The Lord of the Rings Online: Fate of Gundabad

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5.0

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  1. KyleL13
    Dec 31, 2021
    4
    I really would like to give this a good score after all the time I've put into the game, but honestly LoTRO has been a huge let down with Gundabad. The region itself lacks a lot of the grandeur we had in previous regions, with Moria (released in 2008) being the easiest to compare to. The instanced group content is lacking as well, with only about a third of the content released evenI really would like to give this a good score after all the time I've put into the game, but honestly LoTRO has been a huge let down with Gundabad. The region itself lacks a lot of the grandeur we had in previous regions, with Moria (released in 2008) being the easiest to compare to. The instanced group content is lacking as well, with only about a third of the content released even compared against the last expansion from 2019. Gear and itemization looks like an after thought, making player progression a slog. Crafting is stale and pretty much unnecessary, and endgame is basically non-existent. The devs have shifted more towards RNG based loot drops for upgrades as well, in what looks like a transparent attempt to force players into continued interaction with events long past their flavor going sour. This years Christmas/Yule event being a notable example. I can't in good conscious recommend this to anyone now. It honestly feels like the game's developers hate you.… Expand
  2. Shaiger
    Jan 13, 2022
    3
    Boring expansion. Boring landscape. Boring quests. Boring instances.
    Special thanks for awful maps - never know, where you are and where you should go. Maps make the process more boring than simply boring.
  3. KuriousJorj
    Jan 3, 2023
    3
    It's unbelievable how broken, buggy, and clanky every aspect of this game is. There is literally nothing it does right.

    From the beginning you're hit with their overly complicated systems and windows and minutia. Instead of waiting like real MMO's do to slowly teach you all the various components of the game, so much of it is thrown at you all at once. The combat is janky and odd;    It's unbelievable how broken, buggy, and clanky every aspect of this game is. There is literally nothing it does right.

    From the beginning you're hit with their overly complicated systems and windows and minutia. Instead of waiting like real MMO's do to slowly teach you all the various components of the game, so much of it is thrown at you all at once.

    The combat is janky and odd; classes don't move like real people, but like robots (many melee attacks are wooden); other classes might move more realistically, but are slow or clumsy (Lore Master incessant inductions, for example).

    The quests are the worst kind of busy-work minutia fetch quests. Literally half of the content in this game is just running back and forth.

    You'll have to Alt-Tab out at least once an hour to research how to solve some stupid intuitive quest; it's like they didn't make this game for everyone; if you're neurotypical, good luck trying to grasp what you're supposed to do half the time. You'll also probably have to drop at least one quest an hour because it'll be glitched (but you'll only find this out after wasting an hour or two on the lead up quests).

    There are so many systems that they introduce, that they then apparently gave up on, never updated, but just left in the game. Crafting, various dailies at big cities with armor that you'll outlevel before you can get them, Rohan mount combat, the allegiance system, on and on and on. Crap garbage they throw out there, then forget about and move onto something else.

    They have these 'epic battles' that are just total garbage; google it, you'll see all honest people hate them.

    Unnecessarily complicated systems, currencies, requirements to get various gear, etc etc. Who the hell thinks in such a way to make a game like this?

    Even their stupid cash shop is unnecessarily complicated.

    If any other business besides video games behaved in this manner they'd get nailed for committing fraud.    … Expand

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  1. MMORPG.com
    Jan 3, 2022
    80
    I’ve really enjoyed my time in Fate of Gundabad, and while it’ll be interesting to see how the story of the Dwarves progresses from here, the journey has been worth it overall. The Dwarves are an interesting race in Middle-earth, often overlooked in favor for Men or Elves, so seeing them get their due after years of fast tracking the War of the Ring story has been a nice change of pace. The Lord of the Rings Online: Fate of Gundabad reminds me of LotRO of old, and that’s a good thing. I can’t wait to see where they take us next.
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  2. GameSpace
    Nov 16, 2021
    95
    Overall, The Fate of Gundabad expansion is a huge addition to the LOTRO world, even without some of the key pieces missing from this patch. I didn’t want to give away any of the stories but be assured you will be doing a lot of running around helping the dwarves so get your best horse ready.
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