The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring Review

[@MandaloreGaming]

THE LIST - docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS4sF1uNJTWHSbOwB1CQX2Rx4Uo First time I've done an RTS video. I promise I scroll and use hotkeys when other games allow me to! Also here's the game on the GOG Wishlist: www.gog.com/wishlist/games/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_war_of_the_ring

[@weirdo3116]

do you think you will ever review armies of exigo?

[@MandaloreGaming]

I have thought of that actually because I really enjoyed Rise of Legends and was pretty bummed when Nations got an HD version and it didn't. This might be unpopular but I liked it a lot more than Nations because I think that game is really limited until the Modern Age.

[@desertdevil6451]

MandaloreGaming Gothic, Generals, Grimwah and Chapter Master would be amazing.

[@chartographer217]

MandaloreGaming please do space rangers 2 review!

[@dothis5081]

I own a version with both the elf and orc. I think my box might have contained a promocode for conan online. But not sure.

[@TOGYS7]

Gimli was once asked what it was like to take a life. He replied: "I don't know, I've only ever killed orcs."

[@cruz1816]

radical

[@williambertels8257]

Orcs are filthy communists confirmed.

[@SeruraRenge11]

Orcs are just corrupted, mind-controlled elves though.

[@chupetaparamahboy]

orcs are gay

[@stefanusbayu1426]

Well to be fair he never said how many he killed

[@YokusaHHart]

The "Two seemingly seperate, unrelated music tracks but actually combine to make a new song" is highly underrated in media and needs to be used more.

[@Si_Sireeni]

Neil Ciecierega

[@Allenrythe]

The Andor openings do this

[@Injazz1]

you mean like mashup

[@JoshSweetvale]

​@@Injazz1No.

[@W4iteFlame]

True

[@andreasottohansen7338]

This still has probably my favorite line and visual out of anything. "You have a limited economy, meanwhile Gothmog is tapping into a goddamn Dyson Sphere"

[@koghs]

I finally fucking found where this joke comes from

[@flightless2680]

@@koghs ?

[@koghs]

@@flightless2680 Ork Dyson sphere It's mentioned in some other his videos

[@ShudowWolf]

I own the good version and the title screen is also orcs.

[@MiracleManMax]

Shadow Wolf apparently that’s a bug

[@Andreus9733]

Thank god you are here to say it because I couldnt sleep thinking there was another title screen in this game

[@SacredDaturaa]

Oops! All orcs

[@I_Cunt_Spell]

That's hilarious.

[@soter25]

the version i own (or owned at least as i can't find it) switched depending wich campaign you picked. also it had both pictures on the cover for the disc, with one upside down. i did not know there was separate copies.. did i have some sort of deluxe verison or something?

[@Eldor-117]

You forgot to mention heros had the ability to literally kick out previous tenants of an enemy guard tower, you could graphically see them falling of the tower balcony, it was funnny and a unique ability i havent seen in any other rts games. Edit: i think only Gimli has the ability.

[@Ep123C]

Just Gimli. I regularly left enemy towers intact and occupies just so I could use it multiple times and see all the goblins get thrown out of the tower.

[@augustday9483]

That's awesome. The closest feature I can think of from another RTS game would be Command & Conquer Generals. In that game, neutral dwellings such as apartment buildings and certain bunkers could be loaded with infantry. The American faction had helicopters which could fly above the bunker and drop in troops to clear it and take it over.

[@mitchmitting102]

Just Gimli had that, still funny to watch him boot out everyone in a tower and just use the enemy defensives as your own for a taken base.

[@plaidpvcpipe3792]

4:47 You're not nitpicking. Tolkien always made out LOTR to have a very dark age aesthetic. So chainmail, tall shields, pointed helmets, lamellar, etc. Not World of Warcraft AKA ineffectively huge pauldron simulator.

[@DoveAlexa]

My pauldrons protect my self-esteem!

[@misterbadguy7325]

It's really funny how some of the more purist-minded fans get on the Jackson films for giving some soldiers plate armor and crossbows. And here's this game licensed by the estate with Warcraft linebacker shoulderpads.

[@raskolnikov6443]

@@misterbadguy7325why is that funny? The estate has made many bad decisions and currently it’s basically run by enemies of JRR Tolkien. The movies have huge lore issues and it’s fair to point that out. Overall I like them, but issues like the weird feminist Eowyn scene with the Nazgûl must have Tolkien spinning in his grave lol. „No man can kill me“ means no human can kill him (man as in mankind) and than she takes off her helmet and says something so unbelievably stupid and out of universe/ character, just to score feminist brownie points (Jackson probably had the Oscar and Hollywood crowd in mind). Such a botched scene. Aragorn is so different as well, totally different personality and motivations. Movie Boromir and Denethor are a travesty. The latter is basically just a nutjob. I’m glad Tolkien never saw these movies lol. The Music is phenomenal though and I can overlook all those issues (there are many more) to an extent. Still better than contemporary Hollywood movies.

