Middle-earth: Shadow of War

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4.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1110 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 180 out of 1110
  3. Negative: 529 out of 1110

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  1. vova22379
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
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  2. nietzfk
    May 20, 2023
    3
    I thought maybe I would enjoy it if I experienced this universe in a different form. I enjoyed playing this game with the head of an average AC game with a different theme. I didn't like the SJW move he did with the DLC. The main story doesn't give a **** about it either. I have a very close friend who is a fan of the Lord of the Rings universe. I wish I could tell these people that theI thought maybe I would enjoy it if I experienced this universe in a different form. I enjoyed playing this game with the head of an average AC game with a different theme. I didn't like the SJW move he did with the DLC. The main story doesn't give a **** about it either. I have a very close friend who is a fan of the Lord of the Rings universe. I wish I could tell these people that the only literary work in the world is not this ****ing series.… Expand
  3. TheAlgerian
    Oct 27, 2022
    4
    The potential is there, but the game design's a mess, and this is one of these games where the devs asked themselves first how they could keep the player on their toes and force them to mix things up and adapt, but never asked themselves if it was enjoyable.

    So you'll spend most of your time on the floor doing a bunch of dodge-rolls like a little weakling, because you will not be able    The potential is there, but the game design's a mess, and this is one of these games where the devs asked themselves first how they could keep the player on their toes and force them to mix things up and adapt, but never asked themselves if it was enjoyable.

    So you'll spend most of your time on the floor doing a bunch of dodge-rolls like a little weakling, because you will not be able to just fight standing up and feel like a badass.

    What's that? Playstyles? We got no use for it here, you'll play our boring way or the highway.    … Expand
  4. danilogan7
    Jul 3, 2022
    3
    O jogo se perde completamente ao introduzir micro transações. No final do jogo fica evidente a forçada para terminar as missões as comprando.
    O jogo é bonito, tem uma gameplay maneira, história justa e com algumas ligações com o filme do senhor dos anéis.
  5. pokeaatrox
    Apr 2, 2022
    0
    like Shadow of mordor The game will push you to grind after a while before you can continue advancing through the main campaign. Unless you go through the store. Clearly a Pay to win. In a single player game.. disappointing
  6. ZzTopNemesis
    Mar 1, 2022
    3
    Score: 3.6

    I loved the Shadow of Mordor, i really did. Years later this one was announced, and i got for free after buying some hardware on a local store. I immediately jumped it, and after 2 hours i gave up, idk why just didn't feel like playing it. A couple of months later i forced myself to play again.... I did this 4 times already, i have 20 hours on the game and every single    Score: 3.6

    I loved the Shadow of Mordor, i really did.
    Years later this one was announced, and i got for free after buying some hardware on a local store.
    I immediately jumped it, and after 2 hours i gave up, idk why just didn't feel like playing it.

    A couple of months later i forced myself to play again....
    I did this 4 times already, i have 20 hours on the game and every single one of them i forced myself to play it.
    Idk why it just doesn't hook me anymore.    … Expand
  7. Hellanger
    Dec 30, 2021
    3
    Nothing but grind. The plot is made for the fans, absolutely nothing is clear. The blunt cutscenes before the fight are the maximum krinzh.
  8. JackKnowles
    Nov 27, 2021
    0
    Shallow, repetitive gameplay, horrible story written by some of the worst 'writers' out there, lore-wise a complete bastardization of Tolkien's great work. This game is the very embodiment of a soulless husk meant only to separate people from their money.
  9. Goshan220
    Jul 31, 2021
    4
    Скучно. Много всего но при этом как-то скучно. не смог пересилить себя и пройти даже за одного персонажа, а их там 3. Весь геймплей сводится просто к выкашиванию локации от противников и нахождения боса. Повторить. Поиграл 3 вечера и удалил.
    Сюжет: 2
    Геймплей: 2 Реиграбельность: 0 Личный интерес: 10 - к сеттингу, но не игре    Скучно. Много всего но при этом как-то скучно. не смог пересилить себя и пройти даже за одного персонажа, а их там 3. Весь геймплей сводится просто к выкашиванию локации от противников и нахождения боса. Повторить. Поиграл 3 вечера и удалил.
    Сюжет: 2
    Геймплей: 2
    Реиграбельность: 0
    Личный интерес: 10 - к сеттингу, но не игре
  10. bread22
    Mar 2, 2021
    2
    Fun for first 2 hours, then repetitive repetitive repetitive. Developer just copy paste everything they can. All captains are the same, all war chiefs are the same, all fortresses are the same, even all executions feel the same. All player need to to is smash buttons.
  11. Oleksandr_
    Feb 10, 2021
    0
    Patenting the nemesis system, despite your game being created base on others' ideas. The industry is built on innovating of existing ideas.
  12. NemesisBruh
    Feb 7, 2021
    0
    Imagine patenting the nemesis system, despite your game being an Assassin's Creed re-skin. Not to mention that nemesis system itself existed long before this game. The industry is built on innovating existing ideas. Everything is inspired by something that came before it. That's how games, art, music, writing, culture itself and everything else works. Patenting the nemesis system is likeImagine patenting the nemesis system, despite your game being an Assassin's Creed re-skin. Not to mention that nemesis system itself existed long before this game. The industry is built on innovating existing ideas. Everything is inspired by something that came before it. That's how games, art, music, writing, culture itself and everything else works. Patenting the nemesis system is like patenting a color blue, or like patenting an the idea of a powerful corrupting item in storytelling. WB Games needs to back down on this.… Expand
  13. sherbz
    Nov 24, 2020
    0
    No way near as good as the first one. Certainly not terrible by any means. But theres a few glaring things which stand out as either pretty annoying, or even downright stupid. The first is that the game released with microtransactions and loot boxes in a single player game. Thats a huge no no in my book. I only bought it once they had been removed from the game, otherwise i wouldntNo way near as good as the first one. Certainly not terrible by any means. But theres a few glaring things which stand out as either pretty annoying, or even downright stupid. The first is that the game released with microtransactions and loot boxes in a single player game. Thats a huge no no in my book. I only bought it once they had been removed from the game, otherwise i wouldnt have bothered. But Monolith compromised the integrity of their game in order to include them. And that i think is a real shame. The second is that the end of the game was a chore. So much so i didnt bother trying to do all of it and just watched the ending on YouTube. And the reason it was such a chore is because they had to make their monetisation system seem worthwhile in buying. Even with them removed the game was still a drag. Personally i wouldnt bother with this and just play the original. Which is a far superior game IMO.… Expand
  14. Halyo
    Oct 8, 2020
    1
    Piece of trash AAA game, all tropes included :
    - **** stealth segments with braindead ennemies whose player detection makes no sense
    - abysmal button-mashing combat
    - garbage controls
    - **** american story full of "minority" pandering
    A disgrace to Tolkien's legacy.
  15. Man_of_duty
    Jul 23, 2020
    2
    The game suffers heavily from the typical open world game system. It has a lot of quests to complete, it also has no evolving continuity for the combat, the style is basically unchanged throughout the whole game. There is no visible progression from the previous title, it honestly looks like they just recycled the old game. Apart from fortress missions I can't tell any difference betweenThe game suffers heavily from the typical open world game system. It has a lot of quests to complete, it also has no evolving continuity for the combat, the style is basically unchanged throughout the whole game. There is no visible progression from the previous title, it honestly looks like they just recycled the old game. Apart from fortress missions I can't tell any difference between this game and its predecessor.

    Boss animations. There will be a point when you get so annoyed and tired from the unskippable animations of enemies making cringe statements. It was cool the first three hours but then it will just waste the time.

