The Lord of The Rings Online Impressions

FiringSquad is offering up some quick impressions of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, after checking out Turbine's MMORPG firsthand at this year's CES.
When you select one of the playable races in Lord of the Rings Online (hobbits, elves, dwarves, and humans, it determines where in the game world you begin your quests (hobbits start out in the Shire for example). Graphically everything is already looking solid with impressive water effects and as we mentioned previously the attention to detail for the visual look of Tolkien's Middle Earth. We were told that Turbine is working on a DirectX10 version of the game that will be released after the DirectX9 version ships to stores so people who own Windows Vista will likely get some improved graphics.