Why I Think Warcraft Is Better Than Lord of the Rings

By Peeb

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Warcraft is one of gaming's most popular fantasy settings, but I think that Blizzard has forgotten what makes it so great. When compared to Lord of the Rings, Warcraft is a setting more connected to its audience, and I prefer that. Whether it be Blizzard's failure to adapt Warcraft as a series or a movie, or its insistence on watering down the sword and sorcery elements that made it iconic, I don't have a ton of faith for their direction with Classic plus and WoW 2, or whatever this Camelot project is. B-roll from https://www.youtube.com/@Meisio 00:00 - Fantasy 00:27 - Tolkien 01:59 - George RR Martin 03:59 - Robert E. Howard 04:48 - Warcraft 05:10 - Example One 07:50 - Strengths and Weaknesses 08:18 - What Makes Warcraft Unique 10:11 - Example Two 14:01 - The Problem 14:55 - The Movie 15:38 - It Shouldn’t Be That Hard 16:59 - Jumping the Shark 17:42 - The War in Warcraft 19:20 - Disgusting 21:24 - WoW 2

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