Join me and a host of fellow dwarves tonight as we dive into the Mines of Moria: https://youtube.com/live/zPoZByUKv-A
The latest Middle-earth video game, The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria offers more fun than Tolkien fans have gotten in a LONG time – and for fans of co-op, it’s been even longer! I’m excited to share my thoughts on what I think is a long-overdue FUN Middle-earth multiplayer experience!
Return to Moria on PC: https://tinyurl.com/yw2asw5t
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INTRO 00:00-1:40
LORE 01:40-03:50
Solo vs Multiplayer 03:50-05:05
Misplaced Criticism? 05:05-06:30
Pricing 06:30-07:23
Survival/Crafting 07:23-08:43
Room for Improvement (& Expansion) 08:43-11:07
The Most Important Thing 11:07-13:07
Final Thoughts/Score 13:07-15:00
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What are YOUR thoughts/reviews of Return to Moria? (I'll update this pinned comment as I get deeper in the game and find anything that may be worth adding to my thought in the vid, but I think it's safe to say, I'm loving this game!)
i will also point out that this is the only lotr game at fourth age. its amazing. i wonder if there will be another game for fourth age in the future in which we can play for example as aragorn ruling gondor and making wars againt rhun and harad and umbar. there is so much you can do. and for the return to moria game i really hope we see more of gimli and maybe eventually have him as a character in the game with which we can gain relations quests or even fight together. i do hope that eventually he also goes into moria and together we recolonize it and try to reclaim it killing every orc in it. and in the end awake durin IV who will then rename himself to durin VII who is lore wisely the one who reclaims it. This way the game would also be lore friendly filling a gap on how the dwarves managed to reclaim moria. And its thanks to gimli and his group!
It's def not Gollum. It just coulda used more time in the oven imo.
To Anybody looking for music to have in the background while playing this. Look up ”clamavi de profundis” 10/10
Great review, still holding out for a Total War: Battle of Middle Earth style game
If you get through this game or at some point You're looking for a game that scratches this same itch, I highly recommend Valheim. It's a Viking themed randomly generated world that is more editing than Minecraft and is very similar to this game when it comes to encountering groups of enemies and trying to defend the base you build. Although valheim has over a hundred hours worth of exploring, fighting and building, there are no caves that you can mine through like this or Minecraft, almost the entirety of the game is above ground. But I'll say the combat seems a lot more fun than Return to Moria while being just as simple
I started playing it today…. Loving it. But i play solo…. 😂 i have no friends to play it with which makes me sad haha
He describes that itch very well, I played 1 hour with my girlfriend. And got that itch, having different schedules I’m aching to get back to it but must wait for her
Crap game. Zero creativity. Zero flexibiility. Talk about "scripted only" play…
Ugh. Save your money for ANYTHING more fun.
Unless this appeals to your OCD/Autism…then, by all means, enjoy.
Rock and stone!
If you liked Valheim you will like this too especially if your a fan of lord of the rings!
This game looks fun and wil buy it eventually but cant help getting the feeling you got paid you are to positive meaning eighter ur being a fanboy or you are being paid.
Seeing this and IGN’s take is funny. Cause I feel like IGN forget what the games are and expects everything to be AAA and tell huge stories . Where in reality like you said . This game was made to be fun and knows that’s it’s premise . Thank you
The defence of "its not a triple A game doesnt fit" Since there are plenty of non triple A games that look as good as the AAA games. BUT….. Valheim wasnt pretty either yet it made records. I personally fell like that the absense of any kind of micro transaction makes these "smaller" games better. Graphics arent everything but they arent bad either to have.
damn I prefer story than graphics
been really enjoying the game atm in SP, the combat is my only gameplay design issue!
What about black dwarfs?
Not going to use Epic Games store ever. EG is one of the most greedy, corrupt companies in the video game industry. They make EA look like boy scouts. Scum is the word that comes to mind.
Combat looks so weird
I was torn between waiting for steam or xbox but just went f it and bought on epic. No regrets so far. Im a management/puzzle pc gamer mostly and this one scratched an itch deep rock galaxy couldn’t: exploring a mine solo.
Multiplayer is definetly not for me but there is something deeply satisfying here to manage your ressources and establishing outpost, camps and delving into the unknown. Its an exploration based puzzle as in making your own shortcuts and bases really alter the experience and the inventory management makes pushing further an interesting decision, especially when further is 5 rope platform down. The tedium of mining is alleviated by having the risk/reward of singing to boost morale and stamina while alerting patrols and thus having to skedadle or fight. Combat is serviceable and my 8 years old potato can run it fairly well on 2k.
This game blew my expectations in that its actually fun! No weird gameplay loop, fun attention to details and actually accessible lore (no overly complex plot or deep lotr knowledge required to engage with it)
I will probably rebuy on steam if it pops up there next year just to show support to the devs and pray for dlc.