Worst game ever... it's as if the game has devolved back to the level of LOTRI...unbelievable waste of money. Clearly some things must have been rushed (siege equipment, lack of micromanagement of your vassals and their lands, etc.). For anyone who loved the balance of state management w/ diplomacy and war that made LOTRII great will be sadly disappointed. Hopefully they're redeem themselves by making LOTRIV less like the crap game I just wasted $20 on.