Lord of the Rings Online player's guide to World of Warcraft

by Shawn Schuster Nov 14th 2008 at 11:00AM

Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Expansions, Game mechanics, Guides, Massively meta, Academic, Education

Unless money or time is not an issue (or you write about games for a living), you have quite a decision to make this week. World of Warcraft's second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, has released yesterday. Lord of the Rings Online's first expansion, Mines of Moria, is releasing this Tuesday. They both promise to be revolutionary expansions, and the fact that their launch dates are within a week of each other most likely means that you won't be playing both. Well, we're here to help bridge that gap a bit.

While both games are considered high fantasy, and many of the features of both games could be considered very similar, actually comparing the two is a whole different story. In this feature article, we're going to break down and compare the two games and what they have to offer. Whether you're a LotRO fan who makes a little cross with your fingers every time someone mentions WoW, or you're a WoW player who thinks "Hobits r dum!", we'll let you know what you would have to look forward to in either game and their new expansions. Follow along through the link below!

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

David said on 1:46AM 11-15-2008

umm... yea.. after playing LOTRO, going to WoW is a massive downgrade. Thanks, but no thanks. :)

Bayard Randel said on 8:07PM 11-16-2008

Wrath is several orders of magnitude more visually stunning, sophisticated and fun than LoTRO. I can't see the appeal of LoTRO for anyone other than a die hard tolkien fan. I played through all of the content from release (into Helegrod), and found the gameplay lackluster and uninspired.

LoTRO has a more sophisticated graphics engine, but it doesn't make for a good game. Blizzard's amazing art more than makes up for the shortcomings of the aging WoW engine, and what they have managed to squeeze out of it for Wrath is just astounding.