I will never forget when an Orc I killed came back at least 5 times, always with a different appearance, and always gave me the same sword, but better.
@@beneditooliveira3942at that time I'd probably run and come back later... I could've done it but The freakin smart bots constantly adapt if I use the same techniques over and over again... The Smart bots are the reason maybe things keep getting interesting in situations like this one... I'll never forget two names... Flak Plague-Bringer Mug the Unkillable These two bastards chased me across maps... One freakin came back 6 times until finally getting killed
@@codycurry91LMAOOO I had one that came back like 4 times, I kept killing him. So instead I dominated him and he then proceeds to betray me cause I killed his brother.
This game found a second life for me. I stopped playing conquests because I started running into hacked orcs that were impossible to defeat, and then I found out about the Wrathgiver sword, farmed one, and now I can finally take any fortress with enough luck.
I play on Xbox. My fortress has 3 cursed krakhorn Tower Orcs that are impossible to beat one as War chief and then two body guards. Had to play forever to get them, they constantly stun, have zero weaknesses, Enraged by everything, invulnerable to executions, acrobatics, shadow walkers, adaptive and have no chance. The only way I was able to beat was with a Graug. Instantly dominated them and they ended up developing more Perks and skills. Two of them ended up developing iron will after they had initially died and were resurrected.
yes the hacked orc forts are a real pain, but the wrathgiver is awesome against those cheats, but I still have fun making Necromancers and collecting them from others, Every fort of mine is filled with them, LOL
@DudiReviews I have heard some people complain about how after the story the nemesis system doesn't work as well. Not my opinion but I kinda understand it
@@0biscrabbles yeah can sorta see that when you've finished the main story, you could (potentially) stop caring if an orc kills you because you've already finished the story?
@@DudiReviews How can you NOT cared? Where is your honor 😃 If you let it slide, more betrayals will occure, cause they see you as a weak leader. And if that guy who kill you broke your sword, it can be sometimes pretty hard to get the revenge for new sword. The story is not ending when you finish all missions.. The whole Nemesis system and you playing with that system creates so many stories, but kids in these days just dont have any creativity in their mind.. They finish all mission and thinks there is nothing more to do, cause there is no more quest mark on the map.. Disappointing.
@@fandaklada609 I had one trickers orc that was constantly escaping and defying death. He even humiliated me a few times. I had a real grudge with this maggot. I finally killed him and it was so satisfying. Then I did the final Zog mission and he was one of the undead captains. I made sure to kill him last.
Me and my brother (and a bunch of friends) started playing the game for the lols, and now my brother is pissed that he couldn't make ratbag an overlord hahaha Everyone loves Ratbag and Olog Ranger 😂
One big thing that immediately stuck out to me is how good the skill tree is. Basically every single skill is fun and useful. Way too many games have boring skill trees that exclusively consist of stat increases, like "+5% fire defense" or something similar.
i just started the campaign again 2 days ago this first run on my pc thought, i played it on ps4 years ago. Im suprised how well this game has aged im into it like ive never played it before i feel this game didnt get enought love. I would be really happy if theyre working on a sequel.
You’re so right about how Talion turning could have been made into a third game. No one can tell me he didn’t look bad ass as Nazgûl and it was a cool cosmetic change from playing as a purely good guy the whole time
I wish that the nemesis Forge stayed in the games ( the nemesis Forge was allowing you to import your Nemesis and Follower from Shadow of Mordor to Shadow of War )
Shadow of War and Mordor are not only fun games, but the combat brought back a lot of fond memories of the old LOTR games from my childhood, specifically The Two Towers and Return Of The King, but far better. Also, Shadow Of War made me cruel af to the Orcs and Trolls that betrayed me! I remember after the campaign, I let Bruz die, brought him back, shamed him, and then let him die again! Heck, I recently shamed an Orc, with the title of “The Gutless” to the point where he just says “woo woo!” 🤣🤣🤣 Nah fr, I’m as cruel as Sauron himself. 🤣🤣🤣
@@DudiReviews do it! Pulling off the executions in Shadow Of War made me feel like I was a child again playing ROTK, and pulling off the amazing combos, fighting the hordes of Mordor in the courtyard of Minas Tirith. Seriously, Monolith struck gold with their Middle-Earth games. 🙌🏻🙌🏻 Also, judging from the art style alone, you can tell that a lot of Monolith’s team were LOTR fans due to the amount of detail work for all the characters, creatures, and locations.
One of the things then i love about this game is the random interactions in-game like some orc talkings about weapons,someone bieng a military trainer,someone talking about life and even some orcs bieng a friendly fight with punches and with no need of cutscenes,just watching and paying attention by yourself.
So im just gonna mention that there is still room for a third game. I believe they have been setting up a trilogy since day one. Think about it. Talions wife sings her song in shadow of mordor and it becomes a huge plotpoint throughout game one and the start of game two. Why does that matter you ask? Because talion is headed to the halls of mandos. Imagine that instead of his wife passing on, she waited for her husband in the halls of mandos. Keep in mind celebrimbor is still alive. Eltariel has the ring. She teases another game. There is evidence that people can stay in the halls of mandos AND ALSO evidence that they can be revived and given a second chance. Mandos once heard a song so beautiful he gave a couple another chance at life. I think mandos will do a tradeoff this time. Talion gets another life with his wife (his sons passed on) but first he must finish what he started and defeat celebrimbor. That is what i think will eventually happen soon. People just dont read the books LOL
oh i like this idea/thought for another game mate! Hoping we get a 3rd game, but they're making a Wonder Woman game currently - so we won't know/see anything for some time
@invasive835 Beren and Lúthien were a very special case apart and while Ioreth's song may suggest a connection to Lúthien these characters are worlds apart. What Mandos did with them could never be repeated with Talion and Ioreth, both mortals, without interfering with Eru's will. Talion has to pass on with his family, only then will he find peace to his torment. Celebrimbor cannot be much of a threat more than Sauron after the destruction of the One. Yes the New Ring isn't destroyed but standing by the canon all of the rings of power are linked to the One ring and with it being destroyed all their powers diminish like the nine of the Nazgûls and the three elven rings. The story of Talion ends as it was portrayed in the game. Had the story been written differently and not rushed allowing a third game to bring an end to the saga it may have worked better
@@noirplays8101 yeah but this is a video game LOL..theyve already strayed far from the canon. Also it seems you didnt play the dlc where celebrimbor was literally teased as the next villain of the game. Broke the canon multiple times. If they wanna make talion a special case they can and will. like mentioned before, theyve been teasing a third game throughout especially with the dlc. If you didnt play it I'll just tell you. Eltariel still has celebrimbors ring. She says its calling to celebrimbor who escaped Barad Dur and she goes "the ring calls to you and i will follow its call" and the game ends there. keep in mind this ring is weaker than the one but stronger than the others and still capable of dominating them according to game canon. Basically works as a new master ring.
