Lord of the Rings Online is the premier MMORPG set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s wondrous world of Middle-earth, brought to life through those most famous of books, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and wonderfully portrayed in Peter Jackson’s movies. LOTRO brings you into the timeline of the events of The Lord of the Rings story, and sets you on a path that parallels the Fellowship of the Ring, aiding them on their journey to Mordor by performing tasks and adventurous deeds surrounding their path across Middle-earth.
The Epic Story is an ongoing series of adventures, or quests, steeped with intrigue and action. These adventures begin the moment you start playing, and feature characters like Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the Grey, and Strider, Ranger of the North; during significant events in the Epic Story, Session Play lifts you from your hero's shoes and puts you in temporary control of a legendary character. But no matter the method of storytelling, you will always earn rewards for your developing hero.
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | Core 2 Duo / AMD Athlon II or better | Core i5 / AMD FX-8100 or better |
| VRAM | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| RAM | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| OS | Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (64bit recommended for high resolution) | Windows 7 64bit Service Pack 1 or newer |
| Graphics Card | GeForce 7XXX / ATI Radeon HD 3000 serieswith 512MB or more of dedicated video memory | Nvidia Geforce 8XXX / AMD Radeon HD 6### series or newer with 1GB or more of dedicated video memory |
| Direct X | 9.0c | 9.0c |
| HDD Space | 26 GB | 26 GB |
| Game Analysis | In terms of game file size, you will need at least 12 GB of free disk space available. By contrast, the game developers recommend somewhere around 20 GB of free disk space on your system drive. The minimum memory requirement for The Lord of the Rings Online™ is 1 GB of RAM installed in your computer. If possible, make sure your have 2 GB of RAM in order to run The Lord of the Rings Online™ to its full potential. An Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz CPU is required at a minimum to run The Lord of the Rings Online™. Whereas, an Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 is recommended in order to run it. The cheapest graphics card you can play it on is an NVIDIA GeForce 6200. But, according to the developers the recommended graphics card is an NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS. The Lord of the Rings Online will run on PC system with Windows XP (Service Pack 2) and upwards. Additionally it has a Mac version. | |
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | 2.0 GHz Intel Core i5 | 2.0 GHz Intel Core i7 |
| RAM | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| OS | 10.7.5 | 10.7.5 |
| Graphics Card | Intel HD Graphics 3000 or better | nVidia GeForce GT 650M or better |
| SOUND CARD | Integrated Sound | Integrated Sound |
| HDD Space | 25 GB of available space | 25 GB of available space |
