Turbine recently took to the official Lord of the Rings Online forums to discuss their newly reworked and released roadmap, asking their community for feedback and suggestions based on the path ahead for the team at the helm of the free fantasy online MMO game, Lord of the Rings Online.
DualShockers chatted with the veteran MMO's Executive Producer Rob Ciccolini about the future of this version of Middle-Earth.
The progressive storytelling in this MMO is still some of the best for an MMO. RIP Turbine. Glad I was able to meet and interview them about this game and DDO before their end. Two MMOs that broke the mold in different ways but showed that the industry was about less risk and more of the same.
Can you go home again, to an MMO that you’ve been away from for years, one you used to call home? Or does the passage of time make that sort of re-investment impossible?
I was an avid Eve Online player for about 3 years. I was running a Corp and was part of one of the Amar aliances. I was obsessed with it, and could't stop playing. Until one day my manager caught me using the work PC doing Eve Corp stuff. And it was then that I realised that I had to stop. I've been back once or twice since it went free to play, but it has changed so much that it's a whole different animal now.
I honestly don't have the time or the patience to learn the game from scratch again. I honestly don't know how I did it all those years ago. I even used to make Eve Machinama vids and go to fan meet ups etc. Man those were the days.
The Lord of the Rings Online allows players to forge heroic legacies in the War for Middle-Earth, experience an evolving persistent recreation of Tolkien's fantasy realm where you can establish unique reputations, discover and wield legendary weapons in strategic battles, while adventuring solo or in Fellowships.
