E3: Lord of the Rings: War in the North

[Hydro14]

Just a thought but from the trailer did it not look like the eagle was having more fun than the player characters?

 

[Insurance Salesman]

The game itself looks okay for a hack-and-slash, especially if the co-op stuff gets working well. However, "a faithful entry in the LOTR canon" it most certainly is not - the fact that the eagle is basically used as a weapon is bad enough (Tolkien specifically meant the Eagles to be independent creatures, who helped only when necessary - they were not steeds), but the flashy, overdone magic and the long tradition of deviations in games before it make me skeptical. It'll probably be considered non-canon anyways (god I hope so) but it still really bugs me.