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my name is LotRO and I'm the most virally marketed game on mmorpg.com
mcast123
Member Posts: 15
I'm not bashing the game but the marketing tactics on this site. It's blatantly obvious they have employed a bunch of kids to artificially boost their ratings and make overly positive fake posts.
Turbine aren't the first, but damn, they the most prolific.
Where do I sign up Turbine? I could use some extra cash and inject a bit more subtlety into the postscomments.
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I myself hype LOTRO a whole lot. And can wait to play it (after enjoyable time in beta)
Just 2 months before i would tell you that LOTRO is steaming pile of crap and that Turbine headquarters should be hit with flaming meteorite , after attrocity they did to Dungeons&Dragons ....
But than something changed...
Namely, I entered LOTRO beta and played the game....
Again LOTRO is nothing very special. But it is best and most polished MMO to be released, after, what ? 3 years allready ?
People are sick of bulshit, broken, half betaversion bug ridden games.
LOTRO is finished and enjoyable product well worth 50$ you pay for it....
And that is the reason it is receving so much LOVE
"Before this battle is over all the world will know that few...stood against many." - King Leonidas
Lord of the Rings Online is not only a super polished game, but has had what I would confidently say was the best launch of any big mmorpg ever. That is saying a LOT, trust me. The graphics are outstanding and the requirements for those graphics are pretty low, meaning you don't need to go buy a new $3,000 computer to play the game. The animations are fluid and smooth. The game has a very Tolkien feel to it. There are tons of interesting and diverse quests. The servers have plenty of players to interact with (which Vanguard cannot say the same).
Maybe hardcore players won't like it, but plenty World of Warcraft lovers and many, many Lord of the Rings fans and Tolkien fans should easily fall for this game.
Most reviews have given the game anywhere from about an 8.0 to a 9.5 rating. I'd rate it at a solid 8.8 or 9.0 myself.
And that says something. High reviews for a game in which sooo much pressure has been placed upon just by holding the name "Lord Of The Rings". Turbine has also failed in most peoples eyes on their last two big launches in Asherons Call 2 and Dungeons and Dragons Online just last year.
But anything "Lord of the Rings" that has online capabilities and that is also harnessing rave reviews from pretty much all respected review sites IS A BIG THING.
Lord of the Rings is not only "big"... IT IS GIGANTIC in the world of mmorpgs today. It will play a major role in the mmo market for years to come and I fully expect it to aquire MILLIONS of active users in a short period of time. That is bigger then big. It may not be World of Warcraft big... atleast not yet, maybe never... but I'd place this game as World of Warcrafts biggest competitor at this point in time. And again, that is BIG.
You will hear plenty about Lord of the Rings Online in the coming months. If you are already tired of reading about it, then quite simply don't bother clicking on those threads and certainly don't make new threads such as this one!
Have a great day!
- Zaxx
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Currently without MMO
Anticipating: Aion - Tower of Eternity
Veteran: Star Wars Galaxies
Veteran: The Matrix Online
Iv hyped LOTRO, its a well made, well polished, solid MMO and that is somthing that the MMORPG community hasnt had in a long time, infact, we have pretty much experienced failure after failure recently and therefore LOTRO deserves to do extremely well just for being so damn polished.
It does have some nice features to, nothing super groundbreaking, but nice none the less.
Garrik
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Dude the money, the fame, the free ferarri and all those things that come with it from being a viral marketer aren't really important. Nor do the holidays on expensive yachts or the special treatments in turbines massage salons.They won't make you happy or add anything to your life.
Playing Lord of the Rings will make you happy if your an MMO fan though. It is easily the best PVE focused game released since WoW.
Fox and Scully told me so.....
btw... I might consider someone with 2 posts to be a Sigil plant sent to disparage LotRO....
except I'm not that paranoid.....
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Might be wise for you to avoid reviews of LOTRO as well,just in case you come to some conspiracy conclusions you may regret.
LotRO is just a great game !
who me ?
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can anyone name exactly how long LOTRO has been in development by Turbine ?
2 years ? less than that ?
You would be wrong
try over 5 years.
How so ?
The engine and key systems are from AC2 and DDO. They have had 2 mmo's to test and tweak the most major components of any game that ever gets released. They also took just about all the art assets from those two games as well.
Thats more development time on infrastructure and graphics than any MMO to date even WoW.
it had better damm well be polished and it had better damm well perform fantastically because LOTR has had more than twice the development time than any MMO to date.
My point ?
