So LOTR or WOW?

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**Deff Dread red Edition**

I was wondering which is the better game,and which should I buy?

**Ahtman**

Apples truly are better than oranges and I think you'll find no one that can dispute it.

There is no 'better', there is what you want. There is no prize for picking the "right" one. Which one is better is going to be opinion.

Of those two choices I think LotR has more potential at this point myself.

**dancingcricket**

No, oranges are better than apples...

I prefer LoTR of the two, right now though I'm waiting for Champions Online. Having some ability to design my own character and powers sounds much more interesting to me.

**usernamesareannoying**

WoW is the one to rule them all...

**Cheese Elemental**

WoW is a boring, repetitive pile of garbage. Go with the original fantasy game.

**sebster**

There's a lot of things that matter in deciding what game you'll like most. The opinions of random people on-line as to which game is 'better' is not one of them.

Do you have mates playing either game? It's cool when you can game with mates you know in the real world, so that's a pretty big factor.

**Kanluwen**

Do some research into both games, think about how much time you want to put into them, etc.

When it comes down to it, MMOs are just a big time/money sink. You're better off finding some good ol' console games with multiplayer or free multiplayer PC games if you just want something to play.

**Deff Dread red Edition**

sebster wrote:There's a lot of things that matter in deciding what game you'll like most. The opinions of random people on-line as to which game is 'better' is not one of them.

Do you have mates playing either game? It's cool when you can game with mates you know in the real world, so that's a pretty big factor.

Friends,what are these strange creatures you speak of?I only ask for random peoples opinions online as well I dont really have many real world friends,lol its sad isnt it.You see most people in my town speak one language,and one language only and thats Rugby and because I have bad knees(they dislocate all the time)I cant really play rugby.Oh and well no one here in my sleepy little town plays 40k and laughs at me when I say I spend my life with little plastic men,I therefore have no real motivation other than painting to amass a large collection.I have read up a bit online and LOTR's looks good thus far.

**hughpower**

Warhammer online, you can get a 10 day free trial here:http://www.war-europe.com/ but make sure to go on to the eltharion server (thats the one i'm on

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**Deff Dread red Edition**

How bigs the download?

**hughpower**

errr. Don't know sorry.

**usernamesareannoying**

most of these games have a free trial... that may be the way to go to see which one you like.

**Phloop**

hughpower wrote:Warhammer online, you can get a 10 day free trial here:http://www.war-europe.com/ but make sure to go on to the eltharion server (thats the one i'm on )

QFT

It's just like WoW, except better and because the community is still relatively new there is much less elitism amongst the players. And the grinding and time-sink aspect is a hellavalot less.

Plus the PvP is AWESOME.

**hughpower**

Phloop wrote:
hughpower wrote:Warhammer online, you can get a 10 day free trial here:http://www.war-europe.com/ but make sure to go on to the eltharion server (thats the one i'm on )

QFT

It's just like WoW, except better and because the community is still relatively new there is much less elitism amongst the players. And the grinding and time-sink aspect is a hellavalot less.

Plus the PvP is AWESOME.

And i play it!

**JourneyPsycheOut**

Starfox 64. Only game you'll ever need.

**Kanluwen**

Phloop wrote:
hughpower wrote:Warhammer online, you can get a 10 day free trial here:http://www.war-europe.com/ but make sure to go on to the eltharion server (thats the one i'm on )

QFT

It's just like WoW, except better and because the community is still relatively new there is much less elitism amongst the players. And the grinding and time-sink aspect is a hellavalot less.

Plus the PvP is AWESOME.

Actually, there's tons of elitism on Warhammer. You can't even mention anything relating to any other game, or anything relating to RP without people hurling cigarette, buttlover, etc around.

It's why I cancelled my account.

**Nofasse 'Eadhunta**

WOW is repetitive.

LOTR is silly (I mean making an MMO from a trilogy of...novels?)

Both eat your soul.

**Kanluwen**

All MMOs are repetitive.

**hughpower**

Kanluwen wrote:
Phloop wrote:
hughpower wrote:Warhammer online, you can get a 10 day free trial here:http://www.war-europe.com/ but make sure to go on to the eltharion server (thats the one i'm on )

QFT

It's just like WoW, except better and because the community is still relatively new there is much less elitism amongst the players. And the grinding and time-sink aspect is a hellavalot less.

Plus the PvP is AWESOME.

Actually, there's tons of elitism on Warhammer. You can't even mention anything relating to any other game, or anything relating to RP without people hurling cigarette, buttlover, etc around.

It's why I cancelled my account.

Thats never happened to me, maby its just your server.

**Deathmachine**

go with lotr and rugby is stupid anyway paint ball is better.

**Orkeosaurus**

Go with whatever isn't WoW.

**Platuan4th**

Nofasse 'Eadhunta wrote:(I mean making an MMO from a trilogy of...novels?)

The Lord of the Rings is actually a series of 6 books(Book I: The Return of the Shadow, II: The Fellowship of the Ring, III: The Treason of Isengard, IV: The Journey to Mordor, V: The War of the Ring, and VI: The Return of the King, plus six appendices) placed into 3 volumes(The Fellowship of the Rings, The Two Towers, The Return of the King).

Each "novel" of the series you purchase actually contains 2 books.

**hughpower**

So... have you decided yet?

**gennadius**

WoW it looks better than lotr but its really addictive and has a good end-game and alot of players.

but dont join a rp server thats i didnt know that ment role-playing until i said something in dutch to a friend and someone said that could become banned so i joined another pve server

(and dont join a pvp server you dont want to get ganked by lvl 80'ers all the time)

**Deff Dread red Edition**

Well I think Im not going to join a virtaul world just yet,for one its a time drain and with mounting school work and the new IG dex theres no way Im also gina have time for that.Also I have joined a local cricket club and thats healthier for me anyway LOL.

**Militarized**

EVE and WAR is where it's at.

**djones520**

Nofasse 'Eadhunta wrote:WOW is repetitive.

LOTR is silly (I mean making an MMO from a trilogy of...novels?)

Both eat your soul.

LOTR is much more then those three novels. That just encompassed the War of the Ring. Tolkien created a lot more then that.

**djphranq**

I've never played LOTR.

WoW I've played on and off since release back in 04, and like it enough to suggest it, not as something better than LOTR, but as something standing on its own to play.

**Wolf**

Well just to throw it out there

Age of Conan is always an awesome one to go for with high spec pc's, im currently on that one atm.

**brad3104**

Stick with 40k of WHFB or w/e you play....at least its a real hobby....dont sign ur life away to WoW....please dont.