A basic class breakdown is as follows in the folder: While basic party roles and jobs are still used, the class that handles that role is usually not the traditional one to do it (though they all do make sense when you think about it.) Many classes have parallels to characters in the book, though certainly not all. The Outfit system also allows for much more character customization than some rivals allow.Īn arguably inventive stroke is in the character classes. The game boasts several semi-unique features, such as the Music system, which allows players to form bands and play music in-game, either by playing manually, or by playing. The game launched in 2007, with the smoothest MMO launch in history. The Black Book was concluded with the release of the Minas Morgul expansion in late 2019, which also introduced Stout-axe dwarves as a playable race.īeginning life as Middle-earth Online in 1998, the license to develop the game bounced through several developers (including Vivendi Games) before landing with Turbine in 2004. This expansion also introduced High Elves as a playable race. The Mordor expansion pack released in the Autumn of 2017 brought the game's latest storyline to the moment of the One Ring's destruction and beyond, launching a new story titled the Black Book of Mordor, in which the Free Peoples must deal with the remaining threat posed by Sauron's former underlings, starting by entering the Black Land itself. The main Story Arc of the game consists of the mostly-free note Volume III, Books 11-14 require purchase of the Helm's Deep expansion Epic questline, supplemented by smaller storylines and Sidequests available in each region.
Each piece of new content takes place later in the timeline of the books. In the 12+ years since the game launched, many updates and expansions have introduced additional regions, features, and quests. As a player, you adventure and aid not only the Fellowship, but also the residents of Middle-earth as they prepare for battle against Sauron.Īside from some introductory quests, the game's storyline begins in Eriador around the time Frodo Baggins begins his journey, and focuses on combating the rise of Angmar, the long-fallen realm of the Witch-King. The game's storyline roughly follows the books however, while the story follows the movements of the Fellowship, what it really focuses on is what everyone else is doing.
Set in Tolkien's Middle-earth, this game is based entirely on the books as such, it has a rich lore from which to draw quests, locations and scenarios.
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