The problem is that every aspect of the races and Lore are Human aspects translated into a Game World.
Orcs can be described as green painted human barbarian tribes. Elfs are to often humanized and simply pretty humans and no long living race which have another view of the world.
A good race in my eyes are dwarfes because the living under the earth, the importance of crafting, and the isolated culture gives a mixture which cant be translated easy in a human version.