[@Sareth94]

@@raskolnikov6443 "weird femenist Éowyn"... Maybe you should re-read the Battle of the Pelennor Fields: "Be gone, foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrion! Leave the dead in peace!" A cold voice answered: "Come not between the Nazgûl and his prey! Or he will not slay thee in thy turn. He will bear thee away to the houses of lamentation, beyond all darkness, where thy flesh shall be devoured, and thy shriveled mind be left naked to the Lidless Eye." A sword rang as it was drawn. "Do what you will, but I will hinder it, if I may." "Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!" Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed.... "But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Eomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Be gone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him." Book Éowyn pulls the woman card *before* she gets the shit kicked out of her & maybe she doesn't *explicitly* take her helmet off, it just "disappears" in between Merrys observations - so it's possible to say it's implied she took it off, because why else would it fly away.. The movie is a "fair" representation of the proceding, even though it took out a lot of the dialogue to make room for some admittedly unfitting comedic flail-flailing. Book Éowyn also only needed one strike to kill the Witchkings beast - how's that for "feminism"... It also appears to be a close literary reference to Macbeth, with very much the same kind of 'fine print' subversion of a prophecy. The movies have many, often weird, alterations from the book, true - but maybe drop the fucking "fEmIsiM" - you sound like a clown.

[@ryanpringle8313]

@@raskolnikov6443 Agree about the estate, but I don't think Tolkien would be spinning in his grave because of Eowyn's line during the scene with the witch king. She says this in the book "But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Eowyn I am, Eomund’s daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.” Honestly it's even more direct in the book, because Eowyn explicitly points out that she's a woman. If Jackson was really looking to score points with Hollywood feminists, he should have left the whole excerpt intact, instead of shortening it to just "I am no man".

[@MoriMemento117]

The tabletop War of Ring is really, really good. I was literally turns away from absolute victory when my brother had Gandalf abandon the ring-bearer, gather a few motley northern soldiers, conquer Moria, and sack Dol Guldur, all in one round! Tearing victory from my cold evil hands. Now, no longer does Sauron in his lust for conquest leave his northern fortresses quite so poorly guarded anymore. Erhm, the RTS War of the Ring? Well... it was better than that Fellowship adventure game at least.

[@magnumbeef]

sorry for the necrobump on your comment but this is exactly why I wish I had friends that were willing to play long, complex board games like that with me, because hearing stories like yours makes me just a lil bit envious at not having any fun stories or memories like that.

[@ryokiritani4187]

@@magnumbeef i feel you brother. I know one guy that would enjoy this and he's... odd.

[@loosegasket]

"the vibrant warcraft three modding scene" 2020 calling. WC3:Reforged happened. RIP WC3 modding. ; . ;

[@roetheboat1]

I still find it baffling how a company was able to tank not only their HD Remake/Remaster but ALSO somehow managed to torpedo their original game that had been released like 18 years before.

[@scarymonsters524]

@@roetheboat1 It's nothing new. Happened to Dark Souls 1.

[@thesupreme8062]

@@scarymonsters524 eh not really

[@FreelancerCZ]

RE-Reforged and Chronicles of the second war are top tier mods.

[@Wormopera]

​@@scarymonsters524what's wrong with the dark souls remaster?

[@SacredDaturaa]

0:36 he turns his head away sadly, dabbing his wet eyes with a $100 note from the big pile of cash he made from selling the license to awful cash-in games.

[@AllardRT]

Actually most of the LOTR games have surprisingly been decent-to-good

[@Wildtrexkid]

from ages ago but just to say it. Christopher didn't hate the films because they made his father's work into an action movie. its a common misconception. he disliked the idea of making them into film BECAUSE it would make them into action movies. he felt there was so much content, detail, storythreads and such through the books you simply couldn't fit into a movie and it would take away so much of that he saw as magical in the writing and by its nature as a film it would have an overabundance of action. he didn't hate the films he just didn't like the loss of depth from the books.

[@billyidol4354]

Allard ACKCHYUALLY

[@toolatetothestory]

@@Wildtrexkid Then again, if all the language nerd details of Professor Tolkien was stuffed into the movies, they wouldn't be nearly as good. The movies are perfect as they are, if you want more lore, well, there is MORE THAN ENOUGH for you to read, which is the proper medium for lore. Even Arcanum, a very... lore heavy game, had an 180 page manual to actually put all the lore in because they knew it was too much for the medium of games.

