What is the relationship between Warcraft and the Lord of the Rings? Why do I feel that The Lord of the Rings is based on Warcraft?

The Lord of the Rings, published in 1954~ 1955, is regarded as the originator of western fantasy novels. Blizzard was founded in 199 1. I don't need to say who is from whom.

The setting of Warcraft draws on and develops the Lord of the Rings. For example, the original meaning of the word orc is a sea monster, and Tolkien (the author of The Lord of the Rings) gave it the meaning of race in a fantasy world for the first time.

Zhongzhou in the Lord of the Rings exists as the background of the story, which well carries the story the author needs, and that's all, so its setting is inevitably not as detailed as that of a latecomer like Warcraft.

So the popularity of Warcraft as a game made many people confuse the relationship between the two, and even made a joke that "The Lord of the Rings copied Warcraft". I can only tell you responsibly that it was just a joke.

It's true that I haven't played, but my knowledge of Zhongzhou is enough to show that the settings are not comprehensive, meticulous and unreasonable ... The map of Zhongzhou is very detailed, but in other respects it seems that it is not as good as the later settings of various overhead worlds ~ ~ I don't know much about Warcraft ~

As for Warcraft, it exists to make money, but I agree with XD.