LOTR Battle For Middle Earth 2 IS A PERFECTLY BALANCED GAME WITH NO EXPLOITS - Immortality Glitch

Lord of the rings has created many video game spin offs ever since its release. Some were remarkably better than others! This is one of those games A perfectly balanced RTS game which is in my opinion one of the best rts games of all time. The battle for middle earth 2 however was a game released in 2006 making it 14 years old. Sadly like most RTS games of the time it suffers from some classic issues. That being that there is a rather crazy and overpowered custom hero creator which allows for the creation of an immortal hero with the help of an invincibility exploit / glitch. So its time to sit back and relax and see if LOTR Battle For Middle Earth 2 IS A PERFECTLY BALANCED GAME WITH NO EXPLOITS or if the immortality glitch is broken!
What you have seen here today is part of a fantastic perfectly balanced series on youtube where I go from game to game and break them with wacky exploits to gain things like unlimited gold. If you enjoyed this then be sure to check out more. The style is similar to RT game and callmekevin in parts. A large influence on this series has come from Valefisk and The Killian Experience.
So sit back relax and enjoy this Battle for middle earth II video game exploit!
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Title: LOTR Battle For Middle Earth 2 IS A PERFECTLY BALANCED GAME WITH NO EXPLOITS - Immortality Glitch
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[@argentpuck]

"Maybe this needs multiple videos." Never have I heard such a sweet quintet of words.

[@Akario3]

aye

[@tg9768]

Aye

[@FxBrour]

Yes Please and with the create your own hero tool we could see a new iiteration 100statman

[@oliverschoneck7750]

agree

[@CondemnedInformer]

Click like people.

[@SoullessCast]

"there must be a better way to have a strong economy than just trees" *Finland wants to know your location*

[@duskyrc1373]

*prison architect flashbacks*

[@TheFranssiBrother]

prepare for the gate-crashing that is *SUOMI MAINITTU*

[@Pottuotso]

Suomi mainittu!

[@Xeirn]

Ei vittu SUOMI MAINITTU! Torille jne meemit.

[@KaneCold]

:( and nobody wants to point out that tea grows on trees?

[@VikingerOnYT]

I've been playing this game since 2006 , and it's by far my favorite PC game of all time 😯

[@SamuraiStyle1]

I used to play it yeaars ago and loved it. Is there an active online community? I remember the multiplayer games were awesome

[@Rex1987]

you know there is a fan made mod that is trying to remaster the game? :D

[@samuelgraden9049]

Favorite movie, Favorite game :)

[@armandodechiara5612]

i can't believe they aren't selling it anymore, they're just calling for piracy

[@samuelgraden9049]

@@armandodechiara5612 Search for BeyondStandards. He show u how to get BFME 2 and ROTWK super easy. Nothing hard at all.

[@beedos08]

Spiff: "But infantry still has weaknesses, they still cant 100% win the game" Me: WHO CALLED FOR SOME GUARDIANS!

[@dauntlessmusictv]

I read this with a dwarf voice

[@TheVampireFreddo]

Let’s get IN there!

[@ColetheFlame01]

hahahaha, the dwarfs are pretty much pure infantry and nothing else, also are tied with Isengard on the 360 version for having the lowest number of heroes...3.

[@user-bk8te2uz8b]

*Clears throat * Demolisher CREW

[@peaceandquiet3490]

where can i download this game?

[@CommanderBohn]

Man, this game is so good. Pity the expansion didn't give the option to create your own Nazgul hero.

[@nathanjohnson4965]

@@thespiffingbrit It's a shame that if you want to get this game anymore you have to get a cracked copy Which makes it difficult to get all the wonderful mods for it

[@volegaming3603]

@@thespiffingbrit There is multiplayer! And a semi active community! Using a program called GameRanger which is like a simpler and more secure himachi you can play with loads of people. There's a discord with a couple thousand members as well.

[@5Andysalive]

@Dt Snizzley CD's and DVD'd fuck themselves up over time. But i think the game is not THAT old. Unless your legal copy is on a cd-r then it may have a nasty surprise when you try it after 10 years.

[@inserisciunnome]

Or a spearman. There are actually a lot of classes the normal Heroes have but the custom ones don't. Also that DLC with the wolves protecting your fortress.. dang. Amaizing, and the faction, my goodness, that's totally balanced as well.

[@DrakenAshen]

@@thespiffingbrit Looks like they got you covered pretty well for multi-player in in. Great work on the video, love using the map click exploit, it works on many abilities, including unique abilities from main story characters you can summon. Moar videos on this game please

[@PenguinWithInternetAccess]

Gandalf : We need to be a discrete number, in order to reach the Mordor. We can't fight the forces of darkness, and our stealth will be our only way to survive Spiff : I'mma stop you right there

[@-Big_Big]

why do we not use the eagles? *sound of arrow taking out eagle - Pete the pointy steps up, a eagle chewing on him trying to eat him* "YOU HAVE MY BOW!..."