    The story is luckily entertaining that until the end, where everything feels so rushy. It's as if they expect the players to be LOTR experts. It looks like they just skipped some major stories to explain the upcoming events. I know that the game is referencing to the film series but also it would be helpful if they just kept the same pace and not make the ending look like an unfinished game. Can't be that hard if you just recycle most things from the previous game, right? Horrible finish of the main character's story    … Expand
  16. cyberdamn
    Jul 1, 2020
    4
    The first game was kinda boring but this...
    the commander (or w/e it's called) system is simply disappointing, often you almost kill a captain, then his "death-defying" ability turns in, then you beat him up again, fork up the stupid QTE and the captain just "runs away" (actually he just disappears right in the air)
    Also, it just spits on all the ideas of original lore.
  17. waverfader
    Jun 20, 2020
    2
    Visually decent but the game falls far short in the entertainment category. With repetitive fights topped with some of the worst controls ever to grace the gaming world, any difficulty above the easiest becomes nothing more than a chore. I used to think Assassin's Creed was pretty atrocious in this regard, but Shadow of Mordor takes it to the next level. Makes the Assassin's CreedVisually decent but the game falls far short in the entertainment category. With repetitive fights topped with some of the worst controls ever to grace the gaming world, any difficulty above the easiest becomes nothing more than a chore. I used to think Assassin's Creed was pretty atrocious in this regard, but Shadow of Mordor takes it to the next level. Makes the Assassin's Creed franchise seem extremely solid.… Expand
  18. metaDoctrine
    May 13, 2020
    0
    Well this is my first review and I'm sad to say, it's a negative one. This could be amazing game, instead it's one of the worst I have ever touched. The amount of annoying things in this game is beyond normal. Cinematics that you cannot cancel sometimes reach a point where you feel like you aren't playing at all, you're just being bounced around one clip to another. This game is anWell this is my first review and I'm sad to say, it's a negative one. This could be amazing game, instead it's one of the worst I have ever touched. The amount of annoying things in this game is beyond normal. Cinematics that you cannot cancel sometimes reach a point where you feel like you aren't playing at all, you're just being bounced around one clip to another. This game is an absolute disaster and if I could I'd take my money back. Shame they have LOTR in the title as it does not deserve it!… Expand
  19. Teufler80
    Mar 3, 2020
    0
    Some missions in this game are so utter **** that you just want to quit this game.
  20. Tk4Bullet
    Feb 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is an example why piracy will continue to grow. The story is fine, might get repetitive at some point but I was having fun till that happened. However, the game lags, freezes, sometimes also crashes. Loading a fortress defence takes about 5-10 minutes each time, while assigning a captain for a slot freezes the game for another 2-4 minutes for every 6 or 7 slots. As for the gameplay, some perks such as "no chance" or "adapted" are unfun to play against. Who the hell thought that if you die during a fortress defence, it is a loss already? It means that your captains automatically flee or won't fight anymore? A pity. Defending it is such a mess anyways, if your captains die in a middle of enemies, you have no chance to revive them because there is no way to target them, system will target anyone but him. But at least we have microtransactions in a 60$ game :D… Expand
  21. Corefitz
    Feb 15, 2020
    1
    Fast travel crashes the game, so I can't change region... which the game doesn't explain how to do anyways... I'm at a loss for words... Oh! yeah, and you get 1-shot because of the Nemisis System... so there's that... Seroiusly breaks the pace of the game.

    I suppose the game looks nice but... that's about all there is to it.
  22. BernardTheBeast
    Feb 2, 2020
    3
    I bought the Silver Edition so that no one could look at my review and think I didn't put in effort in trying to enjoy it.

    When the game started, I discovered that if I declined the Terms of Service, I could disable the Market and all Loot Box content (including the Silver Edition Lootboxes I paid an extra $20 for). Therefore no one can look at my opinion and think I'm biased just    I bought the Silver Edition so that no one could look at my review and think I didn't put in effort in trying to enjoy it.

    When the game started, I discovered that if I declined the Terms of Service, I could disable the Market and all Loot Box content (including the Silver Edition Lootboxes I paid an extra $20 for). Therefore no one can look at my opinion and think I'm biased just because of Microtransactions, because in my gameplay, they were entirely disabled.

    This game is equivalent to the very first Assassin's Creed, but with a Lord Of The Rings reskin, written and directed by a greedy fanboy. The content is functional but limited. The story is average, occasionally boosted by likable and even humorous orcs, yet at the same time often feels soulless. The gameplay is functional, but nothing truly unique when compared to other games of the recent past. The randomly generated orcs...both the best, and worst part of the game: they're creative in design, ability and behavior; yet they are the spawned outcome of a randomly generated number that the game decides without any regard for your action or playstyle, because they're based on the integrated Lootbox system, and are therefore not supposed to be unique—otherwise orcs from Lootboxes would be different from orcs found in gameplay, and render the microtransaction system less beneficial.

    This is the summation of my thoughts, based on the time I spent playing (again, with a Disabled Market/Microtransactions/Lootboxes).

    I loved Shadow Of Mordor, I had high hopes for Shadow Of War. Sadly, the horrific impact of Warner Brothers has left a stain on the game, if not the franchise, through it's continued mishandling of intellectual property: within which WB itself would be the enemy of mankind, were J.R.R. Tolkien himself to write an adaptation of this story, in addition to flagrant disregard for ethics; specifically towards what is becoming legally recognized as a form of gambling (Lootboxes), in addition to avoiding labor laws on other projects, not to mention the whole controversy surrounding the death of a Monolith Developer. Bottom line, what could have been an enjoyable experience has been twisted and warped, and is hardly the game I had been hoping for.

    It's got a overall Mostly Positive rating on Steam. I'm not one to judge the community; if people like it, great. If you yourself enjoy this game, then do have fun with it. But despite wanting to like it, I couldn't enjoy Shadow of War. Whatever heart was poured into this game, was utterly corrupted by greed, as demonstrated by one particular scene:

    Let me call to your attention a moment where one of the orcs you encounter who is important to the story. After joining the protagonist's side, he offers to share his knowledge with Talion regarding orcs and how they function. There's a cutscene that plays, in order to explain specifically, the Combat Arena: a "minigame" that is essentially nothing more than a mobile game: you select one of your orcs, and your orc duels an enemy orc. You have no influence over the outcome, essentially making it a 'game of chance' (I won't insult your intelligence by pointing out what that technically is). During this cutscene, the orc, who is written to be friendly and likable, speaks to you—not Talion, the character—but to you, the player, in a first-person cutscene, in which his dialogue is explicitly written to compel you to give this 'minigame' a try, with the outcome potentially coercing or forcing you to buy microtransaction orcs to get better results.

    With the potential present in which your orc will be killed, and the only options for regaining orcs being lengthy gameplay to recruit orcs, or the easier option of "buying orcs" via Lootboxes, I'd hope that anyone, even those without a comprehensive understanding of Gambling Mechanics, Advertisement, Marketing and Business principles, can recognize how this system is inherently designed to guide a player (who has already spent between $60 - $100), to invest more time or real-world money, in this situation. I won't get into the ethics of it, but I will point out that there was a time when games were built to be played and enjoyed first and foremost, not to be tools that, in a very real sense, scheme to manipulate gamers into emptying their wallets further.    … Expand
  23. fajnalowiec
    Jan 5, 2020
    2
    2+ year after and it is still awful, gameplay is terrible, the core of the game is fighting orcs and it should be fun. It is not, moreover for most of the time you are gonna avoid it, cause there's no benefit plus you just cannot kill' em all. A new hordes appear instantly during fights. Endless. I had 90% complete in the beginning of epilogue, still 9lv below my final opponent, with some2+ year after and it is still awful, gameplay is terrible, the core of the game is fighting orcs and it should be fun. It is not, moreover for most of the time you are gonna avoid it, cause there's no benefit plus you just cannot kill' em all. A new hordes appear instantly during fights. Endless. I had 90% complete in the beginning of epilogue, still 9lv below my final opponent, with some legendary gear I cannot upgrade, cause I'm below required lv (55), if you do not have at this point **** load of money, quite big orcs army, not big enough level you can quit or start the grind. Better to watch the plot on yt, cause it's only worthy point of the game.… Expand
  24. greenisgood
    Dec 27, 2019
    3
    TL;DR
    Will the game companies ever get the news that we do not like micro transac/loot boxes in our full priced games??? Even though they have been removed now at the time i played this game, It still is a horribly imbalanced mess with a few good things going for it.
    The Good Nemesis System - One of the best Game mechanics to come out of the gaming industry. Decent Combat Mechanics -    TL;DR
    Will the game companies ever get the news that we do not like micro transac/loot boxes in our full priced games??? Even though they have been removed now at the time i played this game, It still is a horribly imbalanced mess with a few good things going for it.

    The Good
    Nemesis System - One of the best Game mechanics to come out of the gaming industry.
    Decent Combat Mechanics - Talions Skill tree makes for a fluid play style.
    Some Canon Bending story - a positive for me since I am a Tolkien Noob.
    Look and Feel - The world is Breath taking though often same feeling at times, nevertheless easy to get sucked into the story.

    The Bad - Oh My... here we Go
    The Camera - Often had an Unresponsive camera during battle and traversing which respectively makes getting stuck in the world and off screen attacks very prominent, the camera would routinely not respond to my input of a camera pan.
    The Pit Fights - OMG this is the biggest offender in my opinion as all of the ferocity that you face while fighting the Enemy seem to disappear in the pit, they just poke, prod and make noises at each other compared to the fights you have with the captains. This along with a stupidly imbalanced RNG that can have your dominated characters die to low level scrubs, this is just a stupid waste of time especially since you will spend a lot of time in the pit fights.
    The Controls - It feels like the controls are fighting back at you almost all the time, Talion will often face and attack, move or preform an action in the direction opposite to where you are facing. The highly slick Arkham series of Combat scheme that made us love the first Shadow of Mordor is downright unfinished and unpolished here.
    Excessively Grindy - This game really gave me my money's worth with side-quest busy work... But most of it is meaningless busy work since the EXP for the main missions and kills seems severely throttled as u cross level 25. No doubt designed to force players to buy the nasty loot boxes and exp boosts.. which got even worse once the said loot boxes were removed since the grind was already inbuilt into the game.
    Act 4 GrindWall - Of course. But since Enough has been said about this considering the 3.5 user score I am not gonna elaborate. It just feels like a giant disappointment to not finish the game considering all the noted cons you have to deal with just for the True ending. Just Youtube it.

