Skyrim is so Lord of the Rings : V

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:22 am

I Re-watched the Extended LOTR Movies and Skyrim has Similarities, man i cant wait for this Game. :ahhh:

The Misty Mountains and the Mines of Moria, plus the Open Tundra of Whitrun where the Giants and Mammoths walk. Im so gonna ride a Horse there with a Dragon on my tail

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:44 pm

Modern day fantasy was inspired by Tolkien so yes, yes it is.

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:21 am

All hail to Tolkien! Hail! (May his influence spread across many more game developers!) :foodndrink:

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:52 am

No it's not.

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 6:50 am

No Skyrim is Skyrim.

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:21 am

All hail to Tolkien! Hail! (May his influence spread across many more game developers!) :foodndrink:

You're saying that as if Tolkien hasn't already influenced every single fantasy setting ever. :unsure:

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:34 am

Durrr. Without Tolkien, I don't think there'd be anything related to fantasy. js. :spotted owl:
Long live Sauron! :mohawk:

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:16 am

I prefer to think of it as sharing more similarities with Game of Thrones. Epic series.

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 7:31 am

I prefer to think of it as sharing more similarities with Game of Thrones. Epic series.

Game of Thrones wouldn't exist without Tolkien.

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:04 am

I don't see what's so Tolkien-y about Skyrim. :confused:

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:37 am

I prefer to think of it as sharing more similarities with Game of Thrones. Epic series.

:homestar:

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:57 am

so mountains, tundra, giants, mamoths, and dragons make something LOTR?

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:06 am

You're saying that as if Tolkien hasn't already influenced every single fantasy setting ever. :unsure:

I wrote about future games specifically. But ofcourse Tolkien influenced almost countless game and movie directors before :celebration:

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 8:44 am

Tolkien inspired pretty much all modern fantasy. Of course there will be lots of similarities.

I prefer to think of it as sharing more similarities with Game of Thrones. Epic series.

I'd disagree. The fantasy elements in A Game of Thrones are very low-key. This is not so with Skyrim.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:48 pm

Game of Thrones wouldn't exist without Tolkien.

Yes, that's true. I'm just saying that Game of Thrones is a fantasy series that is heavily based on the Nordic culture, mixed with fantasy. The catchphrase for the show was the ominous warning that "Winter is coming..." for Pete's sake.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:50 pm

Modern day fantasy was inspired by Tolkien so yes, yes it is.

^

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:27 am

I don't see what's so Tolkien-y about Skyrim. :confused:

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:24 pm

Yes, that's true. I'm just saying that Game of Thrones is a fantasy series that is heavily based on the Nordic culture, mixed with fantasy. The catchphrase for the show was the ominous warning that "Winter is coming..." for Pete's sake.

I only watched the first episode. It didn't really impress me.

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 6:07 am

Apart from naming that has evolved a bit since LOTR which was more or a literal discription of the place in the name "Mount Doom" a mountine of doom :biggrin: preaty much all things to do with fantasy can have somthing that seems like it was from LOTR after all it was LOTR that started the genre.

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:11 am

Tolkien inspired pretty much all modern fantasy. Of course there will be lots of similarities.

I'd disagree. The fantasy elements in A Game of Thrones are very low-key. This is not so with Skyrim.

Unfortunately, you are correct. I prefer it more subtle, but that isn't the way :tes: likes it. Both depictions of fantasy are nice though.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:37 pm

Not really. Ones Earth, the others Nirn. ES even goes out of its way to differentiate itself from typical, or Tolkien fantasy.

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:53 am

Tolkien hardly made his stuff out of whole cloth. Very little of his setting was truly new, it was rehashed celtic and norse/germanic myths and legends.

His real achievement was the Silmarillion and the languages he developed, not LotR.

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:05 am

Honestly I think Skyrim is more Prose Edda than Tolkein.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prose_Edda

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:50 am

I only watched the first episode. It didn't really impress me.

You should really consider giving it a second shot. The first is kind of an odd one. The rest of the series is way more subtle with it's fantasy,, and that's the real appeal to the show imho. Instead of making magic and fantasy the main attraction, they decided to focus on the human story, and just add in a splash or two of fantasy. It's just different then most other forms of fantasy entertainment where OMG DRAGONS, EXPLOSIONS AND MAGICS AND STUFF distracts from the storytelling.

This is not a rip on LOTR. LOTR is awesome in it's own way.

» Mon Sep 05, 2011 8:20 am

Not really. Ones Earth, the others Nirn. ES even goes out of its way to differentiate itself from typical, or Tolkien fantasy.

I agree with this a lot of The Elder Scrolls spins a unique twist on the typical fantasy norms.