BFME2 360 maps released

By Tom Bramwell Published 3 August, 2006

Cost you a couple of pints.

Electronic Arts has released three new maps for the Xbox 360 version of The Lord of the Rings, Battle for Middle-Earth 2.

The new maps - Weathertop, Argonath and Umbar - cost 700 Microsoft points (GBP 5.95 / EUR 8.14 / USD 8.75) and are playable in both single-player skirmish and any of the game's five multiplayer modes.

Weathertop is a four-player map by design, featuring the place where the hobbits were attacked by ringwraiths and Frodo got stabbed in the arm.

Argonath features the enormous king statues that looked very nice in the film when the Fellowship floated past them, while Umbar is a two-player affair featuring the evil Corsairs and lots of naval bombardment.

Some might argue that six quid's quite a lot to pay for a trio of maps - especially given the number of free maps available for the PC original of BFME2 - but then anybody making that argument can always refrain from buying them.

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Comments (18) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • Darren #1 6 years ago

    700 points for a 7.65 MB download guys! That's seven-POINT-six-five not seven-hundred and sixty-five. Rip off of the year in my opinion and worse value for money than the overpriced GR:AW Chapter 2 download at 1200 points. Avoid, avoid, avoid!

  • gizmo #2 6 years ago

    Bah, keep reading that as Battlefield Modern Combat :(

  • reality_cheque #3 6 years ago

    It's not the size of the d/l, it's the content that matters. In sandwich terms, would you prefer a half foot bagette with chicken and bacon, or a 6ft long sub filled with cress and dog poo?

  • nick303 #4 6 years ago

    @gizmo - so do i. I got all excited thinking there were new maps for Battlefield 2.

  • alimokrane #5 6 years ago

    Still 700 MP is too much for only three maps ? What on earth are developers thinking. a £39.99 (what we pay for a full game) translates to what ...5000 MPs and now you charge 700 bloody points for just three maps WTF ?
    Edited by 1 at 03/08/06 @ 10:42

  • Darren #6 6 years ago

    I don't know what happened to selling three maps for 300 points a la Call of Duty 2 and PDZ inititally but it seems that since Activision decided to sell their recent CoD 2 maps for twice the price of the earlier ones, that everyone has doubled their prices for downloadable content. I think 300 points is acceptable for three maps but 500 and 700 points are extortionate, especially in the case of the BFMEII maps which have probably been ported over from the PC version where you could download them for free.

    Xbox 360 owners not only have to pay an extra £15 for the game over the cost of the PC version but then they have to pay for its free content as well. Nice!

  • gizmo #7 6 years ago

    @nick303 - Having said that, I'm pretty sure they are standard maps I've still not played on yet!

    /watchs Bridgetoofar load

  • Inflatable #8 6 years ago

    That's the downside of not having any community created free extra content available on a console, now they can charge whatever they want because they know (probably enough) people will pay it anyway because they have no alternative expect having no extra content whatsoever.. It's really a shame they have to abuse that monopoly on consoles, and giving away extra stuff for free to reward buyers or to keep a community happy is out of the window..

    On the PC with most games this isn't an issue fortunatly, unless offcourse there is no way to create content because of lack of mapeditor etc..
    Edited by 2 at 03/08/06 @ 11:14

  • MasterThief #9 6 years ago

    Just don't buy people. Publishers will spend the next year testing the waters, and seeing just what they can get away with. Don't buy over-priced rubbish like this, and they'll soon heed their nonsense.....

  • Dizzy #10 6 years ago

    Prices have gone up because of the huge success of downloads on Live. So yes... If you don't like it... don't buy it!

  • S0L0man #11 6 years ago

    I'm sure that someday we will get content at sensible prices but it's clearly not here yet!

  • HarryB #12 6 years ago

    the games been out about 10 minutes, conning bastards holding off content so they can cash in... not cool

  • Beano #13 6 years ago

    Rip-off...

  • brombeer #14 6 years ago

    Rip off indeed. I haven't downloaded one single thing since the Oblivion rubbish. Too much money for too little playablity. It's time I pre-ordered my PS3 and trade in my 360, I guess.

  • KiLlerKnight #15 6 years ago

    It's too much, yes, but just don't buy the damn thing. But saying trading your 360 for a ps3 is bullshit.

  • Darren #16 6 years ago

    What happened to the EG review of the 360 version by the way? Did I miss it?

  • brombeer #17 6 years ago

    @Killerknight: If you are happy with your 360, good for you. I'm not. I'm venturing for new horizons, hopefully better than Microsoft's Vista.
    Edited by 1 at 03/08/06 @ 17:22

  • IAmBatman #18 6 years ago

    > I'm not

    Nobody cares.

  • brombeer #19 6 years ago

    Says enough about you, doesn't it?