Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth

Just picked this up late last night, and I' m super pumped to start playing it. Anybody here played it yet, and if so, how' s the online community?

lol im happy for you bro. i still need a few pounds to be able to get it...

as for the community, gamspy arcade has a load of ladders that you can compete in, and if u want u could start ur own there. check out their website.

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Sorry...I' m in the same boat as jabronibasher. I need to earn a few more $$ (about $50, that is), before I can get my copy.

Let the rest of us know how it plays, when you get a moment.

P.S.: Don' t throw any spoilers in, as I (and others) want to experience these for ourselves.

Thanks (in advance).

Videogaming is the contemporary interactive pasttime.

wahhhhhhhhhhh i got the game today, and will be playing it later tonite. mxpx we should battle online. whaddaya say? ooh ooh il be Gondor!!

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I hope to have it soon
Maybe in a week or so

I' d love to play online jabronibasher.... As soon as I get a chance to play it at all!! I thought I was going to get to play it all last night, but as soon as I got home, my wife informs me that her sisters place is flooding and I spent the whole night there moving stuff, and cleaning up. I haven' t even installed the game yet. Tonight. I promise myself tonight I will install it, and then in the near future your armies will fall to Mordor!!!

Yea i have it and its a great game.You will love this game.

Ok, I finally got to fire this thing up last night, and even better it was on my HDTV, as all the correct connection cables finally came in the mail!! Anyways, I got in a bout 45 minutes, and it was very fun. The living world is very cool, and it' s worth seeing just to better understand the exact geographical relations of all the areas in the movie to any who may have been confused at all. Past that, the tutorials kind of suck. They are only videos, so you don' t get any practical experieince. The first area is the mines of moria, however I' ll go no further as no body wanted any spoilers. The characters seem to run really slow. I don' t know how many times I wished Pippin would die so I wouldn' t have to wait for his slow ass all the time. I' ll tweak my settings a bit, perhaps that can be sped up. Sound : Great, Graphics: Great, fun: Great. Now take all this knowing that I' m a huge fantasy and LOTR fan. I didn' t want huge innovations in this game. I wanted a solid RTS set in middle earth, and so far that' s exactly what I got.

yeah, the characters were a bit slow, but its probably just ur computer. dija restart after installation? i didnt, and when i played it it was on ' very low ' graphical level, but it ran smooth, When i changed it to medium, it lagged like hell.

But when i started it the next day, i put it on ultra high, and it ran really well without any lag. The speed, though slower than on the lower levels, wasnt a problem at all, and all the tiny details and the building animations enhanced my experience.

Overall its a really cool game, and once u level up the battalions, ur practically unstoppable. Gandalf RULES

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I didn' t restart my computer, so that could have been a problem. although things weren' t choppy, just seemed uncomfortably slow. What do you think of the liberties taken with the story so far? I' m only past the intro level, and already there was a major one. Also, what speed of computer are you running this on. I have 3 computers at home, mymain one runs it on ultra high, my slowest one won' t have a chance, but I' m tempted to install it on my p4 1.4 ghz with 256 mb ram, and on board 64 mg graphics, just so I could maybe play it over my LAN with my wife. It would have to be set to lowest for sure, but just curious what you' re running and if it' s comparable.

here are my specs
ill keep it simple, cause honestly i dont know much about the technical side

P4 2.5Ghz
512MB SD RAM
Nvidia Geforce FX 5200 ( i really need a new one )
ive got the latest updates and i also recently defragged my comp.


whats are the specs of your main computer? the game only requires a minimum of 64MB G card, so itll probably work ( unless they lied) on your wifes with the lowest settings.

I myself tried medium settings today, and not only did it look ' good' but retained the speed with which im used to playing.

the story kinda surprised me, and i expected it to be linear. Thankfully its not, and it manages to keep things interesting while keeping the main story intact. Some things are a bit off though. Heroes can be killed apparently, but reappear in the next mission. few.
id like to emphasize more on these, but i dont want to spoil the story for you, so read at your own risk!

For example, im playing as Mordor in the campaign mode, and in one particular lvl, im in control of saruman and his army of orcs. The main objective is to KILL TREEBEARD. This doesnt happen in the film and book, but i ended up killing him anyway. ( including his ent buddies)
Boromir also survives the fight at Amon Hen, and will probably be carried over in the next mission.
However, one aspect remains intact. For the scenarios from the films, only the characters that were there appear. In Helms deep, u control Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Theoden, and then Gandalf and Eomer. No hobbits.

