yeah, from a game playing level, its ok....but definatly not worth 40 bux, however, my little bro got it for Christmas, and i am a tolkien nut, so there we go I prefer TW, but in TW you can call up a balrog to wreak havok on Aragorn, Gandalf, Legolas, and Gimli. Plus the map editor is nice. Say hello to Shelob, Theoden, Witch King and the gang