Middle-earth: Shadow of War

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4.6

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  1. fynch
    Dec 5, 2019
    9
    I got this game and most of the DLC on a steam sale.... Having played the original I was surprised by the size of the thing and the variety of the maps and missions. I am also surprised that someone completed it within 20 hours, maybe they haven't done as much wandering as me.... It took me 20+ hours to get to the stage where I could convert orcs to my cause... (Apparently around 27%I got this game and most of the DLC on a steam sale.... Having played the original I was surprised by the size of the thing and the variety of the maps and missions. I am also surprised that someone completed it within 20 hours, maybe they haven't done as much wandering as me.... It took me 20+ hours to get to the stage where I could convert orcs to my cause... (Apparently around 27% complete). Mostly the missions involve beating the crap out of some orcs, some involve a bit of investigation then beating the crap out of some orcs..... It's an open world, you don't have to completely follow the story, it waits for you while you beat the crap out of some orcs you didn't have to.... And there is no end to the orcish horde, sometimes they respawn while you are finishing off the last of the first group and trying to collect the loot.... It ain't perfect but it's big, some of the missions story missions seem to lose their way, but at least it isn't a linear path to the end.... Now if you will excuse me I have a warlord to kill so I can take their stronghold as a barracks, after that, or maybe after something else I have to deal with a Balrog. Pretty sure it's worse than a drake, and they are just a pain in the arse.....… Expand
  2. 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.
  3. CDannyZ
    Nov 23, 2019
    9
    I dont know why people gave this low rating. This game offers Hours of gameplay with Hella good graphic, making your army, dominating sieges And lot more. For me Its 9/10
  4. p1menta
    Nov 20, 2019
    8
    As i normally dont play most games right when they launch it, i usually don't have this lootboxes microtransactions BS problems, because these are clearly the worst idea anyone ever had for video games and people are finally noticing it and they crush the game online untill the companies stepback and fix everything, afraid of more burns.
    So what i got was a pretty good game, there's a    As i normally dont play most games right when they launch it, i usually don't have this lootboxes microtransactions BS problems, because these are clearly the worst idea anyone ever had for video games and people are finally noticing it and they crush the game online untill the companies stepback and fix everything, afraid of more burns.
    So what i got was a pretty good game, there's a bunch of stuffed ideas there, some good, others not so much, but the not so good ones dont ruin anything.
    full of content, diverse maps (although i dont like this kind of games without a single big map), there's the nemesis mode where we can invade fortresses and thats cool AF, and the Otcs, once again, are a whole lot interesting than other characters (specially Talion, the most uninteresting main character ever created in the history of video games. like, the frog from frogger is a lot more interesting)
    actually, i think that's the actual worst part of the game, the buddy we play with is literally just a vessel for us to control. almost none of the missions is about me. playng as talion is like playing with one of those generic NPCs that sometimes come with us in any other game, I'd rather play as ratbag and i'm not kidding at all.    … Expand
  5. ioanawesome
    Nov 7, 2019
    10
    I absolutely loved this game. Fully immersive. Yes there are micro transactions however you do not need them.
    Don;t listen to the negatives. It is an amazing game.
    A mix of Batman Arkham City and Assassins Creed style. With cool powers and in the Middle Earth series. Absolutely fantastic story with Gripping levels.
    YOU EVEN FIGHT A BALROG!!!!!
  6. 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
  7. SilverOrlov
    Oct 29, 2019
    8
    The main part of game is very good. A very interesting plot that does not spoil the World of Tolkien at all. Excellent elaboration of the World and events, with different challenges for player's skills. I especially liked the nemesis system - it was a breath of fresh air in the gaming industry and a very fun experience in dealing with the orc hierarchy.
    But the last part of the game with    The main part of game is very good. A very interesting plot that does not spoil the World of Tolkien at all. Excellent elaboration of the World and events, with different challenges for player's skills. I especially liked the nemesis system - it was a breath of fresh air in the gaming industry and a very fun experience in dealing with the orc hierarchy.
    But the last part of the game with that "endless fortresses defenses" - it was one of the worst decisions that I ever met in games. This is very boring and I ended the last events literally through force.    … Expand
  8. Alarosh
    Sep 20, 2019
    5
    Скажу сразу что этой игре я поставил положительный отзыв ТОЛЬКО из-за концовки в самом деле это бесконечная ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ьна с однообразными доп. заданиями и дизбалансом урона на уровнях сложности и конечно лутбоксы и то что тебе выпадает лут лучше чем ты бы фармил(ла) 10 часов изряду, единственная сильная сторона кинематографическая двухкнопочная боёвка .Еле-Еле, даже в сетевую игру неСкажу сразу что этой игре я поставил положительный отзыв ТОЛЬКО из-за концовки в самом деле это бесконечная ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ьна с однообразными доп. заданиями и дизбалансом урона на уровнях сложности и конечно лутбоксы и то что тебе выпадает лут лучше чем ты бы фармил(ла) 10 часов изряду, единственная сильная сторона кинематографическая двухкнопочная боёвка .Еле-Еле, даже в сетевую игру не хочется вникать. 5/10… Expand
  9. 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
  10. AnnLee94
    Aug 12, 2019
    6
    I've known this game from the mobile version. The mobile version quit us on so it left a bad taste in my mouth. I got this game from a sale, honestly it's much better than the mobile version, not only the graphic but overall. The story is much better. The mobile version's story was basically non-existent.