[@Wildtrexkid]

@@toolatetothestory Certainly, they are just different mediums, the films were still made with the Estate and Christopher's acceptance and even with minor alterations to story threads they stayed on the path of the novels and made the LOTR story in Film medium 1 of the best out there. perhaps its more what happened to the Hobbit that Christopher feared, lots of major alterations and strange choices made that somewhat lost the way from the book itself. along with the LOTR series they want to do where the moment Christopher passed they removed the lore keepers from the script team and began major alterations. hopefully the estate can stop too much butchery but cant know until its made

[@openg739]

I bet the Tolkien Estate knows exactly how many books got sold as a result of those movies...

[@mirceazaharia2094]

I actually first saw the Fellowship of the Ring before EVER reading any of the books, or even knowing that Lord of the Rings EXISTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. Then I read the books cover to cover. And proceeded to re-read them voraciously over the next several years. I still have those copies in my bedroom's book case, I need only turn my head from where I'm laying in my bed to see the books.

[@kieranhurst8543]

@@mirceazaharia2094 I bet you think using caps makes you look intelligent, it actually makes you look like an arrogant prick

[@jeffreymonsell659]

@@kieranhurst8543 You're really grumpy about that comment from 3 months ago.

[@tomclancy9574]

@@kieranhurst8543 Are you on your period? Why so crabby? lol

[@BlackWACat]

@@kieranhurst8543 bruh they literally put emphasis on a few words and you’re this upset what’s wrong, do you wanna talk about it

[@veemouth]

That shit about the music of Anorien was amazing.

[@lianhector9546]

Yeeeeeeaaaahh!!! BOIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! That shit's fire!!

[@khamulthewack4732]

Christopher Tolkien just passed and I thought of this video. Here's to hoping he didn't find out about genocidal Gimli and have a stroke. Rest easy Chris. The Undying Lands await.

[@legion999]

@mojo jojo I mean...Gimli would've killed every orc in existence if he could. But he'd do it by hand not with nukes

[@fnamelname9077]

Oh good. Now we can accelerate the rape campaign to exploit LoTR as yet another tool of Hollywood moral corruption. I mean, even JR Tolkein himself *didn't* say that Sam *didn't* have a hard core anal sex scene with Aragorn's horse. It could have happened. It's fun TV for the whole family!

[@MisterBones2910]

@@fnamelname9077 A year ago this was 75% hyperbole, now it's only about 25%

[@fnamelname9077]

@@MisterBones2910 I'll go as high as 15% - and not a point higher!

[@ViolacTrough]

I was almost sure Tom Bombadil would be in this game. RIP a ding dong dillo.

[@Rick586]

I know you probably don’t even remember making this comment by now, but I gotta let you know that Tom Bombadil shows up in Battle for Middle Earth 2. He’s an insanely powerful and destructive summon that can wipe out armies with OP AoE attacks, all while singing and dancing around as his enemies scream and cower in fear. I love the Battle for Middle Earth games :)

[@JamesiaInc]

@@Rick586 AND HIS BOOTS ARE YELLOW

[@SvengelskaBlondie]

@@JamesiaInc HIS SONGS ARE STRONGER SONGS AND HIS FEET ARE FASTER

[@BigPuddin]

Christ, no. I hate that yellow booted imbecile.

[@toobig7150]

@@BigPuddin Thats exactly what he wants. You literally cant fight the creation.

[@griffinshawler8256]

6:34 Immediate chills, almost sounds like the tracks may have been composed as a single track that was then cut in two and used for each side.

[@jellybeaner118]

whats the song?

[@ryokiritani4187]

@@jellybeaner118 it's both themes mixed together

[@threesixtydegreeorbits2047]

Left and right stereo channel d-.-b

[@liamboardman8776]

This is a great review, but it's really made by the background music coming from so many different games. Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, Harry Potter...you are a man of taste.

[@khamulthewack4732]

Liam Boardman I concur.

[@kristoffervarsinielssen874]

Can you tell me the name of the Harry Potter tracK? Been looking all over for it and found it here of all places.

[@sandrogzirishvili6645]

@@kristoffervarsinielssen874 it's a diagon alley soundtrack.

[@J479fstknvds]

Hipsta EZ its from the order of the phoenix videogame when you walk through the school you can look up the pkaylist for that game and find it

[@_____._..--_]

There was also a bit of red alert 2 in the orc bombardment part

[@d33pblu3]

I like how the unique format for liquid studios is literally called ‘water’

[@WingMaster562]

That's some Hideo levels of adorable. Thinking about it, imagine if Hideo used Liquid's engine instead of the Decima Engine

[@francesco8000]

0:40 it's been years since i played that game and i still have no idea how my team ended up fighting Sauron and killing him...the first time i thought i skipped some cutscene. Also HOLY SHIT someone knows battle realms exist!