    All in all Sadly this highly anticipated game turned out to be very underwhelming for me since Shadow of Mordor was a refreshing firestorm and scratched the itch of more Batman Arkham feels.    … Expand
  25. RomanGor
    Nov 27, 2019
    2
    Та же первая часть, только с чуть улучшенной графикой. Все остальное- практически то же самое. Да, есть нововведения, но унылости прохождения они они не убирают.
  26. Cougargames
    Nov 1, 2019
    4
    Normally id give this game a 1/10 but beacuse of the removal of microtransactions i can rate this game a little bit higher, thoe this does not change the fact that we were left with and everlasting, tedius ending where you had to grind enlessly for orcs to pass on to the next fortress. They made it so tedius to make money from mainly casuals or people who just dont have much time wich isNormally id give this game a 1/10 but beacuse of the removal of microtransactions i can rate this game a little bit higher, thoe this does not change the fact that we were left with and everlasting, tedius ending where you had to grind enlessly for orcs to pass on to the next fortress. They made it so tedius to make money from mainly casuals or people who just dont have much time wich is wrong the disrespect from the devs is just wrong. I mean of course the game has good sides such as the different orcs and literely giving you wars to partake in. And of course you dont have to deal with the microtransactions anymore but there is still a company here i dont want to support after making this decision.… Expand
  27. passionne
    Sep 7, 2019
    4
    I played Shadow of Mordor and I thought that this 2nd episode would be as good but it is an error :

    - far too repetitive : I played about 40 h and I always do the same things... - the RPG part is useless : at level 30, I still need to strike the same hits number even on low-level enemies ! - Textures are bad, low-resolution. - Story is uninspired. The only good part is    I played Shadow of Mordor and I thought that this 2nd episode would be as good but it is an error :

    - far too repetitive : I played about 40 h and I always do the same things...

    - the RPG part is useless : at level 30, I still need to strike the same hits number even on low-level enemies !

    - Textures are bad, low-resolution.

    - Story is uninspired.

    The only good part is combat. Everything is trash. My last Middle-earth game for sure.    … Expand
  28. MoonCanLight
    Feb 11, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What have you done with this nice and addictive story?! Why you gave up on alternate Middle-Earth history? Why gameplay is so boring? And why main hero, after conquering almost all lands of Mordor doesn't have a chance to fight against Sauron and lost by default? It makes no sense. And you turned him to be a bad guy?! Really?! What terribly ending was this?!… Expand
  29. cousinit99
    Nov 26, 2018
    3
    Three words: Quick Time Events

    This game is complete and utter sh*t because of those three little words. Prepare to feel nothing but frustration and contempt. Monolith and WB both deserve the firing squad for this malevolent horse sh*t. I won't be buying another title from them for a considerable period of time. I give it a three solely for the remarkable cinematic sequences.    Three words: Quick Time Events

    This game is complete and utter sh*t because of those three little words. Prepare to feel nothing but frustration and contempt. Monolith and WB both deserve the firing squad for this malevolent horse sh*t. I won't be buying another title from them for a considerable period of time.

    I give it a three solely for the remarkable cinematic sequences.

    EDIT: Nope, sorry. All this "cheating death" horse sh*t just lost you the other 3. F*cking garbage. I'm done with it.    … Expand
  30. Ljungman
    Oct 7, 2018
    4
    I honestly couldn't play through the entirety of this game because of all the grind that is involved in doing so. Near every story-mission is locked behind the same thing, which is taking over orcs in order to build an army. This army is then used to taking over fortresses. Not only that, but you can't take over orcs that have a higher level than yourself, which means I have to meet theI honestly couldn't play through the entirety of this game because of all the grind that is involved in doing so. Near every story-mission is locked behind the same thing, which is taking over orcs in order to build an army. This army is then used to taking over fortresses. Not only that, but you can't take over orcs that have a higher level than yourself, which means I have to meet the same enemy twice in order to shame them to the same level. I grew tired of doing the same thing over and over for the small amount of story I got as a reward and the story itself isn't worth the effort.… Expand
  31. RustyCoin
    Jun 19, 2018
    0
    Microtransactions, microtransactions.... Dear God, it's killing gaming industry, for real. You have two choices in this game: you can either grind for hours, and hours, and hours doing the same thing - just mashing couple of buttons and killing those orcs or you can buy them f*****g loot crates and be the God in game within minutes. Other then that, the game is monotonous and repetitive.Microtransactions, microtransactions.... Dear God, it's killing gaming industry, for real. You have two choices in this game: you can either grind for hours, and hours, and hours doing the same thing - just mashing couple of buttons and killing those orcs or you can buy them f*****g loot crates and be the God in game within minutes. Other then that, the game is monotonous and repetitive. And once again, SP game should NEVER contain those stupid microtransactions and loot crates, it's f*****g nonsense.… Expand
  32. arthas12
    May 19, 2018
    0
    jogo bugado na primeira art 1 fiquei tendando pegar as pegadas e nao funcionou nada ate destralei no pc nao consegue arrumar esse bug eitao consenta
  33. Baluberda
    Jan 8, 2018
    0
    ruined by the microtransactions on the online, also the main story is not included (look expansions)
  34. karelpica99
    Dec 20, 2017
    0
    The greed is getting out of hand and its destroying the things we love. I love gaming its my number one hobby yet the last couple of years has been pure HELL when its comes to (DLCs and Microtransactions) We already pay full price for the games why do we have to pay more?
  35. MortumSK
    Dec 17, 2017
    3
    In first three acts gameplay is ok, not perfect, enough repetative but interesting. Act 4 totally ruins it. + lootboxes in single player game = fail. Story is a Tolkien's nightmare.
    Don't buy this game.
  36. SantuxLMAO
    Dec 10, 2017
    0
    dont support greedy devs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  37. choppy
    Dec 10, 2017
    4
    The microtransactions themselves don't bother me. What bothers me is the way they warped the game to create endless grind in order to try to force you to purchase upgrades: the constant stream of meaningless weapons; the endless array of pointless, nerfed skills that are unfun because there are so many little variations of every skill in order to create a bunch more levels needed toThe microtransactions themselves don't bother me. What bothers me is the way they warped the game to create endless grind in order to try to force you to purchase upgrades: the constant stream of meaningless weapons; the endless array of pointless, nerfed skills that are unfun because there are so many little variations of every skill in order to create a bunch more levels needed to unlock. Great skills you got in shadow of Mordor are now broken into 3 or 4 different pieces that you can't use all at once.

    There's little evolution in gameplay, maps or anything else. The online vendetta system is broken, so you almost never see missions related to your own friends, but almost always for random people you don't know. Who would want that? And the loot chest rewards are pathetic: a couple of underpowered weapons.

    This game needed a lot more innovation, design and structure in order to be worth it, but right now it's just a bigger, more expensive, less fun, less polished version of Shadow of Mordor, with the addition of loot chests and endless grind.    … Expand
  38. Lrimel
    Dec 6, 2017
    0
    Don't support games like these to prevent gaming industry getting invaded by greedy businessman who have no value in game itself. We have to draw the line right here since single player story driven games are getting less and less over time and games like these aim to milk customers rather than come up with a just, ethical and good game.
  39. Squid_Guy
    Dec 2, 2017
    0
    Microtransactions in an $60 single player game is like buying a nice car and then after driving it for 1 year, a message pops up on the dashboard saying you can only drive a maximum of 40 mph unless you purchase more "credits".