  11. Kelembribor21
    Mar 30, 2019
    10
    Great game, though it has repetitive mechanic of fighting orcs it is really addicting, story is great , with artistic freedom but keeping in spirit of Tolkien's work more than PJ's Hobbit. Though micro transactions are bad, the game deserves much better score. My score would be 8,5 but it deserves some boost ,since most negatives are about forced micro-transactions.
  12. Maxmaximum
    Feb 19, 2019
    10
    This game is a masterpiece, people are mad because of microtransactions, I understand, but to the programmers this is a masterpiece. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GAME OF THE YEAR 2017. The improvements on Shadow of Mordor are exponential. I am simply blown away by the beauty of this game. It is perfect for Wild Hunt withdrawal.
  13. kalas5119
    Feb 19, 2019
    8
    Juego muy completo. Se nota que es la misma desarrolladora que la serie Batman Arkham Asylum, ya que hereda el mismo sistema de exploración y combate. Historia larga y entretenida, me sorprendió gratamente, incluso el final está muy bien. Tiene un sistema de formar tu ejercito que es de lo mejor del juego, la pega es que tarda en llegar. Flaquea en el aspecto de exploración, ya que soloJuego muy completo. Se nota que es la misma desarrolladora que la serie Batman Arkham Asylum, ya que hereda el mismo sistema de exploración y combate. Historia larga y entretenida, me sorprendió gratamente, incluso el final está muy bien. Tiene un sistema de formar tu ejercito que es de lo mejor del juego, la pega es que tarda en llegar. Flaquea en el aspecto de exploración, ya que solo tiene 5 mapas y no son muy grandes. 8/10… Expand
  14. 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
  15. Mitya64
    Jan 28, 2019
    8
    Shadow war продолжение мордора. Если вам понравилась боевка и система немезида, то это игра вам понравиться. Добавили кучу крепостей, теперь можно вербовать капитанов и выбирать тактику по захвату. Теперь локации не 2, а 5 и каждая уникальная. Добавили драконов, теперь можно летать и все сжигать. Систему немезиду прокачали,теперь орки могут мстить за брата, унижать ломать мечи и т.дShadow war продолжение мордора. Если вам понравилась боевка и система немезида, то это игра вам понравиться. Добавили кучу крепостей, теперь можно вербовать капитанов и выбирать тактику по захвату. Теперь локации не 2, а 5 и каждая уникальная. Добавили драконов, теперь можно летать и все сжигать. Систему немезиду прокачали,теперь орки могут мстить за брата, унижать ломать мечи и т.д Добавили КУЧУ прокачки и шмоток. Не вижу смысла добавлять в эту игру орков за донат т.к они могут просто вас предать (то есть деньги на ветер) Сюжет очень интересный, а концовка намекает на продолжение. Ждем 3 части… Expand
  16. Aigorkish
    Jan 10, 2019
    10
    This game is simply AMAZING. Don't look at older reviews - developers updated it, this game is now not p2w. 40 hours of story,, good graphics, great gameplay.
  17. Krzych
    Jan 6, 2019
    8
    As for today the game is very good. Madly playable and addictive gameplay just as Shadow of Mordor, story is much better than you would expect and has quite a lot of depth. Even though lore accuracy is like none and game is not fully "serious" and mixes up tragedy and comedy all the time, there is a method in this madness and overall package is a success I didn't really expect whenAs for today the game is very good. Madly playable and addictive gameplay just as Shadow of Mordor, story is much better than you would expect and has quite a lot of depth. Even though lore accuracy is like none and game is not fully "serious" and mixes up tragedy and comedy all the time, there is a method in this madness and overall package is a success I didn't really expect when starting the game. Sieges and building your army was also not as ridiculous at it seemed at first. Infamous Act 4 has now only 5 fortress defenses instead of 20 from the original release, so you don't have to grind anything and resources you gather throughout the game are more than enough to complete these 5 defenses and it doesn't take long, and total of 35 hours for the entire game with around 90% overall completion and 100% with both story expansions, which were also enjoyable and better than SoM's expansions. On technical side of things the only real issue are these dreaded pre-rendered cutscenes that not only look like a joke even with 4K cutscene pack installed (which along with HD texture pack makes the game take 151 GB (!!!) of space and cutscenes still look 720p with no AA and tons of color banding) but also obviously don't scale with aspect ratio, so they degrade the overall experience noticeably. Game is also not demanding for most of the time, to the point that I used supersampling with dynamic resolution because this is how much headroom I had even on max settings. Overall the game is unconventional but has a strong idea for itself and generally succeeds, though this is definitely not what you would expect as Middle-earth fan and I still don't understand why we don't have any full fledged game in this universum, something like LOTRO but modern. As good as SoW and especially SoM are as games, they are not even 1/20th of what a true full fledged Middle-earth adaptation should be.… Expand
  18. realIK17
    Jan 6, 2019
    6
    I am not really a fan of middle earth lore. The story is mildly interesting. I do like it when the she-elf says that "sometimes victory to darkness is a stalemate". It is not entirely true and not really logical because it really depends on how you define victory and its relation with objectives. However, this game is entertaining enough. My favorite part is the carnan monster fightsI am not really a fan of middle earth lore. The story is mildly interesting. I do like it when the she-elf says that "sometimes victory to darkness is a stalemate". It is not entirely true and not really logical because it really depends on how you define victory and its relation with objectives. However, this game is entertaining enough. My favorite part is the carnan monster fights between the tree goddess and fire demon which is really intense (despite the fact that I always play with cheats lol). A good triple A game and worth your time if you are free on during holidays or just generally bored… Expand
  19. 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
  20. akshayshah14
    Oct 29, 2018
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My review is going to be based on actual gameplay for about 40 hours.

