The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[trappedslider]

Wasn't there already a LOTR MMO from like the late 2000's?

maybe, I dunno. However given how they are handling or mishandling their own MMO I don't have high hopes for this one.

 

[eyeheartawk]

maybe, I dunno. However given how they are handling or mishandling their own MMO I don't have high hopes for this one.

I mean, we've seen a Final Fantasy X re-skin for LOTR as well as sexy Shelob, so you know, its record in video games is already pretty bad, as far as depiction is concerned.

 

[Ryujin]

and we found a new way to piss off @Maxperson and other Tolkien purist

"We can just get the players to write the script for us!" - Amazon on "The Rings of Power" season 2, possibly.

 

[MarkB]

There was - Lord of the Rings Online. I was quite into it for awhile, joined a guild and everything. My main character was Nono Underbog, an ancient hobbit matriarch from the marshy northern reaches of the Shire.

I lost interest sometime after the Moria expansion, it became a bit of a grind.

 

[payn]

There was - Lord of the Rings Online. I was quite into it for awhile, joined a guild and everything. My main character was Nono Underbog, an ancient hobbit matriarch from the marshy northern reaches of the Shire.

I lost interest sometime after the Moria expansion, it became a bit of a grind.

That's MMOs in a nutshell isnt it?

 

[Gradine]

What I love about that thread is that I fundamentally agree with 50% of each individual's posts, and fully disagree with the other half.

Everyone is extremely eloquent in describing what it is about their own preferred styles that they prefer... and then they build the most deliberately obtuse and uncharitable caricature whenever "attempting" to "understand" another.

 

[Gradine]

I mean, we've seen a Final Fantasy X re-skin for LOTR as well as sexy Shelob, so you know, its record in video games is already pretty bad, as far as depiction is concerned.

I never played it but I heard the FFX ripoff was actually pretty solid.

 

[MarkB]

That's MMOs in a nutshell isnt it?

Pretty much. Even in the ones with less grindy mechanics, there's only so long that playing the same game can be fun and fresh.

 

[payn]

Pretty much. Even in the ones with less grindy mechanics, there's only so long that playing the same game can be fun and fresh.

Yeap, I did love my time in Eve online and especially Dungeons and Dragons Online. However, the grind eventually gave way to the fun and interest. I did hang on for a few years due to the great people I met though.

 

[Deset Gled]

Yeap, I did love my time in Eve online and especially Dungeons and Dragons Online. However, the grind eventually gave way to the fun and interest. I did hang on for a few years due to the great people I met though.

I'm an Everquest survivor myself. For me, it was when the grind added the social component that I really lost interest. I didn't mind grinding quests, dungeons, etc, in my free time. I didn't mind when you had to form groups with others to do big missions or monsters. But it was when it turned into joining guilds, planning battles/raids, and basically just became a real commitment with schedules and expectations that I couldn't enjoy it any more. It was too much like real life.