Middle-earth: Shadow of War

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4.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1110 Ratings

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

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. nikitalolo
    Oct 12, 2017
    4
    Просто тихий ужас. Игра для дебилов, способных только закликивать бедную мышку или геймпад. Сюжетец тоже слабый и нормально проходить его мешает открытый мир, в котором нельзя просто нормально побродить, всюду российские полицейские и все рвутся в драку. Бесит.Просто тихий ужас. Игра для дебилов, способных только закликивать бедную мышку или геймпад. Сюжетец тоже слабый и нормально проходить его мешает открытый мир, в котором нельзя просто нормально побродить, всюду российские полицейские и все рвутся в драку. Бесит.
  4. PizzaW0lf
    Oct 13, 2017
    0
    The game developers for this game are total scum. I can't believe they would put microtransactions before the game launched, and also having one of there staff members die of cancer then saying the money from the microtransactions will go towards research but OH WAIT, let's just take a portion for our greedy butts! IF I BUY A 60$ GAME I EXPECT A FULL PACKAGE. The MOST I can tolerate wouldThe game developers for this game are total scum. I can't believe they would put microtransactions before the game launched, and also having one of there staff members die of cancer then saying the money from the microtransactions will go towards research but OH WAIT, let's just take a portion for our greedy butts! IF I BUY A 60$ GAME I EXPECT A FULL PACKAGE. The MOST I can tolerate would be day one DLC and that's REALLLLLLY stretching it. But THIS TAKES IT WAYYY TOO FAR. AND BECAUSE OF ALL THE BRAINDEAD IDIOTS WHO WANT TO PAY TO WIN THIS TYPE OF STUFF WILL NEVER STOP. SO PLEASE, STOP. BUYING. LOOT. BOXES. (this is a message also to valve and blizzard for pioneering this crap THANKS A LOT)… Expand
  5. KottarBjorn
    Oct 21, 2017
    0
    I just finished the game, and this is a soulless piece of junk. The story sucks, it does not follow the tolkien books or movies, the combat i repetitive (you can just mash 1 button the hole time and win every fight) the game tells you every time how to beat the enemy in every fight with helpboxses and messages, it requires you to buy lootboxes for the last 25% of the game, because theI just finished the game, and this is a soulless piece of junk. The story sucks, it does not follow the tolkien books or movies, the combat i repetitive (you can just mash 1 button the hole time and win every fight) the game tells you every time how to beat the enemy in every fight with helpboxses and messages, it requires you to buy lootboxes for the last 25% of the game, because the grind is not working. When 2 orcs have a fight in the pit the AI is so stupid that most of the time the units just stands there and dies. And you have to lvl up, and the only thing you can do is buying more lootboxes. So when you have paid 60 euro game, you have to add at least 20 more euro to finish the game. It is like they are taking a piss in your face when you are halfway in the game. And the game before that is not even enjoyable. It is the same assassin's creeds farming quest that says every time; go there and kill 5 guys, good job, now go here and kill 7 guys in the same way, good job, now you lvl up. And so it continues the hole game, until the microtransaction part. If you think it is weird that Critic Reviews are so much higher then the User score it is because they are to afraid to piss of EA with their bad game. Because it is. This game does not deserve any score better then it gets right now. And it comes with a lot of bugs and game crashes. In almost every mission there is some form of problem. If you know whats good for you, you spend youre cash on something good instead of this bullocks game.… Expand
  6. Baluberda
    Jan 8, 2018
    0
    ruined by the microtransactions on the online, also the main story is not included (look expansions)
  7. 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
  8. Faustin
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    Bis zum Abschluss von Akt 3 würde ich noch eine gute Bewertung abgeben, obwohl es bis dorthin doch einige negative Punkte gab.

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

    Der Beginn von Akt 4 war für mich dann wie ein Schlag ins Gesicht, nachdem ich erst mal googeln musste, ob das Spiel jetzt von der Story her fertig ist. (Akt 3 war wirklich eine positive Überraschung für mich, hatte bloß irgendwie kein wirklich abgeschlossenes Ende)
    Im Forum wurde mir dann erklärt, das ich jetzt 20 Belagerungen spielen müsse, also stundenlanger purer "Grind", ohne weitere Storyelemente, um dann am Ende noch den finalen Film zu sehen können. Das war dann wirklich zu viel, was ist das bitte für eine Designentscheidung? Vorher hatte mich die Lootbox-Thematik nicht interessiert, aber um hier keinen Zusammenhang sehen zu können, müssen schon beide Augen zugedrückt werden.
    Dies ist das erste Spiel, bei dem ich mir das Ende auf Youtube angeschaut habe, das ist wirklich eine Leistung!
    Daher kann ich das Spiel eindeutig nicht empfehlen.    … Expand
  9. Grompell
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    จากที่ลองๆเล่นดู ไม่ค่อยชอบเนื้อเรื่องภาคนี้เท่าใหร่ เปิดเรื่องมาดูเอื้อยๆไม่ค่อยน่าติดตามเหมือนภาคแรก แต่ก็ไม่ได้หมายความว่าเกมมันแย่หรือห่วยนะ ระบบการเล่นภาคนี้จะเข้าขั้นเป็น RPG อย่างเต็มรูปแบบ ฆ่าบอสแล้วจะดร๊อบไอเท็๋มสวมใส่ทุกชนิดเช่นดาบ เกราะ ผ้าคลุม มีด ต่างๆนาๆมากมาย มีระบบการอัพเลเวลที่ดูชัดเจนขึ้นกว่าเดิม แต่ภาพและกราฟฟฟิคแทบไม่ต่างจากภาคแรกเลย แถมไม่กินสเปคจากที่ลองๆเล่นดู ไม่ค่อยชอบเนื้อเรื่องภาคนี้เท่าใหร่ เปิดเรื่องมาดูเอื้อยๆไม่ค่อยน่าติดตามเหมือนภาคแรก แต่ก็ไม่ได้หมายความว่าเกมมันแย่หรือห่วยนะ ระบบการเล่นภาคนี้จะเข้าขั้นเป็น RPG อย่างเต็มรูปแบบ ฆ่าบอสแล้วจะดร๊อบไอเท็๋มสวมใส่ทุกชนิดเช่นดาบ เกราะ ผ้าคลุม มีด ต่างๆนาๆมากมาย มีระบบการอัพเลเวลที่ดูชัดเจนขึ้นกว่าเดิม แต่ภาพและกราฟฟฟิคแทบไม่ต่างจากภาคแรกเลย แถมไม่กินสเปค ถ้าใครเล่นภาคแรกได้ภภาคนี้ก็เล่นได้ด้วนเช่นกัน จะว่าไปมันเปลี่ยนอะไรเข้ามาหลายอย่างก็จริง แต่พอเล่นไปสักพักกลับรู้สึกว่าเกมมันน่าเบื่อ วนลูบเดิมๆซ้ำๆ เนื้อเรื่องก็เอื้อยๆไม่ค่อยน่าติดตาม เกมมันก็ดีนะ ผมก็อยากจะอวยอยู่หรอก แต่ส่วนตัวเล่นแล้วน่าเบื่อครับ มันเพิ่มอะไรเข้ามาใหม่เยอะก็จริง แต่ความรู้สึกมันก็ยังซ้ำซากอยู่ดี อยากให้เกมมีพัฒนาการเรื่องการอัพเดทระบบการเล่นมากกว่านี้ครับ… Expand
  10. 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
  11. SantuxLMAO
    Dec 10, 2017
    0
    dont support greedy devs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  12. KalrocVN
    Oct 13, 2017
    0
    Utter garbage cash grab. The full price of this game with all the "at launch" DLC is $80. That's actually fine with me. But then to stack in-game purchases of loot boxes on top of this in a single player game?! And to hide the actually ending behind these in-game purchases? These developers have lost their minds. Time to learn the hard way, fellas.
  13. sindur
    Oct 14, 2017
    0
    microtranscation in a singleplayer game, gg.

