This game had the potential to be a great game. But something is definitely missing in this game. I played this game and than I played the the first "Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle Earth" game which is still my favorite Lord the Rings game. The first thing I noticed when comparing this game to the first Lord of the Rings game is the speed of the units. The units in this game move way too fast and a lot of the units just slide around rather than walk or run around on the terrain. When the units slide around on the terrain, it just doesn't look very real. Also, with all the units moving super fast, it doesn't really give you time to set up some kind of defense like you could in the first game. I wish you could slow the units down to a more manageable speed. I'm a little bit disappointed that this game didn't have some kind of speed control on the units in the game. In the first Lord of the Rings, all the units moved perfect in the game. In this game, they don't. The developers are definitely going to have to make a few patches for this game. Second, I don't like the Living World map in the game. The first Lord of the Rings game had a Living World Map with very detailed terrain and living creatures. This map just shows very basic, bland colors for the territories and that's it. Also, how come units cannot fight from the top of the walls you build for castles and fortresses? In the first game, units could fight on top of the walls and walls were a lot harder to destroy. The walls in this game get destroy way too easy and the walls are too costly to rebuild. I feel the game developers made some changes for the better and some changes were made for the worse for this game. Hopefully, for the next Lord of the Rings game the developers will learn from their mistakes and make a lot better game.