I thought that the first game was great, but Battle For Middle Earth 2 is bigger, better, and more badass in every way that you could imagine. Say what you want about EA, but I do not think they get enough credit for what a great job they did with the Lord of the Rings license and this game is a shining example of that.
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The Books or The Movies?
One of the coolest aspects of this game was that EA went all out with the licensing for this game. It is not just based on the movies or the books, but actually features locations and characters from both. This is truly impressive and at the time it was released I would say this was the most comprehensive collection of Lord of the Rings stuff any game had seen. Battle For Middle Earth 2 features some really cool characters and locations that did not make it to the silver screen.
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I See You!
The presentation has that EA polish that you would expect. From the characters, the locations, and especially the soundtrack everything has an authentic Tolkien vibe to it that I really do appreciate. The production values of this game are sky high and it makes you feel like you are in these heated battles. The only disappointment I have is the create a character option. While you can level up your character and improve them and make them a formidable warrior. The aesthetic options are sadly greatly lacking in this mode.
Good or Evil?
Battle For Middle Earth 2 features two blockbuster single-player campaigns for you to sink your teeth into. You can play the good campaign which centers around an attack on an elf sanctuary and a bad campaign where you are helping Sauron destroy the forces of good. Each campaign will get you heavily invested in what is going on thanks to its great storytelling. As a big fan of The Lord of the Rings, I found both campaigns to be very enjoyable, but I did prefer the good one, but only just.
Taking A Risk?
There is another really cool game mode that is called The War of the Ring. This is like the board game Risk where you have a large map and you are trying to conquer it. The game still has the RTS battles, but there is more going on now. I had a blast playing this with one of my friends as we had a game that lasted for ages as we both were trying to take control of the land. You can also play this mode in single-player and I even found the AI to be a fun challenge as well.
What You Would Expect
I will say that the core gameplay has not been radically changed. You still have your various factions with a few new ones added in. You can build various things on the battlefield such as bases which is much easier to do than in the last game. The actual battles are a great deal of fun you have your units, heroes, and so on, and deciding what to do and when to do it really is the key to giving yourself the best chance of victory. Overall, I found the gameplay to be challenging, but also very rewarding. It does have a fair bit of a learning curve, but I felt that the game did a great job of explaining everything to me as I was playing.
I had a great time with Battle For Middle Earth 2 and think it is a truly outstanding sequel to a game I already liked. It is so improved over the first game that as good as that was, it kind of makes it redundant. As in all honesty, if you are new to these games, I would recommend skipping the first and coming straight into this one here. It is one of the more fun and accessible RTS games I have played and they really do utilize the Lord of the Rings license as well as they could have.
Pros:
- It captures the world of The Lord of the Rings perfectly
- Lots more content over its predecessor
- Two awesome campaigns to play
- The War of the Ring mode is awesome
- It is a ton of fun to play with a friend
Cons:
- It does have a bit of a learning curve
- I wish the campaigns lasted just a tad longer
Middle Earth (middle-earth, Middle-earth or Middleearth) is the term used by author J.R.R. Tolkien to describe the lands of men, sometimes called the “mortal lands” in the books The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. The term should not be used or thought of as a separate planet, and it does not encompass the whole planet but merely the lands in which men dwell. Tolkien uses the term Arda to describe the whole Earth, and Middle Earth has some noted exclusions. The undying lands, or the lands from which the elves come, and to where they return when they choose to leave Middle Earth is called Aman. Few mortals are allowed to enter Aman, until Bilbo Baggins and his nephew Frodo, as former bearers of the enemy’s ring, are permitted to travel with the elves to Aman and immortality at the end of the The Lord of the Rings.
Middle Earth as a name is not Tolkien’s invention. He encountered the term in Anglo-Saxon writings of Cynewulf, and the word is also used in the Anglo-Saxon work Beowulf. The Anglo-Saxon term is middangeard. In Middle English the word becomes midden-erde or middel-erde. The early word middangeard more accurately translates to middle enclosure. However, most language historians do translate the term to Middle Earth, and Tolkien as a specialist in linguistics, did the same. Moreover, the land Tolkien creates is essentially enclosed by the other lands like Aman.
Tolkien was attempting to create a mythology for England in his books, and it is made very clear that the world of Middle Earth is one that existed on this Earth about 6000 years ago. Even some of the geography, particularly the Shire, is associated with England. Tolkien separates this ancient world into ages, with most of his most popular work Hobbit and Rings occurring during the Third Age. The Silmarillion primarily takes place during the First Age, and the indices of the Rings allude to some of the Second Age’s rulers and kingdoms.
Numerous fantasy creatures populate Tolkien’s land. The elves, though long established there, are visitors only. When they tire of the mortal world, they leave for Aman. Dwarves, men, and hobbits are described as having “arrived” in the land, suggesting the “middle enclosure” which is surrounded by other lands. Elves were the first to arrive, and begin the First Age, creating people like the Ents, treelike giants who shepherd the trees, which the Elves “taught to talk.”
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Dragons exist in Middle Earth, as do other fearsome beasts like orcs, goblins and trolls, which were created by the enemies of the elves. Tolkien suggests that these were created as bad imitations of elves, dwarves and Ents. Other creatures with intelligence include the eagles, giant spiders, and the wargs, wolf-like creatures that often fight with the goblins.
The population distribution in Tolkien’s land changed from Age to Age. In the Third Age, the elves held three kingdoms, protected in part by Elvish rings. These are Lothlorien, Rivendell, and the Wood Elves’ kingdom in Mirkwood. Hobbits live mainly in the Shire, and also in Breeland. In the village of Bree, hobbits and men live together, which Tolkien calls an “excellent arrangement.” Shire inhabitants are much less used to visitors from the outside, with the exception of the occasional wizard or dwarf.
Dwarves, after The Hobbit, live in several mountainous regions, including the Lonely Mountain, which they reclaimed from Smaug the dragon. Men occupy many different places in the land. The two largest kingdoms of men opposing the evil wizard Sauron are Rohan and Gondor. There is also reference to Harad, a country far east that has been held sway by Sauron, and fights against Rohan and Gondor in the last battle against Sauron.
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There’s a certain sadness to Tolkien’s land, particularly as described in Rings. The Elves were dominant during the Second Age, but many have left or are leaving Middle Earth for good by the Third Age, the age of Men. Wizards are leaving too, and in a sense, the world of men is beginning while the wonderful magic of elves, wizards, and creatures like the Ents is beginning to leave forever. Middle Earth has been tainted by the presence of the enemy, Sauron, and even after his defeat, the power of the elves is diminished forever. Few remain to keep alive the wonder of the earlier ages and the world leans toward the more traditional one of men only. However Tolkien insinuates that hobbits still exist, though big folk are usually too stupid to see them, or so noisy they scare them away.