    Ставлю ноль за микротранзакции и объявляю бойкот этой игре. В трипл А не должно быть микроплатежей!!
    Вот мы и дожили до лут боксов в сюжетных играх.
  14. kwazipaka
    Oct 15, 2017
    0
    не играл, но осуждаю. Нахер эту гриндику, нахер эти ДЛЦ в полтора раза дороже самой игры. Лучше поддержите рублем Evil WIthin 2 или ELEX, или разработчиков Divinity Original SIn - 2 и Hellblade. Да есть ещё 1001 способ с умом потратить деньги. Бойкот WB и им подобным мракобесамне играл, но осуждаю. Нахер эту гриндику, нахер эти ДЛЦ в полтора раза дороже самой игры. Лучше поддержите рублем Evil WIthin 2 или ELEX, или разработчиков Divinity Original SIn - 2 и Hellblade. Да есть ещё 1001 способ с умом потратить деньги. Бойкот WB и им подобным мракобесам
  15. Voodoo123
    Oct 17, 2017
    4
    +Impressive scale
    +That fun nemesis system is back with a vengeance
    +Action loop feels like Golden axe meets Barkham -Story doesn't feel worthy of the material on which it is based -One does not simply walk into lotr franchise and produce a Story unworthy of the original material Maybe it's just fatigue from the last game but I found this game to be outdated. I am sure for some    +Impressive scale
    +That fun nemesis system is back with a vengeance
    +Action loop feels like Golden axe meets Barkham
    -Story doesn't feel worthy of the material on which it is based
    -One does not simply walk into lotr franchise and produce a Story unworthy of the original material

    Maybe it's just fatigue from the last game but I found this game to be outdated. I am sure for some there be much enjoyment to be had here but I really couldn't find a strong enough reason to continue bashing my way through the brightly lit hud and OTT cutscenes. After the first hour I felt like I had experienced everything on offer. I also heard many have had issues even with superior gaming hardware and the loot chest madness.    … Expand
  16. CCsckr
    Oct 13, 2017
    4
    8 hours into the game and I am bored out of my mind. This is the exact SAME game, nothing new, apart from items and a few new orc faces. The same repetitive missions, the same **** "follow Gollum" missions, the same go here, see this, go somewhere else, stealth kills some archers and kill orcs. Also kill orcs, all you do in this game is kill orcs... Warner Bros. please understand that Lotr8 hours into the game and I am bored out of my mind. This is the exact SAME game, nothing new, apart from items and a few new orc faces. The same repetitive missions, the same **** "follow Gollum" missions, the same go here, see this, go somewhere else, stealth kills some archers and kill orcs. Also kill orcs, all you do in this game is kill orcs... Warner Bros. please understand that Lotr is more than just killing orc after orc after orc in a colorless environment in **** Mordor. My god, the same skills, the same enemy weakness, the same animations, the same **** swords. This is the worst sequel I have ever seen in my life. 95% reused assets from previous game. Totally unacceptable. Getting a refund. Thank you continuing the trend of making **** LOTR games :*… Expand
  17. falifax1202
    Oct 16, 2017
    2
    scripted gameplay grinder that lives from being tolkien stuff. story epic and cinematic but not memorable. ultra graphics on an 1080 don't look ultra rather like skyrim. the game feels purposely lengthened to make the lootbox system attractive. enemy level system and army building seems exremely unbalanced and unsatisfying. not worth the money and not worth the time.
  18. ManRammer
    Oct 11, 2017
    0
    Microtransactions - The Game. Here you go, have some more loot chests. I made it a bit into the game before my mind was boiling, and I had enough of the "Daily Event" and buy lootboxes crap that just made it feel like a Free 2 Play mobile game. STAY AWAY and save the industry!
  19. davoz28
    Oct 14, 2017
    1
    Great game by a good studio (Monolith) with a scummy publisher (WB)

    Pros- Great game Great story Nemesis system is amazing Pit fight arenas for orcs after you cap a fortress is amazing. BRUZE!!! Cons- Map is kinda vague Controls are setup for console/controller convenience Sometimes the objective is not clear, for instance I tried to start a story quest but it kept    Great game by a good studio (Monolith) with a scummy publisher (WB)

    Pros-
    Great game
    Great story
    Nemesis system is amazing
    Pit fight arenas for orcs after you cap a fortress is amazing.
    BRUZE!!!

    Cons-
    Map is kinda vague
    Controls are setup for console/controller convenience
    Sometimes the objective is not clear, for instance I tried to start a story quest but it kept redirecting me to kill this captain. I had to kill him to do it apparently.
    It's still a gripe of mine that time passes in all regions not just the one you are in. This has resulted in me not having control/being able to help in missions. Some of my fave orcs get killed.

    And the big one: P2W crates. Are they required? Not necessarily. Are they needed? Kinda, unless you farm like a mofo.

    Game is 9/10, publisher is 1/10. Thats 10/10 right?    … Expand
  20. Sharuez
    Oct 16, 2017
    0
    Bad, its a bad game, takes away all brandish powers until like 6 missions in which is lame and useless making you do stupid tasks and unfun game feels more of a chore the an actual game. ITS GARBAGE
  21. Abysswalker89
    Oct 21, 2017
    0
    Make a game purposely grindey in order to sell casino style lootboxes is not OK. Screw you Monolith and WB. Don't support this type of corporate predatory behavior
  22. DSLevantine
    Oct 12, 2017
    0
    Micro transaction and Denuvo DRM, that's a big no no. From these two we know how greedy the corp is and how far they will go to milk all the money from players. This is a disgusting business model and should not be encouraged.
  23. 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.
  24. 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
  25. 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.
  26. ganavak
    Oct 23, 2017
    0
    This is an experiment to gentle add in MT into a single player full paid game. Boycott buying it, otherwise it will end up in all future games worse and worse even if you just ignore them...
  27. 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
  28. suddendamage
    Oct 24, 2017
    0
    I really wanted this game but I can no longer support the current business model of micro-transactions and look boxes in paid games anymore so I will not be buying this game and supporting the publisher. A clear message must be sent that this is no longer acceptable.
  29. Moloch86
    Oct 11, 2017
    0
    After couple of hours the game is boring as Fu.... And those lootcrates and microtransactions SHAME !!!! Already regret that I bought that piece of sh.......
  30. Szuta
    Oct 12, 2017
    0
    Day-one dlc? AND microtransaction? WTF? Disgusting greed. Never AAA games again... EA and Bethesda games... How did we admit it?

    Dont buy. Ever. These companies should go bankrupt.

    Guys and girls... go indie. We wants real games again.
  31. camilogt
    Oct 14, 2017
    0
    **** micro transaction on a full price game, the grinding is way longer and more tedious than it should be, just because the Publisher wants you to get bore and buy the loot box, if the loot boxes didn’t exist the grinding would have been shorter, it ****ing affects game play, even if you don’t buy them
  32. LAN112
    Oct 16, 2017
    0
    Great game, but loot boxes? Microtransactions? Great 0 for Warner Bros!!! Do not buy this game now. Wait till it will be cheap, we must show them what we think about that.
  33. 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.
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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.
  37. BatFat09
    Oct 22, 2017
    0
    Same basic mechanics as first game, bigger map. Layer that on top of massive grindfests to encourage you to spend money on lootboxes, crashes, and a weak story and you get a game that completely fails to live up to its potential. Abysmal Effort at best.
  38. 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
  39. Groany
    Oct 23, 2017
    0
    Get the loot boxes and microtransactions out of our games! We don't need them. This game would have been good if not for your evil business practices. Enough of this!
  40. Brickthegrim
    Oct 11, 2017
    4
    I was LOVING this game at the start but than I sent one orc to attack another unidentified orc. Turns out they were brothers and because of that I decided to end the duel and turn the opposing orc to my side. Than the other brother betrayed me for "killing his brother" which I didn't do cause he was literally standing next to me. Than turns out they are a family and his other brother thanI was LOVING this game at the start but than I sent one orc to attack another unidentified orc. Turns out they were brothers and because of that I decided to end the duel and turn the opposing orc to my side. Than the other brother betrayed me for "killing his brother" which I didn't do cause he was literally standing next to me. Than turns out they are a family and his other brother than betrayed me followed by a new betrayal nearly every 5 minutes. Because of this the 8 hours I spent dominating this area just to have nearly every captain betray me in a 1 hour period.

