Peter Jackson's (The Desolation of Smaug, An
Unexpected Journey) version should have the secondary title, «Been There, Done That», as he's not only revisiting many of the
same tropes that made his original Lord of the Rings trilogy a gargantuan
success among films, but also viewers will likely watch these movies once and are content to close out the chapter without giving them any second thought.
Despite being released at the
same time as Horizon Zero Dawn and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild last year, Nier: Automata proved to be an
unexpected success.