[@SmileYourAtGunPoint]

Hold my beer...

[@PhantomSavage]

I remember my dad gave this to me as a birthday present, one of the first Xbox 360 games I ever owned. He hadn't played a video game since Tomb Raider on the PS1 but he was as MASSIVE Tolkien fan, so he knew everything middle-earth, which is why he bought it. If only I knew these exploits then.

[@Arby631]

Had this on 360 too. It would’ve worked fine until end game when the 360 was chocking on full armies

[@LemonHDfilms1337]

The modding community is actually VERY active, considering the game's inactivity. By far my most played game of all time, and favorite game at that

[@tanjifromtechsupport1839]

Still playable online on private servers.

[@evileagal3241]

@@tanjifromtechsupport1839 how do you get the game?

[@TQP-Tukolpka]

You have my 100th like and also yes This game has still an active community and we can be happy for that.

[@jpcampello]

could u tell us how we cold play on these servers??? i had this game and loved it....

[@LemonHDfilms1337]

Check out a youtuber named RuudDevil, and you'll find what you need, my friend!

[@jessy_dh]

Fun fact: this game is being remade by fans in Unreal Engine 4. 'BFME: Reforged'

[@Bl4ckH4nd]

Woah, I didn't know, gonna check it out right now. Thanks for the headsup.

[@TheCuriousFan1]

May it go better than the other reforged.

[@tickoman273]

@@TheCuriousFan1 it's fan made so it's basically guaranteed to be better than most game companies could make

[@SchlampGuttenberg]

I thought they stopped working on it?

[@jessy_dh]

@@SchlampGuttenberg No it is still in development and they are still active.

[@tromedlovdrolmai]

I've discovered another exploit in Dragon Age: Origins, by accident because my computers a bit old. In the Circle of Magi quest line, when your party is put to sleep, and you have to escape the thrall of the sloth demon, there's the shrines that give a permanent increase to a skill point. If your computer lags, and you spam right click on the thing, you'll get a skill point for each right click when you're only supposed to be able to get 1 point from each. Find a way to consistently lag your computer in there, and you can basically get infinite skill points if you right click fast enough. Do with this as you will Spiff!

[@No-mq5lw]

Finally! That Bitcoin miner that was inexplicably installed on my PC has a use!

[@tada-kun982]

Quicksave lag/Autoclicker

[@Fun4luve]

I mean you could always duplicate perk/skill books for a similar effect but yeah as tada stated quicksave lag/autoclicker would do the trick there

[@DrakenAshen]

@@Fun4luve This. The duplication exploit is far easier and more effective.

[@m.9676]

DA:O is broke as hell anways. At character creation, if you substract and add skill points in a certain order you gain infinite skill points. You see this strategy being using in speedruns.

[@miguelbustillo6177]

“The age of men, has fallen, the lineage of kings broken. Now the age of Pete the Pointey has come” - taken from the Ballad of Pete the Pointey.

[@lawrencetalbot8346]

That exploit of activating an ability than clicking elsewhere before the animation triggers works for so many things. It even works for Sauron basic Mace swing. Usually he swings his Mace super slow (like once every few seconds), but if you activate it then click off your can spam it again and again, essentially tripling his rate of attack.

[@Tiyammieo]

Spiff: Attempts to build an op economy in every game based on tea Also Spiff: Bloody Elves building their economy on trees

[@johnsnow9210]

I wonder if Yorkshire really sponsored that one video. The Brit deserves support.

[@fedyx1544]

Spiff, here's a perfeclty balanced suggestion for this game: The Wizard custom hero has an ability called "turn enemy" that allows him to turn enemy troops to your side, and at level 10 it becomes permanent. Pretty neat huh? Thing is, turned units do not count towards the command point limit, so this means you can effectively steal entire enemy armies without any repercussions!

[@oddglorfindel1106]

I loved doing that however sadly the modded game doesn't really allow for that :P

[@fedyx1544]

@@oddglorfindel1106 pesky mods fixing my broken game

[@gohunt001-5]

So basically Middle Earth: Shadow of War, but not?

[@inserisciunnome]

Corrupted mans can do that too since lvl 1 :P

[@Truetrep]

You can improve this magician by turning him into a dwarf with just tons of health. Glitch heroes are a lot of fun.

[@Dsbpetersl]

Just goin to put this out there, Bombadil is actually really powerful in tolkiens universe.

[@opegamin]

in a small space

[@codysurfer8232]

they nerfed him for this game in exchange for him being free to join the fight

[@serotonin.scavenger]

His wife is also hot

[@wadenheimer]

Came hear to make sure this was mentioned.

