Would Tolkien have liked the story of Shadow of Mordor?

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XanderXT said:

Eddie_Raja said:
My opinion: Who the hell cares? It's a game that is an orc-killing simulator. It doesn't need to make a dead guy happy to justify its existence.

I dunno, if Tolkien hated it, the sales would be very different.

Tolkein, being about 130 years old by now couldn't possibly even have an opinion on SoM because he'd have no clue what the game is, or what it's about, or what's the story.

If Tolkein was alive there would never have been a single movie or game ever adapted from his material most likely. So sales would be zero. 

Of course throw enough money at anyone and they will sell their rights. And throw enough money at them and they will sign a contract which bars them from ever voicing a negative opinion on any derivative material because if they do they wil be sued into poverty.

So no, sales would be exactly what they are today regardless of an hypotheticaly alive Tolkein's opinion.

Who actually thinks the SoM story is any good? Certianly not me and I bought and greatly enjoyed the game. It was a thin, loose thread to stitch fun orc killing sprees together. Naught wrong with that.