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Lord of the Rings Online: 20 New Screenshots

StraddenStradden Managing EditorMember CommonPosts: 6,696
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Recently, MMORPG.com Senior Editor Dana Massey headed to San Francisco to attend a Lord of the Rings Online event. He brought back 20 new screenshots. You can view all of hte chots by visiting out LOTRO gallery, here.


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  • GorukhaGorukha Member Posts: 1,441
      I guarantee these went through a bit of paintburshing first , none of them look natural they did alot of tweaking i think. just my opinion sry.


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  • WhitewalkerWhitewalker Member Posts: 86
    Actually no...these are actual in game pics...it's basically what you'll get in game. Very impressive environmental graphics. I have to admit though, they are gorgeous. Well done Turbine, looks like LOTRO is going to be a hit after all.


  • TechleoTechleo Member Posts: 1,984
        I think those are pictures of the game on top of the line software and hardware. My computer can generate images for a couple games. I do think there was a little editing to the images though. When I saw the game running at my friends house it had quite a bit more tearing on the charecter models.



  • WhitewalkerWhitewalker Member Posts: 86
    These are Hi-Rez pictures. Your friend might not have a Hi-Rez build, and yes a PC capable of running them will be needed. 


  • Calandryll_TCalandryll_T Turbine, Inc.Member Posts: 4
    A few points. Those are actual in game shots. The Beta players do not have the hi-res client yet. Yes, those are taken on a very good machine (as almost all game screenshots are), but the game looks and runs great on a medium level machine as well.

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  • shaeshae Member Posts: 2,509

    I'm sorry, I really don't see anything great about the shot at all, touched up or not.

    Environement looks bland if not completely typical of what's out there, the textures aren't impressive at all from what's shown, if they are indeed untouched SS's. The riders certainly look cool and seem to have been captured well as far the creepiness goes and I've always said the horses look particularly good in LoTRO.

    Then again, if the best thing you can say about a graphics engine is that the horses look good, well... enough said IHMO.

    Anyone else seem to notice a hell of alot of Bloom affect going on in nearly every single capture? I know this is a trend going now days but I don't get way, I honestly don't think it helps in the end product look whatsoever.  

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  • IsometrixIsometrix Member UncommonPosts: 256

    I don't quite see the point of posting 'screenshots' that involve fighting for 15 minutes until the perfect shot is found and hide the UI.

    In reality, you will never see this in a game, because you won't play the game like that. Where's the UI? It's not just LOTRO, most games do it, but am I supposed to buy a game based on highly detailed models that were posing for a screenshot? 90% of the people will never even see the game that way, considering the requirements needed to run a game at full speed with details like that.

    They may be real, but they don't represent a genuine gameplay experience.

  • johnhartsonjohnhartson Member Posts: 19
    Still for me this are great screenshots that not just any game can deliver. Some people really dont like this game and dont give away any topic to put some criticism in it. THat's a shame we should be supporting developers for showing us screenshots not cracking them. What do you want that they send us ugly screens?? How stupid would that be. And yes you can see some of them in real game cause not all are fighting scenes also environement screens. Looking very good in my opinion


  • WhitewalkerWhitewalker Member Posts: 86

    At the
    moment you can see many pictures and videos all over the web that represent
    very much what you see here and more, and with the UI included and under normal
    play conditions. As mentioned the game even on lower spec machines still looks absolutely
    great. Sorry, but you'll have to look elsewhere for flaws in LOTRO, because in
    the graphics you won't find any.




  • HolyAvengerOneHolyAvengerOne Member UncommonPosts: 708
    Originally posted by Gorukha
      I guarantee these went through a bit of paintburshing first , none of them look natural they did alot of tweaking i think. just my opinion sry.
    That's exactly what I was thinking. And if they're not, then the finish of the image isn't something I like. The environnements look great, but the kind of haze in those screenies make it dreamy, almost dull.




  • angerbeaverangerbeaver Member UncommonPosts: 1,273

    Ummm, is it just me or in every screen is the monster pretty ginormous. Does evil only recruit tall in this game or are there some regular to small looking enemies too?

    I just get the feeling that if ALL the enemies are large to much larger than your character, then anything big won't have an awe affect on you anymore...

    i dunno, could be just me

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