@@DudiReviews yeah. i play this game kinda as a sandbox with some main story, that doesnt really matter :) but yeah, not all people like games like this tho.
Dude I thought you had 200k+ subs at first glance,and the video quality and editing was so good I didn’t think twice but after looking again I was shocked you have less than 3k? Thats criminal! Someone get this man the Subs he deserves! (PS) I loved Both shadow of war and Shadow of Mordor :)
1:37 why does everyone think celebrimbor made the one ring? He made the other rings but not the one, he refined the one as he sates in the bright lord dlc
I ran across an orc, that was like an Easter egg of Scorpion from Mortal Kombat. He became the greatest bodyguard I could have asked for. He was an absolute destructive unit of an orc.
in regards to what you said about talions gear the story actually uses his gear and connects it to the ending where after being betrayed and unlocking necromany the item descriptions and appearence of his necromancer set suggest they are a sort of corrupted version of his original gear warped by dark magic his daggers description saying its now warped beyond recognizing its original owner similar things are written about talions necro sword and cape too
I hope someday we get a third game with how popular it is who wouldn’t want it to continue we don’t get to many games that combine super natural powers with stealth and combat
On the hunt for the mindmender. At this point I’m convinced it’s a myth. The stuff of legend. Did they take out the game or am I just unlucky? For those of u unaware of this weapon it is an epic longbow. It’s primary ability is to award 30-40 focus per ranged hit. This means u can use shadow chain strike infinitely. Like u can have 0 focus and it’ll build up from 0 focus to max provided u do enough shadow chain kills. It one shots enemy grunts which makes it useful when you want to clear them out and focus on the captain. If anyone has the bow or knows a specific way to farm it I’d appreciate it if you let me know.
Considering it’s my first playthrough ever, halfway complete, I’m stunned I never played previously. Stealth is excellent, fighting is NOT button mashing, and the game mechanics are uniquely enjoyable. And yes Ratbag is a great NPC.
12:34, this was created back when realtime cutscenes were not common, so the cinematics are probably pre-rendered, so not outfit swaps. Also, almost every company I've worked for that was not Sony owned, really felt it was impossible to do realtime cutscenes, until I worked on the Tomb Raider reboot at Crystal Dynamics, where they did not have this pre-conception.
Interesting info on the WW game with Nemesis(thought that trademark was gonna be sat on forever..) and I agree that am curious how it'll function without the deaths bit.
Why does your channel only have a few thousand subscribers? I'm bumping this 4-month-old video because this was absolutely excellently made my friend. Also because of the Seinfeld references. Seinfeld references always increase the quality of any video I agree with a lot of what you said here. Shadow of Mordor was the game that made me buy an Xbox One back in the day. And I thought it was every bit as awesome as I had hoped. However there was a simplicity to it that made me really enjoy it. The story wasn't that deep, but everything you did from the beginning of the game across that first map, to making your way to the end after getting to the second map and then having the entire metagame change once you get the ability to mind control enemies. It was just such a great journey. Messing around between assassinating and mind controlling different captains in saurons army was a ton of fun So seeing all of that expanded here was awesome as well, and it's still definitely the best part of the game. The Nemesis system is awesome and it's criminal that it's really only utilized in these two games. Because otherwise you are kind of forced to play a much more disjointed story that doesn't flow together as well, and you can end up feeling like you're just slogging through some of these missions because you just want a cooler upgrade or ability so you can get back to messing around with Sauron's Army and the nemesis system It's still a great third person action game. It is still a great open world game. It is still just a great game in general. But I feel like it loses itself somewhere while expanding its scope compared to the first game and overall is just a little bit of a less polished experience. Or at the very least a much more uneven experience, because it still does do everything the first game does but better, It just doesn't pace itself outside of those things as well as the first one did
Cheers for the kind words mate! Really appreciate it 🍻🍻 And agree with your points my dude - the nemesis system really tied and keeps Shadow of War together between the story plot points
I believe this game would had benefitted having 3 different endings. Bright Lord ending would be Tailon, Celebrimbor, and Eltariel banishing Sauron to the lands in the east. Along with, banishing The Witch King up north to Carn Dun. Wraith lord ending would be the same ending as in the base game. Dark lord ending would be Talion and Celebrimbor dominating Sauron and becoming the Third Dark Lord of Middle Earth. I would have Akoth Slayer of the Dead in Carnan and Zogs story line trying to get revenge on Zog for resurrecting Akoth blood brother. Instead of having Zog only try and resurrect Tar-Goroth and some of Morgoth's archers, he would also try resurrecting varies creatures in Mordor from a giant kraken, to the dragon we see in Lithan, some of Sauron's werewolves from the first age, and the legendary graug from the firat game. Along with trying to resurrect Azog and Bolg from the Hobbit movie which both can be recruited into Talion army. At the end of this story line, Talion could side with Zog and betray Akoth and Carnan or side with Akoth and Carnan. Change Bruz story line were you can make him your overlord or make him your second in command. If Bruz is your overlord, all of his varies rivals with try to attack his fort and you will have to help defend it. Bruz as your second in command with help you conquer all the forts in Mordor with the help of his blood brother Baz, Daz, and Gaz. With Ratbag and Ranger, you will help them lead a goblin slave uprising against their masters. The way the goblins fight would be similar to the way the gremlins would fight in the Overlord video games, where they would overwhelm the opposing group by sheer number and collect all their armor and weapons and use them in the next fight. I would have included nine different fort in the game, one for each tribe. It was strange we never went back to the Black Gate and try to control that region. Also, Barad-dur would have been a bonus fort to capture if you decided to banish or dominate Sauron. Same with Minas Morgul being another fort that can be conquered and customized.
It gets points for me for having one of my favorite diffuculty settings in Brutal mode. So much better than gravewalker, since its no longer smacking a boss 500 times to just die to an assassin that was on the other side of the camp. Rather its a high damage, fast "can I hit the boss ten times before he can get two on me?" situation. Wish more games had diffculty setting like that and cut out the damage sponge bosses fights that other higher difficulties bring.
Yes man I totally agree more games need this I basically mod every game I can into this difficulty if it's not present. Examples are Farcry games, cyberpunk etc.
Yes man I totally agree more games need this I basically mod every game I can into this difficulty if it's not present. Examples are Farcry games, cyberpunk etc.
