Lord of the Rings Online Community Review: A Trip Back to Middle-Earth

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Lord of the Rings Online Community Review: A Trip Back to Middle-Earth

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Posted April 30th, 2008 by Shayalyn

There and Back Again

With the cool days of spring settling upon us and the anxiously awaited games of summer yet to arrive, many massively multiplayer gamers may be caught between games. What game should you play while you wait? How can you pass the time? If you're interested in our recommended games, but you're looking for a second opinion, you need not go any further than Ten Ton Hammer's own membership base. One of Ten Ton Hammer's premium community members, Jay "Medeor" Johnson, has re-entered Lord of the Rings Online - Turbine's vision of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth - and has written his experiences of the event. Check it out, then make sure you leave a comment in our forums!

Forty quests in a log – Woot! and Ugh! all rolled into one! Being a completionist, enabling me to have 40 quests is like dumping the sunflower seeds in front of a vampire (see X Files archives for more info). I can't move on until I have clicked all of the "done" boxes. The quest log has a nice segmentation between the different quest types and so far the quest log itself is quite handy.

Lord of the Rings Online Community Review: A Trip Back to Middle-Earth

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Nice review Medeor. Seems somewhat unbiased too, which is rare nowadays. Good show.

Yep that is durn good review!

I left Lotro after leveling a Champion to 41 (and maxing out Farming). Well, I say "left". I haven't fired it up in 3 or 4 months, but I'm still paying 'em every month.

Why did I leave (or at least take a break)? I'm still not sure. Neverwinter Nights 2 had been 3/4 finished and taking up space on my hard drive for a long time, so I knocked that out. And I got really busy both with work and real life (yeah, I have one of those...). When I got a few extra minutes, I started leveling a...

Return of the LoTRO Player!

I have played Everquest, WoW, and Vanguard within the last year.
Everquest is dark and solitary, but those old zones still rock! LOOOONG zoning!
WoW is populated by teeny boppers!
Vanguard? Well, I didn't like the writing of the quest lines and the LOOONG distances you have to travel in the game!

LoTRO is a great game!
It's a beautiful and interesting world. The monsters are all unusual and graphically different! The quest lines are well written.
You can solo or group. People on the...