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Lord Of The Rings: Shadows Of Angmar Special Edition | 
| From: Midway
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.95
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Seller: Best-Seller-Books
Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 4710
Format: DVD-ROM
Platform: Windows XP
Genre: role_playing_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Edition: Special
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.4 x 2.4
MPN: 90089
UPC: 031719900893
EAN: 0031719900893
ASIN: B000NSI42K
Release Date: April 24, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | The only MMO based on the extensive and beloved fantasy universe of J.R.R. Tolkien, and the first MMO to provide a compelling story behind players' actions | | • | Unique Combat and Advancement Systems -- game mechanics surpass skills and levels to include accomplishment, traits and titles to help you gain experience in a variety of ways | | • | Fight alone or with other players - Follow the storyline on your own or form a fellowship with other players for epic battles against creatures like Orcs, Wights, and even Balrogs | | • | Cinematic technology and an expansive, open world help further the storyline with movie-like sequences | | • | Epic challenges like the depths of the Great Barrow, the siege of Fornost and the battle to retake Weathertop |
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Product Description
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar is an authentic recreation of Middle-Earth. In this massive multiplayer online game, you'll explore legendary lands & interact with famous characters like Gandalf and Aragorn. Create your own heroic story as the Fellowship embarks on their quest to destroy the One Ring. Defend the Free Peoples against Sauron's evil minion, the Nazgul Witch-King. Adventure solo or forge fellowships, battle hideous monsters and rise to fame in the most epic MMO ever launched. Collector's Edition contains: FREE subscription, 128-page manual, cloth map of Middle-Earth, digital art book, exclusive figurine, exclusive in-game items: "Cloak of the Peace Keeper" +2 Peace Morale Regen. Create items both legendary and mundane - Farm in the Shire or forge weapons and armor in Thorin's Halls; craft arms for the fight against the Dark Lord Sauron, or enjoy more peaceful activities like cooking and farming Meet and socialize with thousands of other players and fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's works -- chat & interact at the Prancing Pony in Bree, the Green Dragon Inn in the Shire, or any of the many other social centers throughout the land Experience hundreds of quests while you journey through Middle-Earth -- swim the Brandywine River or make your way through the mists of the Old Forest
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 34
 SE is great if you're into "Making Of" and soundtrack, otherwise get standard edition May 3, 2007
USAF Gamer (USA)
31 out of 32 found this review helpful
I was in closed beta for a short time. I have a pretty critical view on where I spend my money and I don't like paying for a game that is released unfinished. This is the first MMO I have beta'd, out of five, where I continued on into retail.
LOTRO has had one of the smoothest launches ever, has made tough calls early in maintaining player economy, is selling a well polished product day one, and has already announced the first expansion (FREE) for June.
The beginning levels are fun and different for the various races, making for good replayability/alt characters. Players are rewarded beyond simple killing for exploration of areas, use of skills, etc in a way that makes players actually PLAY their characters rather than worrying about how much exp/hour they can make. Mindless grinding will get a player levels, but only by playing, exploring, and using their character's abilities will they gain full character development. Many skills have effects that are not in the description or are synergetic with other skills that the hack-n-slash/low attention span player will miss.
MMOs have a hard time balancing familiarity with originality. Turbine has walked a tightrope between accuracy and playability and IMO has done a fine job.
Perhaps the biggest lure is that there is MUCH more of Middle Earth that will be coming over the years and getting to experience the process is something I look forward to.
Specific to the SE items, they are nice if you like "making of" info and want the soundtrack. The in-game item and map are underwhelming and should not be the reason you pay extra for the SE.
Lots o fun May 15, 2007
Sea Jackal (Littleton, Colorado, USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This game if full of fun, lots of quests to keep you busy, and an active community. I will be playing this game for years to come! It is always fun to find places that you read about in the books or have seen in the movies, and just explore vast landscapes.
This game is pretty taxing on lower end graphics cards, but can scale down fairly well to lower end cards.
I would recommend this game to anyone who enjoys adventure, community questing and character building.
Truly, one game to rule them all April 22, 2007
T. W. Delano (MN, USA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
To put it briefly - this game rocks. Obviously, being backed by the books, this game has an amazing epic storyline that doesn't parallel the Fellowhips story but instead supports it by allowing players to be involved in the War of the Ring, the grand picture around the entire story. Combat and grouping is fun, challenging and leaves you wanting more with each battle. Finally, the loads of Middle-earth extras make this the perfect game for anybody who is a fan of MMORPGs and Tolkien's work.
If you're looking to get into or find a new MMORPG, definitely try this game out. You won't regret it.
Better than World Of Warcraft August 28, 2008
Genotec 007 (Florida, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After leaving World Of Warcraft after two and a half years, I was searching for a virtual world to escape. It needed to offer a more casual and less frantic pace to get to the top fast and less of a need to get all the best of gear for the "endgame" like WOW.I felt like I was spinning my wheels to be the best. Simply, I was in a word "burnt out" from all that. LOTRO offered a fresh start. The detailed world in LOTRO was it for me. In my opinion, it is in so many ways superior. First, the community is excellent. There are always players willing somewhere to help out new players. They even have a dedicated "Advice" chat for questions. The starting areas are simple and plain as they should be.Some of my old WOW friends that "try" this game in those early levels sometimes complain that it is so inferior to WOW. But they forget WOW has just as simple starting areas. So it is unfair to judge until experiencing all the things and places the complete game offer. And let me tell you, it offers plenty and then some. A place to enter a beloved and magical realm right out of a classical fantasy that will make every Lord Of the Rings fan feel like they are actually living in the world from the books.
like wow only better in every way July 30, 2008
John Gumprecht (Seattle, Wa.)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This game is very similar to wow only with lots of improvements. The graphics are better but its the attention to detail that really makes this game number one. Anything thats in the books is in this game. For example....in the books, when Frodo leaves the shire, they have Fatty Bolger pretend to be Frodo and live in Frodo's new house in Buckland and in the night the nazgul come after Fatty, thinking its frodo, and Fatty escapes but the cloak he was wearing gets torn off....so in the game when you go to Fatty's house hes there but the cloak that got torn off is lying on the ground outside the house. That attention to detail really impressed me.
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