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LOTRO: Shadows of Angmar
2007-03-31, 7:49 PM #1
http://www.lotro.com/worldtour

In five days (next Friday), the Lord of the Rings Online open beta launches.

I've spoken to our resident Gandalf about this, and here's what he had to say:

Originally posted by JediGandalf:
(9:42:37 PM) Brandon (JediGandalf): Ugh.
(9:42:43 PM) Brandon (JediGandalf): Just what this world needs
(9:42:45 PM) Me: YOU SHOULD TOO
(9:42:51 PM) Brandon (JediGandalf): Another MMORPG
(9:43:06 PM) Me: an MMORPG based on TRUE and ACTUAL events!
(9:43:15 PM) Me: err
(9:43:26 PM) Me: that happened in one of the greatest books ever written!
(9:43:27 PM) Brandon (JediGandalf): ..from a ficticious book written in 1930s?
(9:43:40 PM) Me: c'ome
(9:43:55 PM) Me: back then they had plenty of hobbits, just like buffalo in the U.S.
(9:44:12 PM) Me: everyone knows theyy've became extinct after the 1950's


Who else is signing up? :hist101:
2007-03-31, 7:54 PM #2
I was in the closed beta and thought that it was simply more of the same. As a matter of fact, it's not even as good as most of the MMORPGs that have been out for a bit...
2007-03-31, 7:56 PM #3
Really? I heard quite the opposite
2007-03-31, 7:57 PM #4
Yea, it's quite different, it's LOTR. duh.
2007-03-31, 8:06 PM #5
Don't get me wrong, it looked like it would have been fun to play, just nothing revolutionary enough to take people away from WoW. Also, I only played the beta for 1 day before I got bored with it. I had the same problem with Guild Wars when I was in the beta for that as well, so my opinion may be a bit biased. As a matter of fact, the only MMORPGs that I've ever been able to tolerate were EQ1, DAoC, AC2, and WoW.
2007-03-31, 8:11 PM #6
I'll play the beta, if for no other reason than because it's free.
2007-03-31, 8:11 PM #7
J. R. R. Tolkien must be crying, wherever he is right now.
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2007-03-31, 8:24 PM #8
Just looking at the screenshots I can tell that's it's totally divorced from the lotr "feel". Best left out of games if you ask me.
2007-03-31, 9:03 PM #9
I could easily nab the lotro beta cd at work, but I won't beacuse it looks like crap.

It looks like any other MMORPG but with more "franchise milking". :psyduck: I'll wait till STO thank you very much.
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"N-No it's not!"

"Oh."
2007-03-31, 9:40 PM #10
yo I was in 2 of the closed betas and I personally think this:

It's world of warcraft with lotr lore - an auction house, a mailbox, 'talents', same kinds of quests, raids, and instances (many of these things with the exact same name). Also, worse graphics*. I'm running an x800 and a 2.5ghz dual core amd with a gig of ram and I tried running it where the graphics didn't look like crap, and it was choppy as hell.

conclusion - if you really like lotr, go for it. otherwise don't bother.
A dream is beautiful because it remains a dream.
2007-03-31, 9:59 PM #11
I played in the stress test a short while ago and from what I've played, it seem promising but its too much like WoW with everquest 2 graphics. The entire interface is like a near carbon copy of WoW! I thought that part was kinda disappointing but some parts of the game seems promising.
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2007-03-31, 10:11 PM #12
I was in the closed beta.

It's crap.
2007-03-31, 11:04 PM #13
Originally posted by Jon`C:
I was in the closed beta.

It's crap.


As was I, and I concur!
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2007-03-31, 11:10 PM #14
Yeah, it really isn't that great.

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