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Tim S · 11th May 2007, 12:33

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2007/...nline_review/1

DarkReaper · 11th May 2007, 12:45

Can't see any of the pictures on pages 3-6...

CardJoe · 11th May 2007, 12:47

Yeah, we noticed that too. Should be fixed now, damn new content engine!

AngelOfRage · 11th May 2007, 13:11

I'm currently playing WoW and i see nothing in LotR Online to make me switch.

The only thing that may draw me away is Warhammer Online, if done correctly, they have the background to make a really good MMORPG.

Dr. Strangelove · 11th May 2007, 13:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by AngelOfRage

I'm currently playing WoW and i see nothing in LotR Online to make me switch.

Same for me, except I play GW.

Nictron · 11th May 2007, 13:59

Tell me did you test the game under Vista or did you use XP?

I have huge performance issues with this game.

AMD X2 4400+
2048 MB Ram
8800 GTX
Win Vista
158.18 Driver

It stutters and crashes like hell every now and then, if I switch off post processing then it runs ok for about 2 hours on Ultra High.

At work I have the following:

Dell Precicion M90 Laptop.
Core 2 1.8 Ghz
2048 MB Ram
Quatro FX2500 Workstation Graphics
WinXP
92.77 Driver

And it runs 10 time better than my home machine and believe you me that should not be. 3dMark Score at home is 8000+ and work it 4000+, so the machine that has double the horsepower stuggles because of Vista!

Any advise from you?

pendragon · 11th May 2007, 13:59

my vote: I don't think this will stop WoW in the least.

CardJoe · 11th May 2007, 14:25

We tested it under XP. Vista is for wusses :P

DougEdey · 11th May 2007, 14:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by CardJoe

We tested it under XP. Vista is for wusses :P

Real men break stuff then fix it. Real wusses don't experiment.

Florian · 11th May 2007, 14:57

There's a "Very High" texture resolution setting the retail client that's missing from the beta client.

"from Codemasters" is misleading. The Game was developed by Turbine. Codemasters only handles the European servers and distribution.

Burdman27911 · 11th May 2007, 15:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Florian

There's a "Very High" texture resolution setting the retail client that's missing from the beta client.

"from Codemasters" is misleading. The Game was developed by Turbine. Codemasters only handles the European servers and distribution.

QFT

HERE is a link to a comparison of the "high" textures and the "very high" ones.

xPaladin · 11th May 2007, 16:16

Why does every game have to be a "WoW killer"? I think we're giving WoW a bit too much credit aren't we?

WoW will collapse, like almost all other MMOGs before it, under its own weight. No single game, or combination thereof, is going to kill it. Other games might leech a few subs, but, really, the "killer" stigma is just unnecessary hype.

I'd rather take the game for what it is and not for what it is in comparison to WoW.

CardJoe · 11th May 2007, 16:36

On it's own it still stands as an awesome game.

Juppun · 11th May 2007, 19:07

Nice review

I have this sitting on my shelf at the moment but am refusing to open it due to it being finals month. Temptation sucks

I'm looking forward to the potential expansions/updates to the game as well.

breakspirit · 11th May 2007, 19:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by xPaladin

Why does every game have to be a "WoW killer"? I think we're giving WoW a bit too much credit aren't we?

WoW will collapse, like almost all other MMOGs before it, under its own weight. No single game, or combination thereof, is going to kill it. Other games might leech a few subs, but, really, the "killer" stigma is just unnecessary hype.

I'd rather take the game for what it is and not for what it is in comparison to WoW.

I think you're underestimating how insanely popular WoW is and how long it has been. I agree that eventually it will collapse, but if that doesn't happen for several more YEARS, which I'd say is the soonest it would happen, then yeah every game of its genre should be compared to the 800 pound gorilla of the group. WoW has the masses, every other mmorpg is just serving the stragglers.

wafflesomd · 11th May 2007, 20:14

But, WoW isn't even fun.

Highland3r · 11th May 2007, 20:24

From the screenies, it looks like a skinned version of WoW... Can see it offering some competition, but it looks to be much of the same. Why quit WoW (or another MMORPG) to start playing another one which is exactly the same? Can see some people who are unhappy with the way WoW's progressing at the moment making a move, but existing players might not wish to spend time on 2 games at once.
Graphics looks pretty nice though, and it does seem to offer more in the way of casual gameplay than WoW from what I've heard.

TimB · 11th May 2007, 20:26

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Originally Posted by Juppun

Nice review

I have this sitting on my shelf at the moment but am refusing to open it due to it being finals month. Temptation sucks

I'm looking forward to the potential expansions/updates to the game as well.

They already have the first expansion slated for a June release. It's "The Shores of Evendium", and it's free.

AngelOfRage · 12th May 2007, 06:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by xPaladin

I'd rather take the game for what it is and not for what it is in comparison to WoW.

Thats fine for you, but for the people that play WoW (and that is a huge amount...) it does matter.

Most (sane) people only have room in their lives for 1 MMORPG, so if it doesn't come up against the current top game, what chance of drawing customers away does it have?

Solidus · 13th May 2007, 10:27

Sorry to disagree but this game will never steal World of Warcrafts Crown. Its going to take something immensely special to knock WoW off the top spot and iv yet to see anything that comes even close.
I dont even play world of warcraft anymore, i havnt done so in years but its still so far ahead in every way - It wont be beaten.

