Is the game good if you have no interest in Lord of the Rings ?

[Sunshadoxx]

I never watched LotR but I'm really into dark fantasy and the game looks great, and since it's very cheap, should I buy it ? Will I understand the game without having watched the movies ?

[andrewj100]

yup and it's non canon to the lord of the rings

[Sunshadoxx]

Originally posted by andrewj100:

yup and it's non canon to the lord of the rings

It's non canon but is the story of the movies necessary to understand the story of the game ?

[jetscout4]

HI so in the lore of LOTR there are 3 ages more or less (im not gonna get intothe specifics here) but this happens in the middle of the second age. The books and beloved movies are set at the end of the third age.

[AI-COM/RSPN]

Originally posted by Sunshadoxx:

It's non canon but is the story of the movies necessary to understand the story of the game ?

No, the movies will give you generalities of what to know in these games but they're not necessary.

[andrewj100]

Originally posted by Sunshadoxx:

Originally posted by andrewj100:

yup and it's non canon to the lord of the rings

It's non canon but is the story of the movies necessary to understand the story of the game ?

no you dont need to watch lotr to understand it

[hotmatrixx]

Originally posted by Sunshadoxx:

I never watched LotR but I'm really into dark fantasy and the game looks great, and since it's very cheap, should I buy it ? Will I understand the game without having watched the movies ?

all you need to know is that there is "one ring" that controls all others; and the 9 kings of the realm were tricked through greed into wearing them; they gave power in life, and in death turned the kings into the chief Undying slaves of the One Ring, which Sauron has.

Sauron is raising an army of Ocs out of Mordor (one corner of Middle Earth) in order to conquerer the other reigons (Gondor of men, Shire of Hobbits, etc)

oh and Shelob is a hot mommymilfspider (non-canon)

other than that, just enjoy the ride!

[Dea]

Yeah the game works fine with 0 knowledge of LOTR. I have never read the books fully or watched anything beyond the hobbit trilogy and I think shadow of war is pretty entertaining

[Remember No Russian]

I bought it having only seen the hobit(Doesn't correlate with the game much at all aside from returning characters), but I've heard of the plot from second hand conversations, so never seen the movies. The story I kept track of was the first game, which shows you the origin of Tirion's tragedy and his motivation, and the next just adds to it. All in all I got the story without watching the trilogy.

[Daddy Democracy]

Lucky for you this game has very little to do with the movies/books.

[General Coma]

Originally posted by jetscout4:

but this happens in the middle of the second age.

Absolutely incorrect. This game also takes place at the end of the Third Age. It's meant to be set in between the events of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings".

The only part of these games that takes place in the Second Age is the Bright Lord DLC for Shadow of Mordor.