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Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth -The Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

by Prima Temp Authors (Author), Bryan Stratton (Author)

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Prima Games; Pap/Pstr edition (19 Nov 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 076154545X
ISBN-13: 978-0761545453
Product Dimensions: 26.9 x 21.3 x 0.5 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 29 Dec 2005

By	pillaysteven (Ireland) - See all my reviews

Most people buying this book will be beginners at the game. So I think this book is definitely worthwhile.

Firstly something which really helps is that it gives the stats of all the creatures, heroes etc. in the game. This is really helpful in some of the harder missions as it gives their biggest weaknesses. For the heroes it gives a very in-depth account of their abilities. It goes through their special powers and how they are best used.

The maps and the other images in this guide are very good. They are very high quality probably aided by the excellent screen capture device in the game. Also there are many images taken from the Peter Jackson trilogy.

It gives a very good walkthrough of the mandatory battles and just gives a map and some basic pointers for the rest of the missions (Ancillary Battles). These are mainly used just for getting higher command limits and more efficient resources. It doesn't hold your hand through these missions which I like but maybe other people would prefer it to be complete. You have to challenge yourself sometimes ;). The guide goes through both the Good and Evil campaigns in this way.

Leaving the best until last. The fold-out map of Middle-Earth is excellent. It's a colour 3D map of Middle-Earth about the size of the one Faramir has in the Two Towers. Really nice! Though maybe a little TOO big.

Overall it is a very complete guide, with in-depth accounts of almost everything in the game. The Ancillary Battles aided by the maps are easy to figure out. I really like this guide and I honestly think you won't regret buying it.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Well, middlish, 1 Mar 2006

By	Gareth Williams "jennywilliams1000" (Oxford, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I must say that while I couldn't play the game for a week after purchase this did fuel my appetite for it; yet that's not really the point!

First things first, the stats are inherently useful and the maps are good in most situations. The walkthroughs are fairly detailed and I recommend only reading them AFTER you play the campaign.

The layout is nice, the pages are glossy and smooth and overall it's a nice book as far as design goes.

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Whoever edited this deserves to be shot. The stats are not only inconsisent some seem to be way out. We don't have armour values for buildings for starters. Then take two profiles on the same double page spread - nazgûl and WK, both different. We can't see the Witch-King's damage ratings, we don't know his build time, we don't know the attack type for all his attacks, there's no experience value, no hint as to where he's trained, no command point value (even if it would be N/A), and no number of units in a horde. Unfortunately this continues through the book and often you want to look up, say, Treebeard's armour values only to find they don't appear to exist.

The maps change in Skirmish which means the maps are pretty much useless in online play and in skirmish battles.

Overall a good book yet lacking in the fine detail to make it a truly useful tool to all players new and experienced. Worth buying with the game at the time of purchase but if you've been playing a while... Give it a miss.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Very poor, 4 Jul 2005

By	steve (Bristol, England) - See all my reviews

The book is O.K if your a new player but if you are an experienced player like me then it's pointless buying it. It makes the game to easy and takes the fun out of it. The book is just like a set of instructions

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