    The Good:

    The first game shadow of mordor was a refreshing cross between Batman and Assassins creed inspired gameplay in the middle earth world. This game builds up on that and take gameplay further with some cool additions to it, no negatives here. At level 30 and above even on Nemesis difficulty game starts feeling less and less challenging, yet to play act 4 but till now barring couple of tough fights it's been a breeze post level 30. The fortress siege and its defenses sound cool at first but are not that great a mechanism for single player game and yet it has lot of emphasis on it. Graphics are awesome, at ultra getting smooth 60+ fps on gtx 1070 on 1080p which is nice. But this about is the good stuff.

    The Bad :

    1. Story : Frankly not a big fan of the story of this game, feels very uninteresting from the get go, not that first game had best story but still it was better in that aspect of story telling and staying lot closer to the lore.

    2. The Quality of Quests: Granted story quest is bit longer this time around, but you'll spend a lot of time killing uruk captains in various regions and participating into nemesis missions, to make ranger stronger and offcourse finding ideal captain allies based on strengths and weaknesses.

    Edit : The grind sort of is unnecessary now and they have removed the store and made some nifty additions such as training uruks which kind of compensates for the RNG probabilities for legendary captains, Revising my score to 8(from original score of 5) after the recent changes. Definitely a good buy now )    … Expand
  21. 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
  22. NikeSh
    Sep 13, 2018
    7
    В данной рецензии не буду затрагивать тему лутбоксов, т.к. они уже убрали их на момент когда я проходил игру. Игра весьма неплоха, сюжет интригует и будет интересен фанам LotR, но его мало, приготовьтесь к тому что всё будет завязано исключительно на геймплее, с одной катсценой в пару часов. Ну так будет у тех кто как и я проходил сайдквесты. Геймплей затягивает, гринда много по этому - наВ данной рецензии не буду затрагивать тему лутбоксов, т.к. они уже убрали их на момент когда я проходил игру. Игра весьма неплоха, сюжет интригует и будет интересен фанам LotR, но его мало, приготовьтесь к тому что всё будет завязано исключительно на геймплее, с одной катсценой в пару часов. Ну так будет у тех кто как и я проходил сайдквесты. Геймплей затягивает, гринда много по этому - на любителя. Графика хороша, не заметил чтоб от первой части сильно улучшилась, но всё таки иногда видишь что постарались. Управление на клаве очень - не очень, так что совет - играйте на контроллере. DLC сюжетные к игре хороши в сюжетном плане. На прохождение сюжетки с большей частью сайдквестов ушло чуть больше 40 часов.… Expand
  23. YaBoiMaxi
    Aug 3, 2018
    9
    Some bugs here and there but still a pretty solid game and the best of all the loot boxes got removed so cheers!
  24. chaos7
    Jul 16, 2018
    10
    A fantastic game without a doubt. Improves everything from the first game severalfold. The combat, the skill system, the bosses, the story etc. The combat has been further refined, the skills are now more in number and have variations attached to them, there are several actual boss battles in this one unlike the first game where the only real boss fight was the Hammer, and finally theA fantastic game without a doubt. Improves everything from the first game severalfold. The combat, the skill system, the bosses, the story etc. The combat has been further refined, the skills are now more in number and have variations attached to them, there are several actual boss battles in this one unlike the first game where the only real boss fight was the Hammer, and finally the story. While the game doesn't care much for the lore, it tends to stay true to the movie canon. The story, ignoring lore discrepancies, is a good one IMO. It touches upon some really interesting themes and takes quite the interesting twists near the end. The new gear system is amazing and a ton of fun, adding a lot to build variety and such. The open world of Mordor is a joy to play through and experience. Then, of course, there's the Nemesis System. It has seen so much improvement from the first game, it's amazing. More interactions, more types of orcs, more varied and improved trait system, followers are no longer brainless zombies, among many other things. One will have to play it to grasp the full scope of it. It's truly incredible.

    From seeing how positive both user reviews on Steam and critical reviews are, it should be obvious to anyone on this page looking for an honest review that the idiots rating it 1-2/10 have never played the game and have tried to review bomb this game over the lootbox controversy. The lootboxes were always useless in this game. Anyone who has played it will tell you that. The orcs you obtain are literally inferior 90% of the time in comparison to orcs you can snag from the open world by just playing the game. There's the Shadow Wars, hailed frequently as being "grindy" and encouraging lootboxes. Nothing could be further than the truth. People call the Shadow Wars (Act IV) grindy because it involves doing a sequence of things (defending/retaking forts) 20 or so times, over and over again. Using lootboxes do not help you here because a) Getting orcs isn't even the issue with Act IV, it's the repetitiveness (which some people like, myself included, since it's the only thing to do once the game's main story is over at the end of Act III) and b) The best orcs in the game assault you during these fort stages (therefore you have quite the endless supply of powerful orcs, making the already useless lootboxes even more useless). The notion that this Act encouraged lootboxes came from an idiotic review by Polygon and another review site, which was furthered by idiotic YouTubers like YongYea and Jim Sterling who never played the game personally to verify the truth of those reviews.

    However, all of that matters little now anyway because there's an update coming today (or tomorrow, for some other people), that completely removes the option to purchase lootboxes from the Market (the ability to get them with real money was already removed in May, now the option to get them even with free Gold obtained in-game will be removed along with the entirety of the Market). It's a big update that changes Act IV to be much more streamlined (and adds dialogue and narrative elements), and adds a lot of new things like new gear, new skins etc. The developer, Monolith, has been very good terms of support and as always,. has succeeded once again in making a fantastic game that will have an enduring fanbase. So, my final score for this game would be a definite 10/10, A truly fantastic and enjoyable experience.    … Expand
  25. willvargas
    Jul 11, 2018
    9
    Forget all about multiplayer that I actually have not played after 100 hrs and the lootboxes and enjoy a great 2nd part of the Lord of the rings adventure, you won't forget.
  26. schtickytape
    Jun 22, 2018
    10
    This game is fantastic. It is rated so low as a reaction to loot box hysteria brought on largely by Star Wars Battlefront. Having played through this game without having purchased one lootbox I can say they were completely irrelevent. The game is loads of fun. This and its predecessor are the only games that have the fantastic Nemesis system.
    They have removed pay-lootboxes from the    This game is fantastic. It is rated so low as a reaction to loot box hysteria brought on largely by Star Wars Battlefront. Having played through this game without having purchased one lootbox I can say they were completely irrelevent. The game is loads of fun. This and its predecessor are the only games that have the fantastic Nemesis system.
    They have removed pay-lootboxes from the game in response to fan criticism. You can get the game on sale for half its launch price. Give it a try!    … Expand
  27. 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
  28. Legendb2015
    May 30, 2018
    6
    Ok, well now that they took away microtransactions I decided to give this game a try. The current 3.1 metacritic score is a HAMMERING and justified from launch until this past month when they FINALLY stop asking players to pay to win or go through a god awful grind. Im glad players are finally start to rebel against these predatory practices, and can only hope we continue to fight againstOk, well now that they took away microtransactions I decided to give this game a try. The current 3.1 metacritic score is a HAMMERING and justified from launch until this past month when they FINALLY stop asking players to pay to win or go through a god awful grind. Im glad players are finally start to rebel against these predatory practices, and can only hope we continue to fight against this corporate gaming scam thats been brutalizing players and the fun out of games for years now. I do think this game deserves to have players go back and update their reviews now after trying it without the microtransactions. On to my thoughts.

    The Good:
    Graphics A+ (mordor looks pretty freakin awesome)
    The Story (only made it to act 2 so far but its decent thus far.
    Getting Orcs to fight by your side (though i've been having a frustrating time getting this to happen, more on that below).
    Finishing Moves and Upgrade system is in depth.

    The Bad:
    The enemies arent nearly as a push over like those in Assassins creed, but they're still lacking intelligence or good combat...its manly only the fact they surround you in alot of numbers that gives the illusion of good, "skilled" if you will, fighting. I find the combat system bitter sweet, finishers are nice, but its manly just a hack n slash with alot of frustrations...especially since you cant heal out of combat or use a potion of sorts. Very frustrating trying to finish an enemy off and constantly being trolled by another enemy during the same finishing sequence over and over and over. Programming enemies to be frustrating and to rush over EVERY time you're about to do a finisher is pretty lame IMO. Makes battles long and drawn out,gets pretty repetitive fast, most orcs you'll find yourself just wanting to run around.

    The Ugly:
    Whomever programmed the green marked orcs (ones you need to interrogate for information on the armies), I want to talk a long walk off a short pier and get out of the industry, your mechanic you decided on is freaking STUPID..constantly having to chase green marked orcs across the map 20 times for each army across, what like 6 armies is the lamest mechanic and nothing but time consuming filler.

