1. Really excited about this demo, waiting for the download to finish.

Posted at 9:51PM on Jul 13th 2006 by Lazrius 0 stars

2. woot woot. any first impressions?

Posted at 10:16PM on Jul 13th 2006 by pat 0 stars

3. I have the game and I've been enjoying it. If you like RTS's, I think you'll like the game. If you're obsessive about RTS's, than you'll probably leave them gaming wishing for more. I think it's a good RTS on a console, and the controls really are pretty decent once you get the hang of them. It's got some slow down, but I've been used to that from RTS's for a long time... Fun game.. Playing the evil campaign and taking out all the Hobbits was a bit fun :)

Posted at 10:26PM on Jul 13th 2006 by audioeric 0 stars

4. HOLY CRAP! That's awesome!!!

But ARGH it's >800MB!

Posted at 10:41PM on Jul 13th 2006 by Shaymus22 0 stars

5. Yeah I played the demo and they really got the controls right. It takes a little time to get into it, but once the fighting starts, the game is pretty intense. I love it, but I don't really know if I like it enough to buy it.

Posted at 3:29AM on Jul 14th 2006 by Bill Massie 0 stars

6. Hey, who's on the picture above? I don't think it's Gendalf or someone from brotherhood of ring

Posted at 4:47AM on Jul 14th 2006 by Steam Generator 0 stars

7. I think the guy above is just some random elven soldier, though he could be Gil-Galad or some other obscure name from the books that never really gets developed except in the Bible like Silmarilion.

Posted at 9:45AM on Jul 14th 2006 by Bakonon 0 stars

8. Im fairly certain that it is Glorfindel, the elf that helped save Frodo and them when they were crossing the Ford of Bruined before reaching Rivendell (only in the book), in the movie Arwen saved him

Posted at 10:52AM on Jul 14th 2006 by Shane 0 stars

9. NERD ALERT ^^

Posted at 11:11AM on Jul 14th 2006 by BG916 0 stars

10. It's Glorfindel. He's a character in the game. In the movies, he's the elf that finds the Fellowship in the woods and takes them to see Galadriel.

Posted at 1:26PM on Jul 14th 2006 by Slestak 0 stars

11.
BFME2 arrived this freshly this morning, after work I swiftly got suck in especially since I'm a big RTS and LOTR fan. The vedict? Not very good. The control scheme doesnt work well and the map system is very poor really compared to a PC with keyboard and mouse. I'd score it 6.5 to 6.8.

Simply put RTS games need a keyboard and mouse. There's definately a market for RTS on 360 but I doubt that demand will last with a 360 controller interface. I hope and pray they release a wireless keyboard and mouse so we the consumer can make the choice and enjoy this genre the way it's bested suited not 'wallet suited'

Posted at 2:33PM on Jul 14th 2006 by Gametag: JJS UK 0 stars

12. I've been playing the Demo non-stop.
My take: Controls are next to perfect. Unlike the chap who posted above, I think the controls are fine, and once I learned all the short-cuts the game was a breeze.
It is harder to macro-manage individual units then the PC version (too many layers).
I have found the multiplayer particularly excellent.

As soon as it comes out in New Zealand I'll be buying the full game,

Posted at 8:55PM on Jul 16th 2006 by Tel Prydain 0 stars