Tales of the Shire Announcement Trailer Analysis

Tales of the Shire Announcement Trailer Analysis - Hobbits with Wooden Legs?

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My analysis and impressions of the the new trailer for Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings Game. We also talk about some lore points, like wooden legs for Hobbits, Dwarves and beards and Gandalf. But also about Screenspace Reflections 😂
Glad to see that we see some in-game footage of Tales of the Shire.
You find the trailer here: • Tales of the Shire - O...
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I have permission of the artists to use their art works.
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Firat Solhan - www.artstation.com/firatsolhan
► Sources:
The Lord of The Rings (1954-1955) by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Silmarillion (1977)
The Hobbit (1937; 1951)
Unfinished Tales (1980)
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (1981)
The War of The Jewels (1994)
The Return of the Shadow (1988)
History of the Hobbit (2007)
The Nature of Middle-earth (2021)
TolkienGateway.net
Maps:
Amazon (John Howe)
Edited by: Murdo
Aman map by ThePhilosophersGames
► Mistakes:
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► Playlists:
If you are interested in Tolkien's legendary fantasy Epic The Lord of the Rings and his related works, here some recommendations:
Recommended Lore Videos - • Who are Tolkien's Wiza...
Book/Film Differences Series - • LotR Prologue Explaine...
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@PleaseNThankYou 2 ай бұрын

That book flipping animation is beautiful.

@ThePhilosophersGames 2 ай бұрын

I think the book is also a real prop. Classic Weta ^^

@aresaurelian 2 ай бұрын

This game could be awesome. It looks wonderful.

@ThePhilosophersGames 2 ай бұрын

Yes I like the art style as well. Few more touches and good gameplay and content and it could be a pretty nice game.

@rgrwlco 2 ай бұрын

Like your new logo dude

@ThePhilosophersGames 2 ай бұрын

Thank you ^^ I hope you also liked the video 😄

@sophiejones3554 2 ай бұрын

10:32 also, this is not something one really needs "proof" of. Hobbits would encounter many things even in their lives which might cause severe enough injuries to warrant amputation: farm animals and equipment can be dangerous. Prosthetics would be required, and used. A wooden leg fits stylistically with their 1700-1800 aesthetics. One of the great things about Middle Earth is that it doesn't shy away from the realities of the world: and disability is a reality of the world. In the Legendarium as a whole, there are other disabled characters and this is one reason why many people like it. Tolkien lets his disabled characters be characters, they get to do things, have relationships and be important in the story. This portrayal of a girl with a wooden leg is perfectly in line with the way Tolkien portrayed disabled characters. If anyone can't deal with that then they really need to think about why they're a Tolkien fan.

@ThePhilosophersGames 2 ай бұрын

For sure, but it's interesting to see if there is a mention in the books. It also helps to have an example, before people start arguing again 😅 People love to argue.

@sophiejones3554 2 ай бұрын

@@ThePhilosophersGames haha, that's true. It's just weird to me that people feel like they need to say that if something wasn't depicted in the books it cannot be in an adaptation when Tolkien said in the intro to the books that he wanted people to fill in what hadn't been portrayed. His story depicts a narrow slice of a bigger world, and that's what's great about it. Arda is a whole world, not just a story setting, which it feels like people actually live in. As the heroes journey across the land they encounter other people going about their lives, who have their own concerns and their own stories. Part of that is that the people of Arda struggle with all of the same things people in the real world do: physical injury and emotional trauma aren't skimped over. An adaptor should not be made to feel like they have to answer for including something which Tolkien simply didn't mention. If he said it doesn't happen at some point, that's different. But if he said nothing on the subject, and it makes sense for the thing to be there from a purely practical perspective then why is there a question about it being there? The only answer I can come up with is prejudice.

@SNWWRNNG Ай бұрын

@sophiejones3554 "Tolkien said in the intro to the books that he wanted people to fill in what hadn't been portrayed." This is incorrect; he wrote in a letter that he used to want adaptations of his Legendarium in different media when he was younger, but at the time of LotR he considered those past ambitions laughable. With the advent of all the screeching around Rings of Power, many people are taking Tolkien out of context and even spread misinformation to support their side of the culture war.

@RobiFM90 2 ай бұрын

100% going to buy this. Hopefully I can grow my own Pipe weed

@ThePhilosophersGames 2 ай бұрын

haha depending on the targeted age rating it might be a problem though 😅 I look into it at release.

@PleaseNThankYou 2 ай бұрын

Ill get the SWITCH version for my grandkids. They'll like that.

@ThePhilosophersGames 2 ай бұрын

Yes that sounds very nice 😄 I look into it when it comes out.

@Adarkane325xi 2 ай бұрын

Another great video! You mentioned the new Zelda’s, but for me i immediately thought of Wind Waker. Probably dating myself there.

@ThePhilosophersGames 2 ай бұрын

Yes that is also a good comparison or Sea of Thieves.

@PleaseNThankYou 2 ай бұрын

I don't play but I'm familiar with the Wind Walker anime. It does have a lot of that look. And I see where the characters walking style is strangely familiar. I think the same same problems occur when drawing hands. Forever, 4 fingers instead of 5. Then I found out why. Maybe, using the techniques and systems they have causes it. In other words, correct ambulation requires more "room". Can a techie please throw this old dog a bone... put in proper words for me.

@Adarkane325xi 2 ай бұрын

@@PleaseNThankYou Yeah that’s all beyond me, lol, but I especially meant it looked like Wind Waker with the water, shrubbery and so on - effectively everything except the character heads.

@ThePhilosophersGames 2 ай бұрын

I think making good walking animations in video games (esp. 3D) is not easy. I can think of a quite a few games with lower budgets that have that problem as well, esp. in an earlier development stage. There are even examples of bigger games. It could further be an artistic choice here as well. The feet "flap" a bit too much for my taste. Also it seems they can clip through the ground (in this part where the character does this "jump walk")

@PleaseNThankYou 2 ай бұрын

@ThePhilosophersGames Yes, but it gives it's characters a more cartoonish look; for a younger player, maybe. And if it doesn't follow any recognizable storyline or at least not in a serious fashion , like an "RoP" treatment, where you only think it's Tolkien, but it's not.

@WhoIsCalli 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Chris, I’m looking forward to this game a lot. A great escapism and as the graphics look like they won’t take too much cpu.. I’m going to get it on my Switch so I can play it on the go to ☺️

@ThePhilosophersGames 2 ай бұрын

Yes really looks like a perfect game for the Switch