    The first few hours I spent being constantly interrupted by pop ups, need this, need that, do this when you get this, do that when you get that...HOLY CRAP..how do you expect anybody to remember all this crap when you flood it in the first 2 hours and harass players like that...learn to spread things out.

    Overall:
    I doubt I beat it (or care to) because of the frustrating game mechanics, annoyances, and sheer repetitive filling, but we'll see..as it stands now I'll give it a 6/10. Hard to get above that from me in this day and age, most games just lack the extra time needed to polish or add decent content due to corporate greed wanting to assembly line crap out of door every year. Wish developers would take back their pride and put some more effort into their art...oh wait, its hardly art anymore, thanks for selling out (sarcasm).    … Expand
  29. 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
  30. Hudsonius
    May 9, 2018
    9
    Good game game, fun combat, graphics and story. Don't listen to the reviews about micro-transactions. Monolith has removed them from the game in the last update, making this game a 9/10.
  31. ChosenUndead99
    Apr 29, 2018
    6
    With a massive expansion on the nemesis system, you would expect this game to be an easy recommendation. But the final act is boring due to a large artificial grind to encourage you to buy loot boxes.
  32. Sunykamey
    Apr 2, 2018
    5
    I am a big fan of LotR and the universe but this game is just tedious and not fun. The bad reputation is well deserved and has as to my experience nothing to do with loot boxes. Just play for more than one hour and you will experience one of the most frustrating single player games (when considering AAA games) ever. It may be by design but the enemies just won't get any less independentlyI am a big fan of LotR and the universe but this game is just tedious and not fun. The bad reputation is well deserved and has as to my experience nothing to do with loot boxes. Just play for more than one hour and you will experience one of the most frustrating single player games (when considering AAA games) ever. It may be by design but the enemies just won't get any less independently on how many of them (also captains) you slay. Look I like a challenge but this game is like an endless horde mode on some different maps sold as a full price game. And on top of that the enemies literally just SPAWN IN ON TOP OF YOU all the times when battling captains.

    I'm really disappointed about those things in a game that could be lore rich (I don't even touch this subject because it has been covered before) and engaging but somehow I lose interest on the rest some hours in.    … Expand
  33. morpheus_7081
    Mar 19, 2018
    8
    Ignore the haters that are marking every positive review of this game as unhelpful. In my opinion, micro-transactions aside, this is a fun game. Not as good as Shadow of Mordor but still pretty fun if you ask me. It does suck that the developers let greed get the best of them but we are living in the age of micro-transactions unfortunately.

    If you are a fan of Tolkien mythology and the    Ignore the haters that are marking every positive review of this game as unhelpful. In my opinion, micro-transactions aside, this is a fun game. Not as good as Shadow of Mordor but still pretty fun if you ask me. It does suck that the developers let greed get the best of them but we are living in the age of micro-transactions unfortunately.

    If you are a fan of Tolkien mythology and the first game, then I suggest you check this out for yourself. Ignore the game's abysmal user score. It really doesn't deserve it. Check the game out for yourself.    … Expand
  34. mrseannathan
    Mar 11, 2018
    8
    Despite all the negative comments, I would still make a case for this game and tell you it's a great game to play. Whether it's worth paying full price for, that's up to you. It's very similar to the first (think of it as going from one Assassin's Creed title to another, there's very little difference but some stuff have been added and/or changed).

    Think of this game like an Assassin's    Despite all the negative comments, I would still make a case for this game and tell you it's a great game to play. Whether it's worth paying full price for, that's up to you. It's very similar to the first (think of it as going from one Assassin's Creed title to another, there's very little difference but some stuff have been added and/or changed).

    Think of this game like an Assassin's Creed (size of map, NPC's walking around, repetitive objectives) mixed with Batman combat (multistreak, skill tree, counter and strike) all in a LOTR setting. Some parts feel like a hack and slash, similar to For Honored but combat is still a lot like Batman.

    For those who are not die hard fans of the game, or LOTR in general, it's hard to really find a way to convince you to pay full price for it. I would recommend waiting for a sale but still taking the time to finish it. Despite getting the Gold Edition, I don't know if I see myself playing this when I've completed the game. Right now I'm trying to 100% the game but I am also growing impatient and may just finish the story and be done with it.

    One thing I would really change: The mini-cutscene you encouter when facing off against a captian..

    EDIT: I have now completed ACT 3.. I've 100%'d everything except the siege missions which are all part of this endgame (ACT 4). My strong recommendation.. all your collectables, but don't waste your time after you've hit ACT 4. It's the same stuff over and over again and everyone is saying just go on youtube and watch the ending (BUT ONLY DO THIS ONCE YOU'VE HIT ACT 4 aka SHADOW WARS).

    Despite that, absolutely powerful story! Love it and I'm almost compelled to play though it again.    … Expand
  35. monnef
    Feb 28, 2018
    5
    First half of the game is great - cut scenes, story, mechanics, graphics. But second half is unbelievably boring, repetitive and I guess that without buying loot boxes (in a SINGLE player game, WTF?) you will suffer.
  36. Tomle1202
    Feb 21, 2018
    7
    Middle-earth: Shadow of War's forgettable moments are too noticeable, whilst the brilliant ones never shine brightly enough to hide a rather stretched, tiresome experience created by microtransactions.
  37. Robobob
    Jan 28, 2018
    8
    Man this game is fun but brutal. I've only played about 10 hours so after further play I might change my review. There are tons of enemies, skills and gear. The unique bosses are fun with a wide variety of weaknesses, strengths and attacks. Controlling enemies to add to your army is a brilliant addition though I've only dabbled in this. The graphics are pretty good but just a hairMan this game is fun but brutal. I've only played about 10 hours so after further play I might change my review. There are tons of enemies, skills and gear. The unique bosses are fun with a wide variety of weaknesses, strengths and attacks. Controlling enemies to add to your army is a brilliant addition though I've only dabbled in this. The graphics are pretty good but just a hair under some recent new games that I've played. You can tell that this is just an upgrade of the previous game and engine.
    Sometimes the controls can be frustrating. I'm trying to climb a wall in a hurry and my character is doing flips at its base. I'm trying to climb to the top of the building and my character stalls because I forget I need to press A to vault up. Pressing too hard on the right stick centers the camera. When mashing dodge keys the camera pops up accidentally. Stuff like this adds up and makes me think the control layout could have been done better, A recent game with similar game-play Assassin's Creed Origins finally got the control down perfect, they should take note.
    Though stealth is done well and it's my go to play style in a game like this, getting into combat is a major chore. There are always a TON of enemies around. And, initially, each enemy take 5-6 hits to kill so fights are needlessly long. You will always be taking on a minimum of a half dozen at a time and chances are more will join in. This makes it impossible to chase down intel orcs or if, god-forbid, your target boss retreats. There's no way you can catch him so you'll have to fight him all over again. Sometimes I scout the area and attack when suddenly a new unforeseen orc-boss pops out of nowhere and I'm f**** if I don't run. I don't get that.
    Death is so brutal in that the orc that kills you will level up a couple times, some other orcs may level and vacant spots will be filled with new captain recruits. Major buzz kills like this abound.
    Aside from those negatives there are plenty of cool surprises in this game and I'll leave you with two. I'm fighting a boss above my level and I nearly have him beaten when he knocks me down for the third time. Usually you get 2 quick-time attempts to save your life and get back into the fight well I failed the one. Just as the axe came down in slow motion, a random soldier of Gondor jumped in and saved my life... killing the low HP boss for me.. THAT WAS JUST AMAZING AND I WENT WILD!! He rattle off some quip about chatty orcs being their demise and ran off into the fight. So cool.
    Another equally cool event: another orc had beaten me but refuse to let me die without a real fight so my HP were healed and we fought again, but I beat him the second time. Moments like this give the game so much heart and personality like anything else I've seen.
    It's the closest thing to being in a movie.    … Expand
  38. Baluberda
    Jan 8, 2018
    0
    ruined by the microtransactions on the online, also the main story is not included (look expansions)
  39. rodericrinehart
    Jan 2, 2018
    9
    SCORE: 9/10