    Unacceptable filthy greed.
  40. alanamorim
    Dec 2, 2017
    0
    PAY-TO-WIN
    LORE TERRIBLE
    Injurious
    PAY-TO-WIN
    LORE TERRIBLE
    PAY-TO-WIN
    LORE TERRIBLE
    Injurious

    Injurious
    PAY-TO-WIN
    LORE TERRIBLE
    Injurious
  41. clancli
    Nov 28, 2017
    2
    A new masive open world game, beautiful graphics and sounds but in short terms all comes down with insane agresive microtansactions (specially in the late game), repetitive gameplay, and a story that does not motive; as result we have a bigger but boring and abusive game.
  42. deathweeper
    Nov 28, 2017
    1
    This game has ogres, swords, war, arrows, violent execution, stealth, nemesis, tar pour and good graphics, so why the heck am so incredibly bored. I hate this game, it should be great but it just feel repetitive and uninteresting. The story is plain nothing, if you loved playing the first one and you feel you didn't have enough than this is an extra 30 hours for you, otherwise its an extraThis game has ogres, swords, war, arrows, violent execution, stealth, nemesis, tar pour and good graphics, so why the heck am so incredibly bored. I hate this game, it should be great but it just feel repetitive and uninteresting. The story is plain nothing, if you loved playing the first one and you feel you didn't have enough than this is an extra 30 hours for you, otherwise its an extra 30 hours for you to regret.… Expand
  43. MrBrioche
    Nov 23, 2017
    0
    ok where to start... there is a lot of problem here
    1.Clumsy/unresponsive control, in a stealth/assassination game like that control is REALLY important and VERY often in this game it feels like you are trying to do something specific and the game just dont understand what you are trying to do.
    2.it feels like the nemesis system is force down your throat, sometimes you just KNOW that the    ok where to start... there is a lot of problem here
    1.Clumsy/unresponsive control, in a stealth/assassination game like that control is REALLY important and VERY often in this game it feels like you are trying to do something specific and the game just dont understand what you are trying to do.
    2.it feels like the nemesis system is force down your throat, sometimes you just KNOW that the game wanted you to die right there
    3.in the previous game the number of enemies were fix, but in this one they keep spawning all the time, so you cant ''plan'' and execute like before, overlord mission feel cheesy asf.
    4. the dmg you inflict is just to low compare to the dmg you take ex: a little grunt will take 25% of your HP per attack, the counter window is really smaller compare to the previous game, a captain CAN 1shoot you, when you are in these big fit, there is basically nothing you can do except run and even that dont usually work, feels unfair
    5.flying mechanic... my man... painful
    6.mission seems harder the first time you do it, it feel like they want to force death upon you
    7. fighting wraith is disgusting, counter window to small, they attack off screen you barely see it and so punishing and if you fight them while fighting other orc, i was dying inside
    8.i was chasing this legendary orc that was godlike and when i finally dominated him he lost some of his attribute....? wtf is going
    9.at some point i sent my epic orc on a mission, give him 2 reinforcement and for some reason my epic orc did some dmg (i think) to the 2 others and they started attacking him and they killed him ...?! this happened to me twice.... wtf AI
    10. the AI .... is really bad....
    last but not least micro transaction , i dont think it has his place in a full priced game but it wasnt intrusive but then again i cant stop thinking about how this game could have been without it

    so this game is ''good'' sometimes but the frustration you get from playing it just destroy those little moment of happiness, the only thing this game gave me, its a bad after taste in the mouth, feels bad man    … Expand
  44. Jayme_lara
    Nov 23, 2017
    0
    Muy buen juego pero muy mala jugada la de los desarrolladores, en realidad la historia y trama del juego esta excelente, sin embargo, las microtrasacciones, y el ultimo acto de defender tus fortalezas conquistadas de oleadas de enemigos vuelven al juego tedioso y sientes que te quieren obligar a comprar cofres para obtener orcos legendarios o potenciadores de entrenamiento. Me gusto muchoMuy buen juego pero muy mala jugada la de los desarrolladores, en realidad la historia y trama del juego esta excelente, sin embargo, las microtrasacciones, y el ultimo acto de defender tus fortalezas conquistadas de oleadas de enemigos vuelven al juego tedioso y sientes que te quieren obligar a comprar cofres para obtener orcos legendarios o potenciadores de entrenamiento. Me gusto mucho el juego sin embago, le pongo esta nota debido al ultimo acto y las microtransacciones.… Expand
  45. bearthor
    Nov 23, 2017
    0
    **** microtransactions. If you want to play this game, pirate it instead. I will never pay for a game that has full price + microtransactions. If they want to add microtransactions, make the game free!
  46. Batman43
    Nov 19, 2017
    0
    Loot Boxes and grind. Credit card instead old-school cheats, no thanks. There is my mission before gaming community: to put 0 for each game with Loot Boxes. Especially Pay to win models and grind solo stories.
  47. shootidodge
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    As long as this **** las vegas gambling **** era of gaming is alive i will keep my money to buy other things that i like, such as guitars ,Amps...

    and as long as retards who claim to be youtubers doing reviews of this sham are buying this **** there always will be products like this one ( Battlefront 2, Assassins creed Origins and many more).
  48. G-K
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    Warner Brothers continues it´s disgusting behaviour and soils this Game which otherwise might have been great.
    There are so many skandals surrounding this game, worst of all how WB treated the Michael Forgey incident. I simply have no Words for it.
    Other than that Shadow of War has been turned into a Microtransaction infested grindfest. It´s just sad.
  49. hahn_s0l0
    Nov 15, 2017
    0
    This game does a mighty fine job capturing the Lord of the Rings lore and, even though some liberties were taken with Shelob, it technically did not break the Middle Earth fiction so, fly high. It was enjoyable and delivered on much of the premise of the first game (once you clear a lengthy opening mission set) but then, why the zero rating?

    I cannot in good conscious call this a game.    This game does a mighty fine job capturing the Lord of the Rings lore and, even though some liberties were taken with Shelob, it technically did not break the Middle Earth fiction so, fly high. It was enjoyable and delivered on much of the premise of the first game (once you clear a lengthy opening mission set) but then, why the zero rating?

    I cannot in good conscious call this a game. It is an EA cash grab and we cannot, as gamers, allow this to become the norm. Lootboxes that provide anything that is not merely cosmetic and require real world money (yes require because the actual time you'll need to log to win what youre looking for is off the chain) are always going to get an instant zero from me.

    A shame. This game had some talented folks work on it and I wish the Publishing company didn't have to **** it all up for them. Worth playing but not worth spending your money on.    … Expand
  50. warZ3bra
    Nov 14, 2017
    0
    Single player loot box based microtransactions. automatic 0/10 from me sorry to say
    Alongside Cod ww2, destiny 2, star wars battlefront 2 and NFS these are all no buys from me ever.
  51. Freakgamer
    Nov 7, 2017
    0
    You want this lotbox nightmare to end ? then NEVER buy a game with such a system... that's the only way to stop this ,we pay the money , we make the rules.
  52. argo2001
    Nov 7, 2017
    0
    Всякому отстою я всегда ставил 1 балл, но этой игре - только ноль.
    Это эталонное днище, по сравнением с которым первая часть выглядит неплохой игрой.
    Весь геймплей это одно и тоже, одно и тоже, одно и тоже просто в совершенно неприличной степени. Игра недостойна даже того, чтобы скачать пиратку, не говоря уже о покупке. О микроплатежах вообще молчу, я даже не дотянул до четвёртого акта    Всякому отстою я всегда ставил 1 балл, но этой игре - только ноль.
    Это эталонное днище, по сравнением с которым первая часть выглядит неплохой игрой.
    Весь геймплей это одно и тоже, одно и тоже, одно и тоже просто в совершенно неприличной степени. Игра недостойна даже того, чтобы скачать пиратку, не говоря уже о покупке.
    О микроплатежах вообще молчу, я даже не дотянул до четвёртого акта где они явно нужны - игра настолько унылая, что не существует не матерных слов способных это описать.
    Хотите увидить полнейшее днище и шедевр уныния - вот он.    … Expand
  53. ZoSo_Capricorn
    Nov 5, 2017
    0
    This game has microtransactions in it. I do not support it, thus it shouldn't be supported. If publishers continue to implement these, those games will voted down. Loot Boxes with MT won't be toleranced.
  54. RazielR2
    Nov 4, 2017
    0
    Gold edition. Endgame. Lost (orks overwriting bug) about 4 legendary orks/ologs with good rolls.
    Game ruined.
    + microtransactions fail
    dont even trust WB.
  55. Bonovox
    Nov 4, 2017
    4
    This game is a buggy and janky mess. One of the worst "AAA" releases i have played in years. I would give Shadow of Mordor a 8/10 i give this a 4/10.

    And it's on gameplay only i havent cared about the lootboxes **** etc. The sieges in this game is a complete and utter boring and broken mess. For one your captains are **** complete and utter **** And it the latter stages of the Shadow    This game is a buggy and janky mess. One of the worst "AAA" releases i have played in years. I would give Shadow of Mordor a 8/10 i give this a 4/10.

    And it's on gameplay only i havent cared about the lootboxes **** etc.

    The sieges in this game is a complete and utter boring and broken mess. For one your captains are **** complete and utter **** And it the latter stages of the Shadow Wars campaign the AI just bum rush you with like 20 of their captains to just spam your points so you can't defend at all. Do you wanna dominate mind on a broken captain? Well you are lucky if Talion wants to **** target the dumbass infront of you instead of some random **** like 20 yards behind you.

