The Lord of the Rings Online Updated Impressions

GameSpot has put together some impressions of Turbine’s Book 12 and Book 13 updates for The Lord of the Rings Online straight from GDC.

Other new features in Book 12 include a barbershop, which is a lot more complicated than it sounds. The barbershop will let you alter your character’s hairstyle (and there are more than 50 new ones, to boot), but you can also change his or her physical appearance. This is the first time you can redo your character since character creation. Then there are more customization options in terms of cosmetic clothing, traveling clothes, and more.

Turbine is also working on the next updates, due out later this year. Book 13 will add a new region to the game, though Steefel was reluctant to name it just yet. All he said is that it’s in the northern part of Eriador, which should set hardcore Tolkien fans scurrying to their atlases.