I got the game somwhat recently. But it is really awesome!
Not the best RTS I've ever played, but it is without a doubt the best LOTR RTS EVER!!!
The Create a Hero could have been improved, there just aren't enough customization options. A nice touch would have been custom character portraits and custom meshes/skins, but they'd probably end up with a lot of non-LOTR characters and it'd seem wierd.
One fun thing I did was make Obi-Wan Kenobi and Count Dooko (Count Dooko V.S. Saruman, how funny!) And so I get Jedi's running around Middle Earth. LOL!
I really liked the Fortress builder. That was cool!
I highly recommend the Collecter's edition. It's only a little bit more expensive and you get so many neat in-game extras and a bonus D.V.D. with special features (game soundtrack, making-of featurette, etc.) Plus a poster/map of Middle Earth that shows where all the campaign missions take place.
I was wondering, how come Isengard can summon dragons? Saruman declared he was on Sauron's side in the Third Age right? And I don't remember him calling dragons to fight. Oh well. By the way, were Gorkil the Goblin King and Drogoth the Dragon Lord originally in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, or were they made for the game? I just don't remember hearing anything about them untill recently.