17:50 well, I think we can still get a third game with talion as a nazgul, and have us go through the events of the hobbits and LOTR films, just there would be no celimbrimbor. Just a Nazgul adventure
@@DudiReviews it could be a witch king game with the WK as the main character, or khamul, and have them also go through events in the hobbit. Make a white council boss fight. Then go through some book only moments like Gandalf on weather top. If they can pull it off and go back further with the WK, maybe him taking over Arnor and his duel with glorfindel.
I completely agree with this video's conclusion about the ending of the game. I also think that the devs made the game differently from what it could've been because they knew there wasn't going to be a sequel. So they gave us the best they could. And that's fine.
This is one of those games where I don’t disagree with the criticisms of it, but they also don’t sway me at all 😂 I had fun; that’s all that really matters.
I deleted my old save file recebtly and started anew, havent played since like 2018 and Im enjoying it again, i never actually completed the full campaign so i finally saw the final cutscene the other day. That idea for a third game wouldve been great sheesh.
Started my 3rd or 4th playthrough a couple of days ago now that I finally have it on PC. Your video is in the background for entertainment through the first 10 story quests or so. Thank you
What shocks me most is how non existent the modding community is with this game like someone could easily make this into a sick star wars game there's dismemberment there's force powers and your sword glows plus the graug is literally a rancor seriously someone make it happen!
My guess is the Firebird engine's coding is heavily guarded, since Warner Bros placed trademarks/copyrights/patents around the nemesis system, which is real gem in Shadow of War. But WB has done nothing with it since Shadow of War, with no rumours of a third Shadow game, nor ideas to implement the nemesis system into another game.
i loved shadow of mordor, and i was so hyped up for shadow of war when it got announced back in 2016. I remember when people were complaining about the micro-transactions so much, they made monolith remove them. aside of that, it was simply extremely fun to me. i loved farming and running into the same orcs over and over again because they would either come back with little scratches, rebuilt, semi-corrupted or as undeads. i just loved each and every single aspect of it, even though it got a little repetitive in the epilogue. still, the nemesis system was my most favorite thing and the way they expanded it by adding, for example, the "Blood brother" mechanics made it cooler. it remains my most favorite open world action RPG and i would love to replay it again. oh and a thing i'd like to mention is that, if you played shadow of mordor before and you still have it in your memory, the game will recognize it and add the arch-nemesis that you never managed to kill (or that you killed after so many attempts) in one of the campaign's mission.
My favorite part of the sieges is that you could infiltrate your own orcs into the fortresses and then from there it makes it so easy to do the siege as theyve all betrayed their war chief
It’s free on Amazon Luna for sep, 2024. The third sequel where we can have a moral system would have been great. - would have loved a chain to swing around. - a cape or wings to glide around. -
You sound surprised you're blowing up but you've leveled up your game quite a bit since last time I watched. your graphics are creative and well realized, memes are either unique or uniquely pitched, and your voiceover is leagues more polished with pleasant flow. Great on you, man
I agree so much for the ending, I was fully expecting a sequel, imagine running around as a nazgul talion brainwashing humans, orcs, dwarves, elves with the nemesis system being even more développe
Just started playing last week! HELP: How do you get to lvl80? I’m at a part where “things change dramatically” and I’m like lvl49 but it seems like XP is such a SLOW DRIP right now. Anyway So HAPPY I didn’t when it was microtransaction the game. This game is BUSSIN! Nemesis System is crazy!
You and me both mate. I had to re-control bruz after I broke his mind. Loved how he only talks about not wanting the fort - so I made him war chief of a fort haha
I always wanted one final next gen update. Something to add in some toggleable features, throw in a new game + (like a proper one), and improved smoother gameplay. Unfortunately I don't think we'll ever see a third game or they ever wanted to. I loved the ending to death and had great fun with the epiloque. The fortress gameplay was one of my favorite parts and it let me go deep into it without going online. Looking forward to Monolith's wonder woman game coming up.
I loved playing God of War Ragnarok, Ghost of Tsushhima Directors Cut, Wircher 3 Wild Hunt Complete Edition. Looking for a new game, any suggestions? I quit Warcradt due to monotonous farming and gear chasing got old quick.
Really great video! Enjoyed the edits and subscribed. this game was pretty damn fun imo, the developers are clearly talented as hell and their next game will be exciting. the microtransactions mess really screwed with the perception of this game. definitely making it alot less played then it could have been. It was for the greater good I guess, a message to the gaming industry
The thing about this game is that the story isn't the best, but the countless stories you can create yourself with the Nemesis system make up for it a thousand times. I found myself playing the game so much more after completing the actual main story. In my opinion, that is the main thing about the game that keeps you invested. I was taking betrayals personal and hunting down, shaming and then executing those traitors, enjoying getting my vengeance. I have rearely been so invested in a game after i finished the main story.
Hi, I played it before few years and few weeks ago I bought two DLC. Just finished story with Eltariel and I am not sure is it possibile still play as Eltariel online conqurst? Btw they should to develope new one LOTR game.
Super fun, no question. Endgame is great bcuz u can lose & regain empires, there is still active online play in 2024. Plenty to do if you've finished all missions & side quests.
Finally someone else who has the same pet peeve about the armor as I do, I do love the mismatching armor even though the designs get lazy at times as in repeating armor & weapon skins like Mystic, Slaughter, and bright Lord legendary sets having this exact same design just different colours, I wish there was a toggle where I could keep story mode armor on, meaning even if I change out my armored weapons it'll still look like I have the Ranger fit on as well as OG Urfael and Acharn. Then it changes once we become a ring Wraith. And I have the same opinion about every other game that also does this.
I just found this game on gamepass first time playing through. I watch the reviews first not for spoilers but to understand what I'm going to be doing. Great review. Game honestly I'm having a lot of fun with it. It's not so simple It's stupid but it keeps you interested. Again great review great video! Keep it up man!
I was burnt out on Destiny 2's bullshit (obviously PvP) and was playing this and it was a fun psychopathic joyride to crate the "League of Misunderstood Maniacs". If they are not crazy, they soon will be with screaming, psycotic laughter and even shaming a blood brother in front of the other and dominate the sane one to kill their now crazy blood brother than make them insane and put them under my thumb.
