I am hopeful this game proevs to be good. I like the idea of a LOTR RPG the world is massive, rich in history, and has amazing potential. The original series on the PS2 was started off poorly with the Fellowship since I could not get beyond the Shire with those Ringwraiths, in other words the first level. Two Towers and Return of the King were fun but lakced anything truly unique other than the thrill to play as kickass characters. The story will either be a faithful hommage or a complete fail here's to fingers crossed that there will be no star wars anti canon like story telling. I wish Bioware was doing this game