    ALSO THE WORST aspect to this entire game is these insanely long and excessive orc intros, half the time you play this game it's just listening to some **** retard talk in the middle of a fight for a full **** minute, talk about a horrible way to totally take you OUT of the experience.

    Such insanely poor choices in this games design this time around.    … Expand
  41. Tenacidad963
    Oct 13, 2017
    0
    Han malogrado una buena historia. Las empresas desarrolladoras como Monolith Productions le han agregado micro transanciones para poder avanzar en el juego. Sin embargo, se olvidan o no lo han pensado, el consumidor es el que tiene la última palabra sobre el producto que está en el mercado. Los que estudian administración o marketing saben que el consumidor o cliente está más empoderadoHan malogrado una buena historia. Las empresas desarrolladoras como Monolith Productions le han agregado micro transanciones para poder avanzar en el juego. Sin embargo, se olvidan o no lo han pensado, el consumidor es el que tiene la última palabra sobre el producto que está en el mercado. Los que estudian administración o marketing saben que el consumidor o cliente está más empoderado gracias a las redes sociales o páginas como esta. Las grandes empresas a pesar de ser multinacionales no pueden hacer lo que se les da la gana como hasta hace una década. El consumidor debe hacer valer lo que piensa. El juego cuesta 60 dólares o euros con los micropagos el usuario pagaría mucho más por un producto incompleto. Haz valer tus derechos como consumidor. Las empresas de videojuegos que hacen esto te ven como un tonto que pagará lo que sea.

    In English:
    They have failed a good story. Developing companies like Monolith Productions have added micro-transactions to help them advance in the game. However, they forget or have not thought about it, the consumer is the one who has the last word about the product that is on the market. Those who study administration or marketing know that the consumer or client is more empowered thanks to social networks or pages like this. Large companies, despite being multinationals, can not do what they feel like until a decade ago. The consumer must assert what he thinks. The game costs 60 dollars or euros with the micropayments the user would pay much more for an incomplete product. Claim your rights as a consumer. The video game companies that do this look like a fool who will pay for anything.    … Expand
  42. CBH
    Oct 15, 2017
    0
    There really is not much to say about this. The new captain system separates captains into classes, such as destroyer, tank and assassin. These classes have been implemented in an utterly terrible way, and contribute to most of the captains feeling remarkably similar. Rather than getting a few worthless captains and a few diamonds in the rough which truly stand out as adversaries, theThere really is not much to say about this. The new captain system separates captains into classes, such as destroyer, tank and assassin. These classes have been implemented in an utterly terrible way, and contribute to most of the captains feeling remarkably similar. Rather than getting a few worthless captains and a few diamonds in the rough which truly stand out as adversaries, the class system has made them all fit into neat, sameish categories. No longer will you have a Prak Jaws, instead you will have a Prak Jaws template which you will see ad-nauseam. Traits seem to have heavy bias, with almost every captain having some kind of grenade attack. A suspicious choice, considering the ability to purchase more interesting orks with real life cash.

    Beyond that, there are several aspects of the game which have regressed from the predecessor. The movement system is AWFUL. Dodgerolls frequently stick you to the spot and force you to dance to your death, and area of effect attacks cannot be dodged with the dodge button, as the animation is too slow and you will be stuck in the field of fire regardless. Combat often freezes, with Tallion constantly reaching for his blade instead of making a strike, allowing enemies to get in free shots. The fluid, though sometimes flawed movement of the prequel has been completely ruined; more often than not, you are going to flip in the opposite direction you intended, jump off of things to your death, and get stuck on corners whilst trying to make an escape, because the game does not recognise that you wish to jump off. The camera frequently gets stuck on objects and zooms in on inconsequential things, usually getting you killed in the process. Combat is much harder this time, which would be a welcome change had everything else not worked against it.

    There are several parts in the game very, very clearly designed for microtransactions. Story missions frequently feature enemies drastically above your level, and often also have essential characters you cannot let die. You are given a choice of protecting the character and getting blindsighted by a captain nearly twice your strength, fighting the captain and letting the character get killed, losing in the process, grinding until the game is no longer fun so you can match him, or buying an upgrade for yourself. Oh yes, this game is FULL of grind. The prior game had its flaws with its incredibly low difficulty, barring special circumstances, but even that was preferable to the leveling system in this.

    If you can ignore these flaws, the game its self is not bad. It's playable, it can be nicely challenging in the right circumstances, but given the massive amount of microtransactions, I can only believe that these flawed new systems are put in to drive you to buy your way out of them. What a disgusting, dishonest and manipulative business practice. Do not buy.    … Expand
  43. bugeric
    Oct 16, 2017
    0
    Even without the loot box shenanigans, the base game is just bad. I dont know how some compromised medias give this game a high praise. The so called "open world" is just a giant map of copy paste. And the story is just gonna keep Tolkien rolling in his grave. DO NOT BUY
  44. 21grams
    Oct 24, 2017
    4
    I don't know what people see in this game. For me it was dullest game if played this year so far (wish I had will to write reviews for all of them to give a better contrast). There is barely anything standing out with this game so there is no need to in deep so I will make it short with pros and cons only.

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

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

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

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

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

    4/10 only just for funny orcs and nemesis system.    … Expand
  45. indranil_sldu
    Oct 16, 2017
    1
    DO NOT buy this game. And this is coming from someone who enjoyed Shadow of Mordor till death. Game feels like an expansion to the first game. Add to it the ridiculous price tag of Gold Edition, Microtransactions and Loot Boxes and you get the very definition of "joke". I bought the game on steam, but unfortunately I played for more than 2 hours, hence I can't refund it. But please doDO NOT buy this game. And this is coming from someone who enjoyed Shadow of Mordor till death. Game feels like an expansion to the first game. Add to it the ridiculous price tag of Gold Edition, Microtransactions and Loot Boxes and you get the very definition of "joke". I bought the game on steam, but unfortunately I played for more than 2 hours, hence I can't refund it. But please do yourself a favour and don't fall in the same trap as me. The story is bland. the characters are bland and the world feels dead and empty.… Expand
  46. clarky
    Oct 13, 2017
    1
    It basically looks like it was made on the Oblivion Engine and it plays like a really poor hack and slash. I have no idea why the game has gotten so much attention. People are talking micro transitions which is a disgrace, but even so, why would anyone play this game long enough to want to pay for anything????? It is a **** game, boring, stale, dull, old, dated. No amount of DLC isIt basically looks like it was made on the Oblivion Engine and it plays like a really poor hack and slash. I have no idea why the game has gotten so much attention. People are talking micro transitions which is a disgrace, but even so, why would anyone play this game long enough to want to pay for anything????? It is a **** game, boring, stale, dull, old, dated. No amount of DLC is going to help make it a better game. Terrible. The worst game I have played so far in 2017… Expand
  47. faircritic
    Oct 15, 2017
    0
    I just want to make it clear for Warner and all gaming companies.:
    THIS IS NOT A F2P MOBILE GAME TO BE PLAGUED disgustingly BY MT.
    STICK IT THROUGH YOUR HEADS, AND PUT TO WORK THAT FEW LITTLE CELL BRAINS OF YOURS.
    For the gaming community: Don´t bought this game. Dishonest business practices = pay to win formula.
  48. sihs
    Oct 14, 2017
    8
    --UPDATE--
    Ok, I can't note this game with a 0. It is **** great. I love the gameplay, the mechanics, the art directions, the animations, the free-running, it feels, sounds and tastes like Shadow of Mordor, but with enhanced graphics,map and story. As I didn't buy the game I have no access to online and microtransactions so I don't give a **** about it and I just have fun with it. The    --UPDATE--
    Ok, I can't note this game with a 0. It is **** great. I love the gameplay, the mechanics, the art directions, the animations, the free-running, it feels, sounds and tastes like Shadow of Mordor, but with enhanced graphics,map and story. As I didn't buy the game I have no access to online and microtransactions so I don't give a **** about it and I just have fun with it. The only bad point I found so long was that it is as easy as SoM even in Nemesis difficuly (only two hours of playtime for now, but I don't think it will change much).
    I'll keep the old review just so you can read it, but here's what I really think:
    1) This would be GOTY for everyone if no there were no microtransactions and people whining about it.
    2) It is sad that WB scums kept microtransactions in-game though.
    3) Play the game like me, don't care about microtransactions, I'm pretty sure I won't need it if I play this like Shadow of Mordor (aka 100%-in the game)

    I will probably get the score up once I played and finished the game, but well, I won't buy it because of microtransactions. Seriously, no one wanted it, it has been added because of **** pressure, and it will probably kill the Middle-Earth franchise, and Monolith.
    What did you think; making a $100 version of the game and forcing players to pay additional money to see the true ending was NOT a good idea. It will NEVER be a good idea. No one likes this.

