The Lord of the Rings Online™
Standing Stone Games · 2012 · Free to Play, MMORPG, Open World, Massively Multiplayer, Fantasy
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About The Lord of the Rings Online™
Step into Middle-earth and journey through faithfully recreated locations from The Lord of the Rings, completing quests and advancing your custom hero through iconic lands like the Shire, Moria, and Lothlórien. Battle alongside friends in skirmishes, craft legendary gear, play as monsters in PvP combat, and experience one of gaming's most beloved fantasy worlds entirely free-to-play.
Key Features:
- Explore the Massive World of Middle-earth: Immerse yourself in the award-winning recreation of the beloved fantasy world of J.R.R. Tolkien through renowned locations including the Shire, the Mines of Moria, and Lothlórien.
- Create & Advance Your Hero: Advance to the highest levels with boundless character customization possibilities. Choose from a vast array of races, classes, and professions, plus earn countless titles, skills, and traits, direct from the stories of Middle-earth.
- Solo & Co-op Skirmishes: Dive into instant adventure alongside friends or customizable AI soldiers in exciting, scalable battles!
- Legendary Items: Design and customize your own legendary weapons of immense power like Bilbo’s Sting or Gandalf’s Glamdring!
- Play as a Monster: Fight as a servant of Sauron against other players in intense PvMP Combat!
- Craft Your Own Gear: Farm crops in the fertile fields of the Shire or let your hammer ring in the Dwarven halls Ered Luin.
- Free Online Play: No monthly fees required.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Lord of the Rings Online earns consistent praise for its faithful adaptation of Tolkien's source material, engaging story content, and impressive water graphics that hold up remarkably well. However, players report significant technical issues including corrupt file warnings and loading problems that persist even after reinstalling, which severely hinders access to the game for affected users.
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too many corrupt file warnings, wont even load, have tried for days, even uninstalled and reinstalled 3 times and it wont work
i love lord of the rings
Like Tolkien’s books, Lord of the Rings Online is classy, elegant, and authentically human, striving to depict wonder and grandeur and hope, even in the face of villainy. So basically the opposite of modern times… And not just in its positivity. Fantasy fandoms have had a rough time lately, with disrespect to the source material now the norm. Wheel of Time, Rings of Power, House of Dragons. Oof. By contrast, LOTRO is DEEPLY reverent of the source material. I’ve been concurrently re-reading the books, and I haven’t noticed a single discrepancy between the book and the game. Literally ZERO. LOTRO expands and fills in the gaps, sure, like, What did Eomer do after meeting Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas? But even then, the devs have taken great care to remain true to Tolkien’s tone and vision. It’s great. What’s more, here’s something I’ve learned recently: old MMOs (SWTOR, WoW Classic, LOTRO, etc) are also awesome RPGs. Multiple systems of progression, huge lived-in worlds, old-school design, etc. I’d go so far as to say that they’re some of the best open-world RPGs ever made, especially if you play them as such, as single-player RPGs with optional multiplayer elements: Don’t rush to …
its crazy old, but the story is too good to live your life without having spent a little of it exploring Middle Earth in detail. Water graphics are STILL better than any modern MMO out there. crazy
If you're looking for a classic MMORPG experience with Lord of the Rings lore, this is it. It can even run on a potato. It's fun for soloist like me. There's a bunch of side-quests that you can do.
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