The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood

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User Score
7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 54 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 54
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 54
  3. Negative: 9 out of 54

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  1. WhiteTalpa
    Feb 18, 2014
    5
    wow massive let down compared to moria... bad quest design and i mean really bad design in fact nearly everything in mirkwood has been badly designed... the placement of NPCs, certain quest objectives, quests matching/ moving on with ur level and the overall environment...
  2. Ordish
    Nov 7, 2012
    5
    LOTR Online is a nice MMO. The graphics are very good, and the characters are responsive. With that said, the game holds true to the dated button mashing for combat skills and while the scenery is interesting, the linear quest line feels very, "I have already done this a thousand times in other games." If not for the lore that comes with the ever popular Lord of the Rings Trilogy, thisLOTR Online is a nice MMO. The graphics are very good, and the characters are responsive. With that said, the game holds true to the dated button mashing for combat skills and while the scenery is interesting, the linear quest line feels very, "I have already done this a thousand times in other games." If not for the lore that comes with the ever popular Lord of the Rings Trilogy, this would be just another nameless MMO using a cookie cutter paradigm. Still, it is free to play so the worst you can do is loose a few hours of your life by trying it out. Who knows, it may be more to you liking.… Expand
  3. DavidR
    Dec 10, 2009
    6
    There was plenty of mixed feelings about Siege of Mirkwood when it was first announced. Now that it's out a lot of those feelings have been proved true. First off, SoM finishes off Volume II; Volume II, for those that do not know, was Mines of Moria. Essentially you have to buy a $20 "expansion" just to finish the first expansion. Convinced of its worth so far? SoM takes the level There was plenty of mixed feelings about Siege of Mirkwood when it was first announced. Now that it's out a lot of those feelings have been proved true. First off, SoM finishes off Volume II; Volume II, for those that do not know, was Mines of Moria. Essentially you have to buy a $20 "expansion" just to finish the first expansion. Convinced of its worth so far? SoM takes the level cap to 65 in one additional region to the game. The region itself is simliar in size to any other Shadows of Angmar Book patch that came out free years ago; so essentially we paid for a Book patch. The real additions to the game was the skirmish system. While Turbine has more than been okay with stabbing the lore in the face in the past (Runekeepers, goat mounts), it was no different here when they started adding war camps out in remote areas, on top of which offering instanced skirmishes at battlegrounds where battles never took place. Despite that minor inconvenience, the skirmish system makes up for the one fatal flaw that LotRo has been facing; a dying population. All the group content that was needed to get goodies to advance your character can now be received through the skirmish system all by your lonesome. This is great for new players--bad for everyone else that had to suck it up and spend countless days of time and money just to earn said items. The level cap increased to 65. The only reason I can figure out why is so that Turbine could annoy everyone. With the increase of the level cap means that there are "better" items to be had now. The carrot and the stick if you will. The only trouble is that they purposely weakened all the hard-earned gear you earned post-SoM just so there would be a definite incentive to grind for gear that's five levels over yours. This is felt especially with the legendary item system; deconstructing any item below LV61 yields an XP rune that you cannot use for the new LIs in Mirkwood. They are intentionally wanting you to go back to the grind. Unfortunately the aim to that goal was to give the taste of progress in this pseudo-expansion, when all it does is bring attention to the lack of content within this so-called expansion this year. With only a whopping two Book updates in 2009 (as opposed to the four they released in 2008) comes a sad outlook for the future of LotRo. Turbine seemed more interested in dragging out the process of getting to the end of this road in Mordor by needlessly dragging us off to a part of the books that had nothing to do with the epic storyline. All in all disappointing.… Expand

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#19 Best PC Game of 2009

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Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Gamervision
    80
    It might not be the biggest MMORPG launch of the year, what with no new races or classes, but there's no denying the quality in The Siege of Mirkwood. It's a great addition to an already solid online experience, delivering more content for the loyal fan base and giving prospective players a great excuse to jump into Middle Earth for the first time.
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  2. Eurogamer
    80
    Mirkwood is a great expansion, but compared to Moria, its quest and instance content is fairly limited. This is because the expansion was also introducing the Skirmish system, an entire new area of the game.
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  3. GamingTrend
    91
    Turbine has given Mirkwood the same amount of love and great gameplay that Moria and Shadows of Angmar have and they have thrown in a great new gameplay mechanic with the skirmish system. On top of all of that, a lot of the little things were polished.
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