A Tale of Two Hunters

The score for LOTRO is one of the best I've he...

2010-06-27T15:19:14.518-07:00

The score for LOTRO is one of the best I've heard in a online game. It is technically superb and definitely reflects the idiom of the IP. I do agree that sometimes the default settings of both ambient and combat sounds intrude over the score excessively, but this is easily remedied.

Soundtrack CDs for both SoA and MoM were available in deluxe boxsets, but like most OST releases, not all the music cues were included.

There is a way to extract the music from the game. However is leaves you with several thousand files in Ogg Vorbis format. None of which are identified beyond a number. To make things more complex, for MoM, Turbine fragemented the music into multiple files. Instead of a single track you get the respective cue in 20-30 pieces. They did return to the single track approach for SoM, as they did with SoA.

I am hoping to write quite an extensive piece on the game soundtrack and post what I consider to be the best tracks. Turbine have been relatively tolerant in this respect in the past.

http://splintrcell.org/soa-soundtrack That has so...

2010-06-22T11:33:37.837-07:00

http://splintrcell.org/soa-soundtrack

That has some of the soundtrack uploaded, with more to be added later.

It's just an easter egg. Been there as long as...

2010-06-22T11:05:06.310-07:00

It's just an easter egg. Been there as long as I can remember.

I thought they were lil easter eggs. Like the Sno...

2010-06-22T10:21:53.540-07:00

I thought they were lil easter eggs. Like the Snowmen that are scattered around in the snow areas.

I'm a hunter. Shame on me for not knowing that...

2010-06-22T09:52:07.766-07:00

I'm a hunter. Shame on me for not knowing that.

F2P is an exellent system (and possibly cheaper th...

2010-06-22T09:35:56.357-07:00

F2P is an exellent system (and possibly cheaper then a sub) for players that don't do alts. Simply start out running in free mode until all the content is exhausted and purchase areas as you hit them.

I love the concept and am patiently waiting for it to hit the servers. I'm hoping it works out well enough that all the servers become more populated as well. More people = more awesome!

also there is a soundtrack you can download to see...

2010-06-22T09:26:43.342-07:00

also there is a soundtrack you can download to see if your missing some of these songs. Some of them are very good, I especially love the dwarf area musics. http://www.fileplanet.com/199894/190000/fileinfo/The-Lord-of-the-Rings-Online-Soundtrack

One thing I often do is turn the other sound slide...

2010-06-22T09:25:28.300-07:00

One thing I often do is turn the other sound sliders down about half way and leave the music and player music at max. Often the ambient sounds and combat will overpower the music.

This is a lour trap. Hunters can get them crafted ...

2010-06-22T09:14:22.318-07:00

This is a lour trap. Hunters can get them crafted for them. I've seen a few of them sitting out in the north downs before, but never noticed a quest for them. I always assumed they were a bugged out trap that someone was using. It is one of the more under utilized traps available.

Does sound like something is wrong with your game ...

2010-06-20T07:50:06.180-07:00

Does sound like something is wrong with your game music, as there is music present everywhere. I found just as much memorable music in Lotro as in WoW. Maybe review your sound settings to make sure something isn't off. Maybe contact support if you really are running around in silence too much.

You're welcome for the link and thank you. I&#...

2010-06-19T12:29:31.735-07:00

You're welcome for the link and thank you. I'm glad you are enjoying the show.