The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria

The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria is the first retail expansion pack for the MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online. The storyline is set in Moria, an enormous underground complex in north-western…

87 17 November 2008

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Fantasy

The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria is an adventure developed by Turbine, released 17 November 2008 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria is

The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria is an adventure game developed by Turbine and released in 2008. It was published by Codemasters. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Turbine G3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Explore a truly vast underground environment like you’ve never seen before. Battle the terrors of the Nameless Deep. Craft new legendary items that evolve and grow in power as you do. Experience the dread and wonder of Moria as one of the Rune-keeper and Warden classes. Achieve greatness as you seek to claim the knowledge and power lost for generations!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. Available modes: Co-operative and Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO).

Where it sits in the The Lord of the Rings series

The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria is the 31st of 69 entries we hold in the The Lord of the Rings series. It arrived a year after The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. The next entry was The Lord of the Rings: Conquest in 2009. Its critic score of 87 is 13 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring at 91.

See all 69 The Lord of the Rings games in release order →

How it was received

The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 22 points above the year average.

What it launched against

The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria launched on 17 November 2008, within three weeks of Fallout 3, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2 and Left 4 Dead. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Fallout 3, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead.

Cheats and codes

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