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My main computer is an AMD 3000, 512 mb ram, fx5600 ultra. It runs pretty smooth on highest, except when I finish a mission. then the living world map is all choppy for a couple fo seconds.

It looks like a very good game, i wont get it as my comp is too slow it looks like a solid rts, just what the serires needs.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

I was reading in a few magazines about the game, and none of them were particularly impressed with the story. They mentioned that the most redeeming aspect of the game was Final Fantasy X' s battle system in a Lord of the Ring game. I' ve thought about buying it simply for that battle syste, but then I head that the characters sometiems have too strong powers making the game seem too easy. I' ve really not got time for it anyways. I' m very close to the end of KOTOR 2...really good game, a little glitchy but good.

In response to the following complaint I have decided to change my signature:

" by the way, yoshimitsu you might want to click the little checkbox that makes your signature disappear." -Jonah Shoemaker, Residential Dumbass

Sorry Yoshimitsu, wrong game. You' re talking about LOTR the third age, we' re talking about LOTR Battle for Middle earth. It' s the RTS game for PC. speaking of which I' m venturing online today to get my ass handed to me for the very first time.

seems to have had some mixed reviews from different sites and magazines but a lot of the players have praised it a lot which is nice to hear. pity i have my copy wrapped up ready for christmas youll have to give us a bit of a report of how online goes mxpx

*slaps head*

My bad...too many damn LOTR games out right now. I should have known though because you were mentioning PC specs. As for that game...I' d really like to get a chance and play the game. I' m a huge fan of the RTS genre. I' m probably not going to buy it though, as I need to save my money up to purchase Rome Total War.

In response to the following complaint I have decided to change my signature:

" by the way, yoshimitsu you might want to click the little checkbox that makes your signature disappear." -Jonah Shoemaker, Residential Dumbass

Ok, ventured online last night. A lot of people have made various complaints about getting online, especially with firewalls. I simply set my windows firewall to exclude LOTR, and had no problem even though I' m behind a router firewall. The set up process is a bit of a pain, and I urge you to write things down, because no matter how unique a user name you pick (jj45HTv for example) it will tell you it' s already been taken and then assign you a ' reccomended' one that' s similar to yours. There' s also no good was to set user name for how you' ll be identifided onscreen so far that I' ve noticed. I believe it' s the area called nickname, but you aren' t alowwed spaces. As for the play, I was playing against a friend who' s only played online, and myself who' s only played campaign, not even a skirmish. I reccomend HIGHLY to play a few skirmishes before playing online or you will be humbled as quickly as I was. The game plays different from any other RTS games I played, so I basically knew nothing. I made calvary rode over some of his orcs, but then watched as he dismantled me at every turn with an army 10 times my size, and then placed bombs all around my fortress, and then set Sauruman to lighting them. Needless to say it was spectacular. Great fun, and looking forward to getting better.

lol i havnt played online yet, and ive just finished the battle at minas tirith.The battles were insane, and it took a good half hour to finish it. i said earlier that boromoir does not appear in Helms Deep but he does in fact appear, and even eowyn pops up when the rohirrim arrives. my mistake.

i also tried the world builder, but being the incapable goof that i am i was unable to figure out how to use it. I saw Saurons model in there, and am dying to pit him against the fellowship. PLEASE SOMEONE MAKE THIS MAP OR SHOW ME HOW!!!! There are also other main characters from the film that probably wont appear in the game. They wont make much of a difference compared to other heroes, but the scenarios would be interesting to watch nontheless

I made calvary rode over some of his orcs

thats the most fun ive ever had in an RTS. some other great moments in the game too.

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i have enough money, and my computer will play it, so ill probably get this pretty soon. ive been looking forward to it for a while cuz i like lotr, and rts.maybe ill play u guys online sum time.

i tried restarting my computer and the units still run really slow. is there any other way i can make it go? should i try restarting again? i already have it at very low. my specs are intel celeron 2.7 , 512 mb, geforce 5200( pci version, dont have an agp slot but it can play half life 2 fine).

have you tried turning off unnecessary programs ie spyware programs? we' ve got the same specs and mine runs ok ( if not quick) at ultra high settings.

