Good read. Heres some excerpts:
"The cracks in the game’s polished veneer had begun to show through even as I was wrapping up Part One of this review, when I was still under level 40. Don’t even get me started on how many horrible, horrible quests there are in the North Downs."
"LOTRO turns into a Tolkien-themed Asian grinder after level 40."
"No, you didn’t read that wrong. In the later levels you are going to have to kill 720 of the same mob to attain a modicum of improvement for your character."
"We got him down to 30%… to 20%… then, under 5%, on the very cusp of victory, when we were already discussing loot distribution, and pronouncing a curse on the designers should we get any more Loremaster gloves… he entered into Anti-Exploit Mode and healed to full. He then proceeded to stand there doing nothing for half an hour as we attempted in vain to reset him, whereupon he, too, promptly vanished without a trace.
Most of my guild cancelled their subscriptions the next day."
And so it goes. Its kind of funny when you see something like this from a reviewer who... you know... actually played the game, instead of a reviewer who was given a demo of the game by one of Turbine's suits.
MMORPG.com writes:
Login or Register to post a comment