i never once felt like i was playing a lord of the rings game while playing this mmo. Turbine have 2 of the biggest IP's ever created and they scored below par with both of them..think of the possibilities available if you have the rights to dungeons and dragons, not to mention lord of the rings.
I would highly recommend you go back and read the books. It's important to know that LoTRO is based on the books - not the movies. If you read the books closely, look at the maps in them, etc., you'll very likely feel a bit differently about your statement above.
i never once felt like i was playing a lord of the rings game while playing this mmo. Turbine have 2 of the biggest IP's ever created and they scored below par with both of them..think of the possibilities available if you have the rights to dungeons and dragons, not to mention lord of the rings.
I would highly recommend you go back and read the books. It's important to know that LoTRO is based on the books - not the movies. If you read the books closely, look at the maps in them, etc., you'll very likely feel a bit differently about your statement above.
i have read all the books, even the ones that were not made into movies..i read lord of the rings 15 years ago, i never once felt attached to the world..yes lovely landscapes but its didnt hold the magic of the books i read..middle earth online would of been a better direction to go. the story in loro has nothing to do with the books, it is totally scripted by turbine.
i never once felt like i was playing a lord of the rings game while playing this mmo. Turbine have 2 of the biggest IP's ever created and they scored below par with both of them..think of the possibilities available if you have the rights to dungeons and dragons, not to mention lord of the rings.
I would highly recommend you go back and read the books. It's important to know that LoTRO is based on the books - not the movies. If you read the books closely, look at the maps in them, etc., you'll very likely feel a bit differently about your statement above.
i have read all the books, even the ones that were not made into movies..i read lord of the rings 15 years ago, i never once felt attached to the world..yes lovely landscapes but its didnt hold the magic of the books i read..middle earth online would of been a better direction to go. the story in loro has nothing to do with the books, it is totally scripted by turbine.
I have to respectfully disagree here, at least inasmuch as I feel that the word "totally" results in what I perceive to be an exaggeration. The story is not totally scripted by Turbine. There is a significant amount of lore that comes from the books, and there is a significant amount that does not - Turbine had to fill in the blanks to allow you to play someone who, although he could have existed contemporaneously with the story, was not actually in the version written by Tolkien. Most of the characters from the books, both main characters and side characters, e.g. Bill Ferny, are already NPCs in-game doing about what you might imagine them to be doing, based on the novels. Since you can't play Frodo, Samwise, Aragorn, or anyone else featured in the story, you can't do the exact same things. If you were, and if LoTRO limited you to their story, the game would only be persistent for a few weeks at most - not the months to years that Turbine probably intended for someone to play.
The geography is nearly spot on, as I can attest from having reread the books while playing. Many of the characters are located in the areas where you would expect them to be. What else could reasonably be expected from an MMO based on a book that doesn't have you playing a character who was actually in the book? Now, if someone really, really wanted to play Frodo and wanted to follow in his footsteps and play out that story, then I could see where he might be disappointed by this game.
I'm not really sure what you mean by magic, but the general feel of the world and the lore (mechanics excepted, since the books weren't a game) seem to be a relatively faithful interpretation, inasmuch as was possible given Turbine's intent to create an immersive MMORPG. It may be that the game will never be your cup of tea or recreate the magic that you personally felt when you were reading the books 15 years ago, but I've talked with several people who have read the books multiple times, including one in my kinship who is a LoTR trivia fanatic; has read all of Tolkien's work and published notes; and loves to engage in silly debates about obscure topics like who/what Tom Bombadil really is; and all of them seem to agree that the game is relatively faithful in terms of the lore.
i never once felt like i was playing a lord of the rings game while playing this mmo. Turbine have 2 of the biggest IP's ever created and they scored below par with both of them..think of the possibilities available if you have the rights to dungeons and dragons, not to mention lord of the rings.
I would highly recommend you go back and read the books. It's important to know that LoTRO is based on the books - not the movies. If you read the books closely, look at the maps in them, etc., you'll very likely feel a bit differently about your statement above.
i have read all the books, even the ones that were not made into movies..i read lord of the rings 15 years ago, i never once felt attached to the world..yes lovely landscapes but its didnt hold the magic of the books i read..middle earth online would of been a better direction to go. the story in loro has nothing to do with the books, it is totally scripted by turbine.
Did you think YOU were going to be frodo?
The quest line is from the perspective of what the free peoples did to help the fellowship, directly, or indirectly. you know, all those guys and gals standing around taking arrows and whatnot in just about every screen up to Mordor?
