# The Lord of the Rings: Heroes — LOTR Heroes of Middle-earth > Strategy RPG collecting and battling Lord of the Rings characters in Middle-earth. (iPhone/iPad app by Electronic Arts Inc..) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-lord-of-the-rings-heroes/id1556695949 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Electronic Arts Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/284800461) - Category: Games, Adventure, Role Playing - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.40/5 from 9,433 App Store ratings · 82 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 13.0 · 290 MB - Languages: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål and 6 more - Released: 2023-05-10 - Data updated: 2026-06-10 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-lord-of-the-rings-heroes/id1556695949/reviews.md ## What is The Lord of the Rings? Embark on a legendary adventure in The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth™, a strategy RPG game based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien! A New Ring has been discovered in Middle-earth that has the power to rewrite history. Will you join the battle for good or will you succumb to evil? Elves, Wizards, & Hobbits join together in a turn based rpg fantasy game providing a fresh visualization of a classic franchise. Your next adventure awaits with popular characters from The Lord of the Rings including Legolas, Gimli, Frodo, Sam, Aragorn, Gandalf, Orcs, Goblins, & more! Explore Middle-earth as never before in an online RPG filled with an assortment of classic LOTR characters for you to collect & battle with. PvP or Story - pave the way for epic battles in a thrilling turn-based RPG strategy game. Middle-earth adventures await as you form a guild to help battle your foes. Engage in all out war with squad battles to tackle the enemy or challenge other rival guilds. Join the Fellowship & take your team of heroes on adventures across Middle-earth. Encounter legendary team battles, discover new stories, & fight for the New Ring. Download today & discover your alternate ending! ENTER THE WORLD OF LOTR - Battle in legendary war games for control of Middle-earth in an epic fantasy RPG game - Hobbit, Dwarf, Elf, Wizard, or Man – They’re all waiting to take up arms - Embark on a new Middle-earth adventure & experience an alternate telling with beloved characters COLLECT LOTR CHARACTERS - Classic heroes from The Lord of the Rings universe are yours to collect in this online RPG - Go on epic quests your favorite characters including Frodo, Sam, Legolas, Gimli, Gandalf, & more - Unlock & upgrade heroes through a deep, long-term progression system - Explore factions of Middle-earth like never before: Haradrim, additional Dúnedain & others TURN BASED RPG GAME - PvP, Story, PvE games, & more - Hone your skills across multiple RPG game modes - Epic heroes with unique combat skills & abilities join forces in guilds - Level up classic LOTR heroes & play to their relationships & personalities - Test your fantasy RPG battle strategy to unlock team-up attacks & synergy bonuses LEGENDARY COMBAT - Team battles determine your success or failure in PvP games & more - Heroes of Middle-earth are yours to command in turn based RPG war games - Epic battles in the warfront await as you defeat other rival guilds, level up your heroes © 2023 MEE. The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings and the characters, items, events, and places therein are trademarks of Middle-earth Enterprises, LLC used under license to EA. Game code and certain audio and/or visual material © 2023 Electronic Arts Inc. Electronic Arts, the EA logo, and Capital Games are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. This app: Requires acceptance of EA’s Privacy & Cookie Policy and User Agreement. Requires an Internet connection (network fees may apply). Contains direct links to the Internet and social networking sites intended for an audience over 13. Allows players to communicate. Includes optional in-game purchases of virtual currency that can be used to acquire virtual in-game items, including a random selection of virtual in-game items. User Agreement: terms.ea.com Privacy and Cookie Policy: privacy.ea.com Visit help.ea.com for assistance or inquiries. Do Not Sell My Personal Information: https://tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBPRIVACYCA/US/en/PC/ EA may retire online features after 30 days’ notice posted on ea.com/service-updates. ## Key features - Turn-based RPG combat - Collect iconic LOTR characters - Form guilds and battle rivals - PvP and Story modes - Unlock and upgrade heroes - Explore Middle-earth factions ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | HEROES BUNDLE CL | $39.99 | one-time | | GEMS BUNDLE V | $99.99 | one-time | | GEMS BUNDLE IV | $49.99 | one-time | | GEMS BUNDLE III | $19.99 | one-time | | GEMS BUNDLE II | $9.99 | one-time | | GEMS BUNDLE I | $4.99 | one-time | | HEROES BUNDLE LXXV | $19.99 | one-time | | HOME BUNDLE XVI | $19.99 | one-time | | HEROES BUNDLE XLV | $9.99 | one-time | | HOME OFFER X | $4.99 | one-time | | HOME OFFER XI | $4.99 | one-time | | HOME OFFER XXI | $9.99 | one-time | | HOME OFFER XLI | $14.99 | one-time | | HOME OFFER LXII | $19.99 | one-time | | HOME OFFER LXIII | $19.99 | one-time | | HOME OFFER LXVII | $19.99 | one-time | | HOME OFFER LXXVI | $19.99 | one-time | | HOME OFFER LXXIX | $19.99 | one-time | | HOME OFFER LXXX | $19.99 | one-time | | HOME OFFER LXXXIX | $24.99 | one-time | ## What do users think of The Lord of the Rings? