For all its pleasures – and there were many – Battle for Middle Earth always felt a little RTS-lite. Less cynically, I might add because it gives them a second chance to do things right.
Probably, I would reply, because there’s still a lot of money in the franchise. Why does EA feel the need for another campaign? We’ve already fought our way through Helms Deep and the Pelinor Fields.
But surely, you might say, the Battle for Middle Earth is over? Aragorn and Gandalf have triumphed.