Lord of the Rings Online - Review @ WarCry

With a healthy disdain for the numbers, WarCry awards Lord of the Rings Online a score of 621 out of 82.

The new player experience in The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar is an enjoyable one. Right off, important information is made available by way of a short tutorial which differs based upon your race selection. It's during this tutorial instance that you get your first taste of what the game has in store for you along the way as you encounter creatures that made even the bravest heroes from the books hesitant. Upon completing the tutorial, you enter another instanced new player zone, but rather than the private setting of the initial area, this new zone is where you first encounter other players. There are several quests available and after a bit you will have gained a few levels. This is also where you start to train new skills for your class and get a better idea of how your play style and class choice are going to mesh. Since this is only going to be around one or two hours into a play session, if you find that you aren't happy then re-rolling isn't as daunting as one would think. It's also very difficult to "gimp" a character, almost impossible really, so the best thing to do is just have fun.