Units are used to attack the enemy and defend the player's base. Similar to The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth, the game requires that the player build a base with structures to produce units, gather resources, research upgrades, and provide defenses. Gandalf is the selected hero his abilities are seen next to his portrait.īFMEII is a real-time strategy game. The mini-map is shown in the bottom-left corner, while the player's hero units are shown in rows next to it.
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A Windows expansion pack for the game was released on November 28, 2006, called The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king, which features a new faction known as Angmar, new units, and several gameplay improvements.
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At the end of March 2006, BFMEII reached fourth in a list of the month's best-selling PC games. BFMEII received numerous awards, including the Editors' Choice Award from IGN. Reviews praised the game's integration of the Lord of the Rings universe into a real-time strategy title, while criticism targeted the game's unbalanced multiplayer mode.
With his army, Sauron moves forward with his plan to destroy the remaining Good forces in the North.īFMEII received generally favorable reviews from video game critics. In the Evil Campaign, Sauron sends the Mouth of Sauron and the Nazgûl to muster wild Goblins. With help from the Dwarves and other Good forces, the Elves attempt to eliminate Sauron and his army to restore peace in Middle-earth. The Good Campaign focuses on Glorfindel, an Elf who is alerted to a planned attack on the Elven sanctuary of Rivendell. The story for BFMEII is divided into Good and Evil Campaigns. The online servers were shut down for Windows in 2010 and Xbox 360 in 2011. Along with the standard edition, a Collector's Edition of the game was released, containing bonus material and a documentary about the game's development. The Windows version of the game was released on Maand the Xbox 360 version was released on July 5, 2006. The game is the sequel to Electronic Arts' 2004 title The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth. Tolkien and its live-action film trilogy adaptation. It is based on the fantasy novels The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by J. The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, abbreviated BFMEII, is a real-time strategy video game developed and published by Electronic Arts. 1.6 GHz CPU, 256MB RAM, 6.0GB Hard disk space, 64MB GPU ( GeForce3/ ATI Radeon 8500 or greater)
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