The Last Homely House Remodel Comparison

[Elaelin]

The video is amazing. Thank you for sharing this with us.

For me it is the "furniture store" look of the new house. Too many copies of the same items everywhere you look. Go ahead and count the number of benches, bookcases, statues and carpets that are copied multiple times. The colors and the stairs are not my favorite, but I guess they could be acceptable if the oversaturation of duplicate furniture items is reduced. The leaves falling in unnatural locations all over the place makes little sense. The trees look more like they belong in Lothlorien than Rivendell.

It feels as if someone different or less familiar with the game made the changes to the house. It is not up to the usual standards that we normally see in the landscape. LOTRO has always excelled in landscape and general scenery in the past. This remodel feels different and more off the shelf than custom design. In some ways it feels like Yondershire, which was pretty, but too overcrowded and loud. For Yondershire, the design is acceptable because that is not one of the iconic locations in game. Many people will probably never go there. The Last House is a location where everyone in game eventually ends up. It should be one of the most attractive and appealing locations in the game. It is an iconic location that deserves special treatment and attention from SSG. Hopefully, the Shire, Thorin's Hall, Lothlorien and other special locations will not meet the same remodeling fate as the Last House. More is not always better when it is the same items copied over and over again just to fill empty spaces.