[@ENDERLICOT]

Its basically a god-like entity as far as I'm concerned

[@AlienGrain]

You did it straight to my heart! Just a milestone of my childhood, so lovely

[@MrJasper609]

this has been my favorite game for years, I never expected it to be covered. I even know a few other exploits in this game he hasn't shown

[@ScreemzHD]

MrJasper609 would this include the archer spam with the monuments? That’s this game right?

[@King_Scorpion]

The tea must go on

[@rhawkas2637]

He did say it'd take multiple videos to cover them. XD

[@MrJasper609]

@@ScreemzHD You can teleport workers if you tell them to water something while their building. 2 sometimes a builder instantly build a building this way

[@MrJasper609]

@@thespiffingbrit also you can still play the game online on gameranger. only most people play 1.09 and most of the glitches are removed in that version. but some people play 1,00 but they disable heros at the start almost always.

[@aldocarulli3054]

Also funny fact: We actually find an exploit to kill the "Pete the pointy" exploit. Basically, it is a human-archer with oneshot capabilites (it can oneshot sauron, that has 10k HP) Basically, Pete the point is the best exploit that there is for crowd control, but the human archer exploit it's the best on hero-killing capabilities

[@secondaryfront]

cheap hero with smite + Eowyn is instant 1000 damage for the poor pointy. Shame he is not a bad guy, than it would be insta-kill on level 1 for half of the price.

[@howardlam6181]

Perfectly balanced.

[@arnigeir1597]

The corrupt man is one of the best heroes, with the ability to one-shot other heroes and convert enemy units.

[@crmr2728]

@@arnigeir1597 Oh the power of coffee

[@FonVegen]

Pete: "It's quite simple, really. My numbers are bigger than yours. My wounds heal faster than you can make them. We could be here all day and you wouldn't get anywhere. Not, that it wouldn't be fun."

[@robertthompson2601]

Aslo pete: you see, there us no reason to wonder wherebyiur god is, because he is right here..... ( whispering) and he is fresh out of mercy.

[@Eclipsed_Embers]

some random orc/goblin that pete is fighting: "well way to prove my point, kid! Lording your stats over them like some kind of god! your strength is nothing but an illusion to cover-" *random orc/goblin gets shot in the neck by an arrow Pete: (wispered) "I'm gettin' real tired of your first-year-psych-student bullshit"

[@coadacatalin4510]

Men of true culture.

[@aldog1552]

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[@Rockalanche]

I am so happy to see someone talk about how fun and amazing this game was. I became an RTS fan solely from this game. I don't know if you are aware, but there is a fan game in the making for quite a while now called Battle for Middle Earth Reforged. No idea when it will actually release though.

[@nickmeredith002]

the fact that you say 'quite a while' is what concerns. I've been waiting about 11 years for Timesplitters rewind...

[@cptfluffyboots]

It’s still being made and the progress look amazing!

[@Seraphim09x]

@@cptfluffyboots i cant remember if it's gonna use the base game of BFME II or ROTWK..anyone know?

[@cptfluffyboots]

@@Seraphim09x honestly I haven’t a clue, I hope they’re able to include the ROTWK expansion though 👍🏻

[@TheMetalfreak360]

Just FYI to people, you can get this fairly easy online with patches and such. No torrents or anything. There is a guide how to get it and install if you really want to play it, it is the version most use with the expansion to play MP.

[@glenneke6]

upvote so spiff can see it

[@hollywoodburford]

Thank you! Would you mind sharing ths guide lol?

[@jordyplantenbak3241]

I used to use gamer ranger which makes servers i think. Not sure if that still works but years back it worked for me!

[@TheMetalfreak360]

@@hollywoodburford TheDestroyer001 on youtube have a couple of guides that still work to my knowledge. Also, you can find it if you google "BFMEII No-CD Guide gamereplays", which should still work, also you have "T3A:Online" for the online part.

[@livetochange974]

I've seen lot of guides on youtube on how to download bme2, downloaded it but the game wouldn't open up, I think it did 1 time and kept crashing, which guide is the best way to download it without any problems?

[@AncientSlugThrower]

"There has to be a better way of building a strong economy then just... trees." This from the madman who has funded nations on pineapples and tea.

[@ShardtheWolf]

or a prison that ran on tea, with no prisoners.

[@bitingapotato3277]

or ran a prison that was only grew trees

[@MrDew335]

Historically speaking, pineapples used to be a symbol of wealth because of how expensive they were. Then Dole came along and flooded the supply aspect of pineapple economics, for better or worse.

[@ichigogeek]

Never forget Arma 3 banana economy.

[@MrDew335]

@@ichigogeek banana republic

[@stanislavjohnson3605]

I am hoping GOG will make this game live again, I have so many fun memories playing this

[@PhoenixRiseinFlame]

No lie, I made almost this exact character in my game back in the day. He was pretty much unstoppable back then as well.

