>>3812234 (OP)Because Lord of the Rings is about life affirming sense of adventure, which made for literally the entire RPG legacy of good vidya.
Whereas Game of Thrones is about nihilistic leftist death cuckoldry, which makes for depressing defeatism and leads to nothing constructed of worth.
ER's writing not withstanding, because the narrative in ER is not actually like GoT, and more like LOTR.