The basics of the game are the same as any other RTS. Gather resources, construct buildings, train and upgrade units. You then assemble your army and go out to beat some heads; that really is about it. Apart from the Zerg rip-off Army of Mordor, where you have to corrupt the ground, there isn’t anything special here. There are hero units which, taking a page from the Warcraft III book, gain experience and have special powers all their own. Gandalf can bring down a firestorm, Aragorn can hack through enemies with his magic sword, a Nazgul can poison its enemies, and even Gimli can cause an earthquake to slow his foes.