LOTR : Battle For High Framerates !

User Rating: 7.4 | The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II X360
By jejh1971 | Review Date:
LOTR : BFME II is a good game, but the chopiness, stuttering and slow framerates just may drive you mad. It is obviously just too much rendering for the 360.... or maybe it was just ported over poorly? Who knows? All I know is LOTR BFME II not only has the longest title of any game in recent history, but it also has the poorest framerate of any next-gen title i've played so far.

All that aside, it is a very well-made game. The voices are perfect, the battle sounds are pretty good, and the graphics (background scenery, character models, buildings) look great. Just don't forget that once the big battles start brewing, the gameplay bogs down ALOT.

However, unless you are the utmost, perfectionist-freak about choppiness and framerates, DONT AVOID THIS GAME. The overall quality shines through and urges you forward to beat the next level, and the next, and so on. It is that good. Online play is solid too, and seems to have somewhat better framerate overall... but then again, I haven't personally played any enormous army vs. enormous army battles yet.

If you're wondering about the control scheme, it's awkward, especially at first, so give yourself AT LEAST 3 levels to get used to it... and since the levels can take an hour or longer to complete, that translates to roughly 6 hours of exposure before you get good n' quick with the 360 controller instead of the RTS favorite, mouse and keyboard.

Overall, a great game and should not be avoided despite it's graphical slowness ( at times ), because it really captures that LOTR feel to a "T".

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