    So to sum up the upcoming consequences of this catastrophic failure, WB, you scums:

    1) This will kill Monolith which will probably go bankrupt because of the conjonction of the economic system AND the day1 crack
    2) It will also kill the Middle-Earth franchise, we won't ever see another episode of Talion's journey
    3 ) It ruins the game, I still don't know to this day if it's worth playing, as this section turned me down
    4 ) It's NOT a **** mobile game, and no PC game should ever be like this.

    Sincerely, GO **** YOURSELF WITH A SPOON, WB.    … Expand
  49. 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.
  50. 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
  51. Robar3
    Oct 26, 2017
    0
    Ce jeu est un mélange incroyable de bon contenu d'un côté, et d'un contenu extrêmement insultant de l'autre.

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

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

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

    Enfin bref, au delà de déconseiller ce jeu, si vous êtes déjà embarquer dans l'aventure je vous conseillerais sincèrement de vous arrêter à l'acte II/III et d'aller regarder la cinématique de fin en vidéo. Vous vous économiserez beaucoup de rage (surtout si comme moi vous jouez en difficulté max) et surtout du temps.    … Expand
  52. 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.
  53. cyberdamn
    Jul 1, 2020
    4
    The first game was kinda boring but this...
    the commander (or w/e it's called) system is simply disappointing, often you almost kill a captain, then his "death-defying" ability turns in, then you beat him up again, fork up the stupid QTE and the captain just "runs away" (actually he just disappears right in the air)
    Also, it just spits on all the ideas of original lore.
  54. Halyo
    Oct 8, 2020
    1
    Piece of trash AAA game, all tropes included :
    - **** stealth segments with braindead ennemies whose player detection makes no sense
    - abysmal button-mashing combat
    - garbage controls
    - **** american story full of "minority" pandering
    A disgrace to Tolkien's legacy.
  55. 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
  56. spzHades
    Mar 15, 2022
    10
    Tried it years ago and i know there was this frenzy with microtransactions and didn't buy the game and abandoned the thought of playing it.
    Now in 2022 i bought it , cheap and i am enjoying it sooo much.
    I remember how much fun i had with shadow of mordor.. this is better in every aspect. Love the game.. i hope they make another. PS. I know they did a d**k move with the    Tried it years ago and i know there was this frenzy with microtransactions and didn't buy the game and abandoned the thought of playing it.
    Now in 2022 i bought it , cheap and i am enjoying it sooo much.
    I remember how much fun i had with shadow of mordor.. this is better in every aspect.
    Love the game.. i hope they make another.

    PS. I know they did a d**k move with the microtransactions, it's good the community reacted.    … Expand
  57. Teufler80
    Mar 3, 2020
    0
    Some missions in this game are so utter **** that you just want to quit this game.
  58. Oleksandr_
    Feb 10, 2021
    0
    Patenting the nemesis system, despite your game being created base on others' ideas. The industry is built on innovating of existing ideas.
  59. Samplerico
    Oct 13, 2017
    6
    This game is **** of systems, menus, ideas, features, concepts, mechanics and so on to make you grind your way through the famous Nemesis system, all of that very well thought to be as endless as a slot machine.

    Lots of little things are wrong with this game because nobody can expect to put together so many features and mechanics with cohesion. Some examples are: -Having stealth    This game is **** of systems, menus, ideas, features, concepts, mechanics and so on to make you grind your way through the famous Nemesis system, all of that very well thought to be as endless as a slot machine.

    Lots of little things are wrong with this game because nobody can expect to put together so many features and mechanics with cohesion. Some examples are:

    -Having stealth mechanics but almost instantly respawning enemys when you turn the camera.
    -Merging a very (very, very) fast paced heavy action gameplay with a very slow and clumsy stealth gameplay.
    -A super narrow FOV belonging more to a very story/cinematic game while being super action focused.
    -You have to hold button A to run. That means you cannot use the camera while you explore/make your way to the objectives. (Assassin’s Creed fixed that problem in this kind of parkour oriented open world games 10 years ago. But somehow, Monolith, who managed to copy **** ton of stuff from AC for these shadow of series haven’t wanted to copy the controls…idiotic).
    -Even with the handicap of not being able to control the camera while running, you will prefer to be blindly running all the time because the normal speed is stupidly slow.
    -If u hold A (jump/climb/run button), you’re a semi god able to jump huge gaps between buildings and climbing huge towers in 2-3 seconds. But if you decide to explore your environment by doing the simplest and crucial action in a 3D videogame that is moving the camera, you will be infuriatingly slow and clumsy.
    -Lots and lots of split and watered abilitys and loot items doesn’t really add nothing ot the game.

    The level design is inexistent. Gameplay wise is somewhat random. You have this parkour gameplay mechanic that let you make god jumps and super fast climbs over any building in the game but then you often find yourself inevitably having to get down of a building to go to another, because level design doesn’t know what to be.

    If u accidentally start a fight, anwhere, you will have like three or four bosses poping from nowhere almost instantly, endlessly talking meaningless **** to you. But that’s not the worst, because in this game every death counts and the more your die the more they grow and get stronger. That is actually a neat feature, and a very well thought way of handling death and giving meaning to that, its one of the good ideas the game has. The problem is no matter how many bosses you kill or how hard they are and how rewarding they seem after you defeat them, they are infinite. After 4 hours, you realize you’re playing a brainless very well designed game loop of boss grinding. And all the feeling of progresion and rewarding simply vanishes.

    Then you have the endless constant and almost instantaneously enemy respawn that make no **** sense. You never ever will totally clear any area at all, you will never ever have the feeling of beating enemys because they will respawn within seconds every where, anywhere, anytime. It’s just frustrating and not rewarding at all for the player. The same feeling as with the boses, two of the more impòrtant feelings a player can have playing a videogame, Progresion and Reward just vanishes disapears to not come back never again. That’s just bad game design.

    The story is just uninteresting, especially if u like the LOTR universe. Tolkien is famous and beloved because he created a cohesive, coherent, comprehensive, and (yet another c word) compelling fantastic universe. They just **** on that and constantly make up things that directly contradict Tolkien's lore. I get that sometimes, games and books are not the best friends, and developers have to meet script requirements in order to build good gameplay and story arc for a 10 to 25 hour long journey... But Shadow of War is just stupid.

    And finally the Loot crates. It’s the design Stupid! The game was designed, first off with a multiplayer arena in mind, that impacts the extremely fast paced/twitchy gameplay (SoM was a fast action game but not anxiously twitchy in every aspect of it), and the idea of endless game looping with endless but meanningless loot and bosses (thers legendary an epic random bosses too! Yeah like the loot itself).

    PLEASE DEVELOPERS OF THE WORLD, MORE IS NEVER BETTER. ONLY BETTER IS BETTER. And sometimes, that means balancing stuff, and give cohesion to the whole thing by getting things out, not putting more in.
    I Give this game a 6/10, because i apreciate the art and the work of developers. But, SoW is just an aimless incoherent game with an opressive need for rushing at everything. And repetitive/meaningless mechanics.

    This is just a tease. Lots more in my blog, 5000 chars doesn’t allow for a deep analysis.    … Expand
  60. DvorkaM
    Oct 21, 2017
    6
    It is an above average game. It is enjoyable, but but if you remember Assassins Creed 1 ... yeah, it is that kind of game.

