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The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II - The Rise of the Witch-king

200685/100
FightingReal Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyAdventure

Fantasy · Military

This expansion carves its own space by letting you command the chilling forces of Angmar, a faction defined by its corrupting influence on the battlefield. The campaign’s structure, which tasks you with building up a fortress hub before launching assaults, provides a satisfying strategic tempo distinct from the base game. It’s the grim pleasure of unleashing spectral units and watching enemy battalions crumble from morale loss that makes this a memorable chapter in Middle-earth’s real-time strategy legacy.

About The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II - The Rise of the Witch-king

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The campaign allows the player to command the army of Angmar from its foundation and early attacks against Arnor, to the destruction of Arnor at the battle of Fornost. The story for The Rise of the Witch-king draws a great deal upon the Appendices at the end of The Return of the King to form a basis for the conflict between Arnor and Angmar. Many of the notes that Tolkien made regarding the war are used as missions in the games campaign and epilogue. Although the game closely follows Tolkien's writing, some events are modified to suit the gameplay (such as the palantír of Amon Sûl being destroyed rather than brought to safety at Fornost), or are omitted altogether (such as the flight of King Arvedui from the defeat at Fornost).

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