The Lord of the Rings Online
Lord of the Rings Online is the premier MMORPG set in J.R.R. Tolkien's wondrous world of Middle-earth. LOTRO brings you into the timeline of the events of The Lord of the Rings story, and sets you on a path…
The Lord of the Rings Online is an adventure developed by Standing Stone Games, released 24 April 2007 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It is free to play.
What The Lord of the Rings Online is
The Lord of the Rings Online is an adventure game developed by Standing Stone Games and released in 2007. 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
The Epic Story is an ongoing series of adventures, or quests, steeped with intrigue and action. These adventures begin the moment you start playing, and feature characters like Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the Grey, and Strider, Ranger of the North; during significant events in the Epic Story, Session Play lifts you from your hero's shoes and puts you in temporary control of a legendary character. But no matter the method of storytelling, you will always earn rewards for your developing hero.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. Available modes: Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) and Multiplayer.
Where it sits in the The Lord of the Rings series
The Lord of the Rings Online is the 29th of 69 entries we hold in the The Lord of the Rings series. The next entry was The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar in 2007. Its critic score of 90 is 16 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring at 91.
How it was received
The Lord of the Rings Online holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 26 points above the year average. Players rate it 83, 7 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Core 2 Duo / AMD Athlon II or better, 2GB of RAM and GeForce 7XXX / ATI Radeon HD 3000 series. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 32GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
The Lord of the Rings Online launched on 24 April 2007, within three weeks of Persona 3 FES, Super Paper Mario, Forza Motorsport 2 and Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Persona 3 FES, Super Paper Mario, Forza Motorsport 2, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Lord of the Rings Online yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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Dlc
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
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The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood
The Lord of the Rings Online: Rise of Isengard
The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan
The Lord of the Rings Online: Helm's Deep
The Lord of the Rings Online: Helm’s Deep - Premium Edition
The Lord of the Rings Online: Quest Pack: West Gondor
The Lord of the Rings Online: Quest Pack: Central Gondor
The Lord of the Rings Online: Quest Pack: East Gondor
The Lord of the Rings Online: Quest Pack: Old Anórien
The Lord of the Rings Online: Region Pack: Far Anórien
The Lord of the Rings Online: Mordor
The Lord of the Rings Online: Quest Pack: Legacy of the Necromancer
The Lord of the Rings Online: Quest Pack: Where Dragons Dwell
The Lord of the Rings Online: Quest Pack: The Vales of Anduin
The Lord of the Rings Online: Minas Morgul
The Lord of the Rings Online: War of Three Peaks
The Lord of the Rings Online: Fate of Gundabad
The Lord of the Rings Online: Before the Shadow
The Lord of the Rings Online: Corsairs of Umbar
The Lord of the Rings Online: Legacy of Morgoth
The Lord of the Rings Online: Kingdoms of Harad
Expansions
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
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The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria
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The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood
The Lord of the Rings Online: Rise of Isengard
The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan
The Lord of the Rings Online: Helm’s Deep - Premium Edition
The Lord of the Rings Online: Helm's Deep
The Lord of the Rings Online: Mordor
Quick answers
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