To be able to stay within the Tolkien lore as much as possible, player versus player in Lord of the Rings Online has always taken the shape of Monster Play - instead of elves fighting elves, players can create monster characters to do battle against the free people of Middle-Earth. This system hasn't seen much love from the developers, but in the next update to the game - called Book 3: Echoes of the Dead - that will change. We've got a couple of new screenshots of the updated Monster Play in action below, fresh from Turbine.
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Game facts
The Lord of the Rings Online
Genre
MMORPG
Developer
Turbine
Publisher
Codemasters
Release date
23 April 2004
Platforms
PC
Mac
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23
Editions
Each with its own newsroom and its own scores.
1998
Publishing since
Independently owned for the whole of it.
100%
Hands-on
Written from time with the game, never press material.
1–10
Network Score
Every edition’s score, averaged and shown.