"I could really tell that the developers put their whole heart and soul into the game. There are a lot of mechanics that have been well thought through and that make the world a little more interesting."

"...it [Return to Moria] seems to me to be one to keep an eye on for lovers of the survival genre, The Lord of the Rings and to have fun with friends online."

"One of the most exciting titles we checked out at Gamescom was definitely The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, as both its gameplay mechanics as a mining/crafting game and its canonical, never-before-told narrative seemed incredibly spot-on for Tolkien fans."

"As a Tolkien fan, there's already a lot to love about The Lord of the Rings Return to Moria"

"The game strikes me as a real competitor, with well thought out story beats and crafting treats to make Moria’s restoration a hearty adventure."

"The game’s version of Moria is enormous and includes all the landmarks you’d expect and where you’d expect them to be. Procedurally-generated environments fill in the spaces between the likes of the Endless Stair, the Crossroads, the Chamber of Mazarbul, and Durin’s Bridge, allowing for the sheer scale suggested by the books and films to be realized in video game form."

"I knew very little about it beforehand, yet by the time I left, it had become one of the best games I’d seen at the entire show."