    The enemy trash mobs just spawn out of air and nothing. And enraged captains are OP ****. Last siege that made me rage quit out of this ****ty game had a captain just murder like 6 of my captains my himself and he was constantly enraged and healed up. Bugged? Probably so.

    There were parts of the game i enjoyed but there is too much **** in the game that drags it down. Such as the dragon vs balrog QTE fight, was also janky crap.    … Expand
  56. whatever523
    Nov 2, 2017
    0
    Yay, lootboxes!

    You are paying for those extra profits with user ratings. I think you will find that in the long run, it's not worth it. Just ask Ubisoft.
  57. EGPhil
    Nov 1, 2017
    0
    Don't make pseudo-gambling micro-transactions in 60$ games be a thing. Don't buy this piece of s**t. There's a lot of better games around that deserve your money way more than this one.
  58. Valaridan
    Oct 31, 2017
    0
    This game could have been so much better,but it was ruined as every game by greed,and corporatist f*cks,game has it pros and cons but the cons are gamebreaking.
  59. AcerolaOrion
    Oct 30, 2017
    0
    This is the point in time where pay to win has taken over singleplayer, pay to play games.

    The game is a horrendous grindfest. Killing Orcs doesnt give you experience. Killing captains and finishing events related to them gives A RIDICULOUSLY SMALL amount of experience. The amount of experience required to go even (and by being even on level --> able to recruit orcs and progress    This is the point in time where pay to win has taken over singleplayer, pay to play games.

    The game is a horrendous grindfest. Killing Orcs doesnt give you experience. Killing captains and finishing events related to them gives A RIDICULOUSLY SMALL amount of experience.

    The amount of experience required to go even (and by being even on level --> able to recruit orcs and progress story missions) is insane compared to what you are rewarded outside of story missions.

    Naturally you can buy experience boosters with real money! And just like for junkies, the first lootbox is always free! Making sure to catch all the people who are predisposed to spending money on being exploited like this.

    Disgusting! If you want to play this game --> steal it!    … Expand
  60. KelTyZed
    Oct 30, 2017
    0
    No estoy de acuerdo en que pongan DLC´s de pago, jamás apoyaré esta política en ninguna compañía de videojuegos.

    Un saludo...........................
  61. BeiNeludei
    Oct 30, 2017
    0
    Dopo 17 ore di gioco ho riscontrato un bug nel quale letteralmente ogni 3 secondi mi viene mostrato il tutorial per dare ordini ai seguaci con relativo dialogo, questo rende ingiocabile il prodotto avendo 15 secondi di dialogo ogni 3 secondi di gioco(si ha giusto il tempo di dare 2 fendenti contati)
  62. TrallOrk
    Oct 29, 2017
    0
    Gra dużo lepsza od pierwszej części.
    Ulepszono w niej mechanikę walki, dodano dużo ciekawych zadań fabularnych oraz rozbudowano system nemezis.
    Gry jednak nie polecam ponieważ jeśli chcesz ukończyć ostatni rozdział i poznać prawdziwe zakończenie musisz spędzić masę godzin na żmudnej rekrutacji orków a następnie w kółko podbijać twierdzę, które już zdobyłeś. Chyba, że za prawdziwe    Gra dużo lepsza od pierwszej części.
    Ulepszono w niej mechanikę walki, dodano dużo ciekawych zadań fabularnych oraz rozbudowano system nemezis.
    Gry jednak nie polecam ponieważ jeśli chcesz ukończyć ostatni rozdział i poznać prawdziwe zakończenie musisz spędzić masę godzin na żmudnej rekrutacji orków a następnie w kółko podbijać twierdzę, które już zdobyłeś.
    Chyba, że za prawdziwe pieniądze nakupisz sobie orków, które je obronią bo po zakończeniu głównej lini fabularnej kapitanowie twojej armi są tak słabi, że bez mikrotransakcji nie jesteś w stanie się obronić.

    Grę warto zakupić dopiero na promocji bo w przeciwieństwie do pierwszej częsci, tytuł ten nie stoi mechaniką nemezis a posiada naprawdę ciekawą linię fabularną.    … Expand
  63. G0ATER
    Oct 29, 2017
    0
    I feel like I've just been robbed for 60 dollars. That was the WORST ending I've ever had the displeasure of experiencing.

    I made this account just to say this, do not buy this game, pirate it if you must but don't put any more money in these people's pockets. This game was just terrible.
  64. Arteck
    Oct 28, 2017
    0
    К сожалению, игра не зашла. Всё плохо с точки зрения арт дирекшена: нет ощущения, что ты в Средиземье плюс все локации выглядят некрасиво, удались только орки - они разные и уродливые. Геймплей больше похож на мобильный фритуплей, чем на ААА игру - сюжет неинтересный, хороших миссий нет вовсе, постоянное повторение скучных действий, который сводятся к битвам с десятками и десятками орков.К сожалению, игра не зашла. Всё плохо с точки зрения арт дирекшена: нет ощущения, что ты в Средиземье плюс все локации выглядят некрасиво, удались только орки - они разные и уродливые. Геймплей больше похож на мобильный фритуплей, чем на ААА игру - сюжет неинтересный, хороших миссий нет вовсе, постоянное повторение скучных действий, который сводятся к битвам с десятками и десятками орков. Ждал захвата крепостей, но и он не оправдал ожиданий - особой тактики нет, просто орков много десятков, нужно захватит несколько точек и потом победить босса. Захват орков и их прокачка слишком репитативен и уныл как и прокачка. Куча значков на карте, но интересных занятий нет, зато есть тупой бег по карте на километры и много багов. Я в печали, по сравнению с 1 частью игра лучше не стала :(… Expand
  65. Arthur_Dented
    Oct 28, 2017
    0
    Its all well and good until they hide the ending behind hours of grinding, so that they can try to sell you shortcuts in loot boxes. Don't buy this if you are the kind of unreasonable purist who thinks that a $60 game should be designed to be fun, rather being designed to manipulate you into paying more money to skip boring content.
  66. Buthomar
    Oct 28, 2017
    0
    Предзаказл игру за 2 месяца за 99$, и на релизе она стоит уже 49$ за тот же контент. Отношение разработчика к игроку уже чувствуется ментально и даже подванивает, ну да хр*н с ними с деньгам, повествую дальше.

    Игра недопиляна, просто на просто она недоделана. Нужно запихнуть внее еще 3-4 режима с креспосями и сражениями в поле(стенка на стенку, катапульты, драконы, кавалерия,заходы с    Предзаказл игру за 2 месяца за 99$, и на релизе она стоит уже 49$ за тот же контент. Отношение разработчика к игроку уже чувствуется ментально и даже подванивает, ну да хр*н с ними с деньгам, повествую дальше.

    Игра недопиляна, просто на просто она недоделана. Нужно запихнуть внее еще 3-4 режима с креспосями и сражениями в поле(стенка на стенку, катапульты, драконы, кавалерия,заходы с флангов), сделать большее разнообразие в квестах(побочки, да хоть принеси 35 ушей орков), сделать лор игры болле глубоким(больше писанины, свитков, исторический событий этого мира) . Единственное отличие от предшественницы = эти захват и деф крепостей.

    1 и 2 акты еще куда ни шли, 3 под пивко пойдет, а вот 4 акт просто ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, вам нужно по 10 раз отбить ваши креспости во время которого вам повстречаются вражеские капитаны(10-30 штук), которые просто ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ут вам уши своим ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ежем.
    А теперь то от чего у меня просто горит- перк орков "БЕЗ ШАНСОВ", то есть если вы в нокдауне то вам ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ец, джае если вы ни разу не падали до этого, но самое интерсное - это когда остается такой капитан(один) и убивает вас, то крепость потеряна, хотя стены стоят все защитники внутри крепости(союзные) с наружи бегает 10-12 новообращенных в этой битве капитанов, нои войска технически только стреляли со стен и осадных животных и все, но крепости потеряна и все ваши 6 вождей 56 лвл -мертвы. И теперь нужно просто занаво наклепать 6 вождей 56 лвл в первой крепости где у всех 18-23 лвл, а у захватчиков 56-60лвл

    Категорически не рекомендую эту игру покупать, красная цена ей 15-20 $ со всеми длс. Лучше уж идти на обордаж торрент треккеров.    … Expand
  67. Bellybutton
    Oct 28, 2017
    1
    I was playing most of the time offline, so I was wondering about the big amount of currency I was carrying with me and was asking myself where I could spend that money.
    Well after visiting the online market I could not really believe my eyes. As many people stated already, it is a total disgrace introducing micro transactions for a single player game.
    I just wanted to finish it as    I was playing most of the time offline, so I was wondering about the big amount of currency I was carrying with me and was asking myself where I could spend that money.
    Well after visiting the online market I could not really believe my eyes. As many people stated already, it is a total disgrace introducing micro transactions for a single player game.
    I just wanted to finish it as quickly as possible and be done with the game. I did not even realize that the game was basically over when the sequence with the wars started.
    I really regret any minute spent on that game    … Expand
  68. ANHell
    Oct 28, 2017
    1
    Игра ужасная, плохая графика, скудные однотипные локации, задания отсутствуют, а весь геймплей сводится к гринду простых монстров на карте и так до бесконечности. Персонажи очень скучные и не интересные, а сюжет игры достоин отдельной поэмы провалов и разочарований. История игры вообще не как не связана с миром Толкина и не имеет не чего общего с Властелином Колец.

