Lord of the Rings Online

Originally posted by Kethrym

After getting my beta invite today and downloading today I also cancelled today.   I've beta tested quite a few MMO's and to be honest this is nothing worth being excited about.  This game is not in any way ready for an April release.  The character animations are stiff (robotic to be exact) the landscape may be pretty but there is something wrong with it.  Its fake, empty, a total absence of feeling.  Most of what I saw was pretty much the same way.  Combat is bland and even more simple than World of Warcraft to figure out.  I got my level 5 title for not dying once (suprise suprise) and that was pretty much as much as I could stomach.

I know the fanclub will flame me for what I write, but all of you who pre-ordered this game should be worried.   Turbine may have great plans, ideas or whatever but at this current time this game is not good.    I'm sure this game will still appeal to many players, I however am not one of them.

P.S.   My wife is also an avid MMO player, and her descriptions are a bit more pessimistic than mine.  

Well I don't think it takes 20 levels to figure out the basic game dynamics. Character animation and atmosphere will for the most part stay the same and I agree with him on his comments of the two (of course that is personal taste more then anything else). Also from my experience with this game it doesn't get any more difficult as you continue on with the story. In either case I decided to try the game again as a human guardian, and while I did have a bit more fun then with my minstrel and champion I still stick by my previous statement of the game not being to my taste. Oh and I have a few minor complaints while I am here. They may seem silly to you but they bothered me, and I haven't seen them mentioned. 

1. Since this is a story driven roleplaying game more then one person should be able to share the same first name. It's kind of awkward having to think up a unique first name every time you create a new character, Especially when the server gets filled up.

2. It would be nice while playing music if you could hold your notes out for more then 1 note. I know this is silly and really doesn't change a thing, but seeing as this was my favorite part of the game it did disappoint me.

3. My biggest complaint though is that armor and weapons are just dull to look at. Maybe I never obtained the highest end equipment, but you shouldn't have to reach the end game to look decent.

Originally posted by solareus
LOL , It is funny to see the Vanboys and Eve folk try to dismantle a solid game.
The reasons I pre-orderd.
1. It is Lord of the Rings (Great story, awesome books and movie.  Fanboys will love it)
2. The animations and character models are very well made ( better then anything Ive seen in 3 years) (Bland, boring, your toon doesn't even do any animation when sitting.)
3. The art has a direction in it's design and is appealing to me (It is pretty, but nothing breathtaking. Graphics got that guild wars look)
4. Their is a unique flavor to armor and weapons that seem to repell leet gamers pwnzoors  (Nothing special here.  EQ2 has better looking armor and weapons...actually ArchLord even does and that game sucks) 
5. It takes team work and skill to complete missions (Typical quests like every other MMO.  Kill 10 rats, report back to me.)
6. The instancing is done very well with bringing the epic story in focus(They did invest time in the storyline.  It is enjoyable)
8. The open world has lot's of room for growth (I agree)
9. The monster play has elements of counter strike which immdedialy hooked me(Totally turned me off.  Playing pre-made level 50 monsters is basically for casual carebears. If REAL PVP is your thing, this isn't for you)
10. The community is above any community that is currently playing an mmo (Minus Ao)(Awesome community)
11. The all around feeling of progressing (in a lot of games you gain levels , but you have no real value or feeling of progressing, which in turn becoming redundant and boring )(I didn't have this feeling at all.  It seemed the same as all others)
12. Turbine is giving 110% to this title. (I would hope so, since it's a big named franchise)
13. The music system is awsome, I love music ! (Music was good)
14. The atmosphere of the game , chilling in a inn , sipping on some hard ale , while sitting down and laughing with the peoples enjoying themselves. Beautiful thing  (I don't roleplay. But for people who do...have fun.)

To the troll you can continue to troll but for the most part , you look like an ass, cause everyone knows the game is a solid piece of work that is still in CB and is going to grow over the years with massive content. So have fun on your big empty generator island or star system ,and let the real gamers get to the gaming.

Originally posted by vingvega

Originally posted by solareus
LOL , It is funny to see the Vanboys and Eve folk try to dismantle a solid game.
The reasons I pre-orderd.
1. It is Lord of the Rings (Great story, awesome books and movie.  Fanboys will love it)
2. The animations and character models are very well made ( better then anything Ive seen in 3 years) (Bland, boring, your toon doesn't even do any animation when sitting.)
3. The art has a direction in it's design and is appealing to me (It is pretty, but nothing breathtaking. Graphics got that guild wars look)
4. Their is a unique flavor to armor and weapons that seem to repell leet gamers pwnzoors  (Nothing special here.  EQ2 has better looking armor and weapons...actually ArchLord even does and that game sucks) 
5. It takes team work and skill to complete missions (Typical quests like every other MMO.  Kill 10 rats, report back to me.)
6. The instancing is done very well with bringing the epic story in focus(They did invest time in the storyline.  It is enjoyable)
8. The open world has lot's of room for growth (I agree)
9. The monster play has elements of counter strike which immdedialy hooked me(Totally turned me off.  Playing pre-made level 50 monsters is basically for casual carebears. If REAL PVP is your thing, this isn't for you)
10. The community is above any community that is currently playing an mmo (Minus Ao)(Awesome community)
11. The all around feeling of progressing (in a lot of games you gain levels , but you have no real value or feeling of progressing, which in turn becoming redundant and boring )(I didn't have this feeling at all.  It seemed the same as all others)
12. Turbine is giving 110% to this title. (I would hope so, since it's a big named franchise)
13. The music system is awsome, I love music ! (Music was good)
14. The atmosphere of the game , chilling in a inn , sipping on some hard ale , while sitting down and laughing with the peoples enjoying themselves. Beautiful thing  (I don't roleplay. But for people who do...have fun.)

To the troll you can continue to troll but for the most part , you look like an ass, cause everyone knows the game is a solid piece of work that is still in CB and is going to grow over the years with massive content. So have fun on your big empty generator island or star system ,and let the real gamers get to the gaming.

The game is an ok game for casual players and players who love the lore.  It's not for hardcore or pvp gamers.  I will wait a year and see where it goes before I buy it.  But hopefully by then Age Of Conan and Warhammer will be around.  all this is my opinion.  If you love the game, that's cool.  I hope it stays around, i'm curious to see what happens.

I just don't like the idea of playing the pre-made monsters.  Plus it's got more of a PVE feel to it especially since they have quests you do for the points to upgrade your monster.  Why would I quest with him and not my main to get it up to level 50.  Can you play your main toon at level 50 in the PVP zone?  If so, that might be interesting.  But how gimp will you be competing against monster toons that been playing for a long period of time and have max upgrades?