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Do you play? Have you tried the game? What do you like about it? What don't you like about it?
I just recently started playing. I have played Eve Online (for about 1 year) SWG (for 5+ years) and Lineage II (for two months), And now I have been playing LOTRO for about 3 months.
What I like:
The graphics are incredible, granted I do have a fairly powerful gaming rig that I put together, however it is not THE top of the line system, and the visuals have made me stop playing and literally stare at the screen. I did play it on my wife's computer for a bit and even though her computer couldn't run most games out on the shelves today it ran LOTRO pretty well, with a definite crispness lacking as the major telltale that the graphics were turned down. I think the thing that I am liking about LOTRO thus far is the approach, there is some grind but it seems leveling is mostly quest based, (with the majority being single player, then a small percentage of small fellowship quests 2-3 players, then the rest full fellowship quests of 6 players). The story of LOTRO really involves your character and that's pretty neat as well. The main characters of the story are in the game and as you level you meet them in different areas having helped them achieve some of the back ground tasks with which their journey would not have been possible.
What I don't like:
You do not get transportation faster than your own two feet, that you don't pay for, until level 35 and the cost is most of what you have saved to that point (4.2G). When you take a rental horse, it is faster then the horse you just bought for 4.2 G, as well as driving itself, and not drawing agro.
The voip system when installed on speakers and a boom mic require you to completely change your audio settings and turn down the volume on every other area less you get deafened by the game sounds, ironically when I use my headset with built in mic this is not an issue, though most people do recognize its an issue with mic and speakers.
Materials for crafting are not plentiful enough, and that is the largest grinding portion of the game thus far. Everyone is required to buy items to craft so its a form of money sink, along with item repair, and believe me it keeps your wallet down as intended.
I would highly recommend that you at least try LOTRO, though try creating at least three different characters because the play styles are so different between most of the characters that you will need to base your opinion off several trials of the different classes etc.