    Despite being fairly long (I logged in 34 hours while getting 50% through act IV (will elaborate on) and finishing ALL except the act 4 stages), with one notable exceptions and two beasts, no new types of enemies appear after Act 1 (of four), which makes the game    It is an above average game. It is enjoyable, but but if you remember Assassins Creed 1 ... yeah, it is that kind of game.

    Despite being fairly long (I logged in 34 hours while getting 50% through act IV (will elaborate on) and finishing ALL except the act 4 stages), with one notable exceptions and two beasts, no new types of enemies appear after Act 1 (of four), which makes the game very monotone. Especially since the end boss is always the same enemy type.

    The second crux is the story. By gods is it forced, there is just no flow to the narrative. And while the cut scenes are fairly enjoyable and voice acting decent. The final product is just bad.
    The golden rule of story telling is, that one scene to another should get via 'Because of that' or 'Therefore'. This game is just full of 'and then', 'and then', 'and thens'. And the worst thing is, the players action, are often irrelevant to the story itself. For example (sans details),
    Quest: Do something, to stop something
    Result: You did it, it happened anyway
    Next quest: Stop the new thing
    Result: You did but it escaped in cutscene

    And this happens almost every time until the end of a given quest chain. The story is happening regardless Talion, which makes the experience less enjoyable.

    And finally forts. Huge part of act 2 and 4. This is where AC1 comes in. IT IS THE SAME THING 4 TIMES in act 2 and 10 TIMES in act 4. While the mechanism of conquering and defending forts is extremely enjoyable the first time, it is passable the second time and chore every other time, since it is ALWAYS THE SAME THING. Sure there is a little variability (weaknesses and number). But it is just not enough, here come 2 bosses, then 3 bosses then 5 bosses, rinse and repeat. In act 4 I finished stages 1-4, then I lost at stage 5 (wanted to see what will happen). Saw it, will not play this game anymore, I am just not enjoying myself no longer.

    Infuriation factor is further increased because of introductions in the nemesis mechanics. Every time captain enters the field, the game pauses and he makes a speech about how pathetic you are and how he will kill you. It is funny the first 6-10 times (They only started to repeat past the 30h mark which is admirable), but after that COME ON, I single single handedly defeat half the Mordor, and some turd 30lvls below me still makes the "I will kill you, since you suck" speech? This, with an inability to skip it, might actually be half the reason for me not finishing Act 4. (You get to hear it 5-10 times per stage)

    Kind of pity they didn't gut the fort mechanic down to one fort in ACT 2 and 2 stages in act 4. And leave them just to MP. Sure the game would be only 15 hours long, but it would be extremely enjoyable and worth a 7, as is 6    … Expand
  61. Crackfarmer
    Oct 24, 2017
    0
    I was replaying the fck out of the first Game so i couldn't wait for the next one. Was waiting months for this Game and ended up getting a pirated version to "try before buy". Thanks god.

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

    Singleplayer Game with microtransactions, for real WB?

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

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

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

    I really don't feel like writing a long review because every single breath is wasted on this one. They should feel ashamed for releasing this type of Game for 60$ + microtransactions....    … Expand
  62. DaggasPlays
    Oct 18, 2017
    5
    Im not gonna whine of the multi transactions because I don't care about it
    Lemme make this quick, this game is a complete disappointment. Huge promises, terrible release... Awful graphics, dull combat and repetitive gameplay. You will be doing same thing over and over and over, until u finish it or just quit of frustration.
    They added a new feature called "adapting" and lets say there's    Im not gonna whine of the multi transactions because I don't care about it
    Lemme make this quick, this game is a complete disappointment. Huge promises, terrible release... Awful graphics, dull combat and repetitive gameplay. You will be doing same thing over and over and over, until u finish it or just quit of frustration.
    They added a new feature called "adapting" and lets say there's a guy with a shield thats invulnerable to: arrows, frost (stun), executions... And there's no way of defeating him myself in my opinion, well because he also gets adapted to vaults... Oh and also, stronghold sieges suck! And thats it? This game isn't worth a dine if you played "Shadow of Mordor". If you haven't I still recommend u play that one instead of this rubbish    … Expand
  63. deathbringer
    Oct 22, 2017
    0
    A $60 game that is based around paywalls and microtransactions. The game would be decent if not for the disgustingly greedy decicions Warner Bros made with it. They seriously added gambling elements into a buy-to-play singleplayer game. Don't buy this, they don't deserve your money.
  64. 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.
  65. Hell_d
    Oct 12, 2017
    8
    Game is true sequel to Shadow of Mordor, and this is a cool thing! Action picks up exactly from first game's finale (STILL first game wasn't huge cliffhanger).

    - Story - very strong, even overwhelming, at first feels like a bit messy but you'll get into it. - Characters/Acting - SUPERB - Gameplay - very solid non-stop slaughtering of Orcs, and after each kill you want more :) -    Game is true sequel to Shadow of Mordor, and this is a cool thing! Action picks up exactly from first game's finale (STILL first game wasn't huge cliffhanger).

    - Story - very strong, even overwhelming, at first feels like a bit messy but you'll get into it.
    - Characters/Acting - SUPERB
    - Gameplay - very solid non-stop slaughtering of Orcs, and after each kill you want more :)
    - Graphics - face animations are very cool BUT overall visuals are "meh"... game took a hit on graphics to keep the scale - and scale of game world here is HUGE!
    - Sound - Very solid.
    - Microtransactions? NOT A PROBLEM. DO NOT read those kids giving game 0 score. They just can't buy the game or simply spoiled and just moving with the hate train of mainstream gaming journals.

    I highly recommend this game to any player who is interested in strong, character-centric, story driven, long hours fun!
    Also, if you skipped first game - go pick it up, you'll not regret it!    … Expand
  66. yoker666
    Oct 22, 2017
    9
    Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ is a good action game. If you enjoyed the first game, you will probably enjoy this too.

    Best thing about this game is it's gameplay. The game doesn't look amazing, but it doesn't bother you when you play. I cannot say a lot about the story, since I haven't finished it yet, but so far it's been better than in the first one. The game seems longer too, than    Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ is a good action game. If you enjoyed the first game, you will probably enjoy this too.

    Best thing about this game is it's gameplay. The game doesn't look amazing, but it doesn't bother you when you play. I cannot say a lot about the story, since I haven't finished it yet, but so far it's been better than in the first one.

    The game seems longer too, than it's predecessor. There are more areas and the story has more depth and different quest lines. Overall there is lot to do, so you won't be bored very easily in this game. The orcs, captains, warchiefs and overlords have really many different traits and features which makes the gameplay more interesting.

    Shadow of War (the name could be less generic though) is one of the best games in 2017. The fact that it's based on Lord of the Rings lore makes it even more great.    … Expand
  67. 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
  68. phreaman
    Oct 13, 2017
    9
    Come on. I spent 10 hours in a game and not even once looked into micro-transactions ... I think it's even better that there is such option in a game. For me it's always an additional way to support developers, if you like the game and want to do that. It's nothing obtrusive for me. But i'm a guy who very rarely buys additional content for a game and doesn't care about loot boxes withCome on. I spent 10 hours in a game and not even once looked into micro-transactions ... I think it's even better that there is such option in a game. For me it's always an additional way to support developers, if you like the game and want to do that. It's nothing obtrusive for me. But i'm a guy who very rarely buys additional content for a game and doesn't care about loot boxes with different skins or whatever ... The game is much bigger than the first one and improved in many aspects. But still it's only a game so it will frustrate you sometimes. Somehow you need to understand that the world of Shadow of Mordor is a very dynamic system and nothing is set in stone, everything can change. Overall i'm satisfied with a package and can recommend it for every fan of Shadow of Mordor. For everyone else, it depends on your attitude toward some of game mechanics. For me, a mix of Assassins Creed, Batman Arkam City with a dynamic open world, great graphics and good story is all i want for long autumn evenings. I gave 9 out of 10 because as in Shadow of Mordor sometimes fighting orcs can be really tiresome.… Expand
  69. Fingers
    Oct 24, 2017
    6
    It's ok up to a certain point but after that it's boring - how this got an 81 average rating from the gaming press is perplexing, It's a 65 to 70 max.