[@teeffw2776]

The best part about The Third Age is that it retains the fun FFX battle system, the fun setting of the Lord of the Rings with minimally campy acting and characters, and the story. The story entirely revolves around your group trailing the real main characters, cleaning up after their shit, and quietly solving every problem that pops up while getting absolutely zero of the credit for solving them.

[@francesco8000]

Fuck Gandalf, taking all the credit for killing the Balrog when in reality i did most of the Job!

[@KeramatZMode]

Battle Realms is absolute TITS. Fucking ronins man.

[@Cherb123456]

Battle Realms, fuck yeah! :D

[@haraldtopfer5732]

we played Battle Realms back in the days on LANs :D

[@phrophetsamgames]

When you combined the themes I was astounded, that's some banging music.

[@mrd4616]

I remmember when in the books gimble ues tactikal nuclear wepons against the Orc

[@caesaralright]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Sir_Bucket]

"THEY HAVE WRONGED US!"

[@8BitBrody]

>More grass than Bonnaroo HE JUST WON'T STOP.

[@Spacialvekter]

The last thing I expected from Mandalore was a Bonnaroo joke, what the fuck

[@AdolfHitler-xp1nx]

i smoke at least 1/2 an oz of weed a day, and i 500% approve of that reference :D

[@giantsquidy3491]

I saw Primus at Bonnaroo once.

[@baind8391]

Bruh i just got back from bonnaroo i feel attacked by the past

[@llab3903]

@@AdolfHitler-xp1nx you have a problem or really shit weed

[@MattyQube]

Holy crap. I am always impressed how one remembers old games as looking amazing and realistic. I remebered this one looking grim, shadowy. Not super high grafics and animations but defined ones. Now I saw it and it was so cartoony that I only recognized it because I remembered the orc slasher animation

[@JaesWasTaken]

"War Crimes Siege Engine." Love it. Can I use this phrase too?

[@plutarchvonpluto6439]

I am surprised he didn't make a Warhammer 40k joke. The Exterminatus onager? The Extermangonel?

[@komrade223]

To be honest, mankind has been fucking with biological warfare for a very, very long time.

[@Sir_Bucket]

@@plutarchvonpluto6439 yeah, it looked like something made for a 40k fantasy setting. I wouldn't be surprised if one of the art directors loved the Dawrfes in warhammer fantasy

[@LordVader1094]

@@Sir_Bucket >40k fantasy setting You deadass mention Warhammer Fantasy in the next sentence, why refer to it as a 40k fantasy setting? Lol

[@Sir_Bucket]

@@LordVader1094 Because I genuily think he got inspired by Warhammer's dwarves, and they only exist exist in Fantasy (well, since the squats died at least). Plus Fantasy and 40k share the same ridiculous over-the-top style, it's just a little less crazy in fantasy.

[@mitromney]

I love this game and I still play it from time to time alone or with friends. It really has a few redeeming qualities. The voiceover, music and charming graphics with some surprising details are some of them. Also I play it for the multiplayer magic. It was one of these few games that never required anything to play multiplayer. Just any local connection would do, and boom you can play with your friends. You'd be surprised how much fun you can have with this game in multiplayer mode. The map editor was also very easy to handle so you could actually make some crazy maps yourself and have a ton of fun with stuff like a battle against 10 balrogs or something. It will always be one of my favorite games for all of the great memories.

[@JanoyCresvaZero]

This is exactly how I feel about Emperor: Battle For Dune. It was before I ever heard about the book or the movie and I absolutely loved it. I remember playing as House Harkonnen and using underground APCs and just overtaking and selling enemy structures. It’s an incredibly fun RTS.

[@LordVader1094]

Omg someone remembers this game!? I tell you, this game was one of my absolute favorites back in the day. That and the Fellowship of the Ring. It was nice playing through book parts and also alternate scenarios. I loved the art style too. The atmosphere was beyond perfect with the music and narration. I want to play it again now, despite how you may have ripped on it. Lol I wish it'd gotten a sequel.

[@lukasmacek7326]

Nangjop Thabah I want to play with you

[@NangMadLad]

Lukas Macek hi. Are you on Discord?

[@lukasmacek7326]

Nangjop Thabah I am not, but I can download it. What is your profile name?

[@NangMadLad]

Lukas Macek I’m Nang #1939 Add me up mate

[@lukasmacek7326]

I will, thank you. Sorry for the late answers. I dont get notifications ever.