    Больное смотреть как    Игра ужасная, плохая графика, скудные однотипные локации, задания отсутствуют, а весь геймплей сводится к гринду простых монстров на карте и так до бесконечности. Персонажи очень скучные и не интересные, а сюжет игры достоин отдельной поэмы провалов и разочарований. История игры вообще не как не связана с миром Толкина и не имеет не чего общего с Властелином Колец.

    Больное смотреть как создатели игры, позорят прародителя всех фентази игр и что до сих пор не одна студия не сделала достойной игры по данной вселенной, но эта игра одна из худших.    … Expand
  69. Koristo
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    Mololith has created a phenomenal game. If you enjoyed the previous iteration, or any of the Arkham games, you'll probably like this one.

    However, the MBA's at WB made a business decision to include Day 1 DLC and microtransactions. As a result I, too, am forced to make a business decision and give this game a thumbsdown, to be changed to a thumbs up upon removal or extreme gutting of    Mololith has created a phenomenal game. If you enjoyed the previous iteration, or any of the Arkham games, you'll probably like this one.

    However, the MBA's at WB made a business decision to include Day 1 DLC and microtransactions.

    As a result I, too, am forced to make a business decision and give this game a thumbsdown, to be changed to a thumbs up upon removal or extreme gutting of the lootcrate system and an extreme price decrease on the DLC. A Triple-A title should not cost $100 to access all of its features, and businesses need to start being punished for thinking they can make that the status quo.

    Good job, Monolith. ♥♥♥♥ yourself, WB.    … Expand
  70. BregoGW2
    Oct 27, 2017
    1
    История игры не как не связана с миром Толкина, графика плохая, мир скудный, квесты отсутствую. Всю игру вы должны гриндить монстров...................
  71. AndrewAKessler
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    Last review appears to have been deleted. Was really looking forward to this game until the developer and publisher decided to be greedy. I'm tired of companies charging us $60 for only part of a game then bilking us through loot boxes and DLCs.

    At this point the only way I'll play this game is when it becomes a bargain basement-priced GOTY version.
  72. Guldan666
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    Вне зависимости от того, понравится мне эта игра в итоге или нет, ставлю 0/10 за наличие платных "лутбоксов" в однопользовательской игре, т.к. если не пресечь подобную инициативу издателей на корню, то скоро подобная "забота об игроках" появится во всех играх. Ну и, конечно, отдельных аплодисментов достоин Expansion Pass, который содержит 4 DLC, стоящих в ПОЛТОРА РАЗА ДОРОЖЕ, чем самаВне зависимости от того, понравится мне эта игра в итоге или нет, ставлю 0/10 за наличие платных "лутбоксов" в однопользовательской игре, т.к. если не пресечь подобную инициативу издателей на корню, то скоро подобная "забота об игроках" появится во всех играх. Ну и, конечно, отдельных аплодисментов достоин Expansion Pass, который содержит 4 DLC, стоящих в ПОЛТОРА РАЗА ДОРОЖЕ, чем сама основаная игра. Хорошо, что хоть время игры не ограничено, а то могли бы и почасовую оплату "припилить".… Expand
  73. Grompell
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    จากที่ลองๆเล่นดู ไม่ค่อยชอบเนื้อเรื่องภาคนี้เท่าใหร่ เปิดเรื่องมาดูเอื้อยๆไม่ค่อยน่าติดตามเหมือนภาคแรก แต่ก็ไม่ได้หมายความว่าเกมมันแย่หรือห่วยนะ ระบบการเล่นภาคนี้จะเข้าขั้นเป็น RPG อย่างเต็มรูปแบบ ฆ่าบอสแล้วจะดร๊อบไอเท็๋มสวมใส่ทุกชนิดเช่นดาบ เกราะ ผ้าคลุม มีด ต่างๆนาๆมากมาย มีระบบการอัพเลเวลที่ดูชัดเจนขึ้นกว่าเดิม แต่ภาพและกราฟฟฟิคแทบไม่ต่างจากภาคแรกเลย แถมไม่กินสเปคจากที่ลองๆเล่นดู ไม่ค่อยชอบเนื้อเรื่องภาคนี้เท่าใหร่ เปิดเรื่องมาดูเอื้อยๆไม่ค่อยน่าติดตามเหมือนภาคแรก แต่ก็ไม่ได้หมายความว่าเกมมันแย่หรือห่วยนะ ระบบการเล่นภาคนี้จะเข้าขั้นเป็น RPG อย่างเต็มรูปแบบ ฆ่าบอสแล้วจะดร๊อบไอเท็๋มสวมใส่ทุกชนิดเช่นดาบ เกราะ ผ้าคลุม มีด ต่างๆนาๆมากมาย มีระบบการอัพเลเวลที่ดูชัดเจนขึ้นกว่าเดิม แต่ภาพและกราฟฟฟิคแทบไม่ต่างจากภาคแรกเลย แถมไม่กินสเปค ถ้าใครเล่นภาคแรกได้ภภาคนี้ก็เล่นได้ด้วนเช่นกัน จะว่าไปมันเปลี่ยนอะไรเข้ามาหลายอย่างก็จริง แต่พอเล่นไปสักพักกลับรู้สึกว่าเกมมันน่าเบื่อ วนลูบเดิมๆซ้ำๆ เนื้อเรื่องก็เอื้อยๆไม่ค่อยน่าติดตาม เกมมันก็ดีนะ ผมก็อยากจะอวยอยู่หรอก แต่ส่วนตัวเล่นแล้วน่าเบื่อครับ มันเพิ่มอะไรเข้ามาใหม่เยอะก็จริง แต่ความรู้สึกมันก็ยังซ้ำซากอยู่ดี อยากให้เกมมีพัฒนาการเรื่องการอัพเดทระบบการเล่นมากกว่านี้ครับ… Expand
  74. Faustin
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    Bis zum Abschluss von Akt 3 würde ich noch eine gute Bewertung abgeben, obwohl es bis dorthin doch einige negative Punkte gab.

    Der Beginn von Akt 4 war für mich dann wie ein Schlag ins Gesicht, nachdem ich erst mal googeln musste, ob das Spiel jetzt von der Story her fertig ist. (Akt 3 war wirklich eine positive Überraschung für mich, hatte bloß irgendwie kein wirklich abgeschlossenes    Bis zum Abschluss von Akt 3 würde ich noch eine gute Bewertung abgeben, obwohl es bis dorthin doch einige negative Punkte gab.

    Der Beginn von Akt 4 war für mich dann wie ein Schlag ins Gesicht, nachdem ich erst mal googeln musste, ob das Spiel jetzt von der Story her fertig ist. (Akt 3 war wirklich eine positive Überraschung für mich, hatte bloß irgendwie kein wirklich abgeschlossenes Ende)
    Im Forum wurde mir dann erklärt, das ich jetzt 20 Belagerungen spielen müsse, also stundenlanger purer "Grind", ohne weitere Storyelemente, um dann am Ende noch den finalen Film zu sehen können. Das war dann wirklich zu viel, was ist das bitte für eine Designentscheidung? Vorher hatte mich die Lootbox-Thematik nicht interessiert, aber um hier keinen Zusammenhang sehen zu können, müssen schon beide Augen zugedrückt werden.
    Dies ist das erste Spiel, bei dem ich mir das Ende auf Youtube angeschaut habe, das ist wirklich eine Leistung!
    Daher kann ich das Spiel eindeutig nicht empfehlen.    … Expand
  75. Zuben7
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    Hiiri lagaa eikä ohjaimella pelaaminen kuulu tietokone peleihin.
    Ensimmäisen örkki tapon jälkeen peli kävi jo tylsäski ja toisuvaksi..................
  76. Robar3
    Oct 26, 2017
    0
    Ce jeu est un mélange incroyable de bon contenu d'un côté, et d'un contenu extrêmement insultant de l'autre.

