After playing Lotro a couple days, I realize they have done this game quite different to games like Anarchy Online (AO), World of Warcraft (WoW), Neocron and other games I have previously played.

I’ll try to explain where the big difference in gameplay lies: WHen you first enter the game you run around and do quests like delievering stuff, killing monsters and the usual. So far everything looks standard.

This changes drastically though the moment you are done with all the quests that are offered and you have reached level 5. Then you get to a final quest that leads you into an instance where you play as part of the storyline. This instance is a bit hard to finish, because you meet som higher level mobs there.

When you are done with this, you come out on the other end of the instance and don’t see the low level guys (or mobs) any more. You now play with others that has reached the same level only, and gone are all the low level mobs as well.

To me this was a big relief, because I really did not expect it to go like this

The guys behind this game has really done a great job so far. And I am extremely happy I was wrong about a mmorpg for once

Gotta go and explore some more in LOTRO

It’s gonna be nice to test out a new mmorpg, since I have not played much of those since my hardcore playing days of Neocron and Anarchy Online.

I will report back here when I have tried the game a bit, and tell you if it’s woth the subscription.