Great multiplayer game, short solo pleasure

Looking for a new game in which I can destroy my enemies in multiplayer skirmishes, I stumbled upon this somewhat older game.
The graphics can still be proud of despite the past years, especially the effects and soft animation is still very beautiful. The sound is very well managed by the score and the original speaker and the unit Proverbs nerves not as fast as in other strategy games, especially if, like me, the Lord of the Rings scenario like. After a few battles I have yet discovered some vulnerabilities that lower my rating to a total of 4 star.

Here is a list of my impressions:

Tactical options:
+ By clever use of the skills many a battle can be so still win.
+ Each unit has an Achilles heel. Infantry dies to squadrons in the hail of arrows, the shooters again see the sun against cavalry.
- No formations!
- Units become entangled easily in battle. The Select is strongly impeded.

Balancing:
+ Easy-to-learn rock-paper-scissors principle
- Some folks like the orcs seem to be much weaker than the others.
- Campaign to easily.
- Excessive heroes and abilities. Against the army of the dead or the hero Sauron can do almost anything except their own units to watch die.

KI:
+ The AI ​​is sometimes alternative routes instead of constantly attacking from the same direction.
- AI in action partly much too aggressive. The enemy sends his troops to attack even then, when you stand in his fortress with his own army.
- Sending its builder similarly stupid to death as the harvester from C & C3.
- Own troops keep the set behavior (defensive, offensive, ...) is not an appropriate setting.
- Builds little defense

Scope:
+ 6 completely different peoples with numerous units and special abilities
+ Many cards for individual skirmishes against the AI ​​or in multiplayer
+ Tempered War of the Ring mode, in which one moves his units as in "risk" over Middle Earth and suggests the battles in real time or can be calculated.
- Short campaign but even with 10 missions per side (Good, Evil)

Difficulty:
Campaign - beginners; War of the Ring - Beginner, Intermediate; Battles - advanced, professional

Conclusion: Despite the weaknesses makes Battle for Middle Earth a lot of fun, especially against human opponents. For variety, different by 6 nations and numerous maps is well catered for. And for the price of just 9.95, one should definitely times daily.