"Battle for Middle Earth" Game

Twista · 01-22-2005, 03:29 PM

Recently purchased this game and it's actually pretty damn good for a strategy game.

If you dont know what it is then ill do a bit of explaining....

Its like the game "Age of Empires" - everyone must of heard of that... a army controlling strategic game. You play one of several races; Gondor, Rohan, Isenguard, and Mordor.

Screenshots

Does anyone own the game, I'd love to play against someone.

Elessar the Elfstone · 01-23-2005, 02:17 PM

I've got it, it took me about a week to complete and it is great!

only one critisim the best levels are helms deep and minas tirith and you can't play them in skirmish mode

Twista · 01-23-2005, 03:14 PM

Well my PC cant really handle it, which is quite rediculous acually, because my computer isnt bad.

Ive just about nearly finished the good campaigns...

My critisim is how stupid the computer is sometimes... but I guess thats why they invented online play..

We should organise a game sometime.

ItalianLegolas · 01-23-2005, 04:38 PM

I don't have it yet but I'm thinking of getting, I just bought Half-Life 2: Silver and it comes with like 15 other games, speaking of which, does anyone play Counter Strike here?

Twista · 01-23-2005, 05:51 PM

oooh yeh, i do, well used too, not played in a while. But i still have steam installed so i could play at any time.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 01-23-2005, 05:54 PM

if it is like Age of Empires, then I have to get it,
it sounds great

ItalianLegolas · 01-23-2005, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twista

oooh yeh, i do, well used too, not played in a while. But i still have steam installed so i could play at any time.

whats your username/ accountname?

me9996 · 02-02-2005, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twista

Not too sure where to put this.. but its based on the films so i assume here.

So has anyone else got it?

Its acually pretty damn good dont you think? The campaigns for really cool.

If you dont know what it is then ill do a bit of explaining....

Its like the game "Age of Empires" - everyone must of heard of that... a army controllying stragity game. You play one of several races; Gondor, Rohan, Isenguard, and Morder. There is a skirmish option, where you simply play against enemys and try to win the game, or the campaigns which are based good or evil. Anyway i could go on and on put it would take ages, research it if you want to know more lol. Here are some screenshots:

Screenshots

So... anyone got any views on it then?

I love it.. lol

Age of Empires is an RTS (real time stratagy game)

I have desided it is neet and humungus!

If you have a very big computer and like LotR and can understand the interface (No bottom bar guys!) I'd recamend it.

I have a tiny computer (3 Gigabates todle!)
so I can't play it

Hope this helps!

Telcontar_Dunedain · 02-02-2005, 12:26 PM

I bpught it on the weekend an have been playing it pretty much non-stop except for sleeping and going to school. However it takes ages to load a level or the game for me. Does this happen with anyone lese?

me9996 · 02-03-2005, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telcontar_Dunedain

I bpught it on the weekend an have been playing it pretty much non-stop except for sleeping and going to school. However it takes ages to load a level or the game for me. Does this happen with anyone lese?

How would I know? It's a gigabite bigger than my computer!

Twista · 02-03-2005, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telcontar_Dunedain

However it takes ages to load a level or the game for me. Does this happen with anyone lese?

Yeh like 10 minutes sometimes...

You probably need to wait for a Pentium 7 to come out before it will load and run smoothly

.

Sometimes its really jumpy in-game too. You see that?

Telcontar_Dunedain · 02-04-2005, 12:56 PM

10 minutes sometimes! I envy you! A few nights ago it took 45 minutes for me to load one of the Rohan levels.

me9996 · 02-19-2005, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telcontar_Dunedain

10 minutes sometimes! I envy you! A few nights ago it took 45 minutes for me to load one of the Rohan levels.

It's to big for my computer... but the way that you go on it kind of makes me glad about that

orithil · 10-02-2007, 03:17 PM

I have the game its really awesome, i have saves for Minas Tirith and Helms deep just uncase i want to go back and play it lol because i think those are the best levels.

Ingwe · 10-02-2007, 04:24 PM

They have some really awesome maps on filefront's LOTR Files. Some of the maps there don't have screenshots for them, and I almost never download a map that doesn't show screenshots of it before hand, unless it sounds canon or awesome, or both, or just not some ****ty map that, I don't know, has bugs and stuff. But sometimes it's trial and error. Even some of those custom maps that look like they're big stuff end up being badly-scripted or not pathed well so that when you try to move somewhere you have to go, you can't. Argh! Oh well, that's my rant on maps

It's a pretty awesome game - present and (hopefully) future tense that is. Of course that must mean that in the past things weren't so hot...

