The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring (WotR) is a real-time strategy game based on the original books and not on the recent films. In fact, its Warcraft III cartoon-like look makes it closer kin to the animated version of the books produced in the 70s than the Peter Jackson films. While not a bad strategy game, overall it feels like a standard RTS whose units are inspired by The Lord of The Rings more than a true strategy game based on The War of the Ring. As a result, it may be disappointing to both fans of the books and those of the movies.