[@JJandDjango]

My favorite exploit back in multiplayer on the 360 was having a hero that could convert enemy units to your side (I think Wormtongue and custom heroes could do this). If I recall correctly, converted enemy units still counted towards your opponent's command point limit. Steal units, put them out of danger, rinse and repeat until your enemy cannot produce anymore units.

[@ronaldmahan8417]

OMG that exploit is amazing. Heck you can even just run them right into a fort for free resources.

[@inserisciunnome]

@@ronaldmahan8417 nope, that bugged them and they Just stood still infront of It. Same with making them get on a boat.

[@inserisciunnome]

Didn't know It still counted toward their command points, but One thing i know Is that wormtongue can ACTUALLY convert Heroes. And that's not even an exploit, the description of the Power says It xD (Btw i think they patched the thing you are talking about bc It doesn't seem to work. What you CAN do thought Is having an army larger that you are supposed to and make the enemy with a weak PC Crash.)

[@ronaldmahan8417]

@@inserisciunnome I literally have the game installed you sacrifice them for resources. They count as your units.

[@inserisciunnome]

@@ronaldmahan8417 WTF really? To me they Just get stuck there like statues and the only thing i can do to remove them Is using the ROMAN CATAPULT! (that might or might not destroy the fortress too)

[@Reac2]

"Where could someone get that from?" *shows image of pirate* My god...he stole it off of pirates, on his way to recounquer the american colonies!

[@kmogon1979]

The game is now an abandonware as EA has lost rights to lotr franshise. Due to that game can be downloaded form many sites, the best one being revora forum

[@TheMetalfreak360]

@@kmogon1979 Yep, there is a ton if you just google them, there is that, gamereplays and T3A:Online that I personally recommend.

[@johnsnow9210]

Lol, watch you mouth

[@TheMetalfreak360]

@@johnsnow9210 ?

[@johnsnow9210]

@@TheMetalfreak360 he was talking about reconquering the American colonies.

[@clueless2001]

Behold, the avatar of Reanu Keeves within the realm of Middle Earth, sent to conquer yet another world with his unlimited power

[@edvard4068]

Spiff, there is a better exploit. Did you know that you can mix abilities from different races in this game? It's simple. Create a character that you want to play, then create a character of the race you the abilities from (make sure they end up next to each other in the hero selection screen in the creation option. Then simply start on the character you want to steal from, then press the up or down key to go to your main character, but before it loads press enter or space. This will let you pick a pick abilities from the wanted mix. If you are really cleaver you can fill an entire kit with level 10 abilities. (FYI, works with the same race too XD)

[@kuu-zaki4577]

I love how overpowered archers can be in this game, especially in siege maps. I remember just rushing the archery range upgrades in Helms Deep, setting up 3-4 Ithillien Rangers with flaming arrows, and watch them destroy hordes upon hordes of Brutal Goblins

[@Icke2070]

In my childhood I had 1 hour pc-time per week, and I did exactly that with the same save file for literally months

[@cubecrasher7606]

To be fair... archers on top of a wall are quite op in real live as well...

[@lct1196]

YUP! Used to demolish brutals in like 10 minutes with this (although i preferred using Minas Tirith in the RotWK expansion)

[@HPD1171]

@@cubecrasher7606 yup, thats why castles had... MACHICULATIONS

[@thequietplayer6762]

@@HPD1171 Oh God, I can hear Shad screaming already, and I'm in another fucking continent

[@musclegeek1991]

actually, tom bombadil is canon. He's just not in the movies lol. He's basically god.

[@shadow23452233]

Absolutely. I always thought of him as the god of nature. In the books his attacks were like they are in the game as well.

[@TheArbiterSux]

Dude could save middle earth from Sauron single handedly if he wasn't simping for the River Daughter

[@jole5468]

He only had power over a tiny area and outside of that he wouldnt have godly powers from what i remember

[@eddthehead123]

For a man to be immune to The One Ring - Even Maia like Gandalf could be swayed - to a point he can just forget he has it, there is definitely something going on.

[@kalinmir]

where is the point in the book with him sonic booming anyhing?

[@fengjenchang6646]

I played this for years. I think there were some update patches to fix these "bugs", and nerf the elves. But still, the elven archers in this game are actually bombard cannons. Overall, I'd say it's quite enjoyable.

[@peterscholtes2498]

Please make more! This video made my night! I have never heard of you before this video but I am subscribed now!!

[@greatyng442]

Now you just have to show an exploit for the expansion: The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-Earth II, The Rise of the Witch-King

[@WaluigiIV]

Expansion Pack Yes, it is part of the title.

[@Lttlemoi]

@@WaluigiIV More commonly known as lotrbfmerotwk

[@darkrevan2]

@@Lttlemoi Remember a dutch gaming show commenting it was the longest gaming title ever, did anything beat that spot yet?