I personally love the idea of Talion fighting off Sauron’s armies for years, while also fighting the corruption within, but the game didn’t entirely capture that idea well, I would of loved if the Shadow Wars begins with little corruption, you can only raise dead orcs around you, and with each fortress you defend (or recapture) a new skill takes over and more visual corruption etc etc, this also shows that Talions been fighting nonstop for 60 odd years. Nonetheless I love Shadow of War and while it’s not cannon, I love the idea of knowing talions there in the shire, attacking Frodo and co on whethertop, I highly recommend everyone checks this game out
Copyrighting the Nemesis system and not pushing this feature further, a cardinal sin i say, still. Shadow of War gave me more hours of fun than i feel i paid for, great game.
After the main game. I wished they opened up the other locations (lore areas) on the map, filled with 100+ level orcs with loads of iron will & no chance traits. I could've continued playing it for another year.
Redownloaded the game a few days ago out of nostalgia for the nemesis system, and this game has held up better than the Hagia Sophia. Graphics are still palatable, ai is really good (pathfinding can be buggy and captains have a hard time picking good targets in a crowd, but no complaints really.), and the powers really make you feel like an unkillable death lord. Need more games like these.
I just started playing again today.I had to take around a year off. I had gotten extremely bored with it. Loving it again so far. Started a new game and I forgot how long it takes to get the ability to start taking captains and making my army.
I just came here to say that the game is not only a great game with respect to its mechanics, but if you take the time and listen to the stories from the artifact collectibles, it’s so clear the game is such a love letter to fans of the Tolkien Universe. I am still playing daily in 2024. The developers are so knowledgeable of the lore of the early ages and the fall of numenor and the creation of the rings of power. This for me makes it a 9/10 game. I will however never let them forget the loot box / micro transactions they tried to implement and neither should you. 😅
I just started playing this again. I really don't get how this is not the GREATEST war game. It has everything you want great combat, companions, sieges, nemesis system and the true feeling of playing like a bad ass. This is the game I play when I want to play as if I'm a main guy in a war movie. Excellent, excellent game. That could really do so much with this.
i love both middle-earth games but i admit i miss the days when monolith was making games like blood, the operative: no one lives forever, tron 2.0, condemned: criminal origins, and f.e.a.r. all of those games were fucking boss
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I will never forget when an Orc I killed came back at least 5 times, always with a different appearance, and always gave me the same sword, but better.
Love how they just keep coming back over and over again
@@DudiReviews After the third time I faced the same orc it got a little boring, since he was at level 31 while I was at level 12.
@@beneditooliveira3942at that time I'd probably run and come back later... I could've done it but The freakin smart bots constantly adapt if I use the same techniques over and over again...
The Smart bots are the reason maybe things keep getting interesting in situations like this one...
I'll never forget two names...
Flak Plague-Bringer
Mug the Unkillable
These two bastards chased me across maps... One freakin came back 6 times until finally getting killed
@@grimreaper6061 I had an unkillable too that betrayed me and got the better of me that day and I’m still salty about it all these years later
@@codycurry91LMAOOO I had one that came back like 4 times, I kept killing him. So instead I dominated him and he then proceeds to betray me cause I killed his brother.
This game found a second life for me. I stopped playing conquests because I started running into hacked orcs that were impossible to defeat, and then I found out about the Wrathgiver sword, farmed one, and now I can finally take any fortress with enough luck.
Right on my dude!
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I play on Xbox. My fortress has 3 cursed krakhorn Tower Orcs that are impossible to beat one as War chief and then two body guards. Had to play forever to get them, they constantly stun, have zero weaknesses, Enraged by everything, invulnerable to executions, acrobatics, shadow walkers, adaptive and have no chance. The only way I was able to beat was with a Graug. Instantly dominated them and they ended up developing more Perks and skills. Two of them ended up developing iron will after they had initially died and were resurrected.
@@j-s-mif they were resurrected would they not be vulnerable to fire no?
yes the hacked orc forts are a real pain, but the wrathgiver is awesome against those cheats, but I still have fun making Necromancers and collecting them from others, Every fort of mine is filled with them, LOL
Only bad part of it was that traitorous she-elf not facing any punishment.
well talion did beat her up one time
Can you imagine she - orcs if they did a third instalment 😂😉
She lost her fingers 😂
lol she did she fall to the dark side 😂
@@A1stardanan fall to the dark side an the bright lord got absorb by Sauron
I like that because of the Nemesis system everyone has unique stories to tell about the game outside of the story that the studio wanted to tell.
Yeah it's a great feature and so useful for replayability
@DudiReviews I have heard some people complain about how after the story the nemesis system doesn't work as well. Not my opinion but I kinda understand it
@@0biscrabbles yeah can sorta see that when you've finished the main story, you could (potentially) stop caring if an orc kills you because you've already finished the story?
@@DudiReviews How can you NOT cared? Where is your honor 😃 If you let it slide, more betrayals will occure, cause they see you as a weak leader. And if that guy who kill you broke your sword, it can be sometimes pretty hard to get the revenge for new sword.
The story is not ending when you finish all missions.. The whole Nemesis system and you playing with that system creates so many stories, but kids in these days just dont have any creativity in their mind.. They finish all mission and thinks there is nothing more to do, cause there is no more quest mark on the map.. Disappointing.
@@fandaklada609 I had one trickers orc that was constantly escaping and defying death. He even humiliated me a few times. I had a real grudge with this maggot. I finally killed him and it was so satisfying. Then I did the final Zog mission and he was one of the undead captains. I made sure to kill him last.
Ratbag is love, Ratbag is life
He's a brilliantly designed, written and acted character
True that
Me and my brother (and a bunch of friends) started playing the game for the lols, and now my brother is pissed that he couldn't make ratbag an overlord hahaha Everyone loves Ratbag and Olog Ranger 😂
@@DudiReviewsyou don’t get the joke
I made him an overlord with glitch in gogoroth (volcano map)
The scariest orc captain build. Shielder+Adaptable+Arrow-Proof
+frost proof. If you can’t freeze them by jumping over, or stunning it’s finished cuz you also can’t pin 😭😭😭
add 'no chance' and 'enraged by everything' to that :D
@@nest1541 you don't need frost proof, you cannot pin if he is arrow proof anyway, and adaptable won't let you vault after couple of times anyway...
the fact that none of y'all brought up Vigilant against Stealth is crazy
@@m.ghazianhindami5834 It's not that bad though. It doesn't play a big enough part when actually fighting an orc in my opinion.
One big thing that immediately stuck out to me is how good the skill tree is. Basically every single skill is fun and useful. Way too many games have boring skill trees that exclusively consist of stat increases, like "+5% fire defense" or something similar.
completely agree my dude
i just started the campaign again 2 days ago this first run on my pc thought, i played it on ps4 years ago. Im suprised how well this game has aged im into it like ive never played it before i feel this game didnt get enought love. I would be really happy if theyre working on a sequel.
