L.S.D

She will never understand It is not so soon. In one or two years time, if time and money permitted

Nah, I still think they manage to capture the most important element from the movies: the battle, the desperation, and the overwhelming odds, giving you the sense that you are on the losing side (Good side) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Read the books and then tell me what you think about the movie then. Because the books are much better in compairson to those movies. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I understand that. But be logical. You think the movies can follow exactly like what the book are? You will be bored to death!! What Peter Jackson did was to make the books accessible to the main masses. The only complain is the inclusion of the Aragorn/Aren mushy mushy part and making Aragorn like a total wuss in return Of The King

Well, i'm planning to get married soon, so I can't waste the money on this crap

My God! PSP is seeling at USD530 at my country due to imported from Japan! And they give only one game! Compares to DS, they sell for USD210 but one game cost USD52. PSP is equivalent to 2/3 of my salary!!

I used to work with Sony *bang*

Nah, I still think they manage to capture the most important element from the movies: the battle, the desperation, and the overwhelming odds, giving you the sense that you are on the losing side (Good side)

*go jump from top of building.......into the hand of Liz Hurley *

Game: Lord of The Ring: Battle for Middle Earth System: PC Emulators: None Background: Thanks to Peter Jackson and his vision, everyone SHOULD have or at least know what Lord of THe Ring is all about. For those who really don't know, Lord Of The Ring is a fantasy fiction by J.R.R.Tolkien which has been around for decades. It has been touted the ultimate fantasy book of all times (although the book only get the recognition after his death). I will not go into the details of the story much but the story will take you for one hell of a ride, introduce the hobbits to the world and a very high standard for all future fantasy fiction to follow. Early this year, EA announced that they will release an Real Time Strategy based on the LOTR movies. And after some impressive previews of what to come, here it is at last. Does it live up to the hype? Pls read on. Before I begin with my review, I must remind everyone that I AM A FAN OF THE BOOK AND THE MOVIES. So, you might find my review alittle biased Graphics: 1st of all, I am using a GeForce2 MMX card only. And the graphics still look really great! For the 1st time in RTS history (as far as I can remember), the interface is keep at the minimum. The reason is for you to enjoy all the graphics detail as much as possible. All the characters inside are done with meticulous details. For example, you can command Faramir, one of the Heroes (I will go into this later), to draw his sword or his bow. You will really get to see Faramir doing just that clearly! You will get to see each action up close and personal. With the wheel button on the mouse, you can zoom in onto any part of the screen, and you can still see that EA has make sure that every detail are there. Every magic casted, every sword slash, every explosion will be greeted with colourful and flashy special effects. And they have make a small interface so that you can enjoy the glorious graphics. The bonus is sometime when you reach a certain part in the movie, you will get to see mini clips at the interface which is taken from the movies. Example: When you reach Balin's tomb, a small clip at the interface will show Gimli running to the tomb and in the game, the character Gimli WILL run to the tomb! Talk about details:) Battle at Minas Tirith I will give the graphics department a 10/10. Sound: What else can you complain when you have the original score from the movies? The bgm are done with great effects and when EA is not using the movies' music, they create their own scores which fit perfectly into the game. The music is so engaging and atmospheric (if there is such a word). Every time I use the Rohirrim riders to ride to a place, they will shout "Rohirrim!" and proceed to ride to the place with the Rohirrim music playing at the background. Wooooo, a treat to the movie fans. And the sound effects are just as great. The war cry of the Rohan's Rohirrim Riders, the growl of the Orcs, the trumpets of the Mumakils(the giant Oliphaunts), all are greatly done. They are using all the original actors' voices for the Heroes (except Aragorn and Legolas). Gandalf...opps, sorry, Ian provides the narrator's voice in the game, which is really good. I will give the sound department a 10/10. Controls: A normal RTS will have one third of the screen dedicated to the menu and interface. Not this game. It has make do with MOST of the interface and minimise it at the bottom left of the screen. And you can even hide it with a press of the F9 key, and you will get to play the game with all the glory. It will definitly take some time to get use to it. Left click will perform most actions (movement, attack, cast magic etc etc) while right click is to deselct anything you have selected. If your mouse cursor hover above a certain unit or building, the health will be shown. Heroes will be shown at the bottom of the screen with portraits from the movies. Personally, I find some minor problems with the controls. Example: I have just create a mountain troll and I want him to pick up a tree. So, I will click on the troll and then click on a tree. The troll will move there AND just sitting there doing nothing!! It will take precision clicking just to get the action done. Another frustation is when we order the units to attack, it MIGHT instead move to the place. Double click on a unit will select all the same units but sometimes it won't happen. Minor but still irritaiting. I will give the controls department a 7/10. (7 for getting my Mumakills killed due to the bloody controls @@$#$%) Gameplay: Ahh! We have finally arrive to the main aspect of any game there is. First of all, this game is an innovative RTS. You do not need to harvest anything to get resources. Instead, you build a farm or furnace and you will get the resource. The main focus will be on the battle and the outcome of it. It will be how you plan the battle strategy to outwit or outmuscle your enemies. I must say that there are good and bad in term of the gameplay. Let us start with the bad aspect. Picture this. You are using Rohan. Your mission in that level is to destroy all Isengard forces. So, you will set up camps and 3 minutes into the game, the 1st horde of Uruk Hai arrives to torment you. You will defend your site furiously while the Uruk Hai just throw themselves at you. You will laugh at how your fortified walls with archers equipped with fire arrows slaughtered the never ending onslaught of the Uruk Hai. Then, you built up your Rohirrim Riders and Archer Riders, give them all the upgrades and ride out in search of the enemies' camps.Your archers will shoot at the camps from a distance while your Riders will prepare to stomp out any enemies coming near. By the end of the day, you will emerge victorious with most of your units upgraded. In this game, all the units will be carried forward in your next mission, so let us move on to the next mission. ANd the mission is, yes, destroy all Isengard forces again. And again. And again. Same goes with the Evil Campaign. Build base, send out the orcs to be the sacrificial lambs ( to occupy the enemies' time), while building the REAL forces (consist of trolls, Mumakills and Nazguls), send out the real force to crush them litterally, repeat. Except for a few outstanding missions, it could be really tedious and boring. Another bad point is the limited choice of units.THere are only six types of units available for each sides, with variants from each type. Basically, you can't derive much strategy from the limited types. As of now, mods have come up in the Internet to create more troops for longevity. Another weird problem I found is this. I will use my Rohan Riders to crash through a horde of Orcs from behind. And my Riders still sustain damages! I heard Rome:Total War has address this issue in the gameplay so I will check this out. One good side is some of the exciting mission in the game. One of the very best is of course, the Battle at Helm's Deep. You could almost feel the frustations and the anxiousness when you are battling the Evil side, while waiting for the reinforcement to arrive. You could almost feel the fear when the Wall is breached just like the movie. THe oncoming onslaught of the Uruk Hai where their tireless march towards Helm's Deep, killing your troops one by one. Oh, the triumphant moment when Eomer's reinforcement arrives in time to slaughter the Uruk Hai.Yep, this game is just full of moments like this, in which the fans will glady relish. Another thing is, this game does not try to be AN ACTUAL RTS. You could just really concentrate on the wars, which is like what the movies did Skirmish mode is nicely done although you can only have four sides to play with. I am smelling a sequeel is in the pipeline. Overall, you might think that I might give this aspect a bad rating. But I still find myself coming back just to see my Troll, Betty send all the Gondor soldiers flying away in a swipe of her club Yup, this game will be a hit with LOTR fans. I will give the gameplay 8/10 (if you are a LOTR fan) 5/10 (if you are not) Finally, I will recommend this game to any LOTR fans out there. You will definitly enjoy this game. For non-fans, that will depend on whether you are just playing for fun or looking for a real RTS. Graphics : 10 Sound : 10 Controls : 7 Gameplay : 8 (for fan), 5 (for non-fan) Overall score : 8.75 (for fan) ,8 (for non-fan) I will still give this game a

