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Will this be as bad as D&D?
Achilleys
Member Posts: 65
Does Turbine even know how to make Mmo's without gay graphics-movement. I mean I liked Asheron's Call 2, but that was in 2002. If they are going with the same engine - style of play as D&D you can count me out.
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"Many nights, my friend... Many nights I've put a blade to your throat while you were sleeping. Glad I never killed you, Steve. You're alright..."
Chavez y Chavez
Hopefully the graphics will be similar. I'm running a 6600 GT and DDO looks great. I hate having to turn the settings right down to play this like SoH
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Turbine is going on an Ultra-Casual route, but I don t think there is such kind of player around........only on Turbines head I guess.
An hint for Turbine...even casual players wants some depth and a bit of challenge in their games (not that they will listen)
From the screenshots and ingame movies being released the graphics are going to be way beyond DDO and the world appears to be massive (as middle earth should be). I think Turbine is going all out on this one and it is on the top of my list.
OK ill try and explain it, hope you guys understand what I'm getting at here.
About DDO and Asheron's Call 2- I liked the way the team would set up, the way the loot was split up, the team factor was definately in there, very well done.
What I dont like about turbine, is that when you compare the way the items look, the way the characters look and run around, the way the camera moves, the way the environment around you looks, example in Anarchy Online, Pre Pub SWG, WoW, they really just dont compare, definately a 2nd class Mmo maker in those fields. You need to step it up a notch, otherwise Im telling you from now, you wont make it too far, I think Lotro is your last chance at proving to the masses that you are a heavyweight mmo company and not just a pleaser for a few.
I mean your engine, items and graphics come straight out of a mid-late 1990's era type of mmo, as if your fixated and stuck there. With all that new software and tech it's definately time you changed your style..........
I was just on your website and looked at one video and it jjust proved my point, that type of combat is so out of style, the typical same old stupid go into town and talk to a billion merchants with plain old white letters hanging over them, it's just the same old story, you guys just copy paste game over game its so clear to some people......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Take my advice if you ever plan to make a new game, switch to new programmers, I cant believe you didnt already with Lotro, what a waste of another beautiful franchise. Good luck.
Totally agree with this poster/
I like that more then Vanguards graphics heavy engine. I can barely even play that game.
Yeah, I'm really glad they made books out of the movies. They just didn't get to tell the whole story there. But I think in the books, the writers were able to expand on their ideas and really tell what they had to leave out of the movies. I was really excited when I got to Barnes & Noble and saw the covers with Frodo on them!
(Disclaimer: Oh, by the way, I'm joking. Apparently somewhere there are people stupid enough to believe crap like that, but in this case it's solely for the purposes of humor.)
Btw guys if my pervious post did not make any sense I am kinda doped up on cold meds.
"Many nights, my friend... Many nights I've put a blade to your throat while you were sleeping. Glad I never killed you, Steve. You're alright..."
Chavez y Chavez
Hopefully! In addition the Silmarillion dictionary and index is so rich you can draw names and inspiration from it for ages to come...most characters have several names, too!
True, but the average gamer, non-Tolkien fan picking up this game most probably won't take a moment to reference such resources to see naming conventions and come up with an appropriate name. Back when I first started MMO gaming with Ultima Online, I used to get upset when I saw characters with "witty" names and other names that weren't appropriate for the setting. I quickly learned that spending time worrying about them took away from the potential enjoyment I could get out of the game. So, I just started ignoring them, and I mean completly. If I ran by two different players at two different times who were both struggling with a mob, one with a game setting appropriate name (let's say Kharvos) and the other not (like MrPeePeePantz), I'd help Kharvos out and would stand by and watch MrPeePeePantz get killed.
Games are visual (no duh, right?) and meant as an escape to another world in the case of many MMOs. Part of creating that immersion is the way we name our characters. The naming of your character, while might seem trivial to some, has a profound effect on suspension of disbelief for many others. I Pantz doesn't have enough courtesy and respect for me to try to come up with a setting based name, the least I could do is get a good laugh while he takes a trip to the old Lifestone(tm).
"Many nights, my friend... Many nights I've put a blade to your throat while you were sleeping. Glad I never killed you, Steve. You're alright..."
Chavez y Chavez
Really? I thought the DDO graphics were god awefull... this of course is from what I remember... that said LoTR doesn't look at all like D&D so I'm a bet confused unless i'm remembering wrong. (Side note.. did they fix the targeting (or lack there of in D&D? )That was the worst thing about the game.
But yeah I remember D&D looking like it was drawn with a pencil or something.
So does quitting Beta mean that you are no longer bound by the legal contract you signed for the length of the contract? Cause I don't think it does.
"Many nights, my friend... Many nights I've put a blade to your throat while you were sleeping. Glad I never killed you, Steve. You're alright..."
Chavez y Chavez