Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor Pre-Alpha Walkthrough

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Acevil said:

pezus said:

Acevil said:

Honestly depends on the story, I very much don't like the LotR, but if done correctly, I could end up liking this.

Really sick of Hero Quest Storytype for that franchise. 

Blasphemy

To be fair, it has more to do with the hero journey formula and the hobbits.

That's kind of unfair to use against the LoTR franchise though, seeing as how it more or less created the bedrock for the modern hero journey archetype. It was the prototype of all modern, similar writings, it's kind of like blaming Coca Cola for Pepsi's bland taste.

I get what you're saying though, and I agree in principal but if any game or story set in the LoTR universe deviates heavily from the known norm, all, or at least most, association to the franchise will be lost and they might as well use another universe or even create another one. Personally, the incredible richness and detail of the LoTR universe makes me forget the somewhat tired hero journey formula.