    First off, the game is an improvement in every way from Shadow of Mordor - better combat, more varied environments, better graphics, better world building, better use of your followers, and no QTEs. It is a derivative game - combining the parkour of Assassin's Creed, the towers of Far Cry and Assassin's Creed, with the melee combat of Batman and the bow combat of Tomb Raider    SCORE: 9/10

    First off, the game is an improvement in every way from Shadow of Mordor - better combat, more varied environments, better graphics, better world building, better use of your followers, and no QTEs. It is a derivative game - combining the parkour of Assassin's Creed, the towers of Far Cry and Assassin's Creed, with the melee combat of Batman and the bow combat of Tomb Raider or Horizon Zero Dawn, There are times with investigations - similar to The Witcher 3 and Batman. It combines all these aspects into the lore and world of Tolkien. It isn't canon by any means, but it is an enjoyable story and only the most die-hard fans would have a problem with it. My favorite book and movie ever is The Lord of the Rings, and I'm fine with the liberties this game takes.

    As for the microtransactions and loot boxes that people have complained about, it is far overblown. You absolutely do not need a single thing, and I have seen multiple gaming publications repeat that same things. When I read Metacritic and some forums, I would swear that the people complaining have never actually played the game. That said, I wish they weren't there because I don't like them in general and don't like where the games industry is headed with them.

    The game is super fun, looks to have 40-60 hours of extended gameplay for just one play-through, and offers ultrawidescreen gaming that performs very well at 3440x1440p on ultra everything with a 1080ti.    … Expand
  40. 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?
  41. Soujirop
    Dec 18, 2017
    8
    Shadow of War is everything Shadow of Mordor wanted to be, but sometimes it feels more like a big DLC rather than a new game.

    The graphical aspect didn't improve much, the combat is still really enjoyable as long as you play in the highest difficulty. There is more variety in the animations and the skills have been organized in a more RPG fashion, which is good. There is also a loot    Shadow of War is everything Shadow of Mordor wanted to be, but sometimes it feels more like a big DLC rather than a new game.

    The graphical aspect didn't improve much, the combat is still really enjoyable as long as you play in the highest difficulty. There is more variety in the animations and the skills have been organized in a more RPG fashion, which is good. There is also a loot system now with a variety of gear that give interesting bonuses. The nemesis system has aged well, with a wider spectrum of orcs that now you will actualy get to see waging war against each other, with big fortresses as rewards. The story has been greatly improved both in length and dramatism, but it is clearly more concerned about mimicking an action movie than about being consistent with LORT lore. The weakest point of the game is likely its 4th and final act, in which you will spend hours of repeating the same actions over and over again, everything to get an abrupt, not very satisfying, ending. The variety and size in the world are welcomed, but they don't really get to break monotony as you will do mostly the same things in every province.

    About the loot boxes, not sure what to think about them. I can only say I've never used them and didn't feel the need at all.

    Overall a good game that will benefit as it keeps turning in a more RPG experience, maybe for the 3rd title?    … Expand
  42. 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.
  43. Mandulum
    Dec 11, 2017
    6
    Five Word Review: Engaging game, ignore some parts.
    Favorite Thing: I still love the combat, it's very responsive and engaging. There are also a lot of rather enjoyable quests.
    Least Favorite Thing: Act 4 feels like it was created to steer you toward purchasing loot boxes. It's a HUGE grind and not very fun. Date Completed: 2017-12-10 Playtime: ~ 30h (did all side quests, skipped the    Five Word Review: Engaging game, ignore some parts.
    Favorite Thing: I still love the combat, it's very responsive and engaging. There are also a lot of rather enjoyable quests.
    Least Favorite Thing: Act 4 feels like it was created to steer you toward purchasing loot boxes. It's a HUGE grind and not very fun.

    Date Completed: 2017-12-10
    Playtime: ~ 30h (did all side quests, skipped the Shadow Wars)
    Enjoyment: 6/10 (-2 points of Shadow Wars)
    Recommendation: I quite enjoyed the game until Shadow Wars. If you're okay with technically not finishing it then it's worth your time.    … Expand
  44. SantuxLMAO
    Dec 10, 2017
    0
    dont support greedy devs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  45. 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
  46. dacgames
    Dec 7, 2017
    7
    I think that general criticisms are very much mediated by micro-transactions. The game is an acceptable evolution of Shadow of Mordor with a combat system and more balanced difficulty and, therefore, more interesting. The separation of the game spaces in 5 differentiated regions turned out to be a "half-way" success that gives a variety of scenarios, but it is not used because it does notI think that general criticisms are very much mediated by micro-transactions. The game is an acceptable evolution of Shadow of Mordor with a combat system and more balanced difficulty and, therefore, more interesting. The separation of the game spaces in 5 differentiated regions turned out to be a "half-way" success that gives a variety of scenarios, but it is not used because it does not grant unique environmental elements that complement the mechanics of gameplay.

    Likewise, the progression of the character feels extremely comfortable, up to level 40 at least. Then the remaining skill points acquired even though they serve to complete the skill tree become relatively complex to acquire. Especially for granting some of them through the progression of missions or collectibles.

