Lord of the rings online is one of those games that will get you interested in the story line but at the same time disappoint you. When i first bought the game i thought it was going to literally kill WoW but unfortunately it does the exact opposite. I'm not saying the game is bad but its definitely not the best MMO ever created. a lot of the quests will have you delivering pies and messages while trying to avoid getting caught by angry hobbits or the quests will have you killing X amount of wolfs, bears, humanoids etc. The one thing that i found to be one of the games best features is the fact that you have the Main story line and then all of the other story lines. The main storyline takes you on a adventure through all sorts of environments and it definitely leads you to where you want to go. For hobbits you start in a town and go through a quest line that leads you to the shire.
For man it leads you to the exact same town except it makes you stay in that exact same town that eventually leads you out of the town to another place. You can venture off to the shire as a man if you want but i recommend just following the quest lines. There are some differences that make this MMO unique like that fact that Hunters do not have pets and there is no "real" warrior class and talent tree but you will be happy to know the character customization is a lot better then WoW. Overall i find this game lacks no real differences to other MMO's besides the fact of Monster play which is definitely something you should look into. If you want a oblivion looking graphics game with some unique game play features and a interesting storyline then go buy this game!
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