Crit Verdict
Yes, worth playing.
It's free to play.
81%
Very Positive
23k player reviews
Buy it if you like
- Story and characters: 120 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Combat: 42 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Performance: 33 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 23k player reviews · updated 5 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise25% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Almost all of Middle Earth can be explored FOR FREE (quest content is sometimes sub dependent but you can go wherever you want if you can survive the journey).
120 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The score (music), sound, lighting, mood, storytelling, overall environment design is done soooo well that you really get immersed into the feel of each region.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay is traditional old school MMO, Trinity of DPS, Tank and Heal (With off side Crowd Control absolutley important as well, here is looking at you LoreMaster)
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
The levelling pace reminds me a lot of WoW Classic, especially on higher difficulty settings.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
I’d go so far as to say that they’re some of the best open-world RPGs ever made, especially if you play them as such, as single-player RPGs with optional multiplayer elements:
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The score (music), sound, lighting, mood, storytelling, overall environment design is done soooo well that you really get immersed into the feel of each region.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters120 reviews
Graphics54 reviews
Gameplay32 reviews
Difficulty16 reviews
Multiplayer16 reviews
Audio14 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Monetization34 reviews
76%
Interface15 reviews
67%
Servers and matchmaking13 reviews
54%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat42 reviews
76%
Performance33 reviews
67%
Bugs8 reviews
50%
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
Player review score
81%
Very Positive
Playing right now
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