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Solid gameplay foundation - 👍 Familiar LOTR characters - 🚀 Fast progression early on - 👍 Nostalgia for LOTR fans **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 💰 Overly aggressive monetization - 🔒 Lack of content and game modes - 👎 Slow progression and gold bottleneck - 👎 Bland graphics and animations **Commonly reported bugs** - Freezing and loading issues - Inability to join guilds - Broken tutorial and progression blockers - Disappearing UI elements **Most requested features** - More recognizable LOTR characters - Improved combat animations - Increased gold and resource rewards - Additional game modes and content - Better F2P progression balance ## Recent user reviews (10 of 82) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-lord-of-the-rings-heroes/id1556695949/reviews.md ### 2/5 — No offers not much gameplay while raids take too long *2024-02-06* Gameplay is fun but you can finish your daily quests in a few mins. The raids can take too long because of rng and they never spawn the same enemies. For a mobile game that’s in it to make money there haven’t been any offers in months. I’m no whale but I don’t mind spending on a game I enjoy. There’s so much potential but it seems the devs want this game to fail. Since the launch raids have been the only real addition to the game, unless you consider marquee events when they release new toons. Since the beginning of December there hasn’t been any new information on where the game is headed except for one post on their X page. I never witnessed a game more neglected by devs especially when you consider the rich history of LOTR. It’s extremely sad to see a game with so much potential to be treated like this. It’s like the game is something they really could care less about ### 3/5 — MissedPotential *2023-12-06* This game, like SWGOH, has so much potential. I mean come on, who could screw up Star Wars or Tolkien lore? Enter Capital Games. Other than Activision, I can’t think of a company that hates/neglects/abuses its player base more. I will focus just on this game now. First and foremost, the game crashes nonstop. I have played on a brand new iPad, brand new iPhone 13, and iPhone XR. Same crashes. No difference across devices. There is nothing like losing arena tickets because of a game crash (and I am in gold ranking so I do care about my tickets). How about getting almost through a grueling raid just for the game to crash and have to start over? Speaking of raids, that’s essentially the only game content. Arena and a single boring raid. Want to make your characters better? Better plan on buying lots of gold with real money because they don’t give crap for gold in game. Oh yeah, you guessed it, gold is the driving force behind all upgrades in the game. I never thought I would say this about Lord of the Rings, but pass over this one until they do a complete overhaul (never gonna happen). ### 3/5 — Just OK Right Now *2023-11-21* The game is fun when there are things to do. Collecting characters is fun, but it there is currently a major major major drought of content to use any of the heroes for. On top of that, nearly every character added is given to every player at 3 stars for free. There is NO FUN in being given every new character for free. None. It defeats the purpose of a game where you have to work towards collecting your desired characters. On top of this, the game runs pretty terribly. Lots of lag, especially when quitting and retrying fights in the raid. Some common, but frustrating graphical issues, such as icons disappearing and having to restart the game to make them appear again. Infinite load screens that are only solved by a restart. Minor issues, but they get quite frustrating when you just want to play the game. I have no issues with the graphics, no issues with the gameplay and no issues with the characters they’ve added to the game thus far. Just give us something to do with them!! ### 4/5 — Solid LOTR RPG Game But Lacking Content & a Few Issues *2023-10-27* I understand the game is still somewhat new but it has the potential to draw a massive crowd if things are done correctly. Some issues are… Currently, gold is way too hard to obtain without spending tons of money. I don’t want gold requirements to be nerfed severely but it’s incredibly expensive right now. Some of the best Hero shards cannot be obtained unless you spend a buttload of gems (aka real money) The game needs more content that’s F2P or somewhat. You have your light and shadow campaign that lasts you a month maybe if F2P. Guild missions that end a bit sooner usually. After that you can only play one arena (pvp) game every 15 min with a max of 5 per 24 hours unless you spend gems. After that you get to do a guild Raid usually once per week or so that lasts 24 hours per stage (most guilds will clear maybe chapter 1 on average) Besides