[@brandonramirez8062]

@@darkrevan2 yeah, Star Wars Knights of The Old Republic II: The Sith Lords: Restored Content Modification

[@a.g.1904]

Spiff didn't "pirate" this game, he "commandeered" it (for an undetermined period) from the natives, in true British fashion!

[@potato9455]

Back-taxes owed by the colonies

[@liberator101]

Well, you can get it for free from Revora, hosted by them. All patches are linked on the site.

[@JoJoshia]

maybe he had a disc copy

[@MrTrollnWatch]

Technically if you've bought the game before then take it off pirate bay it's no longer stealing. Technically.

[@captainkiok881]

@@JoJoshia I still have the old original Xbox 360 disc copy in decent condition and I play it all the time

[@lightpringles7772]

Good Afternoon Sir Spiff. I have come to you with a weary heart. Last night I was in a state of intoxication and found this video randomly amongst my suggested list, and while i waited for today to watch it I was hoping that you might be talking about the massive balance in this game. Back to the present and while it is true that Pete the Pointy is quite broken there is one more perfectly balanced thing (or at least the one that I know of) that still exists and you haven't addressed. I remember this from back when we used to throw LAN parties for this game and each skirmish would last around 2 hours or so in a 8 player map. The perfectly balanced thing that I am talking about is the "Human Captain of Gondor" Custom Hero. When you are creating such hero, make sure to get the horse-rider ability and then max out your Spear Throw with whatever other spells you would like such as Elendil or Shout. The thing is that Improved Spear Throw (level 2) will instantly vaporize any other Hero unit on the map. This includes Sauron or Galadriel whom you can one-shot with it on level 4 and deal ridiculous amounts of damage to on level 3. Please make another video on this game. I will not give up on my nostalgia for this game.

[@legithopecrew]

I just found your channel like a month ago and I have started working my way through your videos and this video brings back memories (and you posted it on my birthday hahaha). Another hero exploit you could do is giving any hero any of the abilities at any level (kinda). What I mean by kinda is you could make the hero have all level 10 abilities so they would have 5 lvl 10 abilities but they wouldn't be able to use any of them till they reached level 10. Also, fully upgraded Mirkwood archers would decimate anything, they essentially had exploding arrows and it was nutty. Anyway, I know you probably won't see this but thanks for making this! It was also great seeing the community create tower defense maps that you could play on the online servers against AI. It was awesome. Cheers!

[@TeensierPython]

Total war: middle earth. That’s a game that needs to be made.

[@lordsauron1692]

Well there is the third age mod for medieval total war. But the graphics are really dated

[@timjohnson9839]

Too bad that won't happen as the Tolkien family was burned badly by Peter Jackson.

[@pantsmage970]

I'd give up someone else first born for this

[@arturravenbite1693]

Divide and Conquer 🤷‍♂️

[@Ganjalfiltubo]

Third age mod for medieval 2

[@walqu]

"there must be a better way to have a strong economy than just trees" Prison Arcitech wants a word.

[@certaindeath7776]

the elves have tea trees, they dont need more economy

[@smizibon]

@@certaindeath7776 there is just position hero Eomer with archer and you will earn for each kill .

[@tommystratpaul]

PLEASE make more videos of this game! Amazing trip down memory lane😁

[@haddonjames5829]

This game is such a throwback for me! I remember that at one point I was in the top 100 players for ranked 1v1 online. The custom maps people made were incredibly fun too, where you could use your custom heroes.

[@jackdudley3755]

Oh this is actually my favourite game, loved it since a child. Wish it wasnt abandonwere. Absolute classic with an epicly too long DLC name: "The Lord of the rings 2 battle for middle earth Rise of the witchking"

[@pawesitkowski2619]

You can easly download it form revora forum and check out edain mod or age of the ring mod which makes this game perfect

[@imaloser5689]

@@pawesitkowski2619 Yes Check out the mods.

[@jackdudley3755]

@@pawesitkowski2619 thank you very much I'll check it out

[@TheVofR]

I love TLOTRBFME2ROTWK!

[@Secretary_Pal]

Pete The Pointy is a main character, he doesn’t die, even when he’s dying

[@giantturtlecat2959]

Victor Andersen Unless he’s being played by Sean Bean

[@jfksghost2743]

Thats some thick ass plot armor

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

Technically in this game none of the heroes die anyway they just sort of piss off for a bit and demand their fee be paid again.

[@tovick1643]

At the start I was thinking you would do a glitched hero, i never knew about the unlimited self heal :-) cool vid

[@testcorecom]

Would love to see more of this. I remember playing this when I was young and it being great. Pete the pointy will not kill me today

[@azatmingalimov]

"The energy from coffee is temporary. The joy of tea is everlasting." ~ Lord Spiff, 2020 Yes, Lord Spiff!!!