Right on mate! The cool thing is your playthroughs will be different too with the nemesis system
Apparently they’re working on a Wonder Woman game that’s stuck in development hell. Unlikely that there will be a sequel anytime soon.
I just finished replaying this after years and got reminded why it was one of, if not my favourite single player games ever.
nice one mate!
It's definitely one of those games that I come back to once in a while.
The game is so addictive because of the nemesis system and making you're army bigger and better
You are army?
@@scottc2455GRAPE. HE WILL BE PILOT
@@scottc2455English?
Who’s playing this in October?
I am
I am
Me, although a bit disappointed they got rid of online
just 100% the game and all it's achievements 2 days ago
You’re so right about how Talion turning could have been made into a third game.
No one can tell me he didn’t look bad ass as Nazgûl and it was a cool cosmetic change from playing as a purely good guy the whole time
I wish that the nemesis Forge stayed in the games ( the nemesis Forge was allowing you to import your Nemesis and Follower from Shadow of Mordor to Shadow of War )
Need a new game fr I could only imagine this game being made in 2024
The open world would be insane!
@@DudiReviews for real all the possibilities with upgraded engines smoother gameplay for consoles new everything it would be a peak game
Unreal engine 5 would make it look so amazing
Would be awesome
Shadow of War and Mordor are not only fun games, but the combat brought back a lot of fond memories of the old LOTR games from my childhood, specifically The Two Towers and Return Of The King, but far better.
Also, Shadow Of War made me cruel af to the Orcs and Trolls that betrayed me! I remember after the campaign, I let Bruz die, brought him back, shamed him, and then let him die again! Heck, I recently shamed an Orc, with the title of “The Gutless” to the point where he just says “woo woo!” 🤣🤣🤣 Nah fr, I’m as cruel as Sauron himself. 🤣🤣🤣
I know exactly what you mean mate. Still love the two towers/return of the king games. Mind have to look at covering them on the channel mate
@@DudiReviews do it! Pulling off the executions in Shadow Of War made me feel like I was a child again playing ROTK, and pulling off the amazing combos, fighting the hordes of Mordor in the courtyard of Minas Tirith. Seriously, Monolith struck gold with their Middle-Earth games. 🙌🏻🙌🏻 Also, judging from the art style alone, you can tell that a lot of Monolith’s team were LOTR fans due to the amount of detail work for all the characters, creatures, and locations.
Orc and Olog maniacs are so much fun 😂
The „Knew it! i knew it! Knew it, knew it!“ guy is funny too
One of the things then i love about this game is the random interactions in-game like some orc talkings about weapons,someone bieng a military trainer,someone talking about life and even some orcs bieng a friendly fight with punches and with no need of cutscenes,just watching and paying attention by yourself.
So im just gonna mention that there is still room for a third game. I believe they have been setting up a trilogy since day one. Think about it. Talions wife sings her song in shadow of mordor and it becomes a huge plotpoint throughout game one and the start of game two. Why does that matter you ask? Because talion is headed to the halls of mandos. Imagine that instead of his wife passing on, she waited for her husband in the halls of mandos. Keep in mind celebrimbor is still alive. Eltariel has the ring. She teases another game. There is evidence that people can stay in the halls of mandos AND ALSO evidence that they can be revived and given a second chance. Mandos once heard a song so beautiful he gave a couple another chance at life. I think mandos will do a tradeoff this time. Talion gets another life with his wife (his sons passed on) but first he must finish what he started and defeat celebrimbor. That is what i think will eventually happen soon. People just dont read the books LOL
oh i like this idea/thought for another game mate!
Hoping we get a 3rd game, but they're making a Wonder Woman game currently - so we won't know/see anything for some time
@@DudiReviews yeah figures. Im active in the monolith community and i basically grew up with this franchise since childhood. Just a educated guess 👍
right on my dude @@invasive835
@invasive835 Beren and Lúthien were a very special case apart and while Ioreth's song may suggest a connection to Lúthien these characters are worlds apart. What Mandos did with them could never be repeated with Talion and Ioreth, both mortals, without interfering with Eru's will. Talion has to pass on with his family, only then will he find peace to his torment. Celebrimbor cannot be much of a threat more than Sauron after the destruction of the One. Yes the New Ring isn't destroyed but standing by the canon all of the rings of power are linked to the One ring and with it being destroyed all their powers diminish like the nine of the Nazgûls and the three elven rings. The story of Talion ends as it was portrayed in the game. Had the story been written differently and not rushed allowing a third game to bring an end to the saga it may have worked better
@@noirplays8101 yeah but this is a video game LOL..theyve already strayed far from the canon. Also it seems you didnt play the dlc where celebrimbor was literally teased as the next villain of the game. Broke the canon multiple times. If they wanna make talion a special case they can and will. like mentioned before, theyve been teasing a third game throughout especially with the dlc. If you didnt play it I'll just tell you. Eltariel still has celebrimbors ring. She says its calling to celebrimbor who escaped Barad Dur and she goes "the ring calls to you and i will follow its call" and the game ends there. keep in mind this ring is weaker than the one but stronger than the others and still capable of dominating them according to game canon. Basically works as a new master ring.
For me like 90% if this game is nemesis system. Very few people play this game just to finish a story. Main fun is after a story is finished.
oh the combat and nemesis system is brilliant!
@@DudiReviews yeah. i play this game kinda as a sandbox with some main story, that doesnt really matter :) but yeah, not all people like games like this tho.
Currently playing this again. I wish it would give you an option to have multiple save files...
Dude I thought you had 200k+ subs at first glance,and the video quality and editing was so good I didn’t think twice but after looking again I was shocked you have less than 3k? Thats criminal! Someone get this man the Subs he deserves! (PS) I loved Both shadow of war and Shadow of Mordor :)
Ah shucks cheers mate! 🍻🍻
Glad you enjoyed the video 😊
There's also a shadow of mordor video on the channel too if you've not already seen it
1:37 why does everyone think celebrimbor made the one ring? He made the other rings but not the one, he refined the one as he sates in the bright lord dlc
thanks for the correction my dude!
I ran across an orc, that was like an Easter egg of Scorpion from Mortal Kombat.
He became the greatest bodyguard I could have asked for. He was an absolute destructive unit of an orc.
I just downloaded this game, absolutely love it. First time playing. The memesis mechanic is unreal!
right on my dude! enjoy!
