Announcement and trailer for The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, a survival game with very interesting ideas

You will need to watch the noise you produce so as not to awaken the horror of Moria.

With the premiere of a new series of The Lord of the Rings on the horizon, fans of this legendary fantasy work by the author, J.R.R. Tolkien Ahead of them is another new game that joins the already known, this one has a radically different proposition from what we’ve seen with license so far, as The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria bets on survival and cooperative multiplayer. to us The Fourth Age of Middle-earth.

You can play alone or with your friends“Take back the home of the dwarves in Moria” is the slogan that spawned this new Lord of the Rings video game. called by gimmicky“Take control of a group of dwarves in their quest to reclaim Moria’s lost loot”, a dark auto-generated scenario procedural So much so that every game in this game of the Lord of the Rings saga is different from the previous one. Whether alone or with friends, we will need to seek resources and craft new equipment to probe the depths of the mines.

But be careful because mining produces noiseand the sound breaking the silence of the calm depths threatens to awaken the following dangers: Where there is noise,” reads the official description of The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, “there is noise. warWith that in mind, this survival game presents the challenges of the genre but with the setting and stories of Middle-earth. So to make better weapons and excavation equipment, you will not only have to search for resources, but also hunt for food, control sleep hours underground, heat and, as we said, noise.

Noise plays an important role in Return to MoriaThe Free Range Games study also emphasized the importance of lighting in order to move safely in a natural environment. absolute darkness. Orcs as the main enemies to defeat, the game promises to discover the secrets behind the “shadow in the mountain”. The options also look promising. building because besides creating our own base of operations to work from, we will have the opportunity to rebuild the glory of Moria and the kingdom of Khazad-dûm.

Of course, we will have plenty of options to create weapons and defensive gear that increase our chances of survival. The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria will also let us explore magical artifacts such as “swords that glow when orcs are nearby, maps that show the location of long dormant Mithril veins, books with forgotten crafting blueprints, and amulets that give you power or wisdom”.

Dwarves will be able to create machines to mine gold, iron and basic gems to craft the best items in the game. Interested? We currently have the first images and a trailer for this exclusive PC game scheduled for release in 2023. It will also do this with extensive customization options so every player can design their dream dwarf.

This new release joins others known as The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, or the new RPG of The Lord of the Rings that Electronic Arts has been working on, that bet on adventure and stealth.