[@dizzycapybara4162]

I put well over 750 hours into this game when I was 10-14 yrs old. I couldn't get enough. War of the Ring was the first RTS I played that got me into other RTS games. Honestly wish I had the old disc, but it must have been lost in a move or something. Anyways, great video, man! It was quite nostalgic :)

[@smokingun710]

This game is fking GOLD. If modders get ahold of it and make more playable races, could be legendary!

[@shammytv]

Legendary.

[@Yfr28]

hey there Shammy you owl fuck, how did your comment go unnoticed for so long

[@77madman]

Never thought I'd see you here

[@vimtheprotogen2855]

Is that Shammy television?!

[@TheBoomamatic]

I actually streamed a playthrough of this game a while back. I've NEVER found an actual review of the game anywhere until now.

[@Nyarlschannel]

Damn, I'm not the only person who played this game or Battle Realms. Nice video.

[@davidcolby167]

Battle Realms is the shit, yo!

[@nicoangelobado9913]

Liquid Entertainment was a great game creator, Battle Realms and LOTR:WoR share the same quality RTS.

[@LordVader1094]

@@nicoangelobado9913 Agreed. Despite the impression given by this review, WotR is a really good game. I still need to play Battle Realms, though.

[@nicoangelobado9913]

@@LordVader1094 Heard Battle Realms + Winter of the Wolf expansion pack are on sale now it was dusted-off and ported to modern PCs. Try it you won't regret it! 4 factions and 2 campaigns, if my memory serves me right it is the only RTS I know where PEASANTS has to undergo trainings as well as soldiers for upgrade.

[@Wolftatze]

I think this is the first time I've ever seen someone on YT mention both games at once. Thank you for the nostalgia, will dust off my copy of BR and play it now.

[@guyofminimalimportance7]

It's important to remember that the non-film related games weren't made by the estate either; they were licensed by them, but made by Vivendi. They had just as much creative freedom over their games as New Line Cinema had with the films. Actually, they might have had more since the games were far from the definitive adaptations of the story.

[@frostlyecho1560]

1:29 Love those tabs man

[@OlStinky1]

"Summoning a succubus" S-stay safe!

[@TozWozEar]

"why don't girls like warhammer"

[@Cla0016]

"Invader Zim apparel" *holds up spork*

[@discodisco9548]

David H. What is a succubus

[@103035icle]

Denam a female demon that aucks out peoples souls during sex. Male version is an incubus

[@sofija1996]

The brass sections in the evil track made me double-check who composed for this game - it was Lennie Moore, but it has a very similar feel to the music of Lind Erebos (Mikhail Kostylev), a Russian film and video game composer who did the music for rebooted King's Bounty games (Legend, Armored Princess, Warrior of the North, Dark Side) and who also wrote a number of LotR-themed orchestral pieces.

[@theblackpantslegion]

Your tabs killed me, bro.

[@nohaxmeh576]

11:02 Yeah, the updated Stealth in DOW SS made no sense to me... "You can SEE the BLOODY PLASMA coming STRAIGHT AT YOU from RIGHT THERE!!! JESUS CHRIST EVEN THE ELDAR CLOAKS AREN"T THAT GOOD!"

[@boxtank5288]

It was DC that had THAT stealth.

[@abarbutahelmet7709]

Review on the original Witcher.

[@jamble7k]

but that was actually good

[@andrewmarling]

It's really not that good, in fact its bad now looking back . For it's time it was great but it's aged like a loaf of bread left out in the open, it's still a classic but a hilariously bad one

[@Rychlewicz]

It was better than second one for sure.

[@x3Drake4]

You could say the same about F.E.A.R. or Bioshock then because they share similar ratings and came out the same year. It's not THAT bad by any means, the story is nothing short of amazing.

[@CliffDiverBOA]

I actually only played Witcher 1 a couple years ago and find it really entertaining. It's not as good as Witcher 3, but it's got a very unique charm and deep mechanics that make it quite a joy to play.

[@Medard22]

Great video! I've recently found your channel. When you just started talking about the art-style, I thought to myself "It looks like Battle Realms.", then you got me with the surprise at the end. I'm glad, wasn't expecting it. :DDD

[@ExValeFor]

oh my FUCK. I rememer this game. I thought I made it up. Holy SHIT.

[@Phelan666]

Welcome to the Bjornsteed universe, enjoy your stay.

[@tomatodragon8164]

I remember finding a stratigy guide for this game a few years after it was out and was utterly perplexed by it.

[@Dasqal]

1337n00binc Holy fucking shit sticks, I am in the same boat. When I saw the cover the illuminati theme started playing in my head.

[@brandonnotsowise2640]

Serious nostalgia trip for me.