I just started playing this game again like 2 weeks ago beat both dlcs and played a shit ton of conquest
To be honest i wish they kept it going instead if ending it, this is such a fantastic game series and i have always wanted more of it.
in regards to what you said about talions gear the story actually uses his gear and connects it to the ending where after being betrayed and unlocking necromany the item descriptions and appearence of his necromancer set suggest they are a sort of corrupted version of his original gear warped by dark magic his daggers description saying its now warped beyond recognizing its original owner similar things are written about talions necro sword and cape too
yeah thats fair that his gear warps into nazgul gear, but changing his sons dagger before we're a wraith feels a bit weird - but good point mate!
Its not fair that i can only like this video once...great review!
ha ha cheers!
if there was a 3rd game, we could've had oliphaunts
Oh damn that's a wicked idea!
I hope someday we get a third game with how popular it is who wouldn’t want it to continue we don’t get to many games that combine super natural powers with stealth and combat
Who else's favorite part about the game is taking over the orcs???
loved the creative orc names
@@DudiReviews fr tho
On the hunt for the mindmender. At this point I’m convinced it’s a myth. The stuff of legend. Did they take out the game or am I just unlucky? For those of u unaware of this weapon it is an epic longbow. It’s primary ability is to award 30-40 focus per ranged hit. This means u can use shadow chain strike infinitely. Like u can have 0 focus and it’ll build up from 0 focus to max provided u do enough shadow chain kills. It one shots enemy grunts which makes it useful when you want to clear them out and focus on the captain. If anyone has the bow or knows a specific way to farm it I’d appreciate it if you let me know.
Considering it’s my first playthrough ever, halfway complete, I’m stunned I never played previously. Stealth is excellent, fighting is NOT button mashing, and the game mechanics are uniquely enjoyable. And yes Ratbag is a great NPC.
12:34, this was created back when realtime cutscenes were not common, so the cinematics are probably pre-rendered, so not outfit swaps. Also, almost every company I've worked for that was not Sony owned, really felt it was impossible to do realtime cutscenes, until I worked on the Tomb Raider reboot at Crystal Dynamics, where they did not have this pre-conception.
Interesting info on the WW game with Nemesis(thought that trademark was gonna be sat on forever..) and I agree that am curious how it'll function without the deaths bit.
Exactly my dude - only time will tell how that'll work
Why can't we get a 60fps upgrade for this game? I love this game but 30fps just feels like crap
Why does your channel only have a few thousand subscribers? I'm bumping this 4-month-old video because this was absolutely excellently made my friend. Also because of the Seinfeld references. Seinfeld references always increase the quality of any video
I agree with a lot of what you said here. Shadow of Mordor was the game that made me buy an Xbox One back in the day. And I thought it was every bit as awesome as I had hoped. However there was a simplicity to it that made me really enjoy it. The story wasn't that deep, but everything you did from the beginning of the game across that first map, to making your way to the end after getting to the second map and then having the entire metagame change once you get the ability to mind control enemies. It was just such a great journey. Messing around between assassinating and mind controlling different captains in saurons army was a ton of fun
So seeing all of that expanded here was awesome as well, and it's still definitely the best part of the game. The Nemesis system is awesome and it's criminal that it's really only utilized in these two games.
Because otherwise you are kind of forced to play a much more disjointed story that doesn't flow together as well, and you can end up feeling like you're just slogging through some of these missions because you just want a cooler upgrade or ability so you can get back to messing around with Sauron's Army and the nemesis system
It's still a great third person action game. It is still a great open world game. It is still just a great game in general. But I feel like it loses itself somewhere while expanding its scope compared to the first game and overall is just a little bit of a less polished experience. Or at the very least a much more uneven experience, because it still does do everything the first game does but better, It just doesn't pace itself outside of those things as well as the first one did
Cheers for the kind words mate! Really appreciate it 🍻🍻
And agree with your points my dude - the nemesis system really tied and keeps Shadow of War together between the story plot points
I believe this game would had benefitted having 3 different endings.
Bright Lord ending would be Tailon, Celebrimbor, and Eltariel banishing Sauron to the lands in the east. Along with, banishing The Witch King up north to Carn Dun.
Wraith lord ending would be the same ending as in the base game.
Dark lord ending would be Talion and Celebrimbor dominating Sauron and becoming the Third Dark Lord of Middle Earth.
I would have Akoth Slayer of the Dead in Carnan and Zogs story line trying to get revenge on Zog for resurrecting Akoth blood brother. Instead of having Zog only try and resurrect Tar-Goroth and some of Morgoth's archers, he would also try resurrecting varies creatures in Mordor from a giant kraken, to the dragon we see in Lithan, some of Sauron's werewolves from the first age, and the legendary graug from the firat game. Along with trying to resurrect Azog and Bolg from the Hobbit movie which both can be recruited into Talion army. At the end of this story line, Talion could side with Zog and betray Akoth and Carnan or side with Akoth and Carnan.
Change Bruz story line were you can make him your overlord or make him your second in command. If Bruz is your overlord, all of his varies rivals with try to attack his fort and you will have to help defend it. Bruz as your second in command with help you conquer all the forts in Mordor with the help of his blood brother Baz, Daz, and Gaz. With Ratbag and Ranger, you will help them lead a goblin slave uprising against their masters. The way the goblins fight would be similar to the way the gremlins would fight in the Overlord video games, where they would overwhelm the opposing group by sheer number and collect all their armor and weapons and use them in the next fight.
I would have included nine different fort in the game, one for each tribe. It was strange we never went back to the Black Gate and try to control that region. Also, Barad-dur would have been a bonus fort to capture if you decided to banish or dominate Sauron. Same with Minas Morgul being another fort that can be conquered and customized.
Not bad ideas in here mate!
@@DudiReviews Thanks 👍
It gets points for me for having one of my favorite diffuculty settings in Brutal mode. So much better than gravewalker, since its no longer smacking a boss 500 times to just die to an assassin that was on the other side of the camp. Rather its a high damage, fast "can I hit the boss ten times before he can get two on me?" situation. Wish more games had diffculty setting like that and cut out the damage sponge bosses fights that other higher difficulties bring.
Yes man I totally agree more games need this I basically mod every game I can into this difficulty if it's not present
Yes man I totally agree more games need this I basically mod every game I can into this difficulty if it's not present. Examples are Farcry games, cyberpunk etc.
Yes man I totally agree more games need this I basically mod every game I can into this difficulty if it's not present. Examples are Farcry games, cyberpunk etc.
