/sigh

[Treebeard]

Can no one get Tolkien right?

http://firingsquad.gamers.com/features/e3_2003_games_part5/

They demonstrated a bit of the character advancement, which seems to be lifted straight out of Asheron's Call 2, but with hobbits, elves, and dwarves instead of Lugians and Tumeroks.

Gods preserve us.

 

[Mosop]

Always said it was a bad thing Turbine were doing lord of the Rings online,and that it would be Hobbits bolted onto AC2

But it needs a even bigger SIGH that Tree cos there also doing
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE aswell

 

[Treebeard]

Screenshots from E3:

http://www.stratics.com/content/portals/me/content/gallery/e3gallery/

Some info:

http://mevault.ign.com/

Official site:

http://www.middle-earthonline.com/index.php

To be fair to them, it sounds like they are attempting to stay faithful to the lore. There will be no wizards for example as wizards in Middle Earth were very rare. I'm more hopeful now but its a long way off.