    I see the most serious flaw in the narrative level, where you do not feel identification or intrigue to explore the story that counts. Added to that practically the game does not take shape until well into chapter II with the most established mechanics. It does not feel organic or fluid in the first instance. It almost seems insipid and irrelevant.

    The graphic level seems average, not sublime because it has a nice finish to look at. But it feels "past", almost old in comparison to the titles offered in this same temporality of release.

    The real attraction is in the nemesis system, much better complemented by new possibilities and combinations that manage to generate identification with the war chief and captains that you face or dominate. The jewel of the game is here in all its glory.

    The management and interface is quite intuitive, it is not annoying and allows you to easily deploy through the selection menus. With the map it is a bit more rudimentary but just as functional.

    The Achilles heel falls into a built-in micro-payment system. Although it has no "real" implications for the basic online mode it has, it feels almost a steal for the ridiculously high profits you can acquire in such a short time, which completely breaks the balance of the game and its development during levels and zones. in which the player unfolds. The game is not really bad, but it turned out to be a kick to the consumer's cheek by proposing this semi-pay to win system that completely eliminates the attraction it has to show.

    In short: as a sequel is fairly well achieved with points to improve to innovate in narrative and exploitation of a single system in which no one has thought to venture even (the nemesis system). But the micro transactions completely damage the positive that may have and even transgress the player / consumer itself that acquires the title either in pre-sale or on the date of release.    … Expand
  47. 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.
  48. SuperKev
    Dec 3, 2017
    9
    Most of these reviews are nothing to do with the game. Is it fun - yep. Is it a lot of fun - yep. Speeding up your progress via the microtransactions is totally optional. The gameplay itself is certainly AAA, graphics, acting, smoothness all top notch stuff. The story is also engaging. It's funny the bad reviews revolve around a) they hate microtransactions even if they are totallyMost of these reviews are nothing to do with the game. Is it fun - yep. Is it a lot of fun - yep. Speeding up your progress via the microtransactions is totally optional. The gameplay itself is certainly AAA, graphics, acting, smoothness all top notch stuff. The story is also engaging. It's funny the bad reviews revolve around a) they hate microtransactions even if they are totally optional and b) they weaved a story around LOTR that isn't part of the canon - thing is neither of those are anything to do with if it is a great game or not. So bottom line if you are a regular person this game is great but if you are a LOTR zealot or if you interpret any transactions in a game as some sort of mortal sin then avoid it. I think the game is a blast.… Expand
  49. 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.
  50. 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
  51. Knux57
    Nov 29, 2017
    10
    If you let the bad press about the completely skippable loot boxes turn you away from this game, you'll be missing out on a very good and unique experience that isn't likely to be featured in another game until, perhaps, a sequel to this one is made. (Actual score is more like a 9, but to combat the collective "REEEE" people have corrupted the user score with, I'll make it a 10).
  52. 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.
  53. 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
  54. ChiefsHammer
    Nov 27, 2017
    8
    Excellent game, very much like the first with a bunch of new features. Yes it has loot boxes, but NO you are not required to buy them, all content is accessible. Game has PVP where loot boxes may give one player a few stronger orcs a bit quicker than someone who's grinding for them, but that doesn't make it P2W. Some of the battles can get intense, especially when one orc keepsExcellent game, very much like the first with a bunch of new features. Yes it has loot boxes, but NO you are not required to buy them, all content is accessible. Game has PVP where loot boxes may give one player a few stronger orcs a bit quicker than someone who's grinding for them, but that doesn't make it P2W. Some of the battles can get intense, especially when one orc keeps ambushing you over and over, it starts to feel really personal!

    Seriously guys, get over the fact it has microtransactions and enjoy the game for what it is. Putting them in a full price game, sure pretty sketchy, but judge the game on it's content, not the devs greed.    … Expand
  55. Bastillon
    Nov 24, 2017
    9
    If you liked Shadow of Mordor, you will like this one 10 times more. It does everything better, including its Nemesis System which provides endless fun.
  56. 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
  57. 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
  58. 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!
  59. Keicraig
    Nov 20, 2017
    10
    This game is everything I loved about the previous title and so much more! I spent most of release day playing. It contains gorgeous open maps, fantastic orcs and new types of enemies, many missions, endless action, deep gameplay, long story mode. I'm getting more than my money's worth! Players get loot by playing missions, so the micro transaction controversy isn't effecting me becauseThis game is everything I loved about the previous title and so much more! I spent most of release day playing. It contains gorgeous open maps, fantastic orcs and new types of enemies, many missions, endless action, deep gameplay, long story mode. I'm getting more than my money's worth! Players get loot by playing missions, so the micro transaction controversy isn't effecting me because I want to spend hours playing the game.… Expand
  60. SchindlersFist
    Nov 20, 2017
    8
    The game is a lot of fun, the upgrades from the original are nice, the game is bigger, has a great endgame, the sieges are fun, the orcs are fun and interesting, and I had zero microtransactions and beat the game just fine.
  61. Mahdiar
    Nov 19, 2017
    9
    Gameplay : 9
    Graphics : 9
    Story : 7
    Sound : 8
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    Overall : 9
  62. 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.
  63. 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).
  64. 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.
  65. CaptainPuGDoG
    Nov 16, 2017
    7
    Loot boxes,Loot boxes,Loot boxes,Loot boxes,Loot boxes,Loot boxes,or Grinding Grinding Grinding Grinding Grinding Grinding
    But this game have interesting story 8,and beautiful animation 8,and this fight animation only one,because of this, it is time to spend on Grinding
    World 5 all game design so primitive and unremarkable
  66. 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
  67. 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.
  68. Bloodish
    Nov 12, 2017
    5
    The gameplay in Shadow of War is superb. The nemesis system returns stronger than ever, and you truly feel like an awesome power-house when taking on a bunch of enemies as Talion.

    The reason for my mid-to-low score is the overall story and pacing of the game. It's as if the writers just made a a checklist for some stuff to happen and then extremely quickly glazed over those plot points    The gameplay in Shadow of War is superb. The nemesis system returns stronger than ever, and you truly feel like an awesome power-house when taking on a bunch of enemies as Talion.

    The reason for my mid-to-low score is the overall story and pacing of the game. It's as if the writers just made a a checklist for some stuff to happen and then extremely quickly glazed over those plot points in some cutscenes that are far apart in the story. And when the story actually starts to get interesting, the game is suddenly over. (Well, for me the game is over once the shadow wars start, since then it's just a ~10 hour grind to get a final cutscene which I just found on youtube).

