One Shots: Always lovely in LotRO

That's my favorite fishing spot. Its right before you get to some bandit camps and the land there is shallow for a surprisingly long stretch before dropping way deep into the lake.

Yay I got posted :D lol

I have tried to play this game twice now. It isn't terrible looking but it looks nowhere near as good as the screenshots.

I've got a GTX 275 which, sure isn't the hottest right now but it isn't too shabby either. Plays everything I throw at it..even the newest stuff like Metro 2033 and BFBC2 on the highest settings.

In the tutorial I get a clown suit looking set of gear which I'm not to concerned with since I am sure it gets replaced in moments... but it isn't the color or the design that bothers me but the fact that the texture looks really low-resolution.

I ran through a field of flowers that looked nice but otherwise it was pretty bland.

The characters all have super huge feet as well.

The graphics aren't the only thing I care about in a game, but LOTRO also suffers from not showing me anything I haven't seen before in the first few moments of play. I like to be wowed from the start not have promises that it gets better... those hardly ever pan out.

I've heard enough good about the game though to just consider it not my kind of game. Glad others enjoy it and I wish I could since I love the universe with a passion bordering on obsession... but eh... I'll keep myself happy with Eve and Fallen Earth.

It makes me happy to see all the nice One Shots that people send in and know that I have also sent in pictures that are apparently as good these.

Disregard my previous comment. Still the fact that after two downloads myself, and 1 each for my two roommates ...they could make the fact that there is a high res client more apparent.

I downloaded it from an email which sends you to a site that doesn't mention client versions at all.

I'll give it one more try.

And... the link to the high res client is broken.

http://www.lotro.com/support/download-lotro

Try that link for the hi-res version of LotRO. I play DX10 (hi-res) version and it's simply a stunning visual tour.

Have fun!

Quick tip - you have actually enable the High Res Direct X 10 settings? When you install the High Res client you will notice an extra level in the textures option. For the record, my GTX 260 makes the game look exactly like the image posted in this article. The game is visually stunning still, several years after release.