Thoughts on current lack of trial : General Discussion

I played the Beta for LOTRO and was appalled at the over

-all look and feel of the game. Combat felts so lackluster and delayed - like it took

forever to even register your keystroke. The world's geometry and textures were laughable

(In all honesty, we did actually laugh a few times.) and as I stood on a cliff, copies of

'me' running by wasn't the only thing that was disturbing - the fact that I could see the

familiar sight of what I call 'Cliff-Boxes' in the distance. Basically I knew exploring was

pretty much out of the question. Im sick and tired of EQ-1 style boxes and those silly

cliffs towering over your in all four directions. We need more space and freedom like we had

in Anarchy Online oh-so-many years ago. Basically this game has a high-profile name and

thats it.

Hence why I believe they don't offer a free trial, just 'buddy' keys. It retails for 80

dollars here before tax, plus the monthly fee. If people were allowed to trial it like 75+%

of other 'commitment'-style MMO's then basically it wouldn't be the #1 game right now.

Now I realise I haven't played since Beta, there is no trial and with my current opinion

cannot justify 100+ dollars right now to see if its changed any (I plopped down all my

current money on a new paintball gun so I'm nearly broke, lol), but hey - if someone wants

to waste a buddy key on my to try and change my mind I'm not past admitting my own mistakes.

I never was a huge Tolkein fan but have almost always been a MMORPG fan, and as of right now

I'm hugely disappointed with the games scale and immersion.

Hah you really hate LOTRO haha. How do you feel about WOW?

maybe he feels more hatred about WOW j/k

Whoa, someone actualy hates LOTR, didnt know it was possible, i mean wow, it is the sole game that dethroned wow. In the first week none the less.