The Amazon Game Studios are working with the Chinese company Leyou Technologies on a new Free2Play MMO based on The Lord of the Rings. This could be very interesting for online role-playing game fans.
What was announced? As we reported, Leyou Technologies announced that their new MMO based on The Lord of the Rings is being developed in collaboration with Amazon Game Studios.
It is an online role-playing game set during the era of the novel trilogy The Lord of the Rings. At least, in the press release, it states that it will be a Free2Play MMO based on the literary work “The Lord of the Rings”. The MMO was announced already in September 2018, now it is confirmed who is developing the game.
An exciting MMO
Why could the MMO be exciting? The team responsible for developing the game includes developers who have previously worked on the games Destiny, Planetside, WoW, Everquest, Defiance, and Rift.
The team at Amazon Game Studios has a lot of experience in developing well-known and popular MMORPGs. Moreover, the studio is currently demonstrating with New World that it can develop a quite interesting online game.
Furthermore, the new MMO is not only announced for PC but also for console. It is likely to be released for the Playstation 5 and Xbox Scarlett. This means that not only PC players but also console fans will have access to this game.
It is certainly conceivable that we are expecting a very interesting and exciting MMO(RPG) that caters to players who are eager for a new, epic theme park MMORPG on PC and console.
Is it even an MMORPG? So far, the game is only referred to as an MMO. However, looking at who is developing it and the experience the team possesses, one can reasonably assume that it is an MMORPG. However, we must wait to see until the game is presented in more detail.
Many questions remain unanswered
What about the monetization? The new MMO based on The Lord of the Rings is supposed to be released as a Free2Play game. Players are still somewhat skeptical about this. A Chinese company handling the monetization of a Free2Play MMO raises alarm bells for many.
However, we must first wait to see what the microtransactions look like. Amazon certainly does not want to be associated with Pay2Win elements.
What about The Lord of the Rings Online? Currently, we already have LotRO as an MMORPG. What happens if there are two online role-playing games with the same scenario?
In the official forum of The Lord of the Rings Online, there is already lively discussion on this topic. The opinion is that we should first wait to see what kind of game actually comes out. It may differ significantly from LotRO and both games can exist in parallel.
The fans of The Lord of the Rings naturally defend “their” game and currently want nothing to do with the new game.
