A lot of the people claiming to be canon experts on LotR material are full of shit on this, particularly as they often claim stuff is “canon”, which actually isn’t - it’ll typically be something Tolkien expressed multiple different opinions on, but never settled on (like the origin of Orcs - most people think they’re…

I absolutely agree with Atlus and the content protection laws on this. Streaming the gameplay in a game like this can really hurt sales more than with other types of games.