    I had hoped this game would be better, and I'm surprised that what left a bad taste in my mouth wasn't the microtransactions (which I barely noticed was in the game. I never felt a need for it, even on the Nemesis Diffuculty), but instead it was the story and pacing that made it all fall flat. It's a shame, since the overall gameplay mechanics are really fleshed out and a lot of fun.    … Expand
  69. Loosestool
    Nov 9, 2017
    9
    I hesitated to buy this based on all the negative reviews. I assumed it would be a non-stop barrage of commercials for the microtransactions. But I really enjoyed the original, so I took a chance. Now I'm 20+ hours into playing on medium difficulty, and have not been harassed to buy anything even once. Nor have I been seriously tempted to look into it. I know there are boosts and gear II hesitated to buy this based on all the negative reviews. I assumed it would be a non-stop barrage of commercials for the microtransactions. But I really enjoyed the original, so I took a chance. Now I'm 20+ hours into playing on medium difficulty, and have not been harassed to buy anything even once. Nor have I been seriously tempted to look into it. I know there are boosts and gear I can buy, but I'm progressing at a satisfying pace without them. Maybe I'll get to the end and be frustrated by some pay wall or whatever, but even if so, I don't think it will be that big of a deal for me in light of the numerous hours I've enjoyed already. I would probably ignore the paywall and move on to the next game, per my usual.

    So putting aside the nothing burger (for me anyway) that is all the negative hype about the microtransactions, I am really impressed with the game and I'm enjoying it. The graphics and gameplay are great and I've had no issues with bugs. If you liked the original, you'll love this one. Just ignore the haters and don't buy anything extra if you don't want. Simple.    … Expand
  70. Archound
    Nov 7, 2017
    9
    I did not even notice paid content. The game has really cool combat system, all skills combined together makes you an unstoppable killing machine. I felt like speedrunning and the game mechanics helped me in this, which is a big plus. Shadow of War deserves high mark for gameplay value. Story could be better, especially side missions. Also, nemesis system worked better in previousI did not even notice paid content. The game has really cool combat system, all skills combined together makes you an unstoppable killing machine. I felt like speedrunning and the game mechanics helped me in this, which is a big plus. Shadow of War deserves high mark for gameplay value. Story could be better, especially side missions. Also, nemesis system worked better in previous installment, as now there are simply too many orcs, and their speeches are boring and way too often. Fewer orcs and more memorable - this is better.… Expand
  71. 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.
  72. 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
  73. SwissCheeese
    Nov 6, 2017
    8
    Game is fun, well executed, bigger. It takes the good things from the first one and improve them. Micro transactions is NOT an issue ; got money to spend ? Go ahead. Don’t want to ? No problem, earn your perks in game. I am near my play trough, at around 60 hours of fun (with vendetta and online fortress). Money well spend.
  74. 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.
  75. Mrm77
    Nov 5, 2017
    10
    I completed the game yesterday and i liked the game shadow of war is much better than mordor and i recomend this game to all who love tolkin's world and action adventure games.
    But unfortunately reviewer didn't give a real score that is comfortable for this game but shadow of war is one of five best games in 2017 and i think the real suitable meta score for this game could be about 90
  76. 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.
  77. Shoxik
    Nov 4, 2017
    9
    Lord of the Rings. How many games lately have appeared on the subject of the lord of the rings? Lord of the Rings. Lord of the Rings. Lord of the Rings!!!
  78. 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
  79. falberto
    Nov 4, 2017
    7
    O jogo ia muito bem, mas no ato 4 perde a mao, entra num grid louco korean style, fica repetitivo e chato demais!!!
    E o pior que o true end está nessa parte, mas ai vc pode pagar uns trocados e pegar orcks mais fortes, ou seja, jogo foi pensando em loot box o tempo todo
  80. josei1985
    Nov 3, 2017
    7
    Este análisis lo hago tras acabar el acto tercero. Me niego a perder el tiempo y hacer lo mismo que las anteriores 50 horas.

    Este juego es clavado al 1 con la diferencia que lo mejora en todo, siendo un juego de notable pero que como aquél se hace repetitivo y añade contenido secundario tan poco inspirado como en los juegos de la competencia. Recomiendo el juego YA para aquellos    Este análisis lo hago tras acabar el acto tercero. Me niego a perder el tiempo y hacer lo mismo que las anteriores 50 horas.

    Este juego es clavado al 1 con la diferencia que lo mejora en todo, siendo un juego de notable pero que como aquél se hace repetitivo y añade contenido secundario tan poco inspirado como en los juegos de la competencia.

    Recomiendo el juego YA para aquellos fanáticos del mundo de Tolkien y del Sombras de Mordor, no les va a defraudar. Para el resto, aconsejo esperar a que esté a 20-25€ o ed. goty.

    Pros
    - ambientación
    - buenos gráficos pero no punteros
    - Salvo al final en una misión, ningún fallo o bugs. Ni tirones ni nada raro.
    - Sistema nemésis mejorado aunque en cada región te toca un orco que no te lo quitas ni con agua caliente y resucita siempre.
    - Sistema de combate igual al anterior que recuerda al Batman. Funciona bien aunque a veces tienes que mantener el botón para saltar y mientras tanto te meten de leches. Ha fallado ocasionalmente a la hora de ascender paredes.

    Contra
    - Continuista. Una hipotética tercera entrega pide a gritos una renovación integral en los siguientes puntos.
    - Repetitivo: parece tener una plantilla y las misiones se reducen a hacer las 4 o 5 cosas una y otra vez. En cada región como vayas a saco a hacer tu ejercito y tomar la fortaleza sin alternar con misiones se te va a hacer un poco pesado de jugar
    - Contenido secundario: lo mismo que en el uno. Poca imaginación.
    - Orcos parlanchines. Se hace pesado tragarte la retahila de tonterias que te sueltan antes de luchar con ellos sin poder pasarlo.
    - Arbol de habilidades. Raro, desaprovechado. En nivel 25 ya no sabes en qué gastar los puntos.
    - Acto cuarto. Inexplicable decisión. Como muchos he optado por acabar el juego al término del tercero, que ya me ha dado más de 50 horas con todo al 100% completado. Peor aún que las cajitas.    … Expand
  81. 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.
  82. 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.
  83. DrGiulianaDave
    Nov 1, 2017
    10
    Reading reviews for this games is probably the best way to loose IQ...
    This game is amazing, and even better than Shadow of Mordor. The loot-system works well, same with the skill-system. The nemesis system is still awesome, perhaps even a little improved.
    Regarding the loot crates, i haven't bought a single one and i'm smashing through it no problem. If you take your time and enjoy    Reading reviews for this games is probably the best way to loose IQ...
    This game is amazing, and even better than Shadow of Mordor. The loot-system works well, same with the skill-system. The nemesis system is still awesome, perhaps even a little improved.

