LoTR Online
<div class="IPBDescription">Anyone playing it?</div>There's an open beta over here:
<a href="http://www.lotro.com/index.php?page_id=119" target="_blank">http://www.lotro.com/index.php?page_id=119</a>
I've been watching my roommate play his minstrel for a couple days, it actually looks quite fun. The gameplay is blatantly ripped off of WoW, but I do enjoy the Middle Earth setting a bit more.
The graphics are very nice for an mmorpg and everything seems to run relatively smoothly. Sightseeing is fun, especially since they've designed the world quite accurately - I especially enjoyed the Shire.
If you're a big LoTR nerd and enjoy WoW, this game is really up your alley.
<a href="http://www.lotro.com/index.php?page_id=119" target="_blank">http://www.lotro.com/index.php?page_id=119</a>
I've been watching my roommate play his minstrel for a couple days, it actually looks quite fun. The gameplay is blatantly ripped off of WoW, but I do enjoy the Middle Earth setting a bit more.
The graphics are very nice for an mmorpg and everything seems to run relatively smoothly. Sightseeing is fun, especially since they've designed the world quite accurately - I especially enjoyed the Shire.
If you're a big LoTR nerd and enjoy WoW, this game is really up your alley.
Comments
The one thing I did like about the hunter though. You didn't need arrows, just a bow.
this game is going to phail
frackin carebear mmo's
Can I name myself xXLegolas-Sniper-ExpertXx?
I do its unique
lineage2>all
Guys, the one factor that will determine whether I play this game or not is:
Can I name myself xXLegolas-Sniper-ExpertXx?
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That reminds me of my first time playing WoW. Right outside the starting area, I passed the corpse of "Dil<!--coloro:sky--><span style="color:sky"><!--/coloro-->d<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->o Baggins."
WoW was pretty much downhill from there.
That reminds me of my first time playing WoW. Right outside the starting area, I passed the corpse of "Dil<!--coloro:sky--><span style="color:sky"><!--/coloro-->d<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->o Baggins."
WoW was pretty much downhill from there.
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You're lucky. I saw a guy called "Scroto Saggins". I still can't get that image out of my head.
Besides the setting, any notable differences from wow ?
Besides the setting, any notable differences from wow ?
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There are halflings... oh wait wow had that too with the gnomes. But LOTR has Orcs... oh wait WoW had little green men known as orcs. Sod it... the names of the races and the names of the classes <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
There are halflings... oh wait wow had that too with the gnomes. But LOTR has Orcs... oh wait WoW had little green men known as orcs. Sod it... the names of the races and the names of the classes <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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wow even has ringwearing classes called rogues :/
There's a few nice concepts with the deeds and titles, but it's mostly just a ripoff of WOW right down to the health bar. Tried it got to level 10 and it just felt like wow all over again. I guess if you're a LOTR nut you'll enjoy it.
The one thing I did like about the hunter though. You didn't need arrows, just a bow.
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pffft you could say that about most mmorpg games
I <b>did</b> like sitting in an inn and playing hot cross buns all day to annoy people on my lute.
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My wife and I quit with WoW and played the beta for this for a little over a month (we were in the closed beta). Our experience? It's a more refined WoW in some ways, lacking in others (the camera system drove me insane). However, overall a good experience. At the end of the day, it wasn't different enough from WoW nor enjoyable enough to compel us to keep playing it. MMO's are become more like a job than an enjoyable experience.
MMO's get the social aspect pretty well with Guilds/Fellowships and such, but the commitment to the game shouldn't be because you have to grind countless hours to reach a certain level. The whole mechanics for retention and progress in MMO's need to be rethought IMO. It needs to allow for more casual play, yet be robust enough to die hard players to enjoy consistently. Sadly, I have no answers for this observation, only what I've seen.
anyway, if anyone else is subscribing and wants to play with a fellow NSer, come to Nimrodel and join my kinship =p look up Ensvey of the kinship Eternity <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tsa.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::tsa::" border="0" alt="tsa.gif" />
Plus my desktop was under the minimum specs and still managed to run it, which was cool. Generally I think it played nicer than WoW, but still not too much particularily special there. I will say that being a minstrel for 10+ levels was more fun than playing WoW's grindy stuff (one of the things LotR manages to do is make it seem like you're not grinding <i>all</i> the time).
I'd like to try this game but it would probably destroy me...
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Just an FYI, if you haven't heard, LotRO is now free-to-play (US only so far I think). If you like MMOs but you don't want to pay monthly for one, it's a great bet. I don't know how I feel about their new microtransaction system. Sort of feels like they nickel and dime you to death if you're serious about the game, but when you think about it, their system sort of makes more sense than a monthly fee. You only have to pay for the content you want. It's sort of halfway between the Guild Wars model and the WoW model.
Anyway, I generally recommend the game highly. It's the MMO I've spent the second most amount of time in after WoW. Definitely the prettiest MMO out there, the world really feels like Middle Earth, etc. It's amazing how much attention to detail there is even in out of the way places. Plenty of different ways to spend your time in the game now, too. Soloing, dungeons, monster play, solo instances, skirmishes, raids, daily quests, exploring, crafting, etc.
That aside, it feels like WoW. I haven't really found a feature that stands out or truly seperates this one from the crowd of other MMOs. It feels like Middle-earth WoW. With everyone doing the Bushwhacker <strike>Walk</strike> Run.
Maybe I'm just imune after I quit WoW after two years (got bored...)
Don't know. MMORPGs don't seem to apeal to me anymore...