[@Mako276]

I LOVED Battle Realms. Never thought I'd see anyone mention it. Wish the developer had gotten the chance to make more games like it.

[@Ghost_Of_SAS]

I went and played this game after I saw your review and it's really great, maybe a bit on the easy side, especially compared to the butchery that is Battle Realm's difficulty level, but it's very enjoyable, especially the evil campaign. Also this game has Tony "Bard's Tale" Jay in it as the evil side narrator, which is fantastic.

[@novat9731]

You forgot to mention that the orcs could simply walk up the sidewall on the Helms deep map. They placed a hill at the end of the wall, that was just not steep enough to prevent units from walking up. So the AI is gonna spend the entire mission just walking up the side due to path finding.

[@mishagoncharuk441]

"Why Don't girls likes Warhammer?"

[@desertdevil6451]

Misha Goncharuk I knew one that loved the shit out of the first DOW if that counts.

[@Sassy_Witch]

I know of two. My best female friend is into mechs so I guess it's close enought

[@Vedlom]

Because Daemonculaba, that's why.

[@Sassy_Witch]

tfw I forgot who those two were God I'm getting old

[@Sassy_Witch]

"anti-tyranid" This made me giggle

[@moonraven6145]

Lol I remember The Third Age, the ending was soo confusing cause you went instantly from Fighting the Witch King outside Minas Tirith to fighting the Eye of Sauron on top of the tower.. and I mean instantly after in that you essentially warped there I guess?.. soo jarring.

[@zhentable]

Also showing up in the fight with the balrog

[@deepocean673]

2:40 He was the best trumpet player in the whole of China. He is the top-ranked player and speakers all orphans look for him. When I was a young boy, I'll play the trumpet every day, because I want to be like him. I played for years, and finally one day I approached his skill level. I love this song, and play it more than 5,000 times. My family has been denied, because I love this song for me. "You hurt my ears, stop," they say, but I never did. I'll keep playing trumpet introduction, until my lips and ears bleed. I became fluent in Chinese, so I can sing this song. I put this song down to my kids and my man anthem. This is my power of song. I did the Rocky series, replace "flies now," the song editing. I have to overdubbed every war movie theater this song. My grandfather's funeral played this song. I explode this song, because I drive through the bad parts of the town, it makes even the most difficult criminals to give up their weapons, hugging each other gestures of peace. I had a special trumpet player of this song composed. It hewn ear bones melt enemy, I killed my trumpet prelude grating. Brass folded in 1000 times.It withstood blowing my breath for a few weeks, they have the power over 10,000 solar power. I've been razed to the ground by the instrument nation and this song's strength and power. Little Mimi is musical beauty has earned its largest display Earth's overall human history. In the hands of the original artists show is unparalleled. I created a new form of music research center to solve this masterpiece. There is a religion, which I lead, is committed to this song and its creator worship.

[@frostbitedeath]

I know this is a crazy old video by internet standards but damn I miss battle realms... that and dune were my favorite rts as a kid.

[@AA-gr4gk]

Mandalore you are the fucking best, Your videos are extremely insightful and highly comedic and I love you for it. You ride the fine line. Your videos are a highlight in my mundane life. I wish you had a patreon, i would donate so hard.

[@MandaloreGaming]

That's high praise my man, but I'm not doing any kind of donation things right now. Glad you're liking the videos!

[@AA-gr4gk]

Just do your thing, great things will come.

[@pubs8837]

You were so right

[@solarmetroid]

Man this hits me right in the Nostalgia. I had this game as a kid and me and my older brother would spend hours fighting through the campaigns or just messing in the map fights. Good times. I wish I could find this again.

[@LordofBroccoli]

I hear the whispers of the Dark Lord, echoing in the shadows: '12-hours. Extended Edition Blu-rays. Marathon.'

[@Janovich]

07:49 Did you think that Age of Empires background tune would pass me by unnoticed? But yeh imagine my dissapointment as a kid expecting this game to resemblance the movies 😂

[@outsider344]

Hell yeah, new review. I'm ready for some more relaxed, and somehow positive sounding, sarcasm.

[@leon2550]

i think you just explained mandalore's entire appeal

[@calebbaumtm1915]

Love how your profile pic is Jim Gaffigan. He’s one of my favorite comedians

[@artorias7413]

I played this game about 15-20 years ago and I haven’t played it since. I’d all since forgotten about it until I saw it in this video. Raw nostalgia, the music, the damn music. Thank you so much for reviewing this

[@FunnyTaco143]

Battle Realms is lit, one of my favorite games. You should do a review on it.

