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Game Information​

Game Title: The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria

Platforms:

• PlayStation 5 (Dec 5, 2023)
• Xbox Series X/S (Jan 31, 2024)
• PC (Oct 24, 2023)

Trailers:

• The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ - Launch Trailer (Full Version)
• The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ - Opening Cinematic

Developer: Free Range Games

Publisher: North Beach Games

Review Aggregator:


OpenCritic - 66 average - 17% recommended - 6 reviews

MetaCritic - 69 average - 5 reviews

Critic Reviews​

CGMagazine - Matt Keith - 7.5 / 10

Return to Moria, from Free Range Games, is a fun experience for fans of survival titles and Lord of the Rings. It takes some of the better systems from the genre and marries them to the lore and setting of Moria, the result of which is a world that fans can be excited about.

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Everyeye.it - Giovanni Panzano - Italian - 6.5 / 10

The Lord of the Rings Return to Moria unfortunately can't keep up with the sacred monsters of the survival genre.

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GameGrin - Tina Vatore - 6.5 / 10

The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is a decently fun time. While not perfect, it's a unique take on a sandbox survival game.

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IGN - Travis Northup - 4 / 10

The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria doesn’t give a ton of reasons to play it over its genre peers – and its poor combat, building, and mining mechanics make those other options sound even more appealing.

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Niche Gamer - Augusto A. - 9.5 / 10

Overall, The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is an extremely solid survival crafting title, and stands proudly as one of the best Lord of the Rings games, as well as one of the best releases of 2023.

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PC Gamer - Tom Sykes - 58 / 100

Don't be a fool of a Took and rush into Moria. An authentic and authentically grueling game.

 

[Represent.]

Lmfao at Niche Gamer giving this shit a 9.5 out of 10. Could your standards be any lower?

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Why must game devs take such huge dumps on the lotr franchise. Are these really the best game options?

 

[Doom85]

 

[adamsapple]

Looks like Xbox dodging a bullet here.

New Lord of the Rings Game Delays Xbox Version

The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria has been delayed for Xbox Series X/S, with a new release date set for early 2024. The delay has disappointed Xbox fans, but the PC and PS5 versions are still scheduled for release on October 24. The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria has...

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[killatopak]

Why must game devs take such huge dumps on the lotr franchise. Are these really the best game options?

I don't think its the devs. I think its Amazon. They probably gave a bunch of publishers the greenlight to make a few of these because they are contractually obligated to.

 

[LordCBH]

First Gollum and now this. Whys it so hard for them to say “hey, we want an open world Middle-Earth RPG, so let’s find a studio who can make one!” Is it just that they only want to budget about $5 to the development of LOTR games?

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Anyone playing this after the Steam release? I was thinking about it - looked at some gameplay and it looks incredible, a bit junky but that’s it. I have an impression a lot of reviewers just applied the usual „AAA” benchmark to no matter what game and called it a day.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

Anyone playing this after the Steam release? I was thinking about it - looked at some gameplay and it looks incredible, a bit junky but that’s it. I have an impression a lot of reviewers just applied the usual „AAA” benchmark to no matter what game and called it a day.

I'm also wondering what's up with the cross play they promised - is it implemented yet?

 

[winjer]

Between this game, Gollum and The Rings of Power, Tolkien must be spinning so much in his grave, he could become a renewable source of energy.

 

[ClanOfNone]

Between this game, Gollum and The Rings of Power, Tolkien must be spinning so much in his grave, he could become a renewable source of energy.

You forgot Tales From the Shire in your list of terrible uses for an amazing ip.

Remember when the LotR games were Two Towers, Return of the King, Shadow of Mordor?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Between this game, Gollum and The Rings of Power, Tolkien must be spinning so much in his grave, he could become a renewable source of energy.

Did you play it or are just imagining things?

 

[winjer]

Did you play it or are just imagining things?

Look at the reviews...

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Look at the reviews...

Read my first post.

 

[ClanOfNone]

I will say that I haven’t played this game, the survival/crafting genre is anathema to me, but the decent user scores show there may be a decent game here for fans of the genre.

 

[Kacho]

Read my first post.

He wasn't replying to you, just adding a general comment to the thread