...And indeed they weren't. Back a month or two ago I wouldn't have been saying the same thing. I had the biggest piece of junk for a graphics card that seemed to make BFME 2 and ROTWK crash to desktop (CTD) after 20 to 40 minutes of gameplay. Well that was just great - about to destroy my enemy and all of the sudden I crash out of game. I've had about 10 instances where I was about to destroy an opponent online, but I end up crashing. When I get back in, they thought I left the game because they thought that I thought I was losing. Well that starts to look bad after a while. Play a good game, almost win, and then out of nowhere that "almost win" doesn't count because to win you actually, well, have to win. And unfortunately I liked to torture my opponents at the end of the game by launching small but effective attacks against the stuff I didn't care about just so I can get as much rank as I could before I won. Not a good idea if you have a GeForce 6200TC (Turbo Cache) 256MB card. For some reason that card performed well, that is until the game crashed.

So, logic finally set in and I finally decided to get rid of that so-called video card of doom and got myself a GeForce 8800 GTS 640 MB. It's not the best one, as the GTX and Ultra are better, but it's close enough and for a far better price. And what games am I going to play that needs anything more than this? So yeah, the game doesn't crash anymore and I can now get through games that are 20, 40, 60, 120, and God-forbid, even 240 minutes long! If I ever have enough time to do a 4-hour-long game, someone please admit me to the funny farm.

So I'm only assuming it will last 4 hours, or however long it needs to last. So essentially any game can now have a possibly successful outcome. It definitely isn't about who wins the game anymore - it's about not crashing anymore. It's definitely a lot more convenient now when I don't have to worry about crashing just two seconds before taking out my opponent's last building (which happened, I'm not even kidding, 4 times). The crashing just got way too depressing to deal with after a while and it was time for a major change.

WorldBuilder actually works now too, that's an added bonus.

Nautipus · 10-02-2007, 04:27 PM

I've beaten both games at least once, but really loved them. I heard that there was an expansion pack out that would either a) Let you be a race of dragons (dont really know how that applies to LotR) or b) Be able to summon the dragon indefinately. I dont know if they are true or not, but it would be cool if they were.

Ingwe · 10-02-2007, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nautipus

I've beaten both games at least once, but really loved them. I heard that there was an expansion pack out that would either a) Let you be a race of dragons (dont really know how that applies to LotR) or b) Be able to summon the dragon indefinately. I dont know if they are true or not, but it would be cool if they were.

Affirmative. I've heard about it as well. If I could find the link I would post it. Consider this as a hint to a possible sequel expansion pack:

The CD label for BFME2: Rise of the Witch-King looks like this:

"LOTRBFME2EP1"

The above means explicitly: "Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2: Expansion Pack 1 aka Rise of the Witch-King". Apparently the next one will be "LOTRBFME2EP2".

So it seems highly likely that the rumor could indeed be true, and perhaps not all too misleading.

One thing that's not (as) certain is the possibility for BFME 3, which probably won't happen.

01-22-2005, 03:29 PM	#1
Twista Orodruin's Flame Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kananaskis, AB Posts: 1,194	"Battle for Middle Earth" Game Recently purchased this game and it's actually pretty damn good for a strategy game. If you dont know what it is then ill do a bit of explaining.... Its like the game "Age of Empires" - everyone must of heard of that... a army controlling strategic game. You play one of several races; Gondor, Rohan, Isenguard, and Mordor. Screenshots Does anyone own the game, I'd love to play against someone. __________________ Council of Entmoot - Foreign Affairs Minister - 2004-05 Visit the Ye Olde Avatar Shop and The New One Dont tell me what I cannot do Two men are on a Island, they both see a "monster", one sees a bright light, and the other sees a dark cloud My name bares no reference to the music artist. Last edited by Twista : 05-19-2012 at 09:35 AM. Reason: Bad grammar, spelling and using the phrase "lol" too often.

01-23-2005, 03:14 PM	#3
Twista Orodruin's Flame Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kananaskis, AB Posts: 1,194	Well my PC cant really handle it, which is quite rediculous acually, because my computer isnt bad. Ive just about nearly finished the good campaigns... My critisim is how stupid the computer is sometimes... but I guess thats why they invented online play.. We should organise a game sometime. __________________ Council of Entmoot - Foreign Affairs Minister - 2004-05 Visit the Ye Olde Avatar Shop and The New One Dont tell me what I cannot do Two men are on a Island, they both see a "monster", one sees a bright light, and the other sees a dark cloud My name bares no reference to the music artist.

01-23-2005, 04:38 PM	#4
ItalianLegolas Tolkien-aholic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: somewhere in the solar system... more specifically NJ... Posts: 712	I don't have it yet but I'm thinking of getting, I just bought Half-Life 2: Silver and it comes with like 15 other games, speaking of which, does anyone play Counter Strike here? __________________ What was lost is now found.

01-23-2005, 05:51 PM	#5
Twista Orodruin's Flame Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kananaskis, AB Posts: 1,194	oooh yeh, i do, well used too, not played in a while. But i still have steam installed so i could play at any time. __________________ Council of Entmoot - Foreign Affairs Minister - 2004-05 Visit the Ye Olde Avatar Shop and The New One Dont tell me what I cannot do Two men are on a Island, they both see a "monster", one sees a bright light, and the other sees a dark cloud My name bares no reference to the music artist.