-sweep ur system for spyware
-defrag ur hard drive
-update Direct X and/or motherboard
-turn off background programs

my only problem with slowdowns was cured with a quick restart. But i guess if u can play half life2, then u wouldnt have any problems with this game whatsoever. Hope it was helpful since im not really a technical sorta person.

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jabronibasher, we should play online sometime soon. I went on a couple of more times since christmas, and had a blast. So far I' ve only been Gondor and Rohan, but I' ll have to venture to the dark side soon. Let me know if you want to play.

I installed and played the first level yesterday
Looks pretty sweet

Ok, I just played another couple of games, and I' m getting somewhat competent with the Gondor Army. I moved to rank 3781 tonight. I' d love the chance for my armies to do battle with whoever wants!

I haven' t tried this game out yet.. perhaps when I have some time to play a video game nonstop I will (Eitherwise I' ll loose interest after I reach a certain point... short attention span). Like maybe this summer or something.

Man, EA better get there act in gear, cause a really ugly monster has reared it' s head online. The ladder is supposed to be a way of comparing yourself against other players to see how you rank, however this is not the case with Battle for Middle Earth. As of right now, if for some reason a player " disconnects" (ie. power outage, faulty modem, or childish player unplugging th modem) No victory is scored, and no loss is credited. Funny thing, i" ve had 6 players " disconnect" on me already. My current record online is 5-2 which ranks me about 3500. All of these disconnects have happened just as I was wabout to win. an 11-2 record would rank me in the top 500. There are tonnes of people complaining about this, ways to report, and no action will be taken. Sorry, but disconnects just don' t happen that often anymore, and even if they did, it wouldn' t always be the losing player who disconnects. There are a lot of people cheating right now, to the point where I won' t even play ladder matches till this is fixed. Any one know how to contact EA to complain to them directly?

that seems to be a consistent problem with online games 2day. i havent touched the game since my last post, but i suggest calling customer support and keep nagging them until u get an answer.

I enjoy playing as gondor as well, and those Tower Guard/Archer combinations kick ass. Im currently at the black gate, but my favorite level so far has to be the one at Osgiliath, where u have to defend the three bridges. Its also one of the best looking so far. Anyway id love to play online, so if ur up for it let me know i might be available this weekend. Until then i need to practice before i get my ass severly kicked, which is pretty much inevitable.

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oh what fun will i have today
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don' t worry about getting your ass kicked! I' ve been humbled 3 nights in a row now, so I' m not so proud of myslef. For sure I' ll post a messsage for game time this weekend.

i just bought this game on sale at futureshop.....and so far it' s pretty good. i got humbled the first couple times i played onlin and then i managed a stalemate where it was blatantly obvious that no one was going to win, but i won cause he disconected first.........the last game i played last night was awesome though.....i completely mulched the other person, he had no idea what was comming to him.....and he never will because he disconected.....but oh how gandalf, boromir, feremir, the calvary and archers would have ripped him apart.

...and today i got mauled.

Sorry about the mauling the.ben. Anyways, those were some epic battles you and I had. That team match we totally destroyed the ohter guys! Let' s play again sometime.

i played it and its great

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Just got 512 more megs of RAM last night, and plugged it in. This game has a huge memory leakin it, but it works much better now with a full GB of ram. Apparently the leak is being fixed in the next patch, but just something anyone who' s going to run this game on 256 or 512 should know.

Finally vengance is mine!!!!!!! Thankyou the.ben, for another series of excellent games, I couldn' t let you stay on top with your recent punding of my rohan forces. Is anyone else here still playing this? patch 1.02 is supposed to come out right away and have a bunch of balance fixes that are sure to make things interesting. I still really want to have a kikizo match online, the.ben and I have been for a while, but it' d be great to have a 2 vs 2or even a 3 vs 3. My handle in the game is matof19 so lemme know.

my username on BFME id Ben403.....i propose that whom ever wants, we have a game this friday night. if this works for you, let me know.

Friday' s good for me the.ben. I hope others join us, I' d hate for it to be the same old you be gondor, I be someone else, you bring gandy out laughing how you are going to kill me, I laugh as you run him by my towers and watch him die

the only time i laughed was the time i watched your rohan heroes die over and over and over again.....i was crying every other time.

...and we should really set a time for friday to play.

The earlier after work the better on friday. I live in Saskatchewan Canada, so we are on NOrth American Mt. time right now. 6:00 would be best, that way I' d probably have time for 2 matches.