    No way I will pay for loot chests which purposely gimp the game and are there to make the insanely boring grind easier - if the micro-transactions didn't exist there would be no need for the boring grind. They should have focused on the    It's ok up to a certain point but after that it's boring - how this got an 81 average rating from the gaming press is perplexing, It's a 65 to 70 max.

    No way I will pay for loot chests which purposely gimp the game and are there to make the insanely boring grind easier - if the micro-transactions didn't exist there would be no need for the boring grind. They should have focused on the story which is lacklustre, the Tolkien universe is one of the best fantasy settings out there and they really should do better.    … Expand
  70. 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
  71. 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
  72. Eradicate
    Oct 14, 2017
    10
    Learn how to play this game before you knock it, dear god. You gamer's now of days don't know good games anymore. This game is amazing, just learn how to play it. You don't need those micro transactions to play or beat this game. The combat is awesome, story is not bad, graphics are okay but to have a rating this low just mean you're trolling or you have no idea how to play this game. ILearn how to play this game before you knock it, dear god. You gamer's now of days don't know good games anymore. This game is amazing, just learn how to play it. You don't need those micro transactions to play or beat this game. The combat is awesome, story is not bad, graphics are okay but to have a rating this low just mean you're trolling or you have no idea how to play this game. I have 2 castles full with powerful orcs I took into my army. The game is not a 10 but putting that to offset these troll reviews. Don't get my wrong I think micro transactions are killing the industry but you don't have to say the game is terrible for it.… Expand
  73. Maiser
    Oct 14, 2017
    10
    Fair score 8.5/10, but i will put a 10 to compensate the rage. I understand going against micro transactions in a fully paid game, but after almost finishing the game i can say that they are totally optional. Yes, you can use them if you want to skip half of the game content (captain capturing) to conquering fortresses with no effort, but for me, you are paying for a 'cheat', not the 'mustFair score 8.5/10, but i will put a 10 to compensate the rage. I understand going against micro transactions in a fully paid game, but after almost finishing the game i can say that they are totally optional. Yes, you can use them if you want to skip half of the game content (captain capturing) to conquering fortresses with no effort, but for me, you are paying for a 'cheat', not the 'must have content you need in order not to spend hundred of hours grinding' which i am constantly reading and which i can completely tell is false (moreover, loot booxes items are not necesarily better than ingame items).… Expand
  74. batmattman
    Oct 11, 2017
    9
    Game is being review bombed by people who've never played and are mad about loot boxes, so I felt the need to add my 2 cents as someone who's actually got at least 10 hours in it (and intend to put many, MANY more into it.)

    Its bloody good fun and if you enjoyed Shadow of Mordor then you'll love it. Ignore the haters, yes there are loot boxes but no you don't need to buy them. I'm    Game is being review bombed by people who've never played and are mad about loot boxes, so I felt the need to add my 2 cents as someone who's actually got at least 10 hours in it (and intend to put many, MANY more into it.)

    Its bloody good fun and if you enjoyed Shadow of Mordor then you'll love it. Ignore the haters, yes there are loot boxes but no you don't need to buy them. I'm drowning in the ingame currency and even then I haven't got any loot boxes apart from the ones I unlocked by playing the game. You get a gold loot box for doing online vendetta mission and the get rewarded with premium currency for doing certain objectives.

    The orcs are the real heroes of this game and the interactions with them are brilliant. My fav so far was called "the Bard" his weapon was a lute/club and he sang me a song before attacking and then sang throughout the fight. Another one was "Krackhorn the Inscrutable" who was extremely fast talking with an Irish brogue (if you've ever seen Snatch, he was basically a pikey ork)

    Lorewise you might be a bit irritated if you're a hardcore Tolkien fan but it really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.

    Final thoughts: Ignore the children who have sticks in their butts about something completely ignorable. This is a good game and shouldn't be getting the hate that it is. It's a shame they've manages to tank the user score here but hopefully it will come back up when more people who actually own the game get around to reviewing it (they're all too busy at the moment having fun slaughtering orcs)    … Expand
  75. Stzero
    Oct 18, 2017
    8
    This is a serious review without paying attention to the DLCs and Microtransactions Problem!

    This Game is a true successor. It makes some things even better then the first game. True Action Combat, badass Enemies and a lot of things to do makes me love this game. Even the exciting Story makes Sense for me (specially for LotR Fans). Some choices in character development and equipment    This is a serious review without paying attention to the DLCs and Microtransactions Problem!

    This Game is a true successor. It makes some things even better then the first game. True Action Combat, badass Enemies and a lot of things to do makes me love this game. Even the exciting Story makes Sense for me (specially for LotR Fans). Some choices in character development and equipment stuff makes you feel a little bit of RPG.

    Graphics: 8/10
    Sound: 7/10 (Im missing some music there)
    Gamedesign: 9/10 (A lot of things to do; Amazing Combatsystem; well designed Missions)
    Balance: 8.5/10 (Some skills/legendary equipments are slightly overpowered)
    Story: 9/10 (+1 for me because of the franchise and setting)
    Scope: 9/10 (As i said... there are countless things to do; took 60 Hours for me inclusive a lot
    of Killing and grinding with pleasure)

    MY RATING : 84 /100 >>Very Good    … Expand
  76. Zardas
    Oct 13, 2017
    10
    I haven't even played the game yet, just adding a 10 to counter all these butthurt idiots who cry about the game having microtransactions. Newsflash: you don't have to buy any of that stuff. And people are actually buying them, or else the practice would've died out years ago. Think about that, gaming justice warriors :)
  77. Destroyer67
    Oct 14, 2017
    9
    True meaning of a proper sequel. Kept the awesome things from the first and put it into the second. The new RPG elements in the game are great. Cut scenes are still amazing as they were in the first, great voice acting done by Troy Baker and Alastair Duncan. Overall amazing game. Haven't had the need or want to use the micro transaction's. Honestly, micro transactions in a single playerTrue meaning of a proper sequel. Kept the awesome things from the first and put it into the second. The new RPG elements in the game are great. Cut scenes are still amazing as they were in the first, great voice acting done by Troy Baker and Alastair Duncan. Overall amazing game. Haven't had the need or want to use the micro transaction's. Honestly, micro transactions in a single player game is better than ones in a multiplayer game where the payer gets the advantage, so no need to complain.… Expand
  78. Caruat
    Oct 20, 2017
    10
    Do not read the negative reviews of users. They are devoid of arousal and are thrown against a play masterpiece only for unnecessary and completely optional microtransmissions! But do you realize that by doing so, you just do not mind a great single player game? This is a masterpiece game and a possible candidate at GOTY 2017. 10 full and praise.
  79. Tathamet
    Oct 12, 2017
    10
    All the people writing 0 score reviews are idiots. If they would have actually played the game, they would know the loot boxes are completely unnecessary. Should they have added them? No, not in my opinion. Does it hurt the gameplay? Not at all.

    How a review site doesn't require people to have actually played the game is beyond me. To me, this game is shadow of mordor but just plain    All the people writing 0 score reviews are idiots. If they would have actually played the game, they would know the loot boxes are completely unnecessary. Should they have added them? No, not in my opinion. Does it hurt the gameplay? Not at all.

    How a review site doesn't require people to have actually played the game is beyond me.

    To me, this game is shadow of mordor but just plain better. Better movement, better orcs, bigger fights.

    To any of you losers "boycotting" the game, go boycott something that's actually worth doing that to. This is a singleplayer game, if people want to spend extra money to get more orcs, let them. It's not a pay2win mechanic. It's not a paywall. nothing in the boxes is exclusive.

    Of all the games you could have done this to, this is not the one.    … Expand
  80. sasaipalicai
    Oct 15, 2017
    10
    **** this stupid ppls!

    This is awesome game! This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is    **** this stupid ppls!

    This is awesome game! This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!This is awesome game!    … Expand
  81. daupoh
    Oct 15, 2017
    10
    Не поставил бы этой игре 10, ибо ее оценка по моим ощущения находится на пару баллов ниже. Но скажем спасибо дегенератам, ставящим 0 из-за наличия в игре микротранзакций. Они конечно не работают, возраст или интеллект на уровне 15 летних, за них, скорее всего, думает любимый школоло-блогер. Очень трезво, очень объективно, очень по взрослому.

