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.
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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

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