[@ColtJones99]

When I was young a friend of mine invited me to play against him on Helms Deep while he had elves, I havent spoken to him since.

[@enchanted7076]

back in the internet cafe days i made this game famous at my town.. everyone was playing it because of me and another friend considering one of the worst bullies became my friend because of the game is crazy to think about...anyway everyone was noob back then but because i was learning i was always one step above everyone else !!! i was trashing everyone even one day i got 3 vs 1 and still won... that archer on the walls thing was broken in patch 1.00 but patch 1.06 damn :D

[@krishnadesai3257]

🤣🤣

[@davidpatterson8226]

Oh my goodness spiff, my memories of this are the fondest. This is my personal favorite game of all time, really it was one of the first games I ever played. I would play this game for countless hours back in the day. As much as it does pain me a bit in my heart to see this game broken I would absolutely love to see more videos on it.

[@grandpashlipshlap4950]

This is a childhood favorite that I just recently got running discless on my laptop. Never knew about the animation/cooldown cancel, that's cool as fuck. I'd love to see more of this game from you.

[@DrakenAshen]

Tom Bombadil is a canon character from Lord of the Rings, you know, the books? Remember the books Spiff? Also, yes, if you captured the ring and you were the elves, Galadriel would be the one to wear it.

[@pedrolobo4860]

Also he is supposed to be incredibly overpowered, some people even theorize he is a Maia.

[@DrakenAshen]

@@pedrolobo4860 Yush, it's heavily implied, I mentioned this in another thread. He was pretty focused on protecting the Shire.

[@davidegaribaldi1503]

@@pedrolobo4860If he's one he's a strange maia because he doesn't feel the influece of the One

[@hellblazer7]

No he is speculated to be Iru Iluvatar

[@tempname4039]

he knows, he never implied he wasn't.

[@barsni4779]

Still played via gameranger and developed via modding community. Including purely balance mods like 2.02. Though I don't think people actually turn on custom heroes option. + Also you'd want artillery only for recently buffed dwarves.

[@DeadleeIan]

Do I have to download the game first?

[@mr.elveaner9723]

@@DeadleeIan you download the game first, then the patches

[@alex3wielki]

I remember that when you upgraded the elven fortress enough (with the special arrows) it's basically impossible for anyone to beat it. I remember all 3 AIs throwing all they had at me but nope. The silver arrows killed balrog, sauron, all heroes and a dragon in about 4 seconds lol

[@alex3wielki]

@Karl Quetzacoatl then maybe it was just a couple of archers there. But with all the upgrades it was invincible

[@spiffygonzales5160]

Hence why you build arty

[@Pixx2266]

catapults: and I took that personally

[@659009stan]

There’s a lot of things in my life that I’m not sure how I got into them. Examples like gaming, sports, hobbies Etc. but without a single doubt in my mind, this game made me love RTS and got me into RTS gaming. This video is a nostalgia bomb that literally gave me goosebumps!

[@Bobbiit]

Spiff: Why are your trees the economy? Me: Spiff, trees make tea.

[@jonnymorrisuk1]

Actually I thought it was a shrubbery (with a little path).

[@FxBrour]

Ah Yes love me a nice cup o' Oak Tea

[@pallandoromestamo8861]

I bet you've never tasted mallorn tea

[@uriclothbrok2682]

You can play this game online!!!!! “Game Ranger” is an app that hosts servers for dead games. This is one of the more popular games. Usually 10-20 active games being played. You are welcome.

[@TheMetalfreak360]

TOWER DEFENSE!

[@fodfo44]

But where do you get the game now?

[@TheMetalfreak360]

@@fodfo44 T3A:Online. Read the top comment on the video to get more info.

[@DarceG-jh1ik]

That elven create a hero was such a good find, I was so proud of myself when I discovered that

[@Primal_Primat3]

Brought back loads of good memories from a great game. Used to love the tower defence servers. Cant believe what you did to it tho lol

[@advancedwarlord1802]

There's also a game called Lord of the rings: conquest. It's basically just LOTR battlefront. It's rediculously fun

[@wangpasta]

best part about that game? play as an assassin on the shire map, all enemy archers are hobbits and they have a unquie backstabbing animation

[@advancedwarlord1802]

@@wangpasta I also love the hero battles

[@Mojo2996]

I freaking loved this game, it was such a shame when they shut down the servers

[@Septimus_ii]

That game was pretty much the only reason I ever turned on my PS3

[@ItsMeMarino]

@@advancedwarlord1802 sent in Pete the pointy

[@persinitrix]

God i remember spamming Mirkwood archers with silverthorn arrows for days

[@thirdeyesenpai5150]

op af

[@AmeNoYukikaze]

I still do :3

[@bensquires7673]

@quikgamer they were nerfed in 1.09

[@mickle5125]

Just have to say, BFME2 is one of my favorite games of all time. Thanks for covering it!

