The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
Platform: PC
Publisher: Midway
Review Type: Looky
Version: Screenshot
A lot of people have been waiting a long time to play an MMO that takes place in Middle Earth. Thing is, they've had about a dozen other midieval fantasy-themed games to tide them over. I'd be very surprised if I'm the only one that's getting a little bored of the setting.
Today it was announced that Midway would be co-publishing The Lord of the Rings Online: The Game That Really Doesn't Need a Subtitle with the game's developer Turbine. The very same folks at Turbine are poised to launch Dungeons and Dragons Online: Stormreach, another MMO set in, you guessed it, the midieval fantasy setting.
So here's my outsiders view of Turbine:
1) They're fixated on swords and dragons and such (they did, after all create Asheron's Call)
2) Somebody is getting paid by the letter when titling their games
3) They're spreading themselves a bit thin launching two similarly-themed MMOs
But hey, they know what they're doing, right? Tons of hardcore MMO players call Asheron's Call the best game of its kind. I guess these guys live in an alternate universe where the creation of World of Warcraft was prevented by time-traveling robots from the future.
Publisher: Midway
Review Type: Looky
Version: Screenshot
A lot of people have been waiting a long time to play an MMO that takes place in Middle Earth. Thing is, they've had about a dozen other midieval fantasy-themed games to tide them over. I'd be very surprised if I'm the only one that's getting a little bored of the setting.
Today it was announced that Midway would be co-publishing The Lord of the Rings Online: The Game That Really Doesn't Need a Subtitle with the game's developer Turbine. The very same folks at Turbine are poised to launch Dungeons and Dragons Online: Stormreach, another MMO set in, you guessed it, the midieval fantasy setting.
So here's my outsiders view of Turbine:
1) They're fixated on swords and dragons and such (they did, after all create Asheron's Call)
2) Somebody is getting paid by the letter when titling their games
3) They're spreading themselves a bit thin launching two similarly-themed MMOs
But hey, they know what they're doing, right? Tons of hardcore MMO players call Asheron's Call the best game of its kind. I guess these guys live in an alternate universe where the creation of World of Warcraft was prevented by time-traveling robots from the future.
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