The only way i see WoW being beaten is if Blizzard do it by their own hand. Starcraft which is about 10 years old is still popular to this day, so is warcraft 3 and now World of Warcraft.
I wouldnt hold your breath on WoW toppling over....Blizzard are planning to make an announcement on 19th may for a game, everyone is expecting Starcraft and i doubt blizzard are dumb enough to make another MMorpg for that as Wow will suffer. It will probably be a RTS genre i presume to follow Warcraft 3....a new Starcraft RTs.

11th May 2007, 12:33	#1
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11th May 2007, 12:45	#2
DarkReaper Alignment: Sarcastic Good Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Belfast, NI Posts: 1,750	Can't see any of the pictures on pages 3-6... __________________ Yeah, God could have created the Earth 6000 years ago with less than a blink, and set out all the evidence to the contrary just to confuse us. Personally I think that blowing up an entire universe on a timescale of billions of years to create the specific people He wanted has far more style

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CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,988	Yeah, we noticed that too. Should be fixed now, damn new content engine! __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog Last edited by CardJoe; 11th May 2007 at 12:54.

11th May 2007, 13:11	#4
AngelOfRage Supermodder Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cheshire, UK Posts: 463	I'm currently playing WoW and i see nothing in LotR Online to make me switch. The only thing that may draw me away is Warhammer Online, if done correctly, they have the background to make a really good MMORPG. __________________ Main PC - Intel Q6600 \| 4GB DDR2-6400 \| X800GT 256mb \| SB Audigy 2 EX \| Antec 300 Laptop - Dell XPS M1530 \| Intel T9300 2.5GHz \| 8600m GT \| 3GB DDR2

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Nictron Multimodder Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 99	Tell me did you test the game under Vista or did you use XP? I have huge performance issues with this game. AMD X2 4400+ 2048 MB Ram 8800 GTX Win Vista 158.18 Driver It stutters and crashes like hell every now and then, if I switch off post processing then it runs ok for about 2 hours on Ultra High. At work I have the following: Dell Precicion M90 Laptop. Core 2 1.8 Ghz 2048 MB Ram Quatro FX2500 Workstation Graphics WinXP 92.77 Driver And it runs 10 time better than my home machine and believe you me that should not be. 3dMark Score at home is 8000+ and work it 4000+, so the machine that has double the horsepower stuggles because of Vista! Any advise from you?

11th May 2007, 14:25	#8
CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,988	We tested it under XP. Vista is for wusses :P __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

11th May 2007, 14:57	#10
Florian Multimodder Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Berlin Posts: 129	There's a "Very High" texture resolution setting the retail client that's missing from the beta client. "from Codemasters" is misleading. The Game was developed by Turbine. Codemasters only handles the European servers and distribution.

11th May 2007, 16:16	#12
xPaladin Minimodder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brooklyn NY Posts: 31	Why does every game have to be a "WoW killer"? I think we're giving WoW a bit too much credit aren't we? WoW will collapse, like almost all other MMOGs before it, under its own weight. No single game, or combination thereof, is going to kill it. Other games might leech a few subs, but, really, the "killer" stigma is just unnecessary hype. I'd rather take the game for what it is and not for what it is in comparison to WoW. __________________ -xpaladin

11th May 2007, 16:36	#13
CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,988	On it's own it still stands as an awesome game. __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

11th May 2007, 19:07	#14
Juppun Run Sackboy Run! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: London Posts: 675	Nice review I have this sitting on my shelf at the moment but am refusing to open it due to it being finals month. Temptation sucks I'm looking forward to the potential expansions/updates to the game as well. __________________ Workstation: Mac Pro [ 23.2Ghz, 8GB, 3TB, 8800GT ] SR80i. Rig:* Antec P182 [ P5N32-E SLi, Q6600 G0, HX620W, 4GB, Raptor X, 8800GTX OC ACS3, 8600GT, X-Fi XtremeMusic ] Z-5500. Flickr\| PSN/XBL: OrcaGT

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11th May 2007, 20:24	#17
Highland3r I Mod, Therefore I Own Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Leeds UK Posts: 7,159	From the screenies, it looks like a skinned version of WoW... Can see it offering some competition, but it looks to be much of the same. Why quit WoW (or another MMORPG) to start playing another one which is exactly the same? Can see some people who are unhappy with the way WoW's progressing at the moment making a move, but existing players might not wish to spend time on 2 games at once. Graphics looks pretty nice though, and it does seem to offer more in the way of casual gameplay than WoW from what I've heard. __________________ Prawn or not...?

13th May 2007, 10:27	#20
Solidus Superhuman Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: England Posts: 1,646	Sorry to disagree but this game will never steal World of Warcrafts Crown. Its going to take something immensely special to knock WoW off the top spot and iv yet to see anything that comes even close. I dont even play world of warcraft anymore, i havnt done so in years but its still so far ahead in every way - It wont be beaten. The only way i see WoW being beaten is if Blizzard do it by their own hand. Starcraft which is about 10 years old is still popular to this day, so is warcraft 3 and now World of Warcraft. I wouldnt hold your breath on WoW toppling over....Blizzard are planning to make an announcement on 19th may for a game, everyone is expecting Starcraft and i doubt blizzard are dumb enough to make another MMorpg for that as Wow will suffer. It will probably be a RTS genre i presume to follow Warcraft 3....a new Starcraft RTs. __________________ I'm a n00b in need of constant h3lp! Xbox Live GT: Mephestic PSN Tag: M3phestic Twitter: Mephestic Last edited by Solidus; 13th May 2007 at 10:32.