The Lord of the Rings Online Pre-E3 Preview

GameSpot has whipped up a two-page preview of Turbine’s The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, after spending some firsthand time with the MMORPG to prepare for the upcoming E3 expo. A snip:

While you could spend a vast amount of time exploring the various towns, there are some 600 quests and subquests to work through if you want to get involved in the Lord of the Rings story. Famous characters such as Boromir, Tom Bombadil, and Gandalf will issue quests as you progress, although the latter will be a rare occurrence that will offer bragging rights for those involved. Codemasters compares the path to a figure-of-eight around the fellowship, with the main part of the game spent away from the famous characters but with frequent overlap, such as at The Prancing Pony where Frodo meets Aragorn.