Battle for Middle Earth 2

Sir Goulum · 10-11-2006, 02:04 AM

OMG is this game ever addicting. It's AoE: LotR... but better. I'm really impressed by it so far, in the early going.

Bozos of Bones · 10-11-2006, 04:10 AM

This game is not good. It is bad. Very bad. Once you build your first nuke hero, you will understand.
EDIT: really stupid spelling error.

[ 10-12-2006, 03:42 AM: Message edited by: Bozos of Bones ]

Memnoch · 10-12-2006, 12:13 AM

You lose track of heroes, don't you?

Bozos of Bones · 10-12-2006, 03:43 AM

Lose track? No, it's that heroes are the it. Just take a wizard, give him Teleport, a horse, Word of Power, and you got yourself a mobile nuke. Heroes are seriously too powerful, the rest of the units are here just for eye candy, to look good when your hero blows them up.

Iron Greasel · 10-12-2006, 08:55 AM

Just don't use the trick?

Bozos of Bones · 10-12-2006, 10:07 AM

Umm... if this were a strictly Single Player game, I'd be kinda OK with not using something..
But this game is an RTS. Primarily for Multiplayer. And it sucks. At one point of the development, the devs must have just said "You know what? Screw balance! Everyone working on balance should from now on work on eye candy!"
In BFME1, the Heroes were the backbone of the army, needed for supporting your troops, countering enemy troops and heroes and just plain being powerful. in BFME2, the heroes ARE your army. They do everything. There's nothing in the game that 4-5 squads of men can do that a single hero can't. It's like Hero of the Rings: Battle for Best Hero.

johnny · 10-12-2006, 11:09 AM

I expected so much more from this game with the freedom to build where you please and all that, but all in all it was just a big disapointment. I actually liked the first one better.

Sir Goulum · 10-12-2006, 04:18 PM

I never played the first one... if I like the second this much, I can't imagine what the first one's like.

Bozos of Bones · 10-12-2006, 06:31 PM

The first one, as bad as it may be, is infinitely superior to the second one. Tactics and strategic placement is much more important, and base-building is simple, which I kinda like because it makes for faster gameplay and more important decisions. Heroes are there to support, and they are important, but the armies are what really matters. It's no Dawn of War(one of the best RTS games I've ever played), but it's much more fun than BFME2.

johnny · 10-13-2006, 07:46 PM

You forgot to mention that the Rohan cavalry kicks major ass and then some.

10-11-2006, 04:10 AM	#2
Bozos of Bones Apophis Join Date: July 29, 2003 Location: The Underdark cavern of Zagreb Age: 37 Posts: 4,679	This game is not good. It is bad. Very bad. Once you build your first nuke hero, you will understand. EDIT: really stupid spelling error. [ 10-12-2006, 03:42 AM: Message edited by: Bozos of Bones ] __________________ MAKE LOVE, NOT SPAM!

10-12-2006, 12:13 AM	#3
Memnoch Ironworks Moderator Join Date: February 28, 2001 Location: Boston/Sydney Posts: 11,771	You lose track of heroes, don't you? __________________

10-12-2006, 03:43 AM	#4
Bozos of Bones Apophis Join Date: July 29, 2003 Location: The Underdark cavern of Zagreb Age: 37 Posts: 4,679	Lose track? No, it's that heroes are the it. Just take a wizard, give him Teleport, a horse, Word of Power, and you got yourself a mobile nuke. Heroes are seriously too powerful, the rest of the units are here just for eye candy, to look good when your hero blows them up. __________________ MAKE LOVE, NOT SPAM!

10-12-2006, 08:55 AM	#5
Iron Greasel Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: July 13, 2004 Location: Finland Age: 35 Posts: 1,701	Just don't use the trick? __________________

10-12-2006, 10:07 AM	#6
Bozos of Bones Apophis Join Date: July 29, 2003 Location: The Underdark cavern of Zagreb Age: 37 Posts: 4,679	Umm... if this were a strictly Single Player game, I'd be kinda OK with not using something.. But this game is an RTS. Primarily for Multiplayer. And it sucks. At one point of the development, the devs must have just said "You know what? Screw balance! Everyone working on balance should from now on work on eye candy!" In BFME1, the Heroes were the backbone of the army, needed for supporting your troops, countering enemy troops and heroes and just plain being powerful. in BFME2, the heroes ARE your army. They do everything. There's nothing in the game that 4-5 squads of men can do that a single hero can't. It's like Hero of the Rings: Battle for Best Hero. __________________ MAKE LOVE, NOT SPAM!

10-11-2006, 02:04 AM	#1
Sir Goulum John Locke Join Date: February 7, 2002 Location: Edmonton, Canada Age: 35 Posts: 8,985	OMG is this game ever addicting. It's AoE: LotR... but better. I'm really impressed by it so far, in the early going.

10-12-2006, 11:09 AM	#7
johnny 40th Level Warrior Join Date: April 15, 2002 Location: Utrecht The Netherlands Age: 58 Posts: 16,981	I expected so much more from this game with the freedom to build where you please and all that, but all in all it was just a big disapointment. I actually liked the first one better. __________________

10-12-2006, 04:18 PM	#8
Sir Goulum John Locke Join Date: February 7, 2002 Location: Edmonton, Canada Age: 35 Posts: 8,985	I never played the first one... if I like the second this much, I can't imagine what the first one's like.

10-12-2006, 06:31 PM	#9
Bozos of Bones Apophis Join Date: July 29, 2003 Location: The Underdark cavern of Zagreb Age: 37 Posts: 4,679	The first one, as bad as it may be, is infinitely superior to the second one. Tactics and strategic placement is much more important, and base-building is simple, which I kinda like because it makes for faster gameplay and more important decisions. Heroes are there to support, and they are important, but the armies are what really matters. It's no Dawn of War(one of the best RTS games I've ever played), but it's much more fun than BFME2. __________________ MAKE LOVE, NOT SPAM!

10-13-2006, 07:46 PM	#10
johnny 40th Level Warrior Join Date: April 15, 2002 Location: Utrecht The Netherlands Age: 58 Posts: 16,981	You forgot to mention that the Rohan cavalry kicks major ass and then some. __________________

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