They're Taking The Hobbits To Korea - Kotaku Comments

They're Taking The Hobbits To Korea

Andrew_Cho — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:37:41 MST

I don't know, all my friends around me don't really have much interest in this. Since most of the games produced here is MMO. We already have plenty of online "free" games to play. But I bought 15 stocks in NHN just in case.

Andrew_Cho

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Type-R — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:49:43 MST

High-def graphics and endless questing simply isn't a priority to most Koreans. Unlike the majority of American MMO gamers, Koreans play MMOs moreso for the social networking aspect. It's fairly common for entire guilds to know each other in real life and have weekly get togethers whatever the game.

A few of my friends were in one of them "elite" guilds in Lineage II, and their leader required every member to attend meetings irl where they would eat and drink while chatting about random stuff, both in-game and real life matters. I tagged along once and it really is something else. Everyone knows each other very well to the effect that the guild is like a second family.

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SnakeCL — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:07:26 MST

@kyosen:

There's tons of end-game content, just wasn't much when the game launched. Course, there's never much end-game content when a game launches.

SnakeCL

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Candle-Jack — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:31:05 MST

Well, if they're lucky and a handful of people genuinely likes it, then the entire country will play. That's how Korean marketing works. [/Korean]

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K-Squad! (Badass Edition) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:20:11 MST

oh GREAT, the only thing that kept me playing Lotro is my loathing hate for koreans *snaps disc in half and uninstalls*

Damn you gold farmers!

Thats a joke, but even though i quit lotro because i dont have time for another mmo, and i have no soul left after WoW (quit a year ago). LotrO has a MUCH better community than WoW, very mature and cool, loads of fun as far as mmo's go, especially for LOTR fans.

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kyosen — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:07:44 MST

It was a good game, but I couldn't tolerate the poor end game content. The PvMP kept me paying monthly for a good while though. The first pvp that's really got me interested. Hopefully it'll be a model that's picked up in newer MMO's, it would be a crime if not.

kyosen

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SnakeCL — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:58:07 MST

@Strangelove: Those are pretty much the reasons why LotR is so great, heh.

Its not a game for the PVP types.
It stays close to its source material, you wouldn't have Orcs or Goblins wandering into the towns and cities of rohan or gondor.

LotRO is great the way it is. The expansions are simply going to give more land-areas, Rohan, Gondor, and finally, most likely Mordor.

SnakeCL

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ulix — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:46:30 MST

"in Europe, the UK..."

Believe it or not:
although some Britons (and many more continental Europeans) may not want to admit, but the UK is a part of Europe.

ulix

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StrikerGold — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:26:18 MST

I recently took a look at LOTRO as my girlfriend became interested in the idea of a LOTR game in an MMO, with a story she loves so much. And I'm actually quite impressed. It strikes a nice balance between WoW and EQ2 in complexity, difficulty, and immersiveness. And the community is far more friendly than any of the others.

This will give some Korean grinders pause as you gain far more XP by completing quests and advancing the story than just grinding wolves, boars and spiders.

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Hazzy — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:26:16 MST

Korea, Isengard, same difference.

Hazzy

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Strangelove — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:12:49 MST

I played LOTRO for about 3 months. Fun, but ultimately the lack of true PvP and no Mordor races was a killer for me. Probably going to be an expansion.

Strangelove

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Chewbenator — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:42:27 MST

I believe the game is much more mature than WoW, both in community and gameplay mechanics. But, that does take some of the fun out of it. I believe it will have some success in Korea.

Chewbenator

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KaneTaker — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:40:57 MST

Maybe if we inundate the Koreans with MMOs that have quests, theirs will stop being grind-fests? Nah...doubt it.

KaneTaker

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SmilingPolitely — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:40:12 MST

@Gantz: I couldn't help but laugh. ^^

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Tonx — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:38:56 MST

Did they forget that Lord of the Rings is most succesful in the English-speaking world? This is like selling a Shakespeare-themed RPG to France. Better to bank on an original IP (*cough WoW cough*) than one promoted (mostly) by a movie trilogy in a foreign language.

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ghnvt — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:36:36 MST

More monies for Turbine. Maybe now there will actually be people online so you can finish the damn forced group quests.

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Winterbringer — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:33:49 MST

Redifine? It's a WoW clone with LotR poorly slapped on it. There's nothing innovative or fresh about it, it's not a great success here, but I suppose Korea loves MMO's. I doubt they'll put WoW down to play this though...

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giant_historical_crabs — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:30:29 MST

lol? :) you've seen that film too many times :)

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Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:29:00 MST

THEY'RE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO ISEN-KOREA
*dances to remix*

Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.