02-02-2005, 12:26 PM	#9
Telcontar_Dunedain Warrior of the House of Hador Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,651	I bpught it on the weekend an have been playing it pretty much non-stop except for sleeping and going to school. However it takes ages to load a level or the game for me. Does this happen with anyone lese? __________________ Then Huor spoke and said: "Yet if it stands but a little while, then out of your house shall come the hope of Elves and Men. This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and me a new star shall arise. Farewell!" The Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Page 230

01-23-2005, 02:17 PM	#2
Elessar the Elfstone Enting Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Usually located Bree Inn of the prancing pony Posts: 59	I've got it, it took me about a week to complete and it is great! only one critisim the best levels are helms deep and minas tirith and you can't play them in skirmish mode

01-23-2005, 05:54 PM	#6
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	if it is like Age of Empires, then I have to get it, it sounds great

02-04-2005, 12:56 PM	#12
Telcontar_Dunedain Warrior of the House of Hador Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,651	10 minutes sometimes! I envy you! A few nights ago it took 45 minutes for me to load one of the Rohan levels. __________________ Then Huor spoke and said: "Yet if it stands but a little while, then out of your house shall come the hope of Elves and Men. This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and me a new star shall arise. Farewell!" The Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Page 230

10-02-2007, 03:17 PM	#14
orithil Captain Jack Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: High Charity Posts: 598	I have the game its really awesome, i have saves for Minas Tirith and Helms deep just uncase i want to go back and play it lol because i think those are the best levels. __________________ Captain Jack Sparrow: When you marooned me on that god forsaken spit of land, you forgot one very important thing, mate: I’m Captain Jack Sparrow. Cortana: So have you got a plan to get out? Master Chief: I was gonna shoot my way out. Mix things up a little.

10-02-2007, 04:24 PM	#15
Ingwe Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somewhere not of this world Posts: 402	They have some really awesome maps on filefront's LOTR Files. Some of the maps there don't have screenshots for them, and I almost never download a map that doesn't show screenshots of it before hand, unless it sounds canon or awesome, or both, or just not some ****ty map that, I don't know, has bugs and stuff. But sometimes it's trial and error. Even some of those custom maps that look like they're big stuff end up being badly-scripted or not pathed well so that when you try to move somewhere you have to go, you can't. Argh! Oh well, that's my rant on maps It's a pretty awesome game - present and (hopefully) future tense that is. Of course that must mean that in the past things weren't so hot... ...And indeed they weren't. Back a month or two ago I wouldn't have been saying the same thing. I had the biggest piece of junk for a graphics card that seemed to make BFME 2 and ROTWK crash to desktop (CTD) after 20 to 40 minutes of gameplay. Well that was just great - about to destroy my enemy and all of the sudden I crash out of game. I've had about 10 instances where I was about to destroy an opponent online, but I end up crashing. When I get back in, they thought I left the game because they thought that I thought I was losing. Well that starts to look bad after a while. Play a good game, almost win, and then out of nowhere that "almost win" doesn't count because to win you actually, well, have to win. And unfortunately I liked to torture my opponents at the end of the game by launching small but effective attacks against the stuff I didn't care about just so I can get as much rank as I could before I won. Not a good idea if you have a GeForce 6200TC (Turbo Cache) 256MB card. For some reason that card performed well, that is until the game crashed. So, logic finally set in and I finally decided to get rid of that so-called video card of doom and got myself a GeForce 8800 GTS 640 MB. It's not the best one, as the GTX and Ultra are better, but it's close enough and for a far better price. And what games am I going to play that needs anything more than this? So yeah, the game doesn't crash anymore and I can now get through games that are 20, 40, 60, 120, and God-forbid, even 240 minutes long! If I ever have enough time to do a 4-hour-long game, someone please admit me to the funny farm. So I'm only assuming it will last 4 hours, or however long it needs to last. So essentially any game can now have a possibly successful outcome. It definitely isn't about who wins the game anymore - it's about not crashing anymore. It's definitely a lot more convenient now when I don't have to worry about crashing just two seconds before taking out my opponent's last building (which happened, I'm not even kidding, 4 times). The crashing just got way too depressing to deal with after a while and it was time for a major change. WorldBuilder actually works now too, that's an added bonus.

10-02-2007, 04:27 PM	#16
Nautipus Kraken King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Under the sea Posts: 2,714	I've beaten both games at least once, but really loved them. I heard that there was an expansion pack out that would either a) Let you be a race of dragons (dont really know how that applies to LotR) or b) Be able to summon the dragon indefinately. I dont know if they are true or not, but it would be cool if they were. __________________ Being the King of these Beings, This is my Child One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons One of the best Global Warming Messages out there

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