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

Full Release

Dec 06, 2004

PC

Dec 10, 2004

PC

Dec 16, 2004

PC

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

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

Release date

Dec 06, 2004

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User score

83%

Out of 219

Average playtime

26 hours

Main story


31 hours

Main + extra


37 hours

Completionist

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About the game

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.

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  • wikia
  • wikipedia
  • twitch
Release dates

Full Release

Dec 06, 2004

PC

Dec 10, 2004

PC

Dec 16, 2004

PC

Developers
Publishers

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