LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE: Turbine’s LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE: Shadows of Angmar has been out for just over a week now and I’m feeling like it’s time for a news roundup. Let’s take a look at some of the recent LotRO stories circulating the webinatrix:
Games for Windows Editor, Jeff Green has been blogging his in-game adventures as of late. Today, Jeff is pleased to have earned the title of “Brewmaster” for his hobbit and proceeds to celebrate by playing the flute with his nose.
Gamers With Jobs love the game and speculate that as LotRO follows the book’s story - this may be an MMO with an actual “End”. Will this be the first MMO that you can “Beat”? (source: actiontrip)
Hexus.gaming has written up a review and call the title, “efficient and highly satisfying”
If you’re looking for an informative and humorous launch report, which includes a chat with Turbine and Midway reps, you’ll want to check Wandering Goblin’s take
And finally, at the official site, the Angmar Moot locale and the Morroval (bat/person thingy) mobs are profiled.
“Gamers With Jobs Quote: The reason that Story sets LOTRO apart is because you know how it ends. This is a luxury World of Warcraft simply can never have. There is no logical end to WoW, where the evil WoW faction of the Horde is victorious, and every member of the good-aligned Alliance dies. The viciously PvP nature of EVE Online means that the story can only sit on the sidelines and inform, not take center stage. But in LOTRO, the game is the story. In this, the game has far more in common with Oblivion than it does with WoW.”