Third Age: Total War

Category: Game Reviews

The epic battle for Middle Earth has always been a very popular theme in the gaming world, as countless games and mods have been created based on Tolkien’s fantasy world, varying from thrilling quality games, to mediocre releases and of course, bloopers.

We distinguished one of them, and chose to present it to you, as the work behind it is of professional level and quality. Third Age: Total War is a modification for Medieval II: Total War, that literally brings Middle Earth to you. As many of you know , Medieval II was one of the best strategy games, released in 2006. With its amazing strategic depth ,its epic 3D battles and its massive number of troops, fighting in multiple environments, this hybrid of real-time and turn-based strategy game riveted thousands around the world and still remains as a classic. The Third Age mod was released on 2009 and is a total-conversion mod, with an amazing size of ~3GB! It boasts a variety of features such as a whole new campaign map of Middle Earth with all the famous locations based on Tolkien’s lore, new battle AI, new cutscenes, music and 14 factions including Gondor, Rohan, High and Silvan Elves, Dwarves, Eriador, Dale, Arnor, Isengard, Mordor, Rhun, Harad, the Orcs of Gundabad and the Orcs of the Misty Mountains.

This mod is of amazing quality, and of course we higly recommend it to both Tolkien's world fans and those who loved Medieval II and want to add new material to it. Also we believe that it could be food for thought for game designers, due to its overall quality.

The currently latest patch of the mod is 2.2. As always, here is a video of the mod for you to get you all excited! :)