Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar Comments by Rob Fahey
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die?
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FunkyRenegade
24/04/07 @ 13:18
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I must say I more than was dissapointed with the Beta.
I think I'll stick with WoW and Archlord. |
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InfiniteFury
24/04/07 @ 13:22
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As a hardened WoW addict I'm delighted to see the competition this year turn up and do well in scores. Hope Warhammer does the same.
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A 9/10, and on the same day as the 10/10 for end game TBC. This has potential for a big old heap of fanboy flaming.:D
As for LotRO. Seems ok, but the lore doesn't really appeal to me and since I'm fairly new to WoW I'm far from burned out on that game, which means I won't leave it unless my entire guild were to pack up their things and move over. |
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JediMasterMalik
24/04/07 @ 13:25
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I played it for a bit, it didn't really grab me. I guess I needed to spend more time with it.
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My WoW days are over. I am tired of raiding Karazhan and started playing LOTRO. Some of it is much better than WoW and some parts are not (animations/UI) but it is fun to play, the world is very beautiful and - more important - you can feel Turbine has tried to tackle the big problems WoW has in new ways (Deed system, class makeup). That is the reason I am leaving WoW... I hope that Turbine will continue to make a game that fixes the problems of WoW (and I am also a Turbine AC Fan ;). Blizzard has no clue..; they make a game where 80% of the content will never be seen by players...
>I guess I needed to spend more time with it. Try to get to level 10 or so and start epic story quests. If you still don't like it... it is not for you ;)
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StarchildHypocrethes
24/04/07 @ 13:41
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Ah crap.
After the preview left me feeling fairly 'meh' over this, the review has just gone and jumped my interest levels to very high proportions. Considering the untimely demise of my WoW guild I may well have a go at this.... Anyone know what the monthly charge is? |
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I believe the review comes a tad early (just before they can comment pon how the servers are holding up to the launch onslaught and whether the game feels different from with the relatively more restricted beta crowd) but I certainly agree with the points being made.
This is the MMO my wife and I will play for a long while and we're getting the lifetime membership. Wendelius |
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Damn you, EG, damn you all to hell... erm... maybe not but that review has seriously made me consider buying this game despite what I said to the contrary about World of Warcraft eating up too much of my time in the Burning Crusade review thread! The LOTR setting, a personal favourite of mine, and the fact that this game is supposedly so good makes it too tempting to miss out on. If only you'd given it 6 or 7 out of ten then I wouldn't have to buy it.
Off to order it now! |
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StarchildHypocrethes
24/04/07 @ 14:02
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Hmmm.
Just been looking to order it. Other than the obvious additional plastic bits of tat etc, what is the difference if any between the Pre-Order Pack, Standard Pack, Collectors Pack and Special Edition Pack? That's a ridiculous number to have at lauch! |
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If you've never played WoW at all, so you'd be starting on either one of the games fresh... That's a tough one. I'd probably recommend LOTRO, frankly, but with the caveat that I've not had a chance to see the high-end content in LOTRO except through the medium of carefully guided press tours.
Although I gave the 60-70 content in WoW a 10/10, I think LOTRO does a better job at low levels of providing an entertaining gaming experience; WoW is very good but much more focused on grinding, so a bit more tedious in places. Finding a group for low-level play in WoW can also be a nightmare at this point, which influences the decision. In other words... I'd cautiously say LOTRO, but don't come crying to me if you don't like it in six months' time :) |
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FunkyRenegade
24/04/07 @ 14:08
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@StarchildHypocrethes
I believe it's £5.99 @mapster It runs fine at 1440x900 everything knocked up to High on my 2.21ghz Athlon 64 x2, 7600GT and 1GB ram.
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wholeheartedly agree with this review, a beautiful game, excellent setting, and all the little touches really add up - i could spend hours just practicing playing the lute!
the people (at least, so far) also seem to be really friendly, and helpful too! i guess there will be an EG guild (err.... kinship?) set up soon? someone add me! nick in the game is marathalion |
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There's a possible reason why some people aren't quite getting the performance they should be from LOTRO involving a user preference file edit. Basically the game runs in "fake" 3D mode (just like other Turbine games) so isn't running the 3D card at its 3D mode speeds if it has them. A look here and elsewhere may help some people.
I did wonder why my card was running so quietly when I was playing, it was basically underclocked so the fan never had to kick in. Works a lot nicer now and v-sync works too.
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dan13l - Sorry, that's really badly phrased on my part. You can play a monster from level 10 onwards, but since the monsters themselves are locked at level 50, right now there's nobody to fight, and you can't take part in the PvP stuff using your "main' character until you hit 40. So it's a bit more complex than "Monster play starts at 40", but either way, it's not up and running yet in any meaningful way.
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You can at least accrue destiny points as a monster for your normal character to spend if they want.
If you're feeling a bit pissed off with hobbits getting under your feet, how better to cheer yourself up by slaughtering some and taking their legs as trophies? Setting polar bears on fire is quite fun as well*. *not in reality I should imagine |
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Im pretty sure that its £8.99 a month with 1st month free
The collector edition gives 45days free iirc It runs lovely for me btw on a mid range pc nicked this from offical forum: If you pre-ordered. Founders Offer: £5.99 a month (for six months) £99.99 Lifetime If you didnt. £8.99 a month
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