Reviews and Previews

The Armchair Empire
Review by Mark Leung, with screen shots. Score: 7.9 out of 10. <small>(January 19, 2004)</small>
http://www.armchairempire.com/Reviews/PC%20Games/lord-rings-war-ring.htm

3D Avenue
Review by Nathan Davison, with screen shots. Score: 80/100 <small>(November 29, 2003)</small>
http://www.3davenue.com/index.php?mod=article&id=298

GameSpy.com
Preview by Allen Rausch. "Shaping up to be a worthy contender in the RTS race." <small>(November 11, 2003)</small>
http://archive.gamespy.com/previews/october03/lotrwotrpc/

GameSpot
Reviewed by Jason Ocampo, [6.7/10]. "You can't help but feel that this is a stripped-down Battle Realms with hobbits." <small>(November 7, 2003)</small>
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/lordoftheringswarotr/

WarCry
Preview by Elphin. "This demo seems to foretell of a decent game." <small>(September 23, 2003)</small>
http://www.warcry.com/scripts/news/view_news.phtml?site=15&id=9745

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." <small>(August 4, 2003)</small>
http://archive.gamespy.com/previews/august03/wotrpc/

ActionTrip
Preview by Ure Paul. "So far, this is shaping into a fine real-time strategy." <small>(June 5, 2003)</small>
http://www.actiontrip.com/previews/thelordoftheringswarofthering_p.phtml

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." <small>(June 3, 2003)</small>
http://boomtown.net/en_uk/articles/art.view.php?id=1059

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." <small>(April 24, 2003)</small>
http://pc.ign.com/articles/395/395038p1.html