Monday, April 09, 2007

Lord of the Rings Online

I've been playing Turbine's latest MMO in their long line of massive games.

This one benefits from cross spectrum name recognition and should be a fairly easy one to market, given the widespread love of Tolkien from so many people of different ages.

My first impressions of the game is they've done a great job with the graphics, and an even better one copying the successful elements of World of Warcraft and Asherons Call.

The biggest negative I can think of is there is not a single original detail in this game that isn't currently in other MMOs out there. I suppose there is safety in consistency, but I really wish they had done at least one original thing.

Although, perhaps their burnt fingers have limited their desire to experiment.

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