I'm torn on writing this review. On one hand, it's Lord of the Rings and seeing a hobbit trying to play a guitar solo on a harp using the in-game ability to play music is hilarious. On the other hand, it's excessively pay-to-do anything unless you're willing to fork over $15/month, has very little player-player interaction for a mmorpg, and only continues to be engaging because of the large number of areas to explore while leveling up.

LOTRO, in my opinion, has more existing features to promote player-player interaction than maybe even WoW. However, it doesn't really have the player base that would use such features. Skirmishing (a.k.a. raiding) is almost impossible to find a group for outside of a kinsmanship (clan).

If you like LOTR alot and enjoy the individual explorer feel that modern mmorpg's have become, you'll probably enjoy this game. If you want a mmorpg with an endgame, I just don't see it here.

I'm torn on writing this review. On one hand, it's Lord of the Rings and seeing a hobbit trying to play a guitar solo on a harp using the in-game ability to play music is hilarious. On the other hand, it's excessively pay-to-do anything unless you're willing to fork over $15/month, has very little player-player interaction for a mmorpg, and only continues to be engaging because of the large number of areas to explore while leveling up. LOTRO, in my opinion, has more existing features to promote player-player interaction than maybe even WoW. However, it doesn't really have the player base that would use such features. Skirmishing (a.k.a. raiding) is almost impossible to find a group for outside of a kinsmanship (clan). If you like LOTR alot and enjoy the individual explorer feel that modern mmorpg's have become, you'll probably enjoy this game. If you want a mmorpg with an endgame, I just don't see it here.