Excellent game. Even after almost 2 decades, the servers are still booming. The world stays true to Tolkien's vision and the older graphics are in my opinion quite cozy. Progression and quests are enjoyable but there is a heavy grind. I'm currently at level 37 and you can see how much time I've spent playing. This should not deter you though. There's so much to explore and do - from the charming Shire to Bree-land to Rivendell and more. PLEASE TRY IT OUT! Tolkien fans and RPG lovers will adore this.

Not playing through steam. My hours are misleading.

If you like Lord of the rings ( the way tolkien wrote it ) then you'll like this game. Cosy and as slow paced as you want it great for just sitting down and chilling. Visit all the iconic locations and the lore is top shelf.

Would recommend for older heads who do have a bit of patience and appreciate Tolkien Lore.

While I do think I have a decent amount of experience with MMORPGs (I have a hefty chunk of and a small amount of nostalgia for Runescape and DCUO respectively) I'm not an expert of any sorts on the genre which I ask you to keep in mind when I state that I quite like The Lord of the Rings Online.

I like how the game looks and sounds charming despite it being a decade plus old, I like the gameplay of this video game (especially the leveling process and the questing) overall, and I like the fact that you can do what seems like a lot of adventuring all by yourself. The fact that you can earn the premium currency of the game by doing "Deeds", which function kind of like achievement is also a plus.

I will also point out that I've found being immersed in the game fairly easy even though I know basically nothing about Middle Earth (I watched the OG trilogy once, over a decade ago back when I was like 11).

In conclusion, I think LOTRO is a pretty solid MMORPG and I recommend you give it a fair try, especially since its free to play meaning that all you lose from giving it 1 or 2 evenings to impress you is maybe 4-6 hours.

This negative review isn't even for the game itself. It's for everything surrounding it. Steam not installing the necessary files to play being one of them. The second being account creation itself. I kept getting errors. "Username can only be alphanumeric characters"... yeah the name I came up with is entirely English letters. "Please enter a valid birthday"... yeah my birth year started with a 19 so I ended up just clicked random dates until it worked. Account created and we can finally play! Nope. Apparently my password is now suddenly incorrect so I requested forgot password email that took awhile to arrive. I finally get said email, reset password and magically the new password is ALSO wrong. I have never had this much of an issue creating any MMO account.

I could not even create an account. The account server does not work in any way. Also my anti virus blocked the page.

My 7.4 hours were spent in the launcher
No clue how

Not gonna rate it down though if I've never played

♥♥♥♥♥♥ game

An engaging and exhilarating adventure.

i am getting old, i feel like butter spread thinly, ive been playing this game since before the light came.

best of the best