
I should have emphasized that I don't like AC games. The only exception was 2, but because Venice Italy was just gorgeous and that alone was worth running around and exploring. Never cared for the gameplay. Here the gameplay is similar, except you can use mounts sometimes, but the world is butt ugly.
I enjoyed the LOTRO movies more than you I guess. I do love the novels and I think the Lego games are super fun. This game does have some flashbacks of Mordor in it's better days, kind of looks like Rivendell populated by elves which is neat I guess? I actually like seeing Mordor before it fell apart, but the game is very button mashy and hack-slash.
In terms of games I think the Lego games capture the spirit of adventure more and the LOTRO online MMO captures the world the best, the Shire, Tom Bambodill, Gondor etc.