The Lord of the Rings Online™

the game isn't what it used to be. expansion prices to catch up to endgame is extremely expensive and they still require you to pay for things on top of that. It's not about lotro anymore its about money. play something else and dont waste your time.

Can't even get the game open. Install the game, then sit and watch the launcher load 40,000 files for days. Have no idea if the game is good; couldn't get that far.

Если вас 3аебала в край Wow или не зашло TESO и вы ищите во что Ммошного влететь - лучше вернитесь в WoW или дайте второй шанс TESO.

I just “finished” a playthrough of LOTRO for the first time. For me, I wanted to get through what’s covered in the books. Played in high school briefly, but not much, just very low levels. I played on Landscape Difficulty 3, Champion. 1-50 reminds me of FF14 MSQ with a ton of backtracking and filler. A one month sub is mandatory for unlocking fast travel. Eventually I broke down and subbed for 3 months for bonus xp so I wouldn’t lose steam. The nice thing is that this section of the game sets up the Dunedain well, and there is story payoff later. There a clear love for the lore and some great writing throughout that helps a ton. Moria is peak. The atmosphere is so incredible, I didn’t care about backtracking or the challenge navigating the map. Lorien was great as well. Rohan I heard was terrible for melee but I actually thought the flow was significantly better so the wonky mounted combat was offset by fairly quick progression. The Helms Deep epic battles are poorly designed for solo. Minas Tirith does much better. The worst area was Minas Tirith by far. Very cool to be there but I hated navigating through the city. Backtracking here is so annoying. Thankfully it’s not super long. That being said, I finished this past week and I’m glad I did. I also have no desire to go beyond 104.

I've tried GW2, WoW retail and classic, WildStar (rip), Warhammer Return of Reckoning, GW1, Starwars online, ESO, ... None could please my ADHD as much as this one. Levelling: slow as snails classes: impeccable, where the above listed mmorpgs usually have the same classes, lotro has different ones. Warden is the class that solved my altoholism. basically the Tekken mmo experience... not that i played much Tekken but yeah... eurhm Dwarf master race. yes, there's plenty of elven rangers. that'll be this game's basic human warrior i suppose.

The game has not aged well, unfortunately. Quests are generic, combat mechanics are clunky and while the graphics have a certain charm, they're still very dated. Text can be hard to read sometimes and icons are low-resolution and borderline blurry. After spending 70 hours or so in the game, I'm still not impressed with the storyline or narration, and there are unfortunately tons of fetch quests. It feels uninspired and I think that it's a natural reflection of trying the game in 2026 and being spoiled by so many more immersive gameplay experience since LOTRO was released. I'm a big Tolkien fan, so I really wanted to like the game, but the overall clunkiness and uninspiring gameplay, combined with a mediocre plotline outside of the fellowship.... I just cannot recommend it or bring myself to play any more. It's free to play for a lot of the content, up to level 95, so by all means, give it a try and see for yourself :)

Despite heaving 5ish hours as of writing this review, I've only played for about three hours across two different characters. The main reason why my playtime's high is due to troubleshooting the launcher. I am leaving this review so early because I want to share the steps that I did to get the game running. [h3] LOTRO client/launcher stuck while patching on a .dat or .datx (or stuck at 88%) [/h3] [list] [*] Navigate to your Lord of the Rings Online installation folder (typically C:\Program Files (x86)\StandingStoneGames\The Lord of the Rings Online). [*]Delete all files in this folder with a dat or datx file type. (They will all end in .dat or .datx) [*]Restart the LOTRO launcher and the application should repair itself. [/list] I hope that helps some, and I will also be sure to update my review as I continue playing the game!