Lord of the Rings Online Options

[Scan_Man]

Anyone going to give this a try? It looks like WoW, which is a good thing I think, but follows the strict lore of LOTR. The game at launch will start out during the events of Fellowship. I have the game installed on my computer with all the updates, which took like 8 hours total for some reason, all ready to go.

I think the game is worth checking out for several reasons. For one, open beta starts this Friday. All you need to do is reserve your copy to get your spot. Also, open beta last until the official launch of the game with is April 24th. You even get to retain your character. Another benefit for reserving the game is if you like the game you have the option for life time online play for $199. If life does not fit for you, pre-order customers' other option is pay monthy discounted at $10 a month instead of $15.

I say $9.99 is worth giving the game a try for a month with the extra benefit options if you plan to purchase the game. Though if you are not planning on getting the game at all, free open beta is April 6th for everyone free to download.

The only problem is fitting the game between WoW, playing 3 characters, and playing PSU.

This post has been edited by Scan_Man: Mar 27 2007, 11:48 AM

[Scan_Man]

Okay. The game really opens up after the Introduction area (I had no idea it was an introduction area either). There is a ton of quests you can follow with different area to adventure in. So it is a little bit more open ended than WoW in that aspect. I picked up a whole bunch of quests and have no idea where to start, and I did not even hit up Bree, which is a huge town.

A cool aspect I like is the game lets you improve your character's skills in a variety of ways. For instance, if you like grinding, you can gain skills from killing a particular mob over and over. If you like questing, you can gain skills from completeling all the quests in an area. Not only do you get skills but titles as well. There is a whole lot stuff like that to unlock if you like. Scripted events and instances is where this games shines though. I cant wait to see the later stuff, since even the brief ones were fun.


So yeah I think Im going to buy this game come release.