that there is nothing else to do. The game itself, mechanics, characters, gameplay, etc… is incredible so it 100% has the ability to be a big time hit but it really needs more content to play. Hopefully in time! I definitely recommend playing it though even if you don’t do much besides the F2P stuff. That way you’ll have a head start for when the game has more playable content and game modes. ### 4/5 — Great game but….. *2023-10-16* So far the only gripe I have about the game now that I’ve played it a decent amount is whenever and I mean this could happen whenever is that it will freeze up or be like stuck or stalled out at any moment wether I’m loading something or playing a battle when I’m playing a battle I’ll beat all the enemies at a specific stage then my guys will just be standing there endlessly not progressing to the next stage and I have completely restart the app and do it all over again just for it to do the same thing 5 times out of 10 and the same problem will happen sometimes as well when it brings up the loading ring symbol it will just be stuck on that and I have do the same thing close it and re open the app to hopefully get pass that but sometimes it will do right all over again other then that I love it but I’m bias cause I love Lord of the Rings ### 2/5 — Fun but not for f2p *2023-09-21* I love me a good phone/tablet game but i dont always like to pay a bunch of money to them. I’ve spent money before on games (summoners war for example), so im not against it. This game is just a huge money grab: ads popping up for items/equipment every time you close a window, the pvp aspect you have to either wait 15 min for refresh or pay gem (or crystals whatever you want to call them) to refresh — they don’t come easy in game (1 or 2 hear and there) or pay for them of course. Farming takes about 3 seconds cas you only have so much energy and unless you refresh — you guessed it with gems again — you dont get a ton. Farming for characters is extremely slow due to the fact some levels you can only farm 5 times per 5 hours and get practically nothing. I love LoTR and am willing to spend 5 min a day to play this game (for the dailies) but if you’re looking for a f2p game as a main game you play don’t choose this one — go to summoners war. You will hate your life but at least you’ll still be playing a game for more than 21 min a wk lol ### 5/5 — Awesome game! *2023-09-07* I just got the game and am having a blast. My only big critique is that when you complete a mission for the first time you get 1 premium currency. You need 600 to open the lowest level chest. Why even give us the one if that’s it? I don’t think it needs to be a ton but even 10 would feel a lot more rewarding and like I can save up my gems. Also a lot of the promotions are really expensive for what you get. I want to spend money but I am weary to just because I feel like my premium currency doesn’t add up which makes me weary of longevity of play and I don’t want to sink a ton of money into something like that. Like I said great game overall but it would be nice if they changed that :) I started this game with an old phone and it sucked and froze all the time but got a new phone and now it works amazing, just beware! ### 2/5 — Promising but disappointing *2023-09-06* If you’re looking for one of the most frustrating game experiences on the App Store, you’ve found it. With the release of the game, CG hyped up its first major content release in Raids, and it has been universally awful. The first chapter of the Mines of Moria raid is immensely frustrating, with multiple layers of RNG that leave all players in our guild angry, frustrated, and dumping hours into a feature for a game that should only take a fraction of that time daily. In addition, raids are both mandatory and unrewarding. So if your goal with your gaming experience is to be frustrated to the point of turning your phone off and walking away, this is the game for you. Players in discord have been complaining about this experience since raids released a month ago, and CG shows no interest in addressing it, so just be aware that your voice will go completely unheard. Additional knocks against this game include: underwhelming graphics and UI, excruciatingly slow progression, multiple resource chokeholds in a wildly unbalanced economy, and paid offers that are laughably pitiful. And a literal unending sea of bugs. Seriously, every week feels like there’s something new that will make you need to restart the app while playing. 