This is no great achievement and LOTRO is not a lesson other MMO devs need to live by. Its a pure undeniable testament to the fact that to make a good MMO the standard 2 to 3 year development schedule is not enough. You need at least twice that time to make a game that works and performs well. Every other MMO out there to date hasen't had two previous games in which their key systems where implemented and subsequently tested in a paying environment before release of a brand new product.
To that end LOTRO is a nice alternative to the current crop of MMO's. But its still offering nothing new from what you can already get. Its just prettier and newer. Which is all some people require.
Also, stop farming everyday in wow, and play this new fresh good mmorpg.
A living creature that has stopped evolving is not worth existing.
Ratings are overstated at the beginning; when Vanguard was released it was also 8.5 here for a little while. Check the rating out again in about a month or so, it will find its proper level for this community.
ahh padawan you believe that farming is gone in LOTRO ?
You obviously haven't try to complete the higher level deeds yet. That makes WoW farming look tame
All of my friends that switched from WoW to LOTRO are all over 30. The kinship (guild) I am in has one person under 30 and that is one of the member's son.
Even if there may be farming, it's fine as long if people change mmorpg relatively often (about 6 month maybe?). I don't like the idea to age in a mmorpg for 2 years like many wow players. When something gets stinky you change it. So, if lotro gets stinky like wow tbc got after 2 month, i'll do the same with it. Yet, i'll give it a try to have fun, even if that's for 2 or 3 months.
A living creature that has stopped evolving is not worth existing.
Personally, I didn't care for the game very much because my personality doesn't much care for the linear, hold my hand gameplay that so many MMOs are offering today.
But that's the way the wind seems to be blowing these days...
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Currently without MMO
Anticipating: Aion - Tower of Eternity
Veteran: Star Wars Galaxies
Veteran: The Matrix Online
Lotro made Turbine
Reasons why LOTRO will be a great sucess:
1) It's polished, with not many bugs (are you listening Vanguard??)
2) It's fun, and theres a lot of quality quests to do.
3) When comparing to the last big release (Vanguard) its superior in so many ways
4) People will have 'done' TBC, so will drift from WoW
5) It's a good 6months to AOC and WAR, so not much competition in the horizon
6) It's Lord of the Rings!!!!
The main issue with the game will be supplying the content as there doesn't seem to be as much as WoW had by a fair way, however as this is what Turbine are good at I really hope they do it right, If they do, keep people playing and get expansions of all Middle Earth in, then it will be the second biggest MMORPG out there easily.
I was on this game in pre beta then closed beta after you hit lvl 35 or so its all down hill the game loses its favor and you might as well be banging your head against a table..
They recently sent me a open invite to play the game but Ive turned it down the game isnt worth all the hype its getting but it has to be better then world of warcraft..And honestly have to say Ive gone back to asherson call after being off of it for 6 months but even it gets old because normally all i do is sign in macro lvl then go pking..
The only game I seem to have any hope for is aoc at this point totally nice and refreshing fighting system but ill have to see im just waiting on my key to come for beta..
Hello kid (61 here)
I wish I was 40 again. Anyway Its a good solid game and a lot of fun. It has been a pleasure playing a new game that runs almost flawlessly.
Turbine you got it right.
Well it's been a pretty good lesson to go by so far, seeing as Bioware are using an existing engine (like Turbine have) to make their MMORPG out of it, most of the kinks have already been resolved so they get to focus on the art and the gameplay elements. It's a good strategy and it's paid off for Turbine.
So saying it's not a lesson other MMO devs need to live by is foolish because I don't see any other MMORPG released that is as stable and polished. And now Turbine have raised the bar in terms of release so AoC and Warhammer are going to have to pull out some major stops to make sure theirs is as smooth and stable.
It is kinda sad that our benchmark for MMORPGs is not "Is it a fun game with innovative features?" but instead "Will it actually run on my computer without crashing? It will? Great! Then it's going to be a hit!"
But really, that's where we seem to be at the moment. We want something new, and we'll settle for something that won't crash or lag into a slideshow.
Huh? Asheron's Call made Turbine...working on AC2, DDO and LOTRO simultaneously was a stupid move [AC2 got unplugged, DDO was/is a great diaappointment to many(most?), but LOTRO was done right] With Turbine's reputation from AC for good quality [not always highest quality, but usually good-very good], quickly produced episodic content, LOTRO should be a big hit. Even if it isn't, the price is right with a Founder's Lifetime Subscription - break even point is less than 2 years [AC has been going what 10, 11 years?]
OP is just trolling...a noticible trend among those with fewer than 10 posts...
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