[@deathhawk8897]

I saw this and had to click. I remember when I was like 8 or 9 and my dad got me this game on disc for pc and man I loved this to bits. Great vid btw I want more!

[@georgiemackay7642]

You can still play this online with the Gameranger client, I just checked, it actually seems pretty vibrant, there's a good bunch of rooms (a page or 2).

[@MTGunners224]

7:20 says the guy who builds almost every economy on leaves.

[@MrMcMusicfeeling]

XD my thoughts exactly how can he say that they are 100% elven tea trees he should be happy

[@90lancaster]

Not just tea leaves though ; he quite likes Bananas and Pineapples too.

[@AndrewConlan]

don't forget his Prison where the whole econy was litterally TREES

[@90lancaster]

@@AndrewConlan Indeed and he was also farming healing herbs too.. so yeah there is a bit of a leave based them even beyond the tea iconography one would expect from him. I guess the whole Organ Farming things breaks that a bit Also he did grow Chocolate so - that is a BEAN 'shock' and beans are bad (apparently).

[@90lancaster]

@@thespiffingbrit Really.... Not Yorkshire Tea Gold then ?

[@kingofbudokai]

Wizards are my favorite heroes in this game for one reason. You can mass teleport bombs into your opponent's base and then kamikaze fireball them to set them all off for massive destruction. It's amazing.

[@MortyKaiShalom]

I played this game so much, yet never knew you could do that lol.

[@holyloli69420]

*Lord Of The Tea:* _The Battle Of Coffee & Tea_

[@justarandomtechpriest1578]

@@thespiffingbrit read comment above

[@bobbydonley7528]

Yorha Lolibot, an alternate title. Lord of the Tea: Fellowship of the Tea. Maybe 'Battle of Coffee and Tea' would be part two.

[@lazypanda2917]

@Sightless_Seeker Part 1: The fellowship of the herb Part 2: The two Cups Part 3: Return of the Tea

[@vitaminc2161]

@@lazypanda2917 Don't forget the spin offs. The Leperchauns: The Unexpected Cup, Desolation of Spiff and the Battle of the Five Herbs

[@inserisciunnome]

@Sightless_Seeker *your home Will burn for this heresy of yours.*

[@joshua028]

“As stable as the leaning tower of Pisa in a category 400 earthquake” -Quotes by Spif

[@WolfFireheart]

I am kinda dumb, but like. Wouldn't that, basically you know, kinda, just,,like destroy the entire world? And maybe shake a hole in the fabric of reality?

[@5Andysalive]

@@WolfFireheart But the tower is so set in concrete and steel by now, it will survive the earth.

[@aphato2770]

@@WolfFireheart not just the earth but the whole universe would get destroyed. The earthquake scale is logarithmic

[@alexanderrahl7034]

Excuse me sir, but he very clearly said "leaning tower of pizza" lol

[@WolfFireheart]

@@5Andysalive XD!!!

[@Curseofvanhallo]

I loved this game as a kid and I’m happy to see vids of this

[@lavantheconqueror8617]

I am starting to really enjoy it when you do that 💯

[@Viktor16161616]

RuudDevil still makes content of this game. If people are truly interested there is a small but still kicking number of content creators that still play it. There are even custom maps and such that they use..

[@MGX93dot]

Still? I was subbed ages ago and he gave up doing it. I'll check him out again if he's uploading again.

[@Count.Saruman]

@@MGX93dot Yes, he is uploading again, though once every five days instead of three

[@charlesgreg6018]

for those interested in playing online gameranger still has a pretty large following

[@flyingspaghetti]

Going up against people who played the same game for years upon years will get your ass kicked quite hard.

[@Lihito]

sadly there is no platform to buy it except physical copy

[@michaellemmons4759]

"I come from The Shire... York Shire! No big we just grow the best tea."

[@keengarue6579]

2 minutes in and I already want more from this game. Love this game so much

[@chapman714]

This absolutely needs multiple videos!!

[@realhawaii5o]

I used to play the LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth (not II) all the time when I was little! This made me get nostalgic god damn it

[@johnysnoww3831]

yeah i i used to play the original version as well and there were no all these overpower things and you couldnt make your own hero, best hero was saruman and he costed 10k to purchace

[@johnysnoww3831]

@vargen1414 he had that crazy shock wave XD

[@rhawkas2637]

I'd like to know where Pete the Pointy was when all the stuff in LotR went on. Really, how many people died because he wasn't around? Could the people of Middle-Earth not manage to get all the Yorkshire Gold Tea he required as payment for his services? XD

[@stylesrj]

Pete the Pointy was in Yorkshire at the time. The whole time.

[@ralfgartner7549]

i love that game i had already two copys of this game and lost both install CDs (never lend your loved games to friends) but it was always a great game. Please show more more exploides. Than i can spend my time in quaranten with this game and exploids.