2 stars because if you’re playing this game you’re obviously invested in the IP, and because the game has a lot of promise coming from the makers of Galaxy of Heroes. But let’s me honest, this is a really far cry from that. ### 3/5 — *UPDATED* Bland, buggy SWGOH clone *2023-08-31* Update: The annoying RESTART bugs have all but disappeared. Yay! Unfortunately, there are still far too many bugs for a high profile game that’s been out this long. The biggest bugs are the game often becoming unresponsive during Auto battle and the game getting stick on a Loading screen after claiming the daily rewards. Customer Support tends to be either unresponsive or utterly unhelpful. That said, there is a lot to like about this game and the more time I’ve spent with it the more I’ve learned its nuances. The many bland, indistinct characters are still a problem though. Original: I expected a LOTR-themed clone of Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes and that’s what it is. RESTART Unfortunately, the character designs are so bland that it’s often difficult to differentiate between the characters. RESTART With a few exceptions it’s all just a bunch of lookalike humans, elves and hobbits with swords, spears and bows vs lookalike orcs & goblins with swords, spears and bows. RESTART Nowhere near the variety and appeal of Star Wars characters. RESTART Worst of all, the game is super buggy. RESTART And, yes, the game constantly crashes and tells you to RESTART RESTART RESTART RESTART RESTART. ### 2/5 — Close to unplayable *2023-08-30* I just got the game and am having a blast. My only big critique is that when you complete a mission for the first time you get 1 premium currency. You need 600 to open the lowest level chest. Why even give us the one if that’s it? I don’t think it needs to be a ton but even 10 would feel a lot more rewarding and like I can save up my gems. Also a lot of the promotions are really expensive for what you get. I want to spend money but I am weary to just because I feel like my premium currency doesn’t add up which makes me weary of longevity of play and I don’t want to sink a ton of money into something like that. Like I said great game overall but it would be nice if they changed that :) Edit: This game is close to unplayable as I have gone further in. Most new missions I do freeze and steal the energy required to do the mission. I’ve lost premium currency in trying to buy energy then having the same missions freeze several times in a row. It’s so frustrating. I’ve lost hundreds of gems in total because of this. I love LOTR and this game has so much potential but it’s near impossible to play right now. ## Frequently asked questions about The Lord of the Rings ### What kind of game is The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth? This is a strategy RPG game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings books. It features turn-based combat, character collection, and guild-based battles. ### Which Lord of the Rings characters can I collect and use? You can collect and battle with popular characters such as Legolas, Gimli, Frodo, Sam, Aragorn, and Gandalf, among others. The game allows you to unlock and upgrade these heroes. ### Is this game free to play? The game is free to download and play. It offers in-app purchases, allowing players to enhance their experience or acquire items and characters. ### What are the main game modes available? The game offers multiple RPG game modes, including Player versus Player (PvP) battles, a Story mode to experience new adventures, and Player versus Environment (PvE) challenges. ### Can I play with friends or other players? Yes, you can form a guild with other players to help battle foes and engage in squad battles. You can also challenge other rival guilds in PvP combat. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.7.3 — 2024-01-17 Glyphs have been unlocked! Dive deeper into Middle-earth to discover this new system to level-up and differentiate your heroes. In addition, look out for more characters entering the battle including a Brand New Legendary, Thorin Oakenshield. As always, we're improving the game so many a bug fix has been implemented including rebalancing Summoned Characters and adjusting Difficulty 4 in the Raid. We're excited to continue this journey - discover what's new today! ### 1.7.1 — 2023-12-13 Glyphs have been unlocked! Dive deeper into Middle-earth to discover this new system to level-up and differentiate your heroes. In addition, look out for more characters entering the battle including a Brand New Legendary, Thorin Oakenshield. As always, we're improving the game so many a bug fix has been implemented including rebalancing Summoned Characters and adjusting Difficulty 4 in the Raid. We're excited to continue this journey - discover what's new today! ### 1.7.0 — 2023-12-05 Glyphs have been unlocked! Dive deeper into Middle-earth to discover this new system to level-up and differentiate your heroes. In addition, look out for more characters entering the battle including a Brand New Legendary, Thorin Oakenshield. As always, we're improving the game so many a bug fix has been implemented including rebalancing Summoned Characters and adjusting Difficulty 4 in the Raid. We're excited to continue this journey - discover what's new today! ### 1.6.7 — 2023-10-26 The gates to Moria have opened! Chapter One of the brand New Raid has begun. Work together with your guild to dive deep into the Mines of Moria. Can you survive the Orc onslaught waiting within? Or will your heroes fall to the forces of evil? Begin your battle, take up arms, and reap the rewards! ### 1.6.5 — 2023-09-26 The gates to Moria have opened! Chapter One of the brand New Raid has begun. Work together with your guild to dive deep into the Mines of Moria. Can you survive the Orc onslaught waiting within? Or will your heroes fall to the forces of evil? 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