[@pantherkhan6688]

yes pls free the rice farmers

[@CryseTech]

Absolutely agree, i keep playing it and just love it

[@8158bolga]

0:30 Look, I understand why Tolkien's son might not have liked the Peter Jackson movies (most likely due to so much content being changed, left out, or both) but then I must pose the question: if he (Tolkien's son) had to do a thrilogy of moves based on Lord of the Rings, how would he do it? If he stays 100% faithful to his father's novels, then each of the movies would be five hours long (if not more) and at that point he might as well just make it into a television series instead. But then again, what if he decides to make some changes, what does he change? Which charecters and events does he keep and leave out? Its impossible to make a 100% faithful adaption of a novel, unless you just straight-up make it a TV series. Then you can have as many characters and events as you want because you're not constrained by a time limit (You are, but not in the sense that once the episode is over, that story is over. The story continues into the next episode)

[@F1ghteR41]

A point has been made a while ago that TV series are way better suited for transferring large novels into an audio-visual medium than feature films. The problem here is that one would be hard pressed to find a talented screenwriter to undertake such an endeavour, especially without significant interference from the likes of Amazon or Netflix producers. So in the end the answer to the question would be meaningless, unless one has a firm understanding which producers are you working with and what are their views.

[@Wintersmith12]

Oh come on, $500 for a preorder bundle is perfectly reasonable. You get a gold skin!

[@ShadesApeDJansu]

【Sunglasses Finnish Pirates】Thank you for doing your "duty" to inform us about this Middle-Earth game :) Shire ending theme :D

[@PennyDreadful1]

2:35 I was like "Yeah Battle Realms! but he's gonna go with Warcra-Wait what! Did anyone else even play that?

[@Pantalaymo]

I love guessing from which games your background music originates :) Especially the Harry Potter 2-Video game music gave me real nostalgic feelings!

[@KobraNage]

I played A LOT of Battle Realms and I can recognize the textures, animations and even the maps in this game. It's so nostalgic to see a game so similar to Battle Realms. You should really do a review on that game. That is by far my favourite RTS game, simply because of the gameplay and the game mechanics.

[@legatuslegionis9074]

Holy Molly! I never knew the name of "That other LoTR RTS that I played when I was little". Thanks Mandalore!!

[@RR-zg7ei]

lol, when you mentioned lotr rts; I thought you where talking about the mods for medieval 2......

[@LC-gd6qj]

Bro I loved this game so much when I was younger

[@dontpokethebear3893]

I remember playing this at 10 fps on my dads old computer back when it was first released. loved it.

[@scottimusmaximus4360]

I spent a large part of my childhood playing this game. It got me through bad weeks and months at school and a few low points in general. If it wasn't for this game I doubt I'd have got into the battle for middle earth games. Damn I miss it.

[@Lewich64]

This is my favourite rts game of all time... I remember playing it when I was a kid and I LOVED every second of it. I still play it from time to time.

[@NangMadLad]

Hi. A group of friends and myself still play this game online almost daily. We also have a dedicated server going on in Discord. Do reply if you want to play with us. Cheers!

[@kolardgreene3096]

I was heartbroken my PC could not run this as a kid because I wanted this game so bad. That cover art called to me!

[@BlargMuffins]

Oh god a couple weeks ago I cleaned out my old room at my parents and came across my old War of the Ring and Empire Earth Disks...

[@Stick265]

That thing with the music overlaid together was a super cool find! That was awesome!

[@Artosk]

I freaking loved this game as a kid, and the nostalgia has very much carried it forward in my mind

[@goink3368]

I loved the Troll models in this game as a kid. Even now I just remembered that game randomly because of those

[@paaatreeeck]

Hey, thanks for another great vid! So, a new Rune game was recently announced, which i sure as hell didn't see coming. I don't know if you ever played Rune, i have the feeling it is somewhat of an obscure cult-classic, at least in germany, but if so i think it would be a fun game for a review ;)

[@Alvilos]

My parents bought me this game as a kid because I loved LotR. I had great fun playing this at 12-20fps on our shit box computer. Is it good no. Do i love it... yes, unapologetically

[@Godoftheu]

Red Orchestra/Rising storm

[@weisguy1021]

Hearing those building themes unlocked some dormant memories in my brain. I honestly loved this game when I was a kid

[@RandomPerson-b1s]

13:08 "Goblin Masters trying to light mud cynos for them" So Sauron's army is... Goonswarm?

[@thescud24]

It explains so much!

[@nielsus6]

The Thorin Oakenshield WMD made me laugh quite a bit! Stellar editing and music choices!! This is why I love KZbin! :)

[@Cherb123456]

I love your content, great work with this one, glad I got to remember it and also Battle Realms.

[@lotharea]

Gosh when you were starting to show the Warcraft 3 picture I was silently screaming in my room "noooo it's totally Battle Realms!!!" and then you saved it

[@Hersatz]

Oh my god... Battlerealms... You just sent me back so far in time!

