LOTR: Battle for Middle-Earth II 360 hands-on

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[360] The Tolkien-inspired RTS gets an interaction overhaul en route to Xbox 360

Even better, you can combine each button for almost any situation - enabling you to select everything on screen, remove a couple of unwanted units, then give a movement order, before zooming in and selecting one flank of your army and giving them additional instructions.

With a crowd of multiplayer options for Xbox Live - including Hero vs Hero, King of the Hill, Capture and Hold and Resource Race matches - the new, far more accessible and nimble control system will make organising large groups as simple as commanding small skirmishes. We'll be putting Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth II to the review sword soon.

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