The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth review:1 stars (A sad sad excuse for an rts) - Oh my what a dissapointment for one thing the max pop is 200 with 2 people playing and and with people playing its 150 i spent the whole game trying to save up for enough reasources trying to make a good army but i cant really breach the enemys castle with 150 guys the game lags in campaign and the charcters in the game dont even sound like they do in the movie why dont all u RTS fanns go to the mall walk past BFME and pick up Empire Earth2 now thats a real RTS and thats max pop is 2000 and its got better graphics4 stars (Great! but....) - I saw all the previews. it showed thousands of units fighting on screen. i thought that u would be able to do this in the game. i was shocked to find out that u could barely reach over a hundred using the "good" forces. even the return of the king DVD show-cased these enormous fights. However this game was fun despite this. The graphics are great! I personally suggest to get War hammer dawn of war over this one3 stars (Fun, but limited and repetitive) - Don't get me wrong I really like this game but after while, it gets boring. Here are a few things that aren't so good...
#1 There are only 4 factions. (Rohan Gondor Isengard Mordor)
#2 There are only 4-5 different units per faction.
#3 It is EXTREAMLY simple. You bulid buildings that just automatically collect "rescources" and use "rescources" for everything. (buildings, units, heroes, ect.)
#4 You have limited building space. There are little circles that you click on to build a building.
#5 Possibly the worst part of the game is that it is UNBALANCED X'S 1000000!!!!! IF your the good guys it's IMPOSSIBLE TO LOSE!!! You just close your gate and put archers on the walls. TADA!!! YOU WIN!!!

But if your a big LOTR fan you will love this game.

Total Ratings: (1-5)
Music 4.5 music fits in really nicley
Gameplay 4.0 pretty fun smashing orcs
Replayability 2.0 fun for about a week or two
Overall Score 3.5 Good Game but it needs more
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth Features:
Adventure
Strategy (Strategic)
Fantasy
Computer Role Playing Games (Game, rpgs, rpg, crpg, crpgs)
Computer Games
Action
CD
Single player and online massively multiplayer modes
Real-time strategy game based on the Lord of the Rings film trilogy
Fight on either the side of good or evil by commanding one of four groups
Control massive armies across the vast world of Middle-earth
Create new heroes and customize the abilities and powers

The Lord of the Rings- The Battle for Middle-Earth is the CD-ROM version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around  39.99USD.