[@Gormathius]

6:13 That's a seriously majestic piece. Arguably too majestic for the faction, even.

[@FinnishedThirdMusic]

7:59, that AoE2 music, man, memories!

[@Magey_McMage]

I got whiplash cranking my head back to the video so fast. So iconic!

[@elizayoshiiiii]

I have to play this game :) I was asked to record a couple of violin tracks for this game when it was under production(lol, still have to find the exact gameplay moments where you can hear my violin xD). I was pretty darn lucky and back then all I knew was how to shred a couple of phrases, and I think was like.. ten years old or something. Glad someone mentioned it to me as I forgot, and now I can view this game :D Awesome. So happy I did it for this game, so many memories

[@xxHkR1xx]

3:45 *War in the North cries in the corner*

[@serenedoge9920]

Still waiting for “Gothmog’s Dyson Sphere” to be a page on TV Tropes.

[@ozzell]

Can you review the Fellowship of the Ring game? I played it as a kid

[@Soft-Revolution]

This was the first RTS I ever played. Thank you for uploading this, i was beginning to think i just dreamt it all

[@kerenton5897]

2:40 LMAO that's exactly what I was thinking and when I saw the WC3 logo I was like wtf?? I used to play Battle Realms religiously when I was younger.

[@yoursonisold8743]

It's so weird, if you had asked me if I've ever played this game, my answer would be no. But after watching this video, everything I see is super nostalgic and familiar. I must have played this game for months as a kid. I remember the buildings, the units, the slavers... It seems it was more memorable than expected.

[@6StimuL84]

Love Battle Realms and Tolkien, surprised I missed this. Thanks man.

[@Meurth]

9:05 Normally I'm good at understanding English but this?? "That's what happens why don't micro warg riders to get more fate points" ....what?

[@jacksmith3148]

Micro = micro-manage. As in play in a way that extracts the maximum value out of them. Warg Riders are a fast wolf-riding unit so by micromanaging them to take little damage, you can get more points that would've helped that situation

[@glabblele]

“That’s what happens when I” not “that’s what happens why”

[@AB-bg7os]

Hey Mandalore! Is there any chance of an empire earth review in the future? I love that game!

[@jimmydasani8922]

5:30 That HAS to be the voice actor for Parthunax in Skyrim. Or maybe one of the other dragons?

[@harperfearen2860]

I'm like 99% sure you're right. I heard it too and had to look it up, but I think it's Charles Dennis who played Durnehviir + Odahviing. The way he says Rohan sounds exactly like how he sounds as Durnehviir.

[@King_Gurburdus]

@@harperfearen2860It’s Tony Jay. RIP in peace.

[@kyonkochan]

17:09 Hahaha, I think that's Steve Blum. Sounds exactly like his "Guilemon" voice he did in Digimon.

[@caladan4130]

I adore anyone who uses Jeremy Soule's music from the Harry Potter games (specifically the pause menu music from Chamber of Secrets) as background music in their videos. Fucking top.

[@infiniteinmystery35]

god the two themes combined made a amazing whole. thanks for this.

[@alexandruboieriu6662]

12:50 Ahh that beautiful Age of Mythology soundtrack, seems that some stuff always remains with you no matter how much time passes

[@jaromanderson2877]

I HAD VAGUE MEMORIES OF HAVING THIS AS A KID. Couldn't find any info on it till now

[@pedrocampos691]

Yeah.

[@tieshianna8833]

I loved playing that game. I bought it by mistake (wanted to buy battle of middle earth) but happened loving it

[@chrisdiedrick6829]

"A voice over during the credits, I didnt expect a lot"... 13:23 Am I imagining things or is that the voice of Mary Elizabeth McGlynn from Ghost in the Shell SAC doing a weird accent?

[@dylanramsey5817]

Nope, that's her!

[@Traeumeer]

I remember renting this game in the video store when I was a kid. Even though I had no idea about video games whatsoever, I noticed that this game looked a lot like WCIII. We usually rented games and movies over the weekend, and I remember I really liked the game. I tried to research it a year ago or so but couldn't find it at all. So thanks for these sweet memories.

[@Armageddon2077]

Any chance you'll ever review 'Lord of the Rings: War in the North'?

[@mike42192]

Speaking of Lord of the Rings games that got completely buried, War in the North came out 1 week before Skyrim.

[@bogdanbogdanoff5164]

@@mike42192 Was it the one where you led a team of three and could play in co-op? If yes, it was generic shit

[@stefan_c.76]

Oh boy, this looks way better than Empire Earth whyyyy 😭😭😭