Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II review

But surely, you might say, the Battle for Middle Earth is over? Aragorn and Gandalf have triumphed. The Ring has met its end in Mount Doom. We’ve already fought our way through Helms Deep and the Pelinor Fields. Why does EA feel the need for another campaign? Probably, I would reply, because there’s still a lot of money in the franchise. Less cynically, I might add because it gives them a second chance to do things right.

If it does just give a new spin on a classic formula, at least it makes that spin look and feel different and exciting for a while. In this respect it’s a league in front of other recent efforts, such as Age of Empires III or Star Wars: Empire at War. In other words, that return to Middle Earth is justified, after all.

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