    Игра абсолютно правильный сиквел: все что    Не поставил бы этой игре 10, ибо ее оценка по моим ощущения находится на пару баллов ниже. Но скажем спасибо дегенератам, ставящим 0 из-за наличия в игре микротранзакций. Они конечно не работают, возраст или интеллект на уровне 15 летних, за них, скорее всего, думает любимый школоло-блогер. Очень трезво, очень объективно, очень по взрослому.

    Игра абсолютно правильный сиквел: все что хорошо работало в первой части - улучшено.
    Все, что было лишним - убрано.
    Слабые места подтянулись (правда не так хорошо, как хотелось бы).
    Если любили первую часть, серию Batman, не являетесь идолопоклонником Профессора, а просто любите сеттинг Властелина колец, любите хорошие боевые системы и вообще красочные схватки - обязательно приобретайте.
    Дайте индустрии понять, что система "немезис" востребована.

    Что до микротранзакций: нет никакого смысла заносить в игру реальные деньги.
    Кроме внутриигровой валюты, которая сыпется вам за любую активность в огромных количествах, учавствуя в охоте за орками-убийцами других игроков вы будете получать те же самые золотые сундуки, за которые в теории могли бы заплатить.
    Нужны ли они вам? Нет, если вам нравится то, что я перечислил выше. Если же вас интересует исключительно история, а схватки утомляют, то в таком случае конечно могут пригодиться. Но, как мне кажется, если кор геймплей не удовлетворяет ваших потребностей, то лучше вовсе не покупать игру.    … Expand
  82. acardo
    Oct 22, 2017
    9
    I have completed the game in 40h (without chapter IV) so I will give my honest opinion.

    Pros: + Nemesis system + RPG system (items, gems etc.) + Main plot + Nice plot connection to the LOTR Lore + World + Orcs + Only 1 crash during whole 40h of playing the game + Basically no bugs and glitches Neutral: * graphic (it is only ok) * loot boxes (I have only bought couple for    I have completed the game in 40h (without chapter IV) so I will give my honest opinion.

    Pros:
    + Nemesis system
    + RPG system (items, gems etc.)
    + Main plot
    + Nice plot connection to the LOTR Lore
    + World
    + Orcs
    + Only 1 crash during whole 40h of playing the game
    + Basically no bugs and glitches

    Neutral:
    * graphic (it is only ok)
    * loot boxes (I have only bought couple for the in game Mirian, I have never felt the need to buy the ones for real money)

    Cons:
    - Chapter IV is just a big grind for nothing really- Taking castles can feel a bit repetitive    … Expand
  83. Hoegaardener70
    Oct 19, 2017
    10
    I just finished this game, and I spent 60 hours with it. I did not use any paid loot boxes, and I had a blast. it is your personal decision. Although I do not approve of the practice of microstransactions, at least here it’s not necessary to finish the game. Amd besides that, the story is great, the game mechanics are intuitive and complex at the same time, and you will have a blast.
  84. 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
  85. cottandy
    Oct 20, 2017
    8
    A good game, recommended to every Action RPG and rogue killing fans.
    Beautiful start, great/good middle of the game, long, boring, sometimes even horrible and badly done ending - especially sieges. MASSIVE FIGHTS AND SIEGES ARE TRASH.
    Combat system and control feedback are bad, esperially in said above massive fights and sieges. But also the skill set for rogue play and how you can you    A good game, recommended to every Action RPG and rogue killing fans.
    Beautiful start, great/good middle of the game, long, boring, sometimes even horrible and badly done ending - especially sieges. MASSIVE FIGHTS AND SIEGES ARE TRASH.

    Combat system and control feedback are bad, esperially in said above massive fights and sieges. But also the skill set for rogue play and how you can you use it is beautiful.

    Until the 4th act it's a great action RPG with an interesting storytelling. Like any action it can become repetitive, but it's not pure hack and slash, because half of the game you can be a rogue, which is the best part of gameplay. Also the creators did nice job in making your enemies more lively for you not to get tired of killing them again and again. Until some point of course when you have already killed hundreds of them.

    P.S. About mini-transactions: They don't really effect the gameplay if you don't use them until the 4th act. Yes, there is a lot of grime in the end, but the worst part about it are not mini-transactions, but horrible siege gameplay and too badly done massive fights, also it all becomes too similar and repetitive, besides being badly done.

    A lot of people give this game 0 rating because of it, which is dumb. Yes, the game became much worse because of the 4th act, but until that point everything was great.

    Multiplayer is also not worth even trying, because it's siege.    … Expand
  86. AbalS2000
    Oct 17, 2017
    8
    Hasta el segundo acto la historia merece la pena y aunque se tome ciertas licencias con el lore, mantiene un ritmo interesante, 9 horas hasta el segundo acto y empiezas la gestión de ejercito y tema "táctico" y de gestión:
    Bastante mejor que el Shadow of Mordor.
    Translation: Until the second act, the story is worth it and even if you take certain licenses with the lore, keep an    Hasta el segundo acto la historia merece la pena y aunque se tome ciertas licencias con el lore, mantiene un ritmo interesante, 9 horas hasta el segundo acto y empiezas la gestión de ejercito y tema "táctico" y de gestión:
    Bastante mejor que el Shadow of Mordor.
    Translation:
    Until the second act, the story is worth it and even if you take certain licenses with the lore, keep an interesting pace, 9 hours until the second act and start the army management and "tactical" and management theme:
    Better than the Shadow of Mordor    … Expand
  87. Lobstrman
    Oct 17, 2017
    9
    Ignore the review bombing. 90% of the 0-2 scores haven't actually played the game, but merely raging about it because of a rushed, and dishonest review by Polygon. You do not need to buy anything with real money, and you can even get quite a nice amount of the premium currency by playing the asynchronous online game. Or you can buy lootboxes with ingame currency which the game showers youIgnore the review bombing. 90% of the 0-2 scores haven't actually played the game, but merely raging about it because of a rushed, and dishonest review by Polygon. You do not need to buy anything with real money, and you can even get quite a nice amount of the premium currency by playing the asynchronous online game. Or you can buy lootboxes with ingame currency which the game showers you in. If you don't rush it, and just explore and play around with the nemesis system which is better than ever, then you will have no problem in the late game.
    That out of the way, the game is good. It's just more of the same thing as Shadow of Mordor, but with expanded gameplay, a much better nemesis system, smooth gameplay that will open up 4-5 hours into the game in a drastic manner. The first hours are not the best, but after you acquire the ability to turn orcs to your side, it's a different experience, and one of the best around. Killing orcs is fun, taking ones you like over is better, and then making them do all sorts of crazy stuff is the best. Combat has improved over the first game. It's still the same basics, with a lot of unlockable skills, and modifiers to those skills, and orc captains who will actually learn your patterns, and defend against them, which will make the crazy fights from the first game even more crazier. And it's fun to lose too, which a lot of games can't do well.
    As to negatives, the freerunning is still not as smooth as i would have liked, you can get stuck on things, run up things you don't want, not being able to ascend. It's serviceable but not the best. The story and voice acting is ranging from mediocre to bad most of the time, but there are a couple of good characters, and the ending of act 3 is quite spectacular. Did not expect it, it's quite fitting, and it makes you rethink things which is good. Also it busts Tolkien's lore all over the place, but if you are okay with sometimes fanfiction levels of plot, it serves the game. Still skipped a lot of it, and i really hated all of the gondorians. Also the orcs talk a bit too much sometimes, and it's unskippable.
    All in all, even if it's not GOTY, or my favorite game ever, it's a really good game, worth playing, and worth replaying. And don't worry about the userscore here. It reflects the views of people who never played the game. People who actually bought it, and reviewed it over on Steam, show a much better picture with over 80% recommendations.    … Expand
  88. KarmicCannon
    Oct 17, 2017
    10
    Loved the first game. Love this game. Do not listen to microtransaction review bombers. I play on Nemesis difficulty and have completed the storyline; I am continuing to play to reach 100% completion and have never felt like I needed to use the microtransactions. The crates are completely optional and not necessary. Anyone who says otherwise most likely has not played the game.

