LEGO Lord of the Rings is age-appropriate, doesn't cut content, nothing from the films skipped over

"In order to tell an effective story, and have excitement…there has to be dark for the light. We don't shy away from that, and I think it's important that we don't because if we did that's speaking down to younger gamers. And it's far more appropriate for us to keep that material intact by just delivering it in an age-appropriate fashion. The same is true for Batman and the Harry Potter games; it really is a question of just lightening the tone…which we've gotten really good at. And Lord of the Ring is no exception. I can confidently say that there's nothing left [out]…we do cover all the key points from the three films. Nothing is skipped over. Nothing is missed out upon." - Executive producer Nick Ricks

This is going to be a really interesting LEGO game. I want to play it just to see what differences there are. I know the interview snippet above says nothing was cut, but I'm sure there will be some differences along the way.

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