The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth

2004 · EA Los Angeles

4.1 out of 5, 251 ratings

About

The players control the heroes or villians from the famous Lord of The Rings movies. With a hero characters similar to the Warcraft series you control both the armies and all the unique heroes. The game follows the movies very closely and even got scenes from the films appear in game. Not only does the game contain a giant campaign where you play through the journey of the ring as the good side, the game also features an evil campaign where as the players play as the evil forces of Middle Earth. With multiple diffrent races from all over Middle Earth, a giant spell tree to customize your game and a unique basebuilding layout the game was great for its time.

Release date
December 6, 2004
Developer
EA Los Angeles
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Genres
Real-time strategyStrategy
Themes
FantasyWarfare
Age rating
ESRB TPEGI 12USK 12ACB MA 15+

Media

Platforms

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Release dates

PC (Microsoft Windows)
North America · Dec 6, 2004
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Europe · Dec 10, 2004
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Japan · Dec 16, 2004

Engines

SAGE