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

2004 · Strategy · PC · Electronic Arts

GameForever voters place The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth no. 823 in the world ranking, with 1,610 ELO points and 47% of wins across 147 duels settled. Its best standing outside the world ranking: no. 37 out of 137 (2004).

World rank

no. 823

ELO score

1,610

Wins

47%

Duels played

147

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 1,610 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 37 out of 137 (2004).

Where The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 823 5,035
Strategy 54 336
2000s 247 1,308
2004 37 137

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