---------- "Anyone posting on this forum is not an average user, and there for any opinions about the game are going to be overly critical compared to an average users opinions." - Me
"Hello person posting on a site specifically for MMO's in a thread on a sub forum specifically for a particular game talking about meta features and making comparisons to other titles in the genre, and their meta features.
Nope, Its not dead yet. *pokes it with a stick* Its still breathing..... But seriously with the length of this thread and all the other posts in this group should be an indication of _some_ life right?
Good point. Sometimes i think people spend more time here than actually playing
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I would highly recommend you go back and read the books. It's important to know that LoTRO is based on the books - not the movies. If you read the books closely, look at the maps in them, etc., you'll very likely feel a bit differently about your statement above.
I would highly recommend you go back and read the books. It's important to know that LoTRO is based on the books - not the movies. If you read the books closely, look at the maps in them, etc., you'll very likely feel a bit differently about your statement above.
i have read all the books, even the ones that were not made into movies..i read lord of the rings 15 years ago, i never once felt attached to the world..yes lovely landscapes but its didnt hold the magic of the books i read..middle earth online would of been a better direction to go. the story in loro has nothing to do with the books, it is totally scripted by turbine.
I would highly recommend you go back and read the books. It's important to know that LoTRO is based on the books - not the movies. If you read the books closely, look at the maps in them, etc., you'll very likely feel a bit differently about your statement above.
i have read all the books, even the ones that were not made into movies..i read lord of the rings 15 years ago, i never once felt attached to the world..yes lovely landscapes but its didnt hold the magic of the books i read..middle earth online would of been a better direction to go. the story in loro has nothing to do with the books, it is totally scripted by turbine.
I have to respectfully disagree here, at least inasmuch as I feel that the word "totally" results in what I perceive to be an exaggeration. The story is not totally scripted by Turbine. There is a significant amount of lore that comes from the books, and there is a significant amount that does not - Turbine had to fill in the blanks to allow you to play someone who, although he could have existed contemporaneously with the story, was not actually in the version written by Tolkien. Most of the characters from the books, both main characters and side characters, e.g. Bill Ferny, are already NPCs in-game doing about what you might imagine them to be doing, based on the novels. Since you can't play Frodo, Samwise, Aragorn, or anyone else featured in the story, you can't do the exact same things. If you were, and if LoTRO limited you to their story, the game would only be persistent for a few weeks at most - not the months to years that Turbine probably intended for someone to play.
The geography is nearly spot on, as I can attest from having reread the books while playing. Many of the characters are located in the areas where you would expect them to be. What else could reasonably be expected from an MMO based on a book that doesn't have you playing a character who was actually in the book? Now, if someone really, really wanted to play Frodo and wanted to follow in his footsteps and play out that story, then I could see where he might be disappointed by this game.
I'm not really sure what you mean by magic, but the general feel of the world and the lore (mechanics excepted, since the books weren't a game) seem to be a relatively faithful interpretation, inasmuch as was possible given Turbine's intent to create an immersive MMORPG. It may be that the game will never be your cup of tea or recreate the magic that you personally felt when you were reading the books 15 years ago, but I've talked with several people who have read the books multiple times, including one in my kinship who is a LoTR trivia fanatic; has read all of Tolkien's work and published notes; and loves to engage in silly debates about obscure topics like who/what Tom Bombadil really is; and all of them seem to agree that the game is relatively faithful in terms of the lore.
I would highly recommend you go back and read the books. It's important to know that LoTRO is based on the books - not the movies. If you read the books closely, look at the maps in them, etc., you'll very likely feel a bit differently about your statement above.
i have read all the books, even the ones that were not made into movies..i read lord of the rings 15 years ago, i never once felt attached to the world..yes lovely landscapes but its didnt hold the magic of the books i read..middle earth online would of been a better direction to go. the story in loro has nothing to do with the books, it is totally scripted by turbine.
Did you think YOU were going to be frodo?
The quest line is from the perspective of what the free peoples did to help the fellowship, directly, or indirectly. you know, all those guys and gals standing around taking arrows and whatnot in just about every screen up to Mordor?
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"Anyone posting on this forum is not an average user, and there for any opinions about the game are going to be overly critical compared to an average users opinions." - Me
"No, your wrong.." - Random user #123
"Hello person posting on a site specifically for MMO's in a thread on a sub forum specifically for a particular game talking about meta features and making comparisons to other titles in the genre, and their meta features.
How are you?" -Me
Nope, Its not dead yet. *pokes it with a stick* Its still breathing.....
But seriously with the length of this thread and all the other posts in this group should be an indication of _some_ life right?
Good point. Sometimes i think people spend more time here than actually playing