User blog comment:Nord Ronnoc/A Tale Of Two Game Series/@comment-4950455-20121113044051/@comment-1786741-20121114051620

Still, I think Martin's style of writing focuses on a cast of very well written characters and a more "realistic" and morally ambiguous world where most fantastical elements are thought to be nothing more than legend. Tolkien uses a clear good and evil struggle, alluding to Catholicism a bit, and has features the standard elves, orcs, and such that we are familiar with.