With a wide variety of races and breathtaking locations, Middle-earth is a great place for an MMORPG. With dozens of games out there using dwarves and elves to prop their stories, it's only fair that Lord of the Rings got the same MMO treatment. Launched in 2007, Lord of the Rings Online has undergone several reworks and updates.

Between the poorly received adventure game Gollum, the poorly received LOTR survival game Return to Moria, and the poorly received cozy game Tales of the Shire, it’s been a rough couple of years for Lord of The Ring games. But things weren’t always like this.

Check out the first 23 minutes of Tales of the Shire, a cozy life sim by Weta Workshop. Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit books can embrace a Hobbit life while building the Bywater village with days full of gardening,