https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rg5cbbeLmY&ab_channel=jvgsjeff
But seriously please bring back rude villagers, we dont need cardboards with no personality and that do nothing but cater to the player's every whim and stroke the player's ego,. Maybe some * ahem * people * ahem * (like the kind on polygon and twitter that gets offended by space bun hair to the point that they slandered, bullied, harassed , doxed and sent death threats to a girl over video game hair) might be upset if villagers actually had a personality and didn't treat them some kind of god, but i say they need to toughen up a bit.
Shadow of War is one of my favorite games, and one thing I appreciate about the story is that nearly every major character tolerates each other at best, and is one bad remark from straight betraying the other. That's without getting into the fact that every enemy is an evil, monstrous orc but still had to be given personality and charisma so you end up liking them.
Much better than most games treating you like you are a savior and having a circle of allies at the very least.