The Lord of the Rings Online

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Originally Posted by CaTaLyST

lol...


I was thinking about playing this, but after having player Asheron's Call and Dungeons and Dragons online for years (and I really feel like turbine drops the ball on older releases whenever they launch a new product), so I'm not so sure I want to invest any more time or effort into the company. :(

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Turbine has definitely struggled since it made AC1, but they have bucked that trend with LoTRO. Unless there is a big surprise in the pipes it’s the MMO release of the year, including expansions like the Burning Crusades.

There are some issues of course, it’s a little on the small side has some minor issues with the models etc. It’s also a game where you need to buy into its very casual mostly PvE the playstyle. For PvE games it’s probably second only to EQ2 at the moment and has the added bonus of being new and fresh.

It's a fun game. But something about it didn't hold my attention. I guess mainly because it's a clone of a clone, and nothing new was really offered to the table besides new graphics / textures / and some gameplay tweaks that I wasn't interested in. For me, all the classes felt the same, but I know people who thought they felt totally different, so go figure.

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Originally Posted by LiquidCrash

It's a fun game. But something about it didn't hold my attention. I guess mainly because it's a clone of a clone, and nothing new was really offered to the table besides new graphics / textures / and some gameplay tweaks that I wasn't interested in. For me, all the classes felt the same, but I know people who thought they felt totally different, so go figure.

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yeah, me an a few buddies pre-ordered and played around, but I don't think any of us actually bought the retail version because it seemed a bit "bland"

Well, AC1 kept me for about 8 years, with its unique PVP system that was almost like a 3rd person FPS. I still have my acct, actually. (Morningthaw if that means anything to anyone)

I totally looked forward to AC2. However, it ran like garbage on my higher end PC and with all of the bugs I quit after 1.5 months and went back to AC for pvp...

DDO kept me for almost 8 months. I maxed my character in the first 3 weeks, if that. However, I powergamed the content in the first month and a half. I left after the lackluster content updates and the failed increase for level cap after 3 months. The first 4 months were all beta :)

WoW really did *nothing* for me. I never dug the graphics. Too... toonish for me. Not that AC1 has nice graphics now...

I can only *hope* LOTRO is what AC2 should have been - I mean it has the AC2 engine, which was WAY ahead of its time. I love big worlds, and I love PVP. I don't care so much for large battles, as I really like having all vs me and being able to pull it off against the odds.

DDO is a quality system, but really should not have been pushed as an MMO, because that is exactly what it is NOT. If you casually game DDO, and have time for the quests, its pretty fun, providing you do them 1-2 times each, and arent forced to grind them 6 times on each difficulty. :)

I just might have to try this game!

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Originally Posted by LordVampyre

whats the monthly charge?

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a friend of mine is a beta founder and such got offered to pay a flat one off payment of $200 for life. he obviously took it lol.

I took that deal, too. I'm glad I did. I'm having a freakin blast playing Monster characters.

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Originally Posted by Moridin

It went live 3 days ago so my guess is that you are not getting into Beta :p

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Looks like your right :(

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Originally Posted by EonX

a friend of mine is a beta founder and such got offered to pay a flat one off payment of $200 for life. he obviously took it lol.

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This option is for everyone, not just beta testers as far as I know. I didnt play beta but had this option. Didnt take it because MMOs usually last me about 1-2 years tops.

However, I did install it from a beta disc, so take that for what its worth.