The first chapter in the Middle-earth universe was published in Great Britain back in 1937. In “The Hobbit or There and Back Again” a kids book, the public got its first peak into the fantastic world. I bet no one was imagining the complex world that J.R.R Tolkien was creating, which was later revealed with the six books known as “The Lord of The Rings”. Peter Jackson and crew did a very good job transferring the universe from the books to the white screen. EALA’s Battle for Middle-earth doesn’t do the job quite as well, trying to capture the scope of things, this time moving from the white screen to a PC screen. A strategy game is a good idea for the Middle-earth universe but EA plays it safe with a classic RTS and its okay but they didn’t have to do that. I can’t help wondering what could have been if some one like the company behind the Total War series had the license.
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