Great social elements and a massive world to explore. Great!
This game is really good. Infact, I would say its quality is the same as World of Warcraft. And I have played World of Warcraft for 3 years. Now I've moved on to find another game, and this seems to be the perfect antidote for my World of Warcraft addiction. But I think that antidote has a side effect. It makes me addicted to Lord of the Rings Online. And its because of all the cool things about this game:
Graphics: I mean, this has to be the prettiest MMORPG out there. Only 1 game can top it. Everquest II. But still, the graphics are awesome. I have a bad computer at the moment when I am writing this review, everything on low. But still, it looks great. My friend has an awesome computer. He plays too and it looks great! Seriously, the water is like it was motion captured, which isn't possible, but it looks like the water in Crysis. Its awesome and the details of grass, trees etc are crazy. The graphics are awesome, even though its an MMORPG. I gotta say the graphics are good.
Sound: The sound in this game came be a little annoying at times, but generally, its good. The things I do not like is that sometimes when you speak to people, its bad voice acting and the lines can be annoying too. But if you overlook the bad voice acting, the game then is fair enough, when you hit something with an axe, it makes a sound, if you hit with a sword, another sound so its got variety too. Overall, good sounds.
Gameplay: This is the games strong point. God I love this. Of course, you go around talk to people, they give you a quest, go kill something, or go talk to someone, or collect something. Its like a standard MMORPG, but the rewards and variety of the quests are awesome. So you never do something over at over again. Its great. And the social features of the game is GODLY. I mean, you can buy a lute, or horn, or harp, or, you name it and then you play music with it. Fun ! Then you can also get your own house, and a kinship house for your kinship (kinship = guild) if you want it to have parties or just for extra storage. Or you can find a big mountain, jump down from it and break your leg with a friend or two. Its great fun! This is awesome, you can spend hours just breaking legs, playing music, using emotes to talk to people for fun. Good!
Overall, this game is good. Its very good. I would recommend it to anyone who likes social stuff and doing epic quests!
Graphics: 4.5
Sound: 4
Gameplay: 5
Overall: 4.5
-Orakk
