![]() ![]() For instance, you can fight as the elves defending the harbor of the Grey Havens from attack in the good campaign, while the evil campaign might have you fighting as the goblins trying to conquer the city. It will be your job to take these factions into battle across the whole of Middle-earth. On the evil side, there are the armies of Mordor, led by Sauron and his Nazgul lieutenants Isengard, commanded by the wizard Saruman and the goblins, a faction of goblins, trolls, giants, and spiderlings. On the good side there are three factions, ranging from the sturdy dwarves, who are excellent warriors the slim elves, who are fantastic archers and the Men of the West, which combines Gondor and Rohan. The two campaigns take you throughout the northern parts of Middle-earth as you fight for good or for evil. Still, at least it's nice to have the maps, as you can battle it out in skirmish on familiar settings, such as Helm's Deep and Minas Tirith.Įven without the dynamic campaign, the single-player component on the Xbox 360 version is pretty good. However, that dynamic campaign is missing altogether from the Xbox 360 version, and its absence is noted since it added a fair bit of replayability to the PC version. Why are there maps from the first game included? They were originally included in the PC version of Battle for Middle-earth II to support the dynamic campaign, which lets you conquer all of Middle-earth any way you want as any of the six factions in the game. This includes maps from not only The Battle for Middle-earth II, but also for the first Battle for Middle-earth. There's a good and an evil campaign, each of which has eight missions, and then a skirmish mode that lets you set up a stand-alone battle on any map. For instance, the single-player game consists of three modes. The Xbox 360 version is a fairly straightforward translation of the PC game, though it does have some curious omissions that are balanced out by some notable additions. At the same time, these new units fit in nicely with the familiar armies of Mordor and the men from the movies. You'll see armies of dwarves and elves battle it out with the goblin hordes, and there are appearances by many characters from the books, such as the Goblin King. This combination could have been messy, but the results are a seamless blending of the two. Tolkien's works in addition to the movies. The game can do this since it combines the movie license with the Tolkien estate license, which means that EA could draw upon all of J.R.R. The game's campaign covers all the stuff that was happening offscreen while Frodo was making his way to Mount Doom and the rest of the Fellowship was busy elsewhere in Peter Jackson's famous movie trilogy. Or, more appropriately, the northern part of Middle-earth. ![]() ![]() The Battle for Middle-earth II gives you command of the forces of both good and evil as they war for the lands of Middle-earth. Now Playing: The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II Video Review By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's ![]()
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