Developer Free Range Games has just revealed a whole lot more about Lord of the Rings: Return To Moria, its survival crafting game set in Middle-earth’s Fourth Age. In a recent livestream, the developers showed off concept art, screenshots, and explained more about their ethos in developing the game.
Return to Moria is set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth, the time period also known as the “Age of Men” that kicks off directly after the events of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In Return to Moria however, players will be taking the mantle of dwarves who are venturing into the goblin and Balrog-plagued mines of Moria to reclaim their legacy.
🚨SNEAK PEEK for #ReturntoMoria 🚨
First up, four screenshots from The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria game revealed during today’s stream with @ReturnToMoria @FreeRangeGames @tolkienprof !
Full Sneak Peek Stream: https://t.co/U3ysgHi2jZ
1/4 pic.twitter.com/KIDHMfoF1Q— The Nerd of the Rings (@nerdoftherings1) October 25, 2022
Another screenshot of two dwarves wading through water in the Misty Mountains…
2/4 pic.twitter.com/keK0sl1V2v— The Nerd of the Rings (@nerdoftherings1) October 25, 2022
Part of the livestream goes into detail on the Middle-earth lore, including why the team decided to focus on Dwarven lore, and how it approached building the world of Moria while still respecting Tolkien’s original lore.