Lord of the Rings Online Review

I thought I'd post up a review since I've been messing around with the BETA.

I haven't gotten to play in very far, but I thought I'd just give a quick rundown of it. We'll start with the overall oppinion. Basically, it's an excellent looking game, it's fun to play, and seems very well done. Some people might think I'm biased in praising it (based on my love of LotR), but it's far from the truth. I expected not to like it. I figured it'd be screwed up. I was pleasantly suprised to say the least.

Graphics-wise: The game's graphics are amazing! They're simply astonishing! I've only played FFXI and WoW, but this game blows their graphics away in quality. Not to mention, they did an exquisite job of recreating the world of the books/movies. I'll admit, I did enjoy World of Warcraft's slightly animated/cartoonish style, but as far as realistic fantasy, this game is at the top of the league.

Game Mechanics: This game is a lot of fun to play. The mechanics are very nice, though that's not suprising, considering it feels very familiar. Basically, fans of WoW will feel right at home in this game considering it is almost the exact system as WoW. Seriously, everything from the five bag slots in the exact same position to the type of attacks to the ACTUAL BUTTONS that open up the quest log and character inventory. It's basically an upgraded WoW, where they used it as a model and tried to improve upon small annoyances people had with the original. (You even start out with all 5 bags) Some people claim it's ripping the game off, but in truth many games build upon previously used systems. And since WoW was strongly based on a previous system itself, it doesn't seem to matter to much to me. Like me comparing the game to WoW? Hope so cause I probably will a few more times yet.

Gameplay: Questing is quite the same as WoW, though so far the game feels a lot more involved in a story than WoW was. But generally there will be a bunch of kill X number of mobs and gather such and such treasure. Bottom line now, if you don't like WoW, you won't like this game unless you're an obsessive fan of LotR.

Though, if the childish antics of some players in WoW bothers you (Let's think along the lines of "ZOMG, OWNZED! j00 n00b!"), this game really seems to have a different feel. The dialect used in the game, based strongly off the book of course, seems to create it's own atmosphere that will likely deter those types of people. There's not a straightforward PvP system in the game, although there is dueling, as well as a unique idea thought up here to play as some creature such as an orc temporarily. I don't think they felt the minions of Sauron had enough depth to completely merit having their own set of characters.

Conclusion: So, in my oppinion, this game looks awesome, is fun to play, and really it's kinda fresh! (in some aspects of course) I'm planning on gnabbing a pre-order so I can stop playing on the downloaded BETA version, as it really takes a toll on my system (the BETA version requires twice the processing power of the normal DVD version) Since my computer is a great system, but no power-house by any means, I'd love to be able to run around with the graphics on full rather than turning them to full just to look. It's too sad not being able to bask in the glory of the graphics!

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I can't escape the world of MMORPGs it seems. I'm looking forward to getting into this game more than I would going back to WoW. I got tired of no one actually caring about the game, but rather just wanting to play PvP I loved PvP, even had a twink or two, but after awhile it just got old. Plus Ninya enjoys watching games more than playing, and she enjoys watching this one, while she didn't WoW. So there's a double plus for me.

Now there's something new to steal my interests! Hopefully I'll be able to get caught up with things so I'll have more time to play! ^^; See you in the game!

Ok the little comic about it was a joke (Chibi comic #5), but the good new is that last monday I finally got off of my anti-depressants! Woo hoo!!

I was put on them shortly after my daddy ran away with a little "hooker-bitch" four years ago (No I'm not bitter at all >=), and I'd been trying to get off of them for a little over a year now.

Today is the first day I have not had with-draws from not taking the medication in a week!

(These include: headach, diziness, nausia, and uncontrollable crying for reasons like....a bug splatted on your car window...the poor bug...*sniff*)

Never get on these pills they will **** you over in the head...seriously.