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

2004 · Strategy · PC · Electronic Arts

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth is ranked no. 2,709 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,463 and 40% of duels won.

World rank

no. 2,709

ELO score

1,463

Wins

40%

Duels played

113

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

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.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,463 ELO points over the last 124 days.

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