Video Games : Lord Of The Rings: Shadows Of Angmar Special Edition

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: Lord Of The Rings: Shadows Of Angmar Special Edition

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Binding: Video Game
Brand: Midway
EAN: 0031719900893
ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Format: CD
Label: Midway
Manufacturer: Midway
Platform: Windows XP
Publisher: Midway
Release Date: April 24, 2007
Sales Rank: 1819
Studio: Midway

Features:

The only MMO based on the extensive and beloved fantasy universe of J.R.R. Tolkien, and the first MMO to provide a compelling story behind players' actions
Unique Combat and Advancement Systems -- game mechanics surpass skills and levels to include accomplishment, traits and titles to help you gain experience in a variety of ways
Fight alone or with other players - Follow the storyline on your own or form a fellowship with other players for epic battles against creatures like Orcs, Wights, and even Balrogs
Cinematic technology and an expansive, open world help further the storyline with movie-like sequences
Epic challenges like the depths of the Great Barrow, the siege of Fornost and the battle to retake Weathertop

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Product Description:
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar is an authentic recreation of Middle-Earth. In this massive multiplayer online game, you'll explore legendary lands & interact with famous characters like Gandalf and Aragorn. Create your own heroic story as the Fellowship embarks on their quest to destroy the One Ring. Defend the Free Peoples against Sauron's evil minion, the Nazgul Witch-King. Adventure solo or forge fellowships, battle hideous monsters and rise to fame in the most epic MMO ever launched. Collector's Edition contains: FREE subscription, 128-page manual, cloth map of Middle-Earth, digital art book, exclusive figurine, exclusive in-game items: "Cloak of the Peace Keeper" +2 Peace Morale Regen. Create items both legendary and mundane - Farm in the Shire or forge weapons and armor in Thorin's Halls; craft arms for the fight against the Dark Lord Sauron, or enjoy more peaceful activities like cooking and farming Meet and socialize with thousands of other players and fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's works -- chat & interact at the Prancing Pony in Bree, the Green Dragon Inn in the Shire, or any of the many other social centers throughout the land Experience hundreds of quests while you journey through Middle-Earth -- swim the Brandywine River or make your way through the mists of the Old Forest

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- LOTRO ROCKS!
(Ed. note: My 13 yr. old son's review) Is it just me, or is this 2$ cheaper than standard edition here? Anyway, I'm a huge Tolkien fan that had been playing Runescape and WoW the past 3 years. Last year sometime in March I was in Netherlands and I saw the pre-order in a magazine. I HAD TO GET IT! Loved the game, the way they embedded the story into it was 10x better than any other RPG I've played so far, and free huge content updates every two months. Well, now I moved to USA and decided to get special edition, for the fact being only 17$ of course, but I'm wondering, does it still come with the month free playtime?

Rating:

- like wow only better in every way
This game is very similar to wow only with lots of improvements. The graphics are better but its the attention to detail that really makes this game number one. Anything thats in the books is in this game. For example....in the books, when Frodo leaves the shire, they have Fatty Bolger pretend to be Frodo and live in Frodo's new house in Buckland and in the night the nazgul come after Fatty, thinking its frodo, and Fatty escapes but the cloak he was wearing gets torn off....so in the game when you go to Fatty's house hes there but the cloak that got torn off is lying on the ground outside the house. That attention to detail really impressed me.

Rating:

- Wonderful Game
Great game for all ages. Families, kids and adults play from all over the world. Best quality in a game and always something new to explore. If you the boooks thenthe game is well worth playing.

Rating:

- Should have started this last year
I wanted to pick up LOTRO at launch but hesitantly did not. After a while, I lost interest. Flash forward to one year later, and I am now playing this amazing game. The character classes are all very well implememted. If you love questing and exploring, then this is the game for you. PvPers, should probably stay away. With the release of book 13, Turbine has added hobbies the first one being fishing.
Oh and the fact that it is Tolkien's world is just icing on the cake.

Rating:

- Game is great fun but "Special Edition" (collector's edition) not worth the money
Let's get this out of the way first... "I love playing LOTRO". I enjoy it so much I decided to add a second account and thought I'd purchase the Special Edition assuming that the extra items would be worth the additional cost. I must say that I was very disappointed.

It is obvious that they (Midway) tried to copy WoW's Collector's Edition, which is a nice and worthwhile special edition, but Midway did it completely on the cheap.

The Map of Middle Earth that is included is all but useless and printed on very cheap lightweight paper.

The "exclusive in-game item" you get is only useful (+1 hope) at very low levels if at all and takes a full hour before it can be used again.

The soundtrack CD is a real pain! It includes the narration from the game's cut screens so you have to hit "skip" on you CD player almost every other track if you don't want to hear all the game narration over and over. Why didn't they just put the songs on CD like WoW did on their collector's edition? It would have been MUCH better.

The DVD on how the game was made is OK but nothing special.

The back of the box also says... "EXCLUSIVE! FULL COLOR SPECIAL EDITION MANUAL". Translation, it's the same paper manual you get in the regular game but some of the pictures are in color... woot! If you were thinking beautiful color hardback book like in WoW's collector's edition think again.

All in all great game, but don't bother to spend the extra money on a "Special Edition" copy of the game, just get the regular and have a great time.

Hopefully when Midway releases its next expansion later this year it will be more of a class act.


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