    Jusqu'à l'acte II c'était exactement ce que j'attendais de ce jeu (jusqu'à environ 30h je dirais en faisant tout le secondaire). Je conseillerais très probablement cette partie là, sauf qu'évidemment si je ne recommende pas ce jeu il y a une raison. L'acte IV consiste tous    Ce jeu est un mélange incroyable de bon contenu d'un côté, et d'un contenu extrêmement insultant de l'autre.

    Jusqu'à l'acte II c'était exactement ce que j'attendais de ce jeu (jusqu'à environ 30h je dirais en faisant tout le secondaire). Je conseillerais très probablement cette partie là, sauf qu'évidemment si je ne recommende pas ce jeu il y a une raison.

    L'acte IV consiste tous simplement à effectuer exactement la même action pendant 10h.
    J'aimerais être en train d'exagérer mais ce n'est pas le cas, et le gros problème de cet acte totalement inutile est qu'il permet d'accéder à une cinématique de 1 min sans intérêt mais qui est pourtant la cinématique de fin du jeu. Je ne comprend juste pas dans quel monde un jeu te fais farm sans but la même chose pendant plus de 10h pour n'absolument plus rien t'offrir d'autre après cela.

    Enfin bref, au delà de déconseiller ce jeu, si vous êtes déjà embarquer dans l'aventure je vous conseillerais sincèrement de vous arrêter à l'acte II/III et d'aller regarder la cinématique de fin en vidéo. Vous vous économiserez beaucoup de rage (surtout si comme moi vous jouez en difficulté max) et surtout du temps.    … Expand
  77. pabloff9
    Oct 26, 2017
    0
    I'm just here to say that microtransactions in full-priced games are a cancer on the gaming industry, that's spreading as fast as we're allowing it to. Lootboxes manage to be even worse. I can't stand them on multiplayer games but single player? F**k off.
  78. ocinom
    Oct 26, 2017
    0
    Does it have lootboxes that destroy the game? Why, yes it does. So I automatically download a free game for me. Sorry not Sorry you greedy punk publishers
  79. Trazerge
    Oct 26, 2017
    0
    Dopo 17 ore di gioco ho riscontrato un bug nel quale letteralmente ogni 3 secondi mi viene mostrato il tutorial per dare ordini ai seguaci con relativo dialogo, questo rende ingiocabile il prodotto avendo 15 secondi di dialogo ogni 3 secondi di gioco(si ha giusto il tempo di dare 2 fendenti contati)
  80. Raben89
    Oct 26, 2017
    0
    I really enjoyed the 1st Shadow of Mordor, unfortunately Shadow of War not so much, lot of reused assets, repeated missions, average story, And a god damn microtransactions.
    the online feature needs lot of improvements.
  81. dwyattallnight
    Oct 25, 2017
    0
    THERE IS NO PLACE FOR MICROTRANSACTIONS IN SINGLE PLAYER GAMES !
    This is a 60$ AAA Pay-To-Winskip halfgame (for full experience pay 100$)
    game is designed to lure players into gambling by bringing the concept of microtranactions (in the form of loot cases) into a single player game. Warner Brothers games wants to push the player into buying loot boxes on which he gambles if he may or    THERE IS NO PLACE FOR MICROTRANSACTIONS IN SINGLE PLAYER GAMES !
    This is a 60$ AAA Pay-To-Winskip halfgame (for full experience pay 100$)
    game is designed to lure players into gambling by bringing the concept of microtranactions (in the form of loot cases) into a single player game.
    Warner Brothers games wants to push the player into buying loot boxes on which he gambles if he may or may not get a loot which will be beneficial to the gameplay experience.

    WB games shameless business practice :
    1) microtransactions in a single player game
    2) gambling via Loot Cases (great for the kids !!)
    3) pay to winskip
    4) preorder DLC    … Expand
  82. Crackfarmer
    Oct 24, 2017
    0
    I was replaying the fck out of the first Game so i couldn't wait for the next one. Was waiting months for this Game and ended up getting a pirated version to "try before buy". Thanks god.

    Singleplayer Game with microtransactions, for real WB? The wonky ass engine hasn't improved one but from the first one. Why? Even Assassins Creed does a better job with it. I can't repeat myself    I was replaying the fck out of the first Game so i couldn't wait for the next one. Was waiting months for this Game and ended up getting a pirated version to "try before buy". Thanks god.

    Singleplayer Game with microtransactions, for real WB?

    The wonky ass engine hasn't improved one but from the first one. Why? Even Assassins Creed does a better job with it. I can't repeat myself about how bad they screwed this game up.

    The story feels off, the main character feels out of place in this one.

    Story missions are somewhat okay but the "get orcs on your side" stuff gets annoying. You managed to level up your guys and then they betray you one after the other? Yeah fck you too WB.

    I really don't feel like writing a long review because every single breath is wasted on this one. They should feel ashamed for releasing this type of Game for 60$ + microtransactions....    … Expand
  83. suddendamage
    Oct 24, 2017
    0
    I really wanted this game but I can no longer support the current business model of micro-transactions and look boxes in paid games anymore so I will not be buying this game and supporting the publisher. A clear message must be sent that this is no longer acceptable.
  84. 21grams
    Oct 24, 2017
    4
    I don't know what people see in this game. For me it was dullest game if played this year so far (wish I had will to write reviews for all of them to give a better contrast). There is barely anything standing out with this game so there is no need to in deep so I will make it short with pros and cons only.

    Pros: - Nemesis system - I must say it's only engaging part of the game. Without    I don't know what people see in this game. For me it was dullest game if played this year so far (wish I had will to write reviews for all of them to give a better contrast). There is barely anything standing out with this game so there is no need to in deep so I will make it short with pros and cons only.

    Pros:
    - Nemesis system - I must say it's only engaging part of the game. Without it, this would be one of the worst games in last decade.
    - Orc presentation and narrative.
    - Quite fun action combat, but due to amounts of orcs you slay, it gets tiresome after a while.

    Cons:
    - graphics - very dated and quite ugly overall presentation
    - world design - very unimpressive, copy/paste objects at random locations - done.
    - mouse acceleration - really? This is issue since prequel, still they did not manage to implement raw input.
    - barely existent story - you do same thing over and over, which is slaying orcs and you get to watch cinematic from time to time.
    - repetitive missions - it simply a set of few different types of quests/activities that repeats over and over throughout the whole game, which makes gameplay experience very dull and boring.
    - act 4 is doing same thing 10 time just to see final cinematic (commonly called true ending) - I was already bored to death after whole game being utterly repetitive, so I quit the game after siege #3 and simply watched true ending on YT (best gaming decision in my life!)
    - Cutout DLC that should be in main game.
    - Microtransactions in SP games which feel enforced by gating true ending behind dull and boring grind. If you must buy this game - don't feed this greedy published with any more money. One - you encourage similar behavior this way in the future. Two - its not worth, you can watch true ending cinematic on YT and save either time or money. This loot box/cache thing in fully priced games (especially singleplayer) needs to stop.

    Summing up, it's overly repetitive and dull game and only nemesis systems gives some brighter moments in this whole melancholic experience.. I cannot recommend this to anyone, don't buy it and don't encourage similar behavior from WB in the future. My game copy came with graphics card (special nvidia bundle).

    Just ingore its existence and move on, absolute waste of time with minimal fun value.

