The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth

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1 Game Information
2 Widescreen Support
- 2.1 Method
- 2.2 Screen change
3 Surround Gaming support
4 Known Issues
5 Condensed detailed report
6 WSGF links
7 External links

Game Information

By: Electronic Arts
Genre: Lord of the Rings, Fantasy RTS
Release Date: December 6, 2004
Players: 1 (plus multiplayer)
Version: Retail version with patch 1.03 applied.

Players control characters that appear throughout the books as hero units and enact many of the scenes from the movies. There are additional standard units that make up the traditional RTS ranks. A good and evil campaign are both available allowing players to control the "Free Peoples" or the "Forces of Darkness". Flow of events in the game can be altered from the movie scenes to add some twists to the gameplay.

Characters gain special abilities as they grow in strength which allow them to perform deeds of heroism and summon powerful allies. In-game narrations are done by actors from the movies, Ian McKellen and Christopher Lee.

Round up the Hobbits, and roll out.

Widescreen Support

Method

Native widescreen resolutions are not supported. To use custom resolutions go to...

Documents and Settings\*Your User Name*\Application Data\My Battle for Middle-earth Files\Options.ini

...and find...

Resolution = **** ****

...change **** to your desired resolution. You may need to enable hidden files and folders as viewable. This can be done from the "Folder Options" in the "Tools" menu by clicking on the "View" tab.

Screen change

Vert -

1600x1200

1920x1200

Surround Gaming support

None known.

Known Issues

While the "game" itself is Vert-, the mission map is stretched.

Condensed detailed report

MGL Classification	Vert -
Widescreen method	.ini
Resolution support	Full
Singleplayer anomalies	Minor
Multiplayer support	Full
Aspect ratio support	Full
HUD stretch	Stretch
Cut-scenes	FMVs and rendered cut-scenes
FMV correction	Anamorphic
Rendered cut-scene correction	Anamorphic
Calculated grade	C