Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1798 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Released on: 2006-12-01
• Platform: Windows XP

Manufacturer's Description
As the expansion pack to the fan favourite, The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II, this Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game will enhance every existing feature and offer players the chance to command the rise of evil in Middle-earth while experiencing the epic battles that took place before those depicted in the New Line Cinema films.

Full of exciting content, including an entirely new faction, completely new single player campaign, and additional units for all six existing factions, The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II, The Rise of the Witch-king, allows players to explore the evil side of Middle-earth. The all new single player campaign's innovative units will help to tell the story of the evil Witch-king's rise to power, domination of Angmar and invasion of the great kingdom of Arnor, home to Aragorn's ancestors. To fully experience the evil side of Middle-earth, gamers can now play as the Angmar faction in skirmish, multiplayer, and War of the Ring modes.

The Lord of Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II, The Rise of the Witch-king will transport players to a new time and place in Middle-earth while adding strategic depth to the innovative gameplay gamers loved in The Lord of Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II. Fans will love exploring the evil side of Middle-earth as described in Tolkien's fiction and brought to life in the visual style of the New Line Cinema films. This game is set to deliver the ultimate RTS Middle-earth experience.

Experience a whole new depth of strategy and upgraded War of the Ring and Create-A-Hero features. Create-A-Hero's entirely unique Troll class boasts additional weapons and armour that will allow players to have even more freedom in customizing their game play. War of the Ring, a risk-style meta-game, offers upgraded army persistence, a new siege dynamic on the Living World Map, and unified territories that serve as major control points.

Customer Reviews

you couldn't give it to me for free...
My god! I thought Battle for Middle Earth II was bad, but it was sheer brilliance compared to this! The first thing I noticed was how the witch king doesn't sound remotley like the one from the film & now the characters are more like something from a poor RTS clone of Warcraft.
In the end, I just couldn't stand to play it. I was in love with the first game, but EA just proved that they're sole motivation here was a quick cash grab.
Avoid like the plague!

Brilliant game
This game is awsome. If you have a good enough computar for everything on the graphics are superb and the gamplay is awsome aswell i think it beats most other games of its kind

A New Tale From Middle Earth!!!
a great game & a great narrative worthy of novelisation itself. As much as i love this game i can't help but mention a couple of ways it cud have been improved: firstly, as with battle for middle earth 2 you cant pick where u invade in middle earth. Which waz one of the great features of the very first game as it gave u more freedom. Also i cant help but feel this was a perfect opportunity to take a story from middle earth to a much darker place, which would have worked perfectly with the theme of the game being the witchking's rise. However, despite this i just want to say it waz a great game to play but also great for the story that im sure tolkien fans will appreciate as the game makers have moved on from the original trilogy & started to explore the other tales of middle earth. Hopefully this is the first of many to come!