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The Lord of the Rings Online Shadows of Angmar

May 17, 2011March 13, 2014 Konstantinos Dimopoulos 22 Comments codemasters, free to play, Lord of the Rings Online, Lotro, midway games, mmo rpg, shadows of angmar, Turbine

Truth is, I could go on and ramble about a thousand other little things, you know, if only to come up with the mother of all blog-based reviews, and I wouldn’t have even managed to scratch the surface of what a magnificent beast LotRO is. Things like the recent Solstice Festival, the raising difficulty of quest as one progresses eastward, destiny points, the amazingly detailed beginner’s quests (instanced) & areas, the sheer number of available emotes, the immensely helpful community are all there for you to discover, but -as expected- not all is perfect. LotRO is still very young by MMORPG terms.

Free to Play. If You’re Going to Fail, Get Better At Failing.

November 17, 2010February 5, 2011 Umar Khan 2 Comments America, atari, cataclysm, Champions, Champions Online, Cryptic, DnD, DnD Online, Dungeons and Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons Online, EA, EA Mythic, electronic arts, EQ, eq2, everquest, Everquest 2, Everquest 2 F2P lol, F2P, Far East, FF XIV, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy XIV, free to play, Grinding, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings Online, Lotro, Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, MMORPG, Multiplayer Online Games, Mythic, P2P, pay to play, Square Enix, Star Trek, Star Trek Online, Turbine, umar khan, WAR, Warhammer, Warhammer Online, Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, World of Warcraft, wow, Zerg

It seems much more frequently nowadays that many MMORPG companies have been accepting their losses and got off their high horses to adopt the Free to Play model. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Does it really help them bring in a larger player base? It certainly seems to be working for many of these companies but will it be accepted wife spread for future games?