Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-28593934-20170309220411/@comment-27598543-20170310144840

High King Ithilion wrote: FusRoDah666 wrote: I also don't understand, why it destroys the mod, that there is something not really lore... I mean does it massivly change everything, that there are crossbows? Or plate armour?

Maybe I just don't understand it, because I'm just a person interested in Middle Earth and not a Middle-Earth Fanatic, but idk.

(I also don't understand why so many people are freaking out about the incoming game "Middle Earth: War of Shadow"... Is it just because EA is doing something with Middle Earth, but not something what actually "happend", so something "lore-friendly?) Because it's no longer Tolkien's universe, which is what we are trying to replicate, is it not?

As for Shadow of War, it's a blatant cash grab that tries to milk the popularity of Middle-earth, while creating a practically unrelated universe.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lome) 23:25, March 9, 2017 (UTC) Well, EA has the rights for Middle-Earth and I think they also mentioned, that the timeline form "Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor & Shadow of War" has nothing to do with the Timelines from Tolkien, so it's just something based on Middle-Earth, something enjoyable, if you ask me.

Sure, its not lore-friendly, but is this really so bad? Does every Middle-Earth based game have to be lore-friendly?

"blatant cash grab" Yeah, Middle-Earth is popular, but doesn't every game try to get as many cash as possible? And it's not like that they are doing trashgames. Fighting System, Graphics, Tactics, etc.