    The    Loved the first game. Love this game. Do not listen to microtransaction review bombers. I play on Nemesis difficulty and have completed the storyline; I am continuing to play to reach 100% completion and have never felt like I needed to use the microtransactions. The crates are completely optional and not necessary. Anyone who says otherwise most likely has not played the game.

    The "Nemesis" system does not fail to infuriate (in the best way) and impress. There is something so satisfying about one of your warchiefs betraying you, so you shame him. He then tries to ambush you, so you shame him again. Out of spite you hunt him down and shame him until he is level 1. You then burn him to death for good measure. A while later you are ambushed and it turns out he has cheated death and has become a level 40, he is deranged from all the shaming, and is wearing bandages from being burned. At that point I branded him again and made him overlord of a fort. This is just one amazing experience I have had so far with the nemesis system and there have been countless others.

    Besides the Nemesis system I love the new item and gem systems. Both of these combined with all the skill options allows you a lot of customization to suit your playstyle or adapt to the needs of a situation.

    This is so far one of the most entertaining games I have played this year. It is beautiful in 4K and it is everything the developer promised it to be. Bigger and better than the first game. I can’t wait for DLC to this and hopefully a 3rd game in this series. Well done Monolith!    … Expand
  89. 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.
  90. 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
  91. 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
  92. 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
  93. slothinator
    Oct 12, 2017
    9
    A list of the ways microtransactions have ruined my experience of the game...
    They haven't, I've played it perfectly fine without the tiniest need to buy lootboxes, stop making such a big deal out of nothing. The game is really good and no need to buy lootboxes, if you liked the first game you will love this one
  94. georgio
    Oct 13, 2017
    8
    I have to say that the negative reception just because of presence of lootboxes is absolutely ridiculous and overblown. I want to be fair to the game so I will actually give some reasoning:

    1) You don't need lootboxes in the first place. They do not give anything that you cannot get by yourself - including legendary followers. Additionally legendary followers cannot replace knowing at    I have to say that the negative reception just because of presence of lootboxes is absolutely ridiculous and overblown. I want to be fair to the game so I will actually give some reasoning:

    1) You don't need lootboxes in the first place. They do not give anything that you cannot get by yourself - including legendary followers. Additionally legendary followers cannot replace knowing at least basics of the game. E.g. not sending your follower who is terrified of karagors against beatmaster.

    2) The "true ending" is in reality an endgame content. You bet the main storyline and instead of finishing the game outright you have a possibility to play the game for fun with at least some sort of a goal in the end. It is absolutely perfect to play the game just an hour or two a day for a longer time to achieve this. I love this concept as this is something that many sandbox games (e.g. Mount and blade) are weak at. Once you have the full builds and all the levels these games lack true endgame content to participate in.

    3) Even if you do not believe in any of what was said you can gain gold from daily challenges if you wish. But you can also earn **** of ingame currency that can also buy you stuff as you play. My estimate is that you can get content that one gold chest gives in around 20 to 30 minutes of regular play - while actually having fun and progressing the game. But as I explained in 1 and 2 you really do not need this.

    Now some people may come and say that no matter the arguments they hate lootboxes and they will not support any game that has it. Fair enough. But then it is a mystery for me that games like PoE have high ratings when in these games real money gives you tangible advantage (e.g. purchasing stashes in PoE is basically a must if you want to be on par with other players).

    Where some people see corporate greed I see another opportunity for monetization. If there are people who wish to spend hundreds of dollars for a game then let them. This will make game developers more successful so that we can have more quality games in the future. There are obviously people who disagree with this monetization model and that is fair. However I would love to see consistency there - not picking this game as a scapegoat and example to be punished.

    Speaking of quality I believe this is a solid continuation of the first installment. The combat is fun, the story is compelling and there is good new content added in form of challenges and other stuff. You have more abilities and more toys to play with when you are murdering the orcs. In general the game is well executed and anybody who enjoyed the first installment or games like Dying Light will be happy with this game.    … Expand
  95. Zarypa
    Oct 16, 2017
    9
    Its PATHETIC the fact we have this **** community of reviewers. Its pathetic you BOMB this game just because of microtransactions. There are maany ways of implement micros. The fact is about the game being or not P2W.
    First step, it is a Single Player so its fcking ridiculous taling about P2W when there is not PvP.
    In the game you can get everything trough grinding and gaming. And yes,    Its PATHETIC the fact we have this **** community of reviewers. Its pathetic you BOMB this game just because of microtransactions. There are maany ways of implement micros. The fact is about the game being or not P2W.
    First step, it is a Single Player so its fcking ridiculous taling about P2W when there is not PvP.
    In the game you can get everything trough grinding and gaming.
    And yes, it has micros, so you can get more stuff faster. You ARE FREE to get them or not. It depends of the money and time you have. I think it is POSSITIVE that, for people with LESS TIME TO PLAY, people with family, job, than can play maybe 6 hours A WEEK (yes, they exist, and they love gaming as much as we do), they implement this kind of "boosts", so that they can achieve, if they want, better stuff earlier. But, would it influence in YOUR GAMEPLAY, you player that doesnt want to spend more money? It doesnt, does it?.
    The game is wonderfull, beautifull, deep and well optimized. It has every way improved from the first one. Is fun and, in hard option, it makes you think what to do and not jump into a bunch of orcs, coz they will rape you early game at least.

    You can like it micros or not BUT IN THIS CASE, single player game and not P2W, you ARE FREE to choose if buy boosts or not. Let people but it if they want, as they buy XP boosts in League of Legends or War Thunder. There are lots of gamers in our community without the time you have to sepnd gaming, but with a good lvl of economy. Everyone is free investing their MONEY AND THEIR TIME. If a company gives us the chance, WITHOUT SPOILING the game, i think is possitive. Dont be rat ids and give a chance to EMPATHY.    … Expand
  96. karatvoxa
    Oct 11, 2017
    9
    Dumbasses that don't own the game are spamming this to try and get it a bad score. Ignore the loot box **** and the game itself is absolutely fantastic
  97. GameOverNL
    Oct 15, 2017
    9
    I'm only an hour or so in the game and it is awesome. In my opinion the 0 reviews and calls to boycot the game because of micro transactions, is totally rediculous. The graphics are awesome and the game is so much better than the 1st. You could have given the game a bit more credit as an honest review is about pros and cons, but I suspect you haven't even played the game have you? I won'tI'm only an hour or so in the game and it is awesome. In my opinion the 0 reviews and calls to boycot the game because of micro transactions, is totally rediculous. The graphics are awesome and the game is so much better than the 1st. You could have given the game a bit more credit as an honest review is about pros and cons, but I suspect you haven't even played the game have you? I won't be doing a full review because of the limited time I have played. So, back to this work of art that grabbed me from the very first moment, not many games do that.… Expand
  98. 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
  99. AcidCasualty
    Oct 11, 2017
    9
    I see this game got zero bombed by a herd of startled gamers. Ignore the stampede. It's a good game.

    I've played about 5 hours and progressed just fine without spending dime one on microtransactions. Furthermore, it's a truly enjoyable game - it builds upon the excellent gameplay of the original in the IP, deepens the satisfying Nemesis System, and improves just about everything.    I see this game got zero bombed by a herd of startled gamers. Ignore the stampede. It's a good game.

    I've played about 5 hours and progressed just fine without spending dime one on microtransactions. Furthermore, it's a truly enjoyable game - it builds upon the excellent gameplay of the original in the IP, deepens the satisfying Nemesis System, and improves just about everything.

    It's hard to see if many people are experiencing game breaking bugs through the din of willful ignorance, but for me it's been stable on my Intel/Nvidia based PC. The graphics are stunning. Point off because the story - at least so far - isn't very satisfying.

    Recommended to all discerning PC gamers.    … Expand
  100. Androzol
    Oct 11, 2017
    10
    I think the game is epic, very positive and fun.
    And lootboxes, well it doesn't bother me at all.
    I can play with it and can play without it, they just present in the game but the game not about getting loot from it.

    i hope you understand.
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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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