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    The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar

    Game » consists of 3 releases. Released Apr 27, 2007

    A free-to-play MMORPG set in the Lord of the Rings universe, at the same time as The Fellowship of the Ring.

    kane's Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, The (PC) review

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    LoTRO is a great game filled with goodies

    Lord of the Rings Online is a worthy competitor to the popular World of Warcraft series.  Depending on what satisfies your taste-buds, LoTRO can probably deliver.    The  world, Middle Earth, created by J.R. Tolkien is displayed beautifully in the game, allowing for deep immersion and amazing story possibilities. 

    The level grind is not hard at all, so if it's a challenging grind you are in search for you may want to try the trial first.  There is plenty of End-game though, as well as many crafting opportunities.  Lord of the Rings Online offers fun gameplay with a friendly enviornment.  

    Turbine has released 6 new chapters to their continuing story for free.  When the game originally shipped it had the first 8 chapters.  With the completion of Book 14 out now, fans await the Mines of Moria expansion pack due out sometime this fall, which includes 2 new classes and the raising of the level cap to 60. (previously 50)

    Turbine has taken a different approach to the PVP aspect of the game.  Instead of levelling a monster from 1-50 you get the monster at lvl 50, though you will never leave the pvp area (1 zone).  Entering monster play is a fun sidetrack to the main game.

    Other reviews for Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, The (PC)

      MMORPG for the single-player story enthusiast 0

      Lord of the Rings Online is often maligned for it's "WoW-ness" (as in World of Warcraft) and it's true.  Game mechanics are eerily similar in the two games, and that's to LOTRO's credit, as it feels familiar and easy to pick up for the novice or World of Warcraft convert.  Although it shares a lot in common with its more popular cousin, LOTRO takes a different path than WoW, embarking instead on a story-based rather than mechanics-based game system.Everything in the game is steeped in the lore, ...

      2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

      Breathtaking. Just give it a chance. Download the trial. 0

      I really dont understand the occasional bad reviews you see said about this game. Ive been into RPGs for years, as for MMOs, i was a WoW fanboy since its release, I loved Guildwars and dabbled in WAR. I went back to WoW recently to play the expansion and thought it was ok but i just felt that id been there, done that. Every place you go theres some ogres that all live in the same rehashed caves, theres scorpions that you need to kill 20 of etc etc. Its sad really because i remember how much i us...

      1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

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