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the shadow isles Wall of Text is diluted, painfully boring to read, other mediums would fit better.

ArdoreAurorale·9/9/2016, 11:02:57 AM·2 votes·1,132 views

I've just finished enjoying the new shadow isles lore and poem, except that the reading through these Walls of Text has been painfully boring and Diluted: a lot of superfluities, reps, turns of phrase and muddles. I've both read the Poem in english and italian (my own language) and i literally found it really hard to understand what happened and who was doing what. i've just felt a general spooky vibe and learnt nothing new.

that's why i think that other medium, such as ingame voicelines, comics, art, illustrations, trailer/cinematic etc. etc. fit better to give LoL's lore more expression, and people would learn the same infos, instead of these endless textes.

at least put an image/illustration between every paragraph so the reader can take a break while reading on.

(oh, and let's pass over the fact that the situation of the shadow isles is expanding, ok, but not developing, yorick in game says to Karthus ''Enjoy this limbo while you can, for I will soon end it.'' well, maybe i'll see that day when i'll be dead or maybe never).

16 Comments

GreenLore9/9/2016, 12:26:41 PM7 votes

You know...you don't have to read the text,since you can just listen to it...

Berserknurple9/9/2016, 11:09:56 AM4 votes

I appreciate that Riot tries to provide lore in lots of different mediums. We've gotten videos, comics, stories, games, and I really enjoyed the addition of some written and spoken poetry as well. They switch it up every time, so the next lore might end up being something more your style.

Tesla Effect9/14/2016, 6:59:34 PM2 votes

How old are you that reading is considered such a drag? Plus the meaning of the work is pretty understandable for anyone who puts a small amount of effort into understanding it in general, so how is it that you are incapable of doing something that everyone else in the community is relatively able to do.

Do you have some personal issues that hinder you with that (cause even that is not a problem if you admit it), or are you just here to seek attention in which case....why? Why do you find pleasure in such pointless matters?

Fasmodey9/15/2016, 11:37:17 AM2 votes

Implying not understanding a poem makes it instantly bad

Jeddy0179/10/2016, 4:10:07 AM1 votes

Well if you have a problem with reading, then let me make a suggestion for you.

There are 2 youtubers, Necrit & Targran, who make lore videos where they read over the lore. Their narrations are accompanied by background music & artwork to add to the reading. Now they both have differing styles, so you may have to watch some content from both to see which suits you better.

I hope this helps.