Hi Dark, I take your point, and agree with it in principle. I would feel the same way if someone took something like Star Trek and renamed all the ships, technology, and alien races in order to avoid copyrights and by doing so lose all the history, main characters, and pretty much everything else that makes Star Trek Star Trek. In the same way just using generic fantasy races, settings, etc from Lord of the Rings would take away everything that makes Lord of the Rings what it is. So clearly its a case of all or nothing, and I understand that perfectly well.
Besides I'd prefer that anyway from a developer's point of view. Its a lot easier to write a game when someone else has done all the hard work creating the characters, history, language, and the world they inhabit rather than to try and come up with all that from scratch. /Its hard enough writing the game itself let alone spend months perhaps years coming up with a story as interesting and as feature filled as LOTR. For example, it wouldn't have occurred to me to come up with a storyline like the one you did with the wizards who sank their city below the ground. Although, I can be a creative person at times I don't think I could have came up with anything that original. It would be easier IMO just to use the Mines of Moria as they are and use the existing history and facts we know about them as a starting place for an adventure for me at least. In any case I agree. I'd rather have a completely new fantasy world, or LOTR itself rather than some cheap copy. A cheap copy just wouldn't be the same thing and would never live up to its potential. Cheers! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
