Reviews and Previews

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- Review by Mark Leung, with screen shots. Score: 7.9 out of 10. (January 19, 2004)

- Review by Nathan Davison, with screen shots. Score: 80/100 (November 29, 2003)

- Preview by Allen Rausch. "Shaping up to be a worthy contender in the RTS race." (November 11, 2003)

- Reviewed by Jason Ocampo, [6.7/10]. "You can't help but feel that this is a stripped-down Battle Realms with hobbits." (November 7, 2003)

WarCry :

- Preview by Elphin. "This demo seems to foretell of a decent game." (September 23, 2003)

GameSpy :

- Preview by Allen Rausch. "While the version I saw was still missing art assets, and had yet to be balanced, it still looks head-and-shoulders above many of the other RTS games I've seen coming down the pike this year." (August 4, 2003)

ActionTrip :

- Preview by Ure Paul. "So far, this is shaping into a fine real-time strategy." (June 5, 2003)

Boomtown.net - Preview: War of the Rings :

- By Jakob Paulsen. "The game focuses on the events that were only briefly/vaguely mentioned in the books, where there's more room for interpretation." (June 3, 2003)

IGN :

- Preview by Tal Blevins. "Trees sway in the wind, tall grass parts when characters step through it, and water splashes when a unit falls into the drink." (April 24, 2003)