Lord of the Rings Online (pic heavy)

[NefariousKoel]

I thought I'd post some screenshots of LOTRO beta. Sorry for the bad jpegs but that's how the conversion goes with the screenie utility.

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It's a great game and much more polished than most MMOs on release even in closed beta. If you're even vaguely interested in LOTR, it's a must-have.

Some of the special effects are amazing as you'll notice in the noob quest line.

Best of all.. I haven't had to grind one bit. Actually, I find myself dropping a few quests after surpassing them in level. It's all about the questing. The LOTR setting is quite true for those of you purists. They really did well making you think you're there.

Not to mention their innovative way to PvP. Monster play! Starting at level 10, you can take a hiatus as various evilness such as Orcs & Wargs. Form a party and raid! It gives you extra "Fate" points to spend on your characters and/or beefing up your evil dude.

Any questions, ask. They lifted the NDA on the beta testers over a month ago. That takes b@lls so obviously the developers are quite sure of themselves.

(Keep in mind this is the low-res beta client. Evidentally the pre-order version at Best Buy has the hi-res version. Also, if you pre-order, you can get special pricing along with bonus items. $9.99/mo. or $199 for lifetime subscription.)

[darius359au]

Looks nice ,But the UI looks remakably similar to WOW's ;);):lol:

[Rilder]

Yea it does, looks fun, tobad I don't like Lord of the rings... Don't know why I don't I just don't, I like fantasy and all that but I just don't like LOTR, no reason tbh...

[Seeadler]

I'm also a beta tester of this game and and I like it:up:
I played a half year WoW, but LotR on-line convinces me more. It is up to now the only game of which I bought the pre-order version and I intend to pay for the life time account which is available as far as I know only for us european customers;)

[Rilder]

Hows the grind, repetitiveness, pvp and what not in it, I have trouble dealing with grind in games... (about a month or 2 in wow and I'm only level 39...)

[NefariousKoel]

Hows the grind, repetitiveness, pvp and what not in it, I have trouble dealing with grind in games... (about a month or 2 in wow and I'm only level 39...)

The grind isn't bad. The game has many similarities in gameplay to WoW however, I've not had to grind anything thus far unless I want to. It's been straight quests.

The only issue you might have is that most dungeons are not instanced so you'll often have a few other players running around in the same area.

PvP consists of making a monster for Monster Play. Yes, you can play the bad guys against player's good ones. That's something new and innovative.

Overall, it's a very polished game with a lot of features.