The Lord of the Rings Online Reviews

Turbine’s newly launched The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar continues to receive favorable review scores. The first is at Yahoo! Games with an overall score of 4/5:

Turbine has added a few evolutionary features — mostly to keep the gameplay tightly aligned with the story and ethos of Tolkien’s novels. For example, the death penalty is represented as Dread — which also afflicts you when you get too close to a Black Rider. Most famously, Turbine has implemented player-vs-player combat as “Monster Play.” Because two elves would not fight in Tolkien’s world, instead players are able to take on the identity of a servant of Sauron to fight other players. You can’t play the whole game as an Orc — but it’s a great diversion from the serious business of saving the Ring.

And the second is at Darke Counsel with an overall score of 4/5:

While I can’t say LOTRO is the king of all MMOG’s as much as I like to, its ranks up there as one of the best. Both Tolkien fans and MMO gamers should take advantage of what LOTRO is offering. In the end, it’s a solid MMOG with a depth most online games of the market lack. Here’s you chance to walk that road.pursue it with eager feet!