although the troops powers were not very balanced this was ultimately a great game

User Rating: 8.5 | The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth PC
Ok so what were looking at here is a RTS game based on the LOTR movie trilogy featuring basically everything you saw in the motion pictures: heroes, villains, troops, plot, you name it. Personally I was happy that the game stayed with the plot and didn't swerve to the side but at some points the game followed the storyline a little too much for example in the mines of
Moria your characters follow the exact path as in the first movie. It would have been nice if they had thrown a little curveball just to shake things up. All in all the plot/goal was fine as it was. Now to troops...the only real flaw in this game is the balance of the troops. If you are on a good campaign all you have to do is make rangers and fire arrows. Rangers in numbers own buildings with fire and they have superior range to any other ranged unit. They can also take down any kind of monster thrown their way. So far I have not found a way to lose by just making rangers. Of course this unbalanced power makes the evil campaign much harder. Otherwise LOTR battle for middle earth has flawless gameplay, enjoyable battles and a creative map editor.