Very true to the LoR genre, tons of quests, not just combat, but it still lacks the "something" to make it the best.
The Good:
-Beginning is great and realy lets you have a feel for the game.
-MonsterPlay is really fun especially as more good players reach 50
-Graphics are wonderful and even better when set on very high
-Music was nicely composed
-Hundreds of quests that are mostly unique
-Book Quests are very fun
-Dungeons/instances are great, especially Fornost and Angmar end dung.
Bad:
-No Housing at beginning (recent update added limited housing)
-Economy is not well structured, needs a lot of improvement
-Quests get less innovative as game moves on, kill x becomes common
-Not much uniqueness between players in skill or clothing
-Quests are usually improperly rated on their lvl and many times rewards are too low quality for difficulty of quest
-Not much to do besides Quests
Overall I think the game is great but needs some improvement, I'm still playing it and its getting a lot better. The Turbine Dev team is obviously devoted to the improvement of the game. An example is the free update of Evendim, a huge zone which was nicely done except for the killer aggro deer.