LOTR Battle for Middle Earth - Any way to save/load (and finish later) a multiplayer game over LAN?

[Budarow]

I picked up Lord of the Rings - Battle for Middle Earth (the original) and I'm not seeing an option to save a multiplayer game or load a multiplayer game. It's not an option? Playing a multiplayer game can take a couple of hours at a sitting, so it'd be nice to finish the game at a later time/date.

This seems to be a recent (last couple of years) short-comings of games. Seems like game companies don't want their customers to have too many options in the multiplayer modes UNLESS it's through an on-line service.

IMO and on a side note...the developers of recent games (e.g., Doom 3, BF2 and COD2) all blew it big time when they didn't include support for co-op over a LAN. That's a LOT of fun and gives me a reason to buy more games, not less games. Plus it gives peeps a great reason to have multiple PCs (and upgrade multiple PCs).

 

[Budarow]

No one knows?

 

[Malladine]

Originally posted by: Budarow
IMO and on a side note...the developers of recent games (e.g., Doom 3, BF2 and COD2) all blew it big time when they didn't include support for co-op over a LAN. That's a LOT of fun and gives me a reason to buy more games, not less games. Plus it gives peeps a great reason to have multiple PCs (and upgrade multiple PCs).

So does having the opportunity to murder your friends

Sorry, don't know the answer.

That game's a lot of fun mp huh? I'm guessing the gameplay is slower and less micro intensive than rts like DoW and WC3?

 

[Budarow]

Originally posted by: Malladine

Originally posted by: Budarow
IMO and on a side note...the developers of recent games (e.g., Doom 3, BF2 and COD2) all blew it big time when they didn't include support for co-op over a LAN. That's a LOT of fun and gives me a reason to buy more games, not less games. Plus it gives peeps a great reason to have multiple PCs (and upgrade multiple PCs).

So does having the opportunity to murder your friends

Sorry, don't know the answer.

That game's a lot of fun mp huh? I'm guessing the gameplay is slower and less micro intensive than rts like DoW and WC3?

It's quite fun Resource gathering consists soley of building 1 or 2 structures along with having to build certain structures which make units less expensive so not much micro-management at all. Leaves a lot more time for managing battles. The battle scenes are a lot of fun....nothing like 2-3 companies (~18 indiviual horesemen) of Rohan's horsemen charging through a gang of orcs. The number of soldiers (which come in "clusters" of up to 5-10 men/creatures) allowed on the map at one time is not more than ~100 (for men) and maybe ~200 for "orcs" (and miscel. creatures). There are ways to change this in the INI codes, but keep in mind you have to have a ~A64 CPU and ~X800 256MBer or better graphics card to play with setting on high and fast FPS. I have 1 PC with a XP2400+ clocked at 2.0 GHz, a 9800Pro and 756MBs RAM and with the map full and settings on medium, the game chugs more than I like.

CompUSA (Novi, Michigan) has the game on clearance for $15.98 (B&M plus sales tax).

BFME 2 is due to release ~3-4 weeks and I've read "some form" of game play for BFME2 allows for saving a multiplayer game (since this form may take a couple of days for players to complete according to EA).

Since all the original actors do the voice overs...it's makes me feel like I'm in the movie The "cities" are pretty sparse and simple though...so that was a let-down (i.e., no feeling of "immenseness" to Gondor or Mordor).

It's NOT slow at all. The battles are fast and furious. I was playing a skirmish and time after time I barely was able to launch my "ghost army" before the Balrog destroyed my city. My 8 year old son said "dad...you gave me 3 heart attacks just now...WHEW!!" Plus the game is not "gory" (although there's a blood patch) and it's rated "teen".

It just sucks not being able to save a mulitiplayer match since it can take hours to win a game and I don't have consective hours to play MOST of the time. Games these days are starting to be a big let down missing features I guess I've taken for granted (single-player coop or a LAN, saving mulitiplayer matches, etc.). If game companies had their act in place, they'd at least offer these features in expansion packs. They're LAME.

 

[Budarow]

Anyone have any info. or care to elaborate on saving/loading multiplayer games?