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.
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.
@@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.
@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.
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.
@@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.
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")
@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.
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 ☺️
