When it’s laid out on the table, Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring is indeed a great RTS when it’s all said and done, but it stands on the shoulders of other RTS games who are just as great. War of the Ring does do the subject matter justice and brings the epic battles of Lord of the Rings to life, which will undoubtedly be a huge factor for those who are looking to command their own armies in Middle Earth. However, War of the Ring just doesn’t have enough flair to really bring it to the next level and may not seem different enough to someone who already owns other RTS games such as Warcraft III and Battle Realms. In a nutshell, if you even have the slightest desire to play a RTS game set in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings universe, War of the Ring only stays true to the source material but also delivers solid, compelling gameplay that may not raise the bar for future RTS games, but it easily meets it.