Our list of the best Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord mods also has quite a few picks to tide you over until Kingdoms of Arda's currently unannounced release date rolls by. You can learn more about Bannerlord's Lord of the Rings mod over on its Mod DB page.

Another, from earlier in the year, details planned troop trees. This means that the campaign needs to reach a satisfying smoothness and balance, but many of our features may not be implemented fully like Story Mode, multiplayer, quests, and other mechanics,' reads a post from October 2020. 'The current release plan will have us wait until the mod reaches a point of high polish in our first set of factions: Gondor, Rohan, Isengard, Mordor, Harad, and Dunland. Even if the launch of official modding tools – which part of the team tested – helped speed things up, a playable version is 'far off'. Trolls, Ents, and Mumakils are also part of the modding team's plans, as are '25 major factions with a large spattering of minor factions.' As much as the vision is there, Kingdoms of Arda is 'very early within development' at the moment. You'll be able to kill 'pretty much everyone' but don't expect a Nazgûl to be destroyed while Sauron's big eye watches over Mordor.

It's safe to say that Bannerlord's LotR mod won't limit you to playing as the good guys. The Elves, Dwarves, Dúnedain, Orcs, Hobbits, Goblins, and Uruks count among Kingdom of Arda's playable races. Its separate story mode will then focus in on scenarios centered on battles like those at Helm’s Deep or Pellenor Fields, which can be played from either the perspective of a hero or a regular soldier.

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