    4/10 only just for funny orcs and nemesis system.    … Expand
  85. Groany
    Oct 23, 2017
    0
    Get the loot boxes and microtransactions out of our games! We don't need them. This game would have been good if not for your evil business practices. Enough of this!
  86. ganavak
    Oct 23, 2017
    0
    This is an experiment to gentle add in MT into a single player full paid game. Boycott buying it, otherwise it will end up in all future games worse and worse even if you just ignore them...
  87. BatFat09
    Oct 22, 2017
    0
    Same basic mechanics as first game, bigger map. Layer that on top of massive grindfests to encourage you to spend money on lootboxes, crashes, and a weak story and you get a game that completely fails to live up to its potential. Abysmal Effort at best.
  88. tsmith18256
    Oct 22, 2017
    2
    This game started off really well like Shadow of Mordor, but Act 4 is an absolute joke. They decided they were just going to throw on about 10 hours of grinding the exact same thing over and over again and make your army way underpowered if you don't buy their loot crates.
  89. deathbringer
    Oct 22, 2017
    0
    A $60 game that is based around paywalls and microtransactions. The game would be decent if not for the disgustingly greedy decicions Warner Bros made with it. They seriously added gambling elements into a buy-to-play singleplayer game. Don't buy this, they don't deserve your money.
  90. Bennorodon
    Oct 21, 2017
    1
    Einen Punkt gebe ich für einen tollen Anfang. Aber dass man das Ende nur sehen kann, wenn man 30 Stunden die immer gleichen Verteidigungen der eigenen Festungen vornimmt, ist einfach nur erbärmliches Gamedesign und Geldmacherei, denn man kann das Ganze nur beschleunigen, wenn man mit Echtgeld zahlt... Nachdem das Spiel bereits 50 Euro gekostet hat, soll ich noch draufzahlen für das Ende,Einen Punkt gebe ich für einen tollen Anfang. Aber dass man das Ende nur sehen kann, wenn man 30 Stunden die immer gleichen Verteidigungen der eigenen Festungen vornimmt, ist einfach nur erbärmliches Gamedesign und Geldmacherei, denn man kann das Ganze nur beschleunigen, wenn man mit Echtgeld zahlt... Nachdem das Spiel bereits 50 Euro gekostet hat, soll ich noch draufzahlen für das Ende, solange ich nicht kostbare Zeit mit Grinding/Leveling verschwenden will? Das ist wohlgemerkt kein Free2Play-Spiel, sondern ein Vollpreisprodukt. Und wenn man dann am Ende angelangt ist, wird die unbefriedigenste Endsequenz seit Mass Effect 3 gezeigt.
    Und noch was: warum kann man die zahllosen (bei mir bestimmt 200) Kämpfe gegen Captains in der Pit nicht beschleunigen, sondern muss sich 2-3 Minuten KI-Kampf anschauen? Warum muss ich mir bei jeder Begegnung mit einem Hauptmann oder Warchief Dialoge anhören, die ich nicht abbrechen kann? Antwort: Damit man mit Echtgeld auflevelt. Dankeschön für dieses frustrierende Produkt. EMPFEHLUNG: NICHT KAUFEN    … Expand
  91. Eilanzer
    Oct 21, 2017
    0
    AVOID THIS GAME LIKE THE PLAGUE!
    DLC...Microtransactions bullcrap all over the place...And if you support this you are making the gamimg industry worse and worse!
  92. Abysswalker89
    Oct 21, 2017
    0
    Make a game purposely grindey in order to sell casino style lootboxes is not OK. Screw you Monolith and WB. Don't support this type of corporate predatory behavior
  93. MetaMan38
    Oct 21, 2017
    0
    The worst money making I have seen in a Triple-A game so far: first charging 60 dollars for the game, then demanding microtransactions to see the end of the game. Almost impossible to beat the game without buying better warchiefs and captains. Hate this game right now. The beginning was good but this policy of charging more money to see the end is simply a shame!
  94. KottarBjorn
    Oct 21, 2017
    0
    I just finished the game, and this is a soulless piece of junk. The story sucks, it does not follow the tolkien books or movies, the combat i repetitive (you can just mash 1 button the hole time and win every fight) the game tells you every time how to beat the enemy in every fight with helpboxses and messages, it requires you to buy lootboxes for the last 25% of the game, because theI just finished the game, and this is a soulless piece of junk. The story sucks, it does not follow the tolkien books or movies, the combat i repetitive (you can just mash 1 button the hole time and win every fight) the game tells you every time how to beat the enemy in every fight with helpboxses and messages, it requires you to buy lootboxes for the last 25% of the game, because the grind is not working. When 2 orcs have a fight in the pit the AI is so stupid that most of the time the units just stands there and dies. And you have to lvl up, and the only thing you can do is buying more lootboxes. So when you have paid 60 euro game, you have to add at least 20 more euro to finish the game. It is like they are taking a piss in your face when you are halfway in the game. And the game before that is not even enjoyable. It is the same assassin's creeds farming quest that says every time; go there and kill 5 guys, good job, now go here and kill 7 guys in the same way, good job, now you lvl up. And so it continues the hole game, until the microtransaction part. If you think it is weird that Critic Reviews are so much higher then the User score it is because they are to afraid to piss of EA with their bad game. Because it is. This game does not deserve any score better then it gets right now. And it comes with a lot of bugs and game crashes. In almost every mission there is some form of problem. If you know whats good for you, you spend youre cash on something good instead of this bullocks game.… Expand
  95. Developer_
    Oct 21, 2017
    0
    worst game ever they are trying to rip us off micro transactions in a single player game and this game is not even free its paid for + all the bugs in raising dead captains and in changing captains traits
  96. Hofra
    Oct 21, 2017
    0
    You pay for a game with the true ending behind a paywall. Microtransactions are the new cancer that is destroying videogames. They ruined a game with a lot of potential because of greed. Do not buy it until they change their policy.
  97. lilkillpappy
    Oct 20, 2017
    0
    my initial review was a protest review because of the micro transactions, but I got my hands on a copy of the game and put in 20 hours. I did not and will not ever buy a game with micro transactions. I am very happy that I didn't buy this game because it's cheap, ugly, boring, and a tedious grind. I don't know what game the "journalists" played but this game is god awful. It is full ofmy initial review was a protest review because of the micro transactions, but I got my hands on a copy of the game and put in 20 hours. I did not and will not ever buy a game with micro transactions. I am very happy that I didn't buy this game because it's cheap, ugly, boring, and a tedious grind. I don't know what game the "journalists" played but this game is god awful. It is full of repetitive tasks to do all over the map, the combat attempts to be like Arkham Knight but is more like Assassins Creed Syndacate, but it doesn't have a good story like either of those games. This game feels like it was designed from the top down to encourage you to use the loot crates and purchase items with real money. This isn't even a game. It's gambling with real money for in game items disguised as a Lord or the Rings game. This is not a detail oriented or well designed game. It's some mechanics with 6 different types of tasks repeated and scattered across a cheap lazily designed open world. The graphics are not pretty to look at, the orcs look childish and stupid, not scary at all. The combat is not challenging and it's very repetitive. The main quests are not interesting at all. Pretty much a blur of hyperbole. The reason that people are liking this game is because it's addictive, because it was designed to be addictive from the ground up. It is in no objective way a good game. I would go as far to say that it's not really a video game. It's a gambling machine.… Expand
  98. MoonzWolf
    Oct 20, 2017
    0
    The dichotomy between the average "Game Critic" and the genuine playerbase is at an all-time high with the release of this game. Sitting at an absurd 80 from Critics, Shadow of War is the greatest example so far as to why Critics such as IGN, GameSpace, and many others have become completely irrelevant in the current day. To think that their "reviews" of these games carries any weight is aThe dichotomy between the average "Game Critic" and the genuine playerbase is at an all-time high with the release of this game. Sitting at an absurd 80 from Critics, Shadow of War is the greatest example so far as to why Critics such as IGN, GameSpace, and many others have become completely irrelevant in the current day. To think that their "reviews" of these games carries any weight is a joke, the only weight involved is the weight of the money being dropped on their desks.

    This game sacrifices gameplay and integrity for Microtransactions, and to say it doesn't is to blatantly lie to the faces of the people. Act 4 is a massive grind, purely to try to force the player to purchase their gambling boxes, coming from a full-price """Triple-A""" video game with massive marketing, multiple overpriced editions, sponsorship deals, and god knows what else, but none of that was enough money for WB.

    But hey, I suppose all that extra dosh came in handy when it came to paying off the "Critics".    … Expand
  99. jamiemgr
    Oct 20, 2017
    0
    Don't touch this game! If this is what AAA games are becoming then this will be the last game I ever buy. Paying full price for a game only to find that there are micro-transactions and a tedious grind in it! Absolutely despicable!!!!
  100. GandalfsHeir
    Oct 20, 2017
    1
    Can't believe what the developers thought when forcing you in the last chapter to conquer and defend fortresses about 50 times. This dumb and repetitive gameplay took me about 20 hours. While the previous chapters had really good gameplay and story, this is the most annoying gameplay decision I have ever seen. And I'm playing games since 1992... They want you to buy the microtransactionsCan't believe what the developers thought when forcing you in the last chapter to conquer and defend fortresses about 50 times. This dumb and repetitive gameplay took me about 20 hours. While the previous chapters had really good gameplay and story, this is the most annoying gameplay decision I have ever seen. And I'm playing games since 1992... They want you to buy the microtransactions stuff to proceed faster, but the game costs 60 dollars, so why should I spend more money just to see the end?… Expand
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75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 16, 2018
    60
    A huge game that, despite of the quality of the fight and the delight of the Orb, offers paradoxically very small. It's not a failure, but we were expecting more. [Issue#279]
  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Dec 30, 2017
    76
    Nemesis is a one-hit wonder of a mechanic. Everything else in Middle-earth is mediocre at best, but Nemesis makes it all worthwhile, since every playthrough is truly unique – a feature none of its triple-A competitors can offer. [Issue#225, p.38]
  3. Riot Pixels
    Dec 23, 2017
    63
    A lot of people were upset to find out that Shadow of War has loot boxes, and they are kind of annoying. Unfortunately, loot boxes is the least of its problems.
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