Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
The Lord Of The Rings goes online in the MMORPG game of the series Lord Of The Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. Also known as LOTRO, it is a massive multiplayer online role playing game that similarly to Age of Conan, is set on fiction novels. However LOTRO is set on J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth writings of the time of Lord Of The Rings. It was developed by the company Turbine and was released in by the end of 2007.
There are total four races to choose from, taken directly from the Tolkien books. As expected, they are Man, Elf, Dwraf and Hobbit. The online game player can choose male and female characters from all of the above races except for Dwarfs. Similar to other MMOs, there are total seven classes to choose from which are Burglar, Captain, Champion, Guardian, Hunter, Lore-master, and Minstrel.
Like most other MMOs the game play has PvP(Player Versus Player) in the form of 
PvMP – Player Versus Monster Player. Monster Player can be unlocked once the player reaches level 10 and then can level themselves to level 60 as a Monster Player. Monster Players are also know as creeps in the game. The Monster Players have their own style of quests while the opposite to the Monster Players are Heroes which can also be leveled up and also have their own line of quests. Heroes are also known as freeps in the game. Both the freeps and the creeps fight each other for the control of the Ettenmoors, which can be done after taking control of 3 keeps out of 5, then the player goes in the dungeons below the Ettenmoors.
Both the Monster Players and the Heroes gain ranks by defeating members of the opposite side. Monsters gain infamy for defeating a Hero player while Heroes 
receive renown for defeating a Monster Player. There are 15 ranks in total for each side. Gaining ranks allows you to buy health and power upgrades for Monsters and arsenal for Heroes. Furthermore there are also Destiny Points which you can gain through gaining levels, by completing quests, or through PvPM. Destiny points allow you to have temporary power up to your abilities and skills, they are also used to buy skills and abilities.
Unlike most MMORPGs, players can gain different LOTRO Titles for the deeds they commit in the game, for example you could gain the title “The Wary” which you can gain by attaining level 5 without being defeated. Another LOTRO Title example is “Vanquisher of Thaurlauch” which is a hard title to gain since you have to defeat one of the most feared creature in the game – The Balrog. Moving along there are also Traits which provide extra bonuses to your abilities and skills. There are four types of traits.
Virtue traits are common to gain by completing some goals and quests.
Class traits are the bonuses from complete class dependent quests and goals. These are different on depending on what class you will choose you will have associated bonuses with them.
Racial, are the traits which you get from what race you choose, each race has its own types of traits.
Legendary traits are rare and provide huge bonuses. They are obtained by collecting all the pages of your class book.(dropped from specific enemies).
Finally there are profession traits. There are total ten professions which are Cook, Farmer, Forester, Jeweler, Metalsmith, Prospector, Scholar, Tailor, Weapon smith and Woodworker. Each profession has it’s importance in the game. There is also Musicians type of profession which all the player can acquire from level 5 and gain more advancement in it upon leveling and also teach it to others as well.
Over all Turbine did a great job with the game, the graphics are stunting and the story line is a bit modified but none the less as good as it could get.
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