If Guild Wars was just another fantasy title in a glutted massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) market, I would have to say it wouldn’t stand a hobbit’s chance against the two towers of EverQuest II and World of Warcraft. Yet game developer ArenaNet might just sneak a smash hit, Frodo style, past Sony and Blizzard when Guild Wars hits stores April 28.

Created by former Blizzard designers who cut their teeth on the Diablo, Starcraft and Warcraft series, Guild Wars promises online gamers a vastly different experience from what they’ve come to expect from the genre.