[@FlierbetaOfficial]

First time I've laughed out loud just from the "coming up" portion 😂

[@harryalderson6175]

the feeling of superiority that one gets when one realizes that one still has the original disk is almost as good as a fresh cuppa

[@ScreemzHD]

Still have the first BFME on DISC! Literally looking at the case for it right now. When this came out it was like a dream come true! (It was also on 360 which was a win.) Spiff you’ve been my favorite KZbinr for a while now and I never thought you would play this game as well as some of the others. Your content continues to surprise and inspire and I hope you receive as many tea shipments of Yorkshire tea as one can consume!

[@oxymonster1337]

THANK YOU! That you mention, that this is still the best LOTR all time! It is!

[@XXNarutoNinja12XX]

Ah i remember this game from my childhood it was so much fun to play i would love to see more vids on this game Spiff

[@micfin109]

“You need the disk.” Lol there is 9

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

This is the kind of scenario that would happen if Disney was tasked with making a Lord of the Rings sequel trilogy.

[@howardlam6181]

But the hero would be a female.

[@projectover3223]

@@howardlam6181 and black

[@dontmindme8571]

@@projectover3223 White Female, but there are various Ethnic gay people in the background that don't serve any purpose besides satisfying the newspapers.

[@pengu7734]

this is the most nostalgic video i have ever seen, as a kid i used to do exactly this!

[@ryanyu102]

Watching this game gave me pure nostalgia. Shoutout from the Philippines.

[@Cronta90]

this is one of my favorite games in my whole life and my dude you are missing some very lovely exploits

[@stukature]

What could be better: Spiff and LOTR in a same video! And a hot cup of tea in my hand! My life is complete!

[@lordkrythic6246]

President Trump winning the 2020 election, and Democrats and Liberals crying a monsoon of tears, while I sit there, smiling, drinking my tea.

[@DaeXbx]

I remember cheesing this game on the 360 back in the day, one of the first games I fell in love with and met my oldest running xbox friend on! Still gaming together almost 13 years later ❤

[@Abendrotchiller]

Thank you for covering this awesome game :) I love it since 2006. Check out the Edain mod 👍🏻

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

EA: Huzzah! We've taken BfME2 off the market! Now *no one* can break it! Spiff: Ready your behinds, because I've already exploited your system without even playing the game!

[@epicfail3167]

We need more of this game, there is so many exploits in this One minor one i noticed is that certain heroes like Sauron can attack twice as fast if you attack the enemy just as they lose health

[@thomasmueller4501]

Just started playing this game with my friends, and I can't wait to use this! MORE! MOOORE

[@redstoneraptor8101]

I love LotR, and I loved seeing that all of the elven abilities were rooted in pretty solid lore. It makes me excited to see what other races have in store if you play the game more.

[@nevets2371]

Hey Spiff, I was playing total war 3 kingdoms as the leader Zheng Jiang and made my first tributary state after only somewhat leveling up my infamy and building 2 or so tributary buildings, but I started getting 30k gold a turn, eventually as I made 2 more or so tributary states, I was making more gold than I was able to spend in a turn. Don't know if you would be interested in that, but Zheng Jiang, while she has the hardest starting situation of any leader in the game, if you can survive long enough to force an enemy to pay tribute, you won't ever need to worry about gold again.

[@makaramuss]

me staring at minimap with circle on it telling you "ring of power is here": O_O

[@MajinOthinus]

"Pete the Pointy has no weaknesses" Let's not tell him about cripple shot and heroes with knock-back...... On another note, I smell ring duplication coming.

[@ffh1542]

I dont like the look of your sin book

[@MajinOthinus]

@Karl Quetzacoatl There's a bug in the game where you can duplicate the ring when it's dropped. If you were playing with multiple people and one side got the ring, this effectively meant that said side could pump out multiple ring heroes. I would tell you how it's done, but I haven't played this game in 3-5 years, so I forgot just how you were able to do it.

[@pantsmage970]

Oh lord I remember playing this game growing up I lovvvvved it so much basically gave me the love for rts games

[@BlackTempleGaurdian]

"There must be a better way to build an economy than just trees" But Spiff, what if they're tea trees!?

[@Kumle93]

Instructions unclear: lost the game when hit by lightning

[@huntercarneystandup]

😂 haha

[@NathanRW]

Alright, this video got you a sub. I was shocked to see you play this, I have so many fun memories of this game. I'm still bothered that they never made a BFMEIII, I guess the licensing stuff is probably the reason. Still sad though.

[@NathanRW]

This reminds me of how much fun I had making custom heroes... sigh...

[@NathanRW]

Also I believe you can still play this game multiplayer over LAN, just not over the internet. But you have to have unpirated game codes (which we had, or at least we did 5 years ago when we last played over LAN)