How is The Lord of the Rings-The Battle for Middle-earth played

Battle for Middle EarthIt's a strategy game, NOT an RPG game like most of the other Lord of the Rings games. That means you never play first person as Aragorn, Gandalf, etc. Instead, you control troops, armies, and certain special characters (i.e. Tom Bombadil) to defeat the forces of Mordor. The game is played from an aerial view where you can look down at your troops and the surrounding area, and control large numbers of warriors at once. Personally, I didn't like it as much as some of the other games, because it doesn't follow the actual story of Lord of the Rings all that well. But some people prefer strategy to roleplay, I suppose.

EDIT - This also works in vice-versa as in you control the forces of evil (Isengard Mordor and goblins) and their hero's like Saruman and troll chieftains to defeat the forces of good (men elves and dwarves) there is also a very good hero creator two campaigns and a risk type game to go along with that there already is in the game and in my opinion is one of the best lord of the rings games made