17:50 well, I think we can still get a third game with talion as a nazgul, and have us go through the events of the hobbits and LOTR films, just there would be no celimbrimbor. Just a Nazgul adventure
it'd be kinda cool - would only be LOTR moments though as Shadow of War/Mordor is after the hobbit
@@DudiReviews it could be a witch king game with the WK as the main character, or khamul, and have them also go through events in the hobbit. Make a white council boss fight. Then go through some book only moments like Gandalf on weather top. If they can pull it off and go back further with the WK, maybe him taking over Arnor and his duel with glorfindel.
Shadow of Mordor was more revolutionary, it's a shame the nemesis system was patented.
we'll get it again with Wonder Woman i think?
This is.. one massively fun epic game that sadly got abandoned.. to this day I hope to see another game like it
fingers crossed we get a sequel at some point my dude
Bought SoW in the PS Store a week ago and i love ❤ it.
Nice one mate! Glad you're having a wicked time with it
I completely agree with this video's conclusion about the ending of the game. I also think that the devs made the game differently from what it could've been because they knew there wasn't going to be a sequel. So they gave us the best they could. And that's fine.
This is one of those games where I don’t disagree with the criticisms of it, but they also don’t sway me at all 😂
I had fun; that’s all that really matters.
@@njsteere exactly my dude - if you enjoyed your experience then right on 🍻
I deleted my old save file recebtly and started anew, havent played since like 2018 and Im enjoying it again, i never actually completed the full campaign so i finally saw the final cutscene the other day. That idea for a third game wouldve been great sheesh.
Cheers mate! Glad you enjoyed SoW again my dude
Started my 3rd or 4th playthrough a couple of days ago now that I finally have it on PC. Your video is in the background for entertainment through the first 10 story quests or so. Thank you
@@dr.weeniehutjr cheers my dude. Plenty of other videos for some background entertainment
I've loved this game, loved the first game
and I'm only a teenager
I've been playing these two games since I was 7 in 2014
That intro was the best!! Your references are great. Me, Myself and Irene. I subbed
@@DanceswithCoreans haha cheers my dude! Glad you got a laugh and enjoyed it. All my videos tend to have memes
What shocks me most is how non existent the modding community is with this game like someone could easily make this into a sick star wars game there's dismemberment there's force powers and your sword glows plus the graug is literally a rancor seriously someone make it happen!
My guess is the Firebird engine's coding is heavily guarded, since Warner Bros placed trademarks/copyrights/patents around the nemesis system, which is real gem in Shadow of War.
But WB has done nothing with it since Shadow of War, with no rumours of a third Shadow game, nor ideas to implement the nemesis system into another game.
@archangel9363 ah that makes sense it's such a shame aswell Modders could do such much with this game
@@EyeBeZombie yeah like bringing Eltariel and the other dude (forgot his name) Gameplay to the main game, playing a captain or other funny stuff
I’m still holding out hope that with all the new hardware, software such that they’ll make a 3rd game. I still play them and I know others do too
i loved shadow of mordor, and i was so hyped up for shadow of war when it got announced back in 2016. I remember when people were complaining about the micro-transactions so much, they made monolith remove them.
aside of that, it was simply extremely fun to me. i loved farming and running into the same orcs over and over again because they would either come back with little scratches, rebuilt, semi-corrupted or as undeads. i just loved each and every single aspect of it, even though it got a little repetitive in the epilogue.
still, the nemesis system was my most favorite thing and the way they expanded it by adding, for example, the "Blood brother" mechanics made it cooler.
it remains my most favorite open world action RPG and i would love to replay it again.
oh and a thing i'd like to mention is that, if you played shadow of mordor before and you still have it in your memory, the game will recognize it and add the arch-nemesis that you never managed to kill (or that you killed after so many attempts) in one of the campaign's mission.
My favorite part of the sieges is that you could infiltrate your own orcs into the fortresses and then from there it makes it so easy to do the siege as theyve all betrayed their war chief
first time watching ur videos, definetly earned a sub 👍👍👍
@@JayBucks46s cheers my dude! Hope the memes in this video (and in other videos) got you a laugh!
It’s free on Amazon Luna for sep, 2024.
The third sequel where we can have a moral system would have been great.
- would have loved a chain to swing around.
- a cape or wings to glide around.
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You sound surprised you're blowing up but you've leveled up your game quite a bit since last time I watched. your graphics are creative and well realized, memes are either unique or uniquely pitched, and your voiceover is leagues more polished with pleasant flow. Great on you, man
@@MidnightMedium cheers HFM 🍻🍻
I agree so much for the ending, I was fully expecting a sequel, imagine running around as a nazgul talion brainwashing humans, orcs, dwarves, elves with the nemesis system being even more développe
Just started playing last week!
HELP: How do you get to lvl80? I’m at a part where “things change dramatically” and I’m like lvl49 but it seems like XP is such a SLOW DRIP right now.
Anyway So HAPPY I didn’t when it was microtransaction the game.
This game is BUSSIN! Nemesis System is crazy!
Will never get over the bruz betrayal
You and me both mate. I had to re-control bruz after I broke his mind. Loved how he only talks about not wanting the fort - so I made him war chief of a fort haha
@@DudiReviews exactly same as me pal, will never forgive ratbag for not letting me make him warchief from the start 😔
Dude i kove your video. The edits are funny but not overdone. I was surprised you didnt have waaaay more subs. Gona give this game another run
cheers for the kind words my dude! super appreciate it!
enjoy your run through of Shadow of War and let me know what you think mate
Just bought the story expansion DLC for $2.50 on the PS Store. Never beat the main story, but now I'm gonna have to finish it.
@@monkemonkerson5620 enjoy my dude
**shelob turned into a goth babe** **everybody liked this**
I always wanted one final next gen update. Something to add in some toggleable features, throw in a new game + (like a proper one), and improved smoother gameplay.
Unfortunately I don't think we'll ever see a third game or they ever wanted to. I loved the ending to death and had great fun with the epiloque. The fortress gameplay was one of my favorite parts and it let me go deep into it without going online. Looking forward to Monolith's wonder woman game coming up.
was surprised that they ended Talions story - but his ending/final cutscene after the fortress gameplay was kinda worth it
Dude it is rare i come across a creator that has a sense of humor similar to mine 😂😂😂 good video
Cheers my dude! Appreciate it.
If you're after a funny game, check out my bears in space video. Fps hilarious indie game
I loved playing God of War Ragnarok, Ghost of Tsushhima Directors Cut, Wircher 3 Wild Hunt Complete Edition. Looking for a new game, any suggestions? I quit Warcradt due to monotonous farming and gear chasing got old quick.