    Regarding the loot crates, i haven't bought a single one and i'm smashing through it no problem. If you take your time and enjoy the game, you have no need for the whatsoever.    … Expand
  84. 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.
  85. Canisrah
    Oct 30, 2017
    5
    If there was any way to give this game a 10 I would try to do it because I really enjoyed the first one and I love the Tolkien universe dearly.
    Hopes were high for Shadow of War and I even took time off from work on release to sit down and really devote some time to it. The game is pretty much a copy of the first in terms of game-play but with more stuff thrown in on every element plus    If there was any way to give this game a 10 I would try to do it because I really enjoyed the first one and I love the Tolkien universe dearly.
    Hopes were high for Shadow of War and I even took time off from work on release to sit down and really devote some time to it. The game is pretty much a copy of the first in terms of game-play but with more stuff thrown in on every element plus the addition of fortress attack and defense.
    Visuals are good, mood is still good and the story is engaging for the most part aside from the addition of a couple of non canon characters who are a mixed bag (Carnan is beyond irritating).
    But the problem with this sequel is that it seems to drain the magic out of the experience by turning into a chaotic mess that quickly becomes a by-the-numbers open world game livened up only by the excellent nemesis system.
    I could point to other weak social justice propaganda inclusions like a female Gondorian soldier and a black Gondorian (though the game tries to justify this by saying he's one of the Haradrim who joined Gondor and it almost works). Problem with social justice crusading in games is that unless you give some meaning to your social engineering within the context of the game world everyone knows its just a 'diversity' hire which cheapens the whole experience and shows no respect for the source material. That said, its not that bad and the characters seem passable if you can forgive the snub to the lore.
    But the cardinal sin committed here is the introduction of loot boxes in a single player game - absolutely unforgivable.
    Overall... bit of a disappointment really.    … Expand
  86. 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
  87. 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...........................
  88. 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)
  89. 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
  90. 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.
  91. 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
  92. 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 $60 game should be designed to be fun, rather being designed to manipulate you into paying more money to skip boring content.
  93. Buthomar
    Oct 28, 2017
    0
    Предзаказл игру за 2 месяца за 99$, 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
  94. 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
  95. 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
  96. 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
  97. SuperkenGaming
    Oct 27, 2017
    7
    Middle Earth Shadow of War
    Lacking Soul
    I’m about to break most of your hearts, I didn’t like shadow of war as much as every other reviewer… As to me this game feels like a soulless cash grab Shadow of War is the sequel to the much better middle earth shadow of Mordor.. You once again play as Talion who sets out to bring balance to middle earth... As a less personal story compared to    Middle Earth Shadow of War
    Lacking Soul
    I’m about to break most of your hearts, I didn’t like shadow of war as much as every other reviewer…
    As to me this game feels like a soulless cash grab
    Shadow of War is the sequel to the much better middle earth shadow of Mordor..
    You once again play as Talion who sets out to bring balance to middle earth...
    As a less personal story compared to the first... the game struggled to keep my attention with its story or world…
    Basically Shadow of War feels like more of the same with none of the heart…
    It’s a cash grab riding off of the success of the original…
    The world is much larger this time, but bigger isn’t always better as every area in this game feels generic and unmemorable…
    Back are the assassins creed like syncing point that lets you scout out this games collectables to unlock new moves in the skill tree…
    Skill wise there isn’t anything special…
    You’ll easily have every skill unlocked by time you reach the end of act 3 which takes around 19 hours.. and is the base of this games story…
    skills for the most part unlock moves you had in the first game though they have 1 of 3 modifiers that take away their annoyances from the first game like allowing celebrimbor to counter attacks while you’re doing a ground finish or add an elemental effect to a special attack like poison or fire for example…
    There’s also a really cool weapon and rune system here where you can craft runes to give you boosts like xp or life drain.. and each rare, epic, and legendary weapon or clothing item has a challenge attached to them that will unlock a perk… giving a little personality to each
    These items of course picked up off of orcs with the same rarity
    Getting rid of the annoyances is the best shadow of war does, you’re now able to run extremely fast taking away the annoying fleeing enemy moments and there’s a cool double jump added to the parquor making you feel like you’re a super hero running through the game..
    Which honestly may be the reason I feel this world is so forgettable…
    I’m able to get around it so quickly that I never had the opportunity to notice or care about my surroundings…
    a new change that I’m not a fan of is the fact that special moves are now tied to a meter instead of attack chains… of course this meter is the only way to make this games boss encounters work... but I felt like I was less in control and that building up uninterrupted attack chains was unrewarded…
    a mix of both systems in the next game if one comes would be cool… where successful chains fills the meter at a faster rate than were given here….
    There’s also an eleven rage meter that lets you unleash multiple attacks while invincible, but this meter takes so ridiculously long to fill up that it might as well not even exist... I used it probably 4 times my entire time playing because I would save it as a just in case thing…
    The nemesis system is back once again but this time the game from the jump is focused on domination after the first act...
    It’s up to you to go and capture 4 towers to get to the end of the games story…
    though I found myself gaining followers naturally through story, I didn’t have to do much hunting towards the end…however in the first few hours, this domination thing is annoying as you’re only able to capture orcs at your same level or lower…
    you’re able to humiliate them and lower their level.. But all this does is make them run away and forces you to have to go find them again somewhere else…
    this to me felt like the game just wasting the players time...
    I see no harm in letting the player just take the orc at a lower level and letting them move on..
    With your orcs you can command them to kill other orcs or prove themselves and become the bodyguard of a warchief... you can assign an orc to be your bodyguard to help you in combat…you can also go capture the bodyguards of warchiefs and have them betray… making their battles easier as you can take out each warchief individually to lower the level of a fortress greatly with each one…
    While you’re doing these hunts and gathering intel for the weakness on your next target you have to be warry of how you treat your followers, as they’re able to betray you as well…
    and once you feel you’re ready to take on a fortress you assign your orcs to positions, you give them weapons and armies to increase your odds of success and you charge in to take what’s yours…
    The review has a bit of a negative tone, but Shadow of War is a really good game….
    Its more of the really great shadow of Mordor with deeper systems and less annoyances…
    But to me it also has less heart and soul…
    This is an enjoyable experience.. But a very forgettable one…
    I give Middle Earth Shadow of War
    a 7.5/10    … Expand
  98. 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...................
  99. 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.
  100. 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
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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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