lord of the rings online

dragon · Post by **dragon** » 2007-07-05 07:43am

Was wondering if anyone picked this up yet, saw it the store and was debating on whether to buy it or not. It's gotten good reviews so far and looks interesting.

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Perseid · Post by **Perseid** » 2007-07-05 03:06pm

I play on the Europe servers, it's not a bad game, makes a refreshing change from WoW. Kinda has an almost DAoC feel to it.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-07-05 03:18pm

I might consider trying it out if they ever offer a playable demo. I couldn't find one to download on their main site.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-07-05 03:22pm

Mr CorSec wrote:I play on the Europe servers, it's not a bad game, makes a refreshing change from WoW. Kinda has an almost DAoC feel to it.

Isn't it basically WoW with knobs on? Some of the additions sound interesting, but I'm not sure it's enough to either avoid the WoW problems or be worth playing instead of WoW.

Zod, it's an MMO. There are no 'playable demos', there are 'trial keys'. Some like EVE have a fairly constant distribution of 14-day trials, and others (like WoW, I believe) don't. Hilariously, many MMOs don't allow downloads of the client at all, forcing you to buy a physical box for no reason.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-07-05 03:25pm

Stark wrote:
Mr CorSec wrote:I play on the Europe servers, it's not a bad game, makes a refreshing change from WoW. Kinda has an almost DAoC feel to it.
Isn't it basically WoW with knobs on? Some of the additions sound interesting, but I'm not sure it's enough to either avoid the WoW problems or be worth playing instead of WoW.

Zod, it's an MMO. There are no 'playable demos', there are 'trial keys'. Some like EVE have a fairly constant distribution of 14-day trials, and others (like WoW, I believe) don't. Hilariously, many MMOs don't allow downloads of the client at all, forcing you to buy a physical box for no reason.

Well, bugger that then. I know that WoW at least offers trial discs and a download of the client in various places, I thought there might have been something like that here. Oh well.

Flagg · Post by **Flagg** » 2007-07-05 03:25pm

Stark wrote:
Mr CorSec wrote:I play on the Europe servers, it's not a bad game, makes a refreshing change from WoW. Kinda has an almost DAoC feel to it.
Isn't it basically WoW with knobs on? Some of the additions sound interesting, but I'm not sure it's enough to either avoid the WoW problems or be worth playing instead of WoW.

From what I've read and heard from friends who play, it's basically WoW with no real solo options.

Perseid · Post by **Perseid** » 2007-07-05 03:29pm

Flagg wrote:
Stark wrote:
Mr CorSec wrote:I play on the Europe servers, it's not a bad game, makes a refreshing change from WoW. Kinda has an almost DAoC feel to it.
Isn't it basically WoW with knobs on? Some of the additions sound interesting, but I'm not sure it's enough to either avoid the WoW problems or be worth playing instead of WoW.
From what I've read and heard from friends who play, it's basically WoW with no real solo options.

Soloing is still viable, just not for the epic quests (following parts of the LotR story), the upside it has over WoW is theres little need to grind the levels, at least as far as I've encountered.

Flagg · Post by **Flagg** » 2007-07-05 03:36pm

Mr CorSec wrote:
Flagg wrote:
Stark wrote: Isn't it basically WoW with knobs on? Some of the additions sound interesting, but I'm not sure it's enough to either avoid the WoW problems or be worth playing instead of WoW.
From what I've read and heard from friends who play, it's basically WoW with no real solo options.
Soloing is still viable, just not for the epic quests (following parts of the LotR story), the upside it has over WoW is theres little need to grind the levels, at least as far as I've encountered.

I'm a 65 warrior in WoW and I really haven't done any xp grinding.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2007-07-05 04:24pm

I'd be willing to do a trial sometime just to see if the music system is any fun.

Covenant · Post by **Covenant** » 2007-07-05 04:29pm

I beta'd it. I was sadly unimpressed, as I really had high hopes for it. Some of the elements are fun (taking control of spiders or wargs to harass PCs) but overall just some WoW remixing. I'm looking forward to the Warhammer MMO, which seems to put a big emphasis on players battling players, which is what seems to set apart a Massive version of Parallel Play like WoW and an actual MMORPG.

Flagg · Post by **Flagg** » 2007-07-05 05:23pm

I still want a modern game with a UO skill system, along with player-crafted everything. But one that doesn't suck.

Darth Mordius · Post by **Darth Mordius** » 2007-07-06 08:33am

I tried the beta. Load it up, first quest? Go kill x wolves and come back.

Bzzzt, wrong answer.