Really great video! Enjoyed the edits and subscribed. this game was pretty damn fun imo, the developers are clearly talented as hell and their next game will be exciting. the microtransactions mess really screwed with the perception of this game. definitely making it alot less played then it could have been. It was for the greater good I guess, a message to the gaming industry
@@Joseph-d7q cheers my dude appreciate it 🍻
The thing about this game is that the story isn't the best, but the countless stories you can create yourself with the Nemesis system make up for it a thousand times. I found myself playing the game so much more after completing the actual main story. In my opinion, that is the main thing about the game that keeps you invested. I was taking betrayals personal and hunting down, shaming and then executing those traitors, enjoying getting my vengeance. I have rearely been so invested in a game after i finished the main story.
agree my dude - seeing a favorite ork turn on you, you kinda take it personally haha - still hurt about Bruz lol
One of my favourite games and I think the DLC Desolation of Mordor proves they can make a game will you don't have powers
Hi, I played it before few years and few weeks ago I bought two DLC. Just finished story with Eltariel and I am not sure is it possibile still play as Eltariel online conqurst?
Btw they should to develope new one LOTR game.
Super fun, no question. Endgame is great bcuz u can lose & regain empires, there is still active online play in 2024. Plenty to do if you've finished all missions & side quests.
Talion is the reason why for 60 years between hobbit and fellowship timelines the was no significant attacks on middle earth by Sauron
One of the best games I've ever played. Awesome game. Please continue the sequel.
Let me say this and scream this good graphics doesn’t equal a good game SoW has dope mechanics and lots of repeatability SoW FTW!!
That intro was *chef kiss
Cheers mate 🍻
Finally someone else who has the same pet peeve about the armor as I do, I do love the mismatching armor even though the designs get lazy at times as in repeating armor & weapon skins like Mystic, Slaughter, and bright Lord legendary sets having this exact same design just different colours, I wish there was a toggle where I could keep story mode armor on, meaning even if I change out my armored weapons it'll still look like I have the Ranger fit on as well as OG Urfael and Acharn. Then it changes once we become a ring Wraith. And I have the same opinion about every other game that also does this.
exactly my dude!
I just found this game on gamepass first time playing through. I watch the reviews first not for spoilers but to understand what I'm going to be doing. Great review. Game honestly I'm having a lot of fun with it. It's not so simple It's stupid but it keeps you interested. Again great review great video! Keep it up man!
Cheers mate
I was burnt out on Destiny 2's bullshit (obviously PvP) and was playing this and it was a fun psychopathic joyride to crate the "League of Misunderstood Maniacs". If they are not crazy, they soon will be with screaming, psycotic laughter and even shaming a blood brother in front of the other and dominate the sane one to kill their now crazy blood brother than make them insane and put them under my thumb.
Haha yeah it's got some great power fantasy moments
I personally love the idea of Talion fighting off Sauron’s armies for years, while also fighting the corruption within, but the game didn’t entirely capture that idea well, I would of loved if the Shadow Wars begins with little corruption, you can only raise dead orcs around you, and with each fortress you defend (or recapture) a new skill takes over and more visual corruption etc etc, this also shows that Talions been fighting nonstop for 60 odd years. Nonetheless I love Shadow of War and while it’s not cannon, I love the idea of knowing talions there in the shire, attacking Frodo and co on whethertop, I highly recommend everyone checks this game out
Copyrighting the Nemesis system and not pushing this feature further, a cardinal sin i say, still. Shadow of War gave me more hours of fun than i feel i paid for, great game.
After the main game. I wished they opened up the other locations (lore areas) on the map, filled with 100+ level orcs with loads of iron will & no chance traits. I could've continued playing it for another year.
if anyone is asking themselves if they should buy this, the answer is yes. Addicting. So much to do. So many abilities and variations of them.
Would it be fun for someone who's played rdr2, Arkham Knight, botw and a bunch of other typical go here do this cliche open world games? Thanks
I'd say play the first one then go to the 2nd one. Just great stories and fun times imo.
@@NateDrake-r7qon sale rn. Last day.
Bro that what if section of a third game would of been DOPE
Cheers my dude!
To anyone thinking about getting this...
🗿 *YES*
Already beat the story, even ive achieved the mask of the fell rider! What a MASTERPIECE!
Did they ever add a skip for the introductuin cutscences?
a few months late but i had a lot of fun with this game - can see why some might not like it but i loved it personally
Celebrimbor didn't create Sauron's ring, he did however create the three Elven rings
Thank you for the correction my dude
Redownloaded the game a few days ago out of nostalgia for the nemesis system, and this game has held up better than the Hagia Sophia. Graphics are still palatable, ai is really good (pathfinding can be buggy and captains have a hard time picking good targets in a crowd, but no complaints really.), and the powers really make you feel like an unkillable death lord.
Need more games like these.
I just started playing again today.I had to take around a year off. I had gotten extremely bored with it. Loving it again so far. Started a new game and I forgot how long it takes to get the ability to start taking captains and making my army.
Yo that Home Alone into was great... 😂
Cheers my dude🍻 I generally start all my reviews with an opening meme and I'm real proud of this one haha
The game is fun but the entire concept is lore shattering
I played this game after all the micros were taken out of it and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
right on my dude - glad you enjoyed it
Given that there was no third game, I’m glad it didn’t end on a cliffhanger
I just came here to say that the game is not only a great game with respect to its mechanics, but if you take the time and listen to the stories from the artifact collectibles, it’s so clear the game is such a love letter to fans of the Tolkien Universe. I am still playing daily in 2024. The developers are so knowledgeable of the lore of the early ages and the fall of numenor and the creation of the rings of power. This for me makes it a 9/10 game. I will however never let them forget the loot box / micro transactions they tried to implement and neither should you. 😅
@@TheSuperSlothy read this while rewatching fellowship - it's a damn great game my dude
The art design makes this game timeless
I just started playing this again. I really don't get how this is not the GREATEST war game. It has everything you want great combat, companions, sieges, nemesis system and the true feeling of playing like a bad ass. This is the game I play when I want to play as if I'm a main guy in a war movie.
Excellent, excellent game. That could really do so much with this.
i love both middle-earth games but i admit i miss the days when monolith was making games like blood, the operative: no one lives forever, tron 2.0, condemned: criminal origins, and f.e.a.r. all of those games were fucking boss
that third game idea has me hooked id love that character development and im upset that a third game will probably never happen
@@explorrt cheers my dude 🍻
2024 Player here still finding new builds and orcs
The beginning is hilarious 😂
Glad it got a laugh my dude 🍻
Pro tip, if u want to replay the story make sure u farm heaps of online orcs they can be used in ur next play through if u haven’t placed them yet