This game's launch was so bad and buggy that Digital Trends could not initially score the game due to persistent crashes until a day-one patch was released, the first time in the publication's history.[
Youtube reviewer Angry Joe gave this game a 1/10, the first game to get a 1/10 in over 7 years.
The "Precious Edition" featured concept art, a compendium, the game's soundtrack, and additional voice acting in Sindarin. This cost $70.00 at launch and had negative fan reaction due to charging players more money for more authentic voice acting.
Due to the overwhelming negative reaction to this game, Daedalic Entertainment shut down the entire development studio, now only focusing on producing games as opposed to trying to make games.
The game was already on sale with a month of release.