Lord of The Ring : Battle for the Middle Earth My very first review And working on it now.

If anything i'd think ricers love this game considering how most of the cars looked riced out. Plus their cars would be fast for a change so they would know what fake speed feels like. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I hate this game with a passion. 1. Unrealistic driving (who the hell can turn a corner at top speed without even drifting?? 2. Unrealistic AI. (WTH?!? I left it some 1 km away and now it is behind my asses?? Does that make me a ricer?

I just get the DVD and I regret getting it! What a lousy movie with losuy ending. ANd Jill is one lousy ugly biatch. She looks too old!

It will still be crap if there are no good games

That is an interesting read

Wooo, Thai girls "One night in Bangkok make a hard man humble"

I still dun get all this. Oh well

What is Adult Swim?

I never know US govt will treat their own citizens this harsh! They should just issue limited passports for free so that they could go back! Stupid bureaucrats

I wonder what tight control America will introduce due to this tsunami

Technofreak

I love the SNES DBZ more I used to play for hours and hours dueling with frens

Dawn of the Dead? It didn't bother to explain why people become zombies! At least we know how did it all started in RE! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dawn of the dead doesnt need an explaination, its because there werent quite sure what started it in Night of The Living dead, but i think they tried to say it was an astroid that hit the earths atmosphere and reactivating the brains of the recently dead but the New Dawn is total garbage compared to the original, hell the new dawn is garbage compared to the first resident evil movie <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There is an old Dawn of The Dead?

Dawn of the Dead? It didn't bother to explain why people become zombies! At least we know how did it all started in RE!

It let you key in important data using one hand with another hand free for jacking off

I like the James Bond avatar better

You killer of nature!