The expansion pack adds lots of atmosphere and detail to the game world in one of the whole genre's most ambitious and successfully realized locations, the dwarven kingdom of Khazad-Dum. Fortunately, this is a trend that has been amplified in The Mines of Moria. The+overall+design+or+Moria+is+spectacular. To be fair, there are still plenty of interesting diversions and peripheral encounters, but the chapter-by-chapter progression of the story makes the overall context of your adventures just as engaging as the actual gameplay.

Being based on the richest and most celebrated fantasy book of all time, The Lord of the Rings Online has more opportunity (and greater need) to connect all the elements of the story into a cohesive whole. Where games like World of Warcraft and Warhammer Online have plenty of interesting story arcs in their varied quest hubs, they tend to present them as independent theme parks you show up, ride the rides and then move on to the thrills that are lying just down the road. The content in The Lord of the Rings Online is more linear and more focused on narrative than you'll find in most other MMOs.

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