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The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II, The Rise of the Witch-King PC
  • Publisher: EA Games
  • Release Date: Nov 28, 2006
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78 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critics What's this?

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8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 26 Ratings

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  • Summary: Full of new content, including an entirely new faction, a 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 new units 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 all new Angmar faction in skirmish, multiplayer, and War of the Ring modes. Experience a whole new depth of strategy and upgraded War of the Ring and Create-A-Hero features. Create-A-Hero's entirely new Troll class boasts additional weapons and armor that will allow players to have even more freedom in customizing their game play. War of the Ring, the 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. [Electronic Arts]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. AceGamez
    90
    An essential purchase, as it increases the longevity of the original and more importantly improves on it, to make the whole experience of Tolkien's world feel even more complete.
  2. GamesRadar
    90
    A few months ago, "Company of Heroes" was a lock for RTS of the year. With Rise of the Witch-king, we're on the verge of flip-flopping. Seriously.
  3. GameSpot
    73
    The Rise of the Witch-King is a fairly standard expansion that adds a brief campaign centered around one of the more enigmatic characters from the movies.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 4 out of 10
  1. BaoV.
    10
    The campaign missions are much better than BFME2. I love what they did to War of the Ring and Create-a-Hero too.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. MathewE.
    10
    This is probably one of the best expansion I have played since AOM titans. Provides great game play and a nice new in-depth campaign.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. HollyJ.
    3
    Rise of the Witch King is pretty fun for the first hour, but the repetition starts to get to you after a while, not even the great graphics can keep you interested.… Expand
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