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Common Sense Note

This is a battle game but it's about strategy more than anything else. Yes, it's all fighting but as T games go, this one is less bothersome than many. No blood, no close ups. If your kid loves all Lord of the Rings books, games, and movies, then expect to have many discussions about PC game addiction because kids won't want to turn this battle off. It's easy enough for unadroit kids to get totally hooked yet it becomes quite challenging thus keeping kids playing.

Parents who do buy this game for their kids might ask them what they find so compelling about it and try and use the game as a way to get the kids to read the original books.

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Common Sense Review

Reviewed By: Liz Perle

I have only one gripe about this excellent game -- my kid doesn't ever want to stop playing. Drawing from all three movies, players can command any of their heroes and armies as they battle for control of Middle-earth. This is a real-time strategy game that allows players to choose their armies -- Gondor, Mordor, Isengard or Rohan -- each of which comes with its own heroes and villains. The standard strategy options are all here, but what really makes this game so captivating (besides the excellent graphics and sound) is that the game invites the player into the battlegrounds of the movies. It's an intimate battle game without being too violent. Ultimately, this game is an imaginative kid's dream.

The game allows the player to be good or evil and control one of four groups each of which has its own playing style, resource management, and base-building techniques. The game is played across a three dimensinal Middle-earth map. The armies do express emotions, they cheer each other on but also become enraged at times.

There is an online multiplayer component where players can challenge each other.

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