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Category Archives: Lord of the Rings Online
The broken promise of the MMO genre
Could you imagine playing the same videogame for a decade? Ten years, one game? If this question was asked in the 90s, it would seem silly. That would be at least two generations of consoles, and PC hardware was changing … Continue reading
PUBG is to 2017 what WoW was to 2004
The parallels between the current explosive growth and influence of PUBG and WoW back in 2004 are many, though there are also some very interesting differences. Neither game was the first in its genre. WoW wasn’t the first MMO, and … Continue reading
LotRO: Still a dumpster
On a whim I fired up LotRO, which was a mistake. I’m not sure the last time I played LotRO, but it’s been a while, perhaps as far back as the F2P change. My history with LotRO is that initially … Continue reading
Posted in Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Rant
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Give LotRO a proper ending
LotRO and I have a long history. It was one of the first MMOs I played with my wife that she really got into, and for a time I enjoyed the game despite its many issues. Its one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Lord of the Rings Online
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Warhammer Online killed the MMO genre
Sensationalized blog title for all of the clicks! Except not really, because WAR really did kill the MMO genre, at least in terms of being a mainstream genre similar in popularity to say RPGs, Sports titles, or FPS. Now don’t … Continue reading
2015 predictions review
Prompted by Wilhelm again, lets look back at my 2015 predictions. DF:UW will shut down. The population is at an all-time low, AV is completely lost with the title, and Forumfall continues to stick daggers into the one game even … Continue reading
The Turbine info has been right here for years
Link to the first of many Aylwen posts. If the general gist, and even some of the exact details were news to you, you haven’t been reading this blog long have you? Still, it’s nice to have someone ‘officially’ confirm … Continue reading
Posted in Lord of the Rings Online, RMT
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State of the MMO genre, 2015 edition
First things first, it’s now 2015, and just like in 2014, 2013, and really since the beginning of time, we still haven’t seen an as-successful F2P MMO as we have sub MMOs (WoW/FFXIV/EVE). Until we do, this isn’t a debate. … Continue reading
LotRO: You’ll never see Mordor
Let’s talk about LotRO! Actually let’s not talk about the content of LotRO, because why make everyone suffer, but instead let’s talk about how things have gone for the game overall, and specifically under F2P. Spoiler alert: LotRO is a … Continue reading
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Looking back at 2014, looking forward into 2015
Time to review 2014 and make some 2015 predictions (I don’t get as fancy as some people and do two posts!) Here are the 2014 predictions: EQNL will have everyone loving it the first month of release. Shortly after just … Continue reading