Middle-earth Shadow of War: Sauron Final Boss Fight and True Ending

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  • @hammerh3ad019
    @hammerh3ad019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3365

    I believe there's a line of dialogue where Sauron will say
    "You lost the Ranger. That was a mistake"
    Like even the big bad evil guy knows Celebrimbor leaving Talion was a bad move.

    • @pharaohsmagician8329
      @pharaohsmagician8329 2 ปีที่แล้ว +489

      It was *SO* satisfying to hear that line

    • @justincarter1217
      @justincarter1217 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Celebrimbor is a hoe for how he did talion

    • @NFrk97
      @NFrk97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +427

      Bad move for Celebrimbor+Eltariel, but better for Middle Earth. Like Shelob reveals to Talion, had it been him there Sauron would have fallen but Celembrimbor would have taken his place and be *worse*

    • @patrykmadrzejewski8069
      @patrykmadrzejewski8069 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      That voice of that ghost... No... Could it be?... Alastair Duncan

    • @gamingfelicity8289
      @gamingfelicity8289 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      where is that line ??? i wasnt able to find it....

  • @777supervegeta
    @777supervegeta 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5165

    Celebrimbor was a fool to think he could win without talion. What a shame, poor talion. At least he's at peace now

    • @GR-ej9my
      @GR-ej9my 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Talion was weak anyways

    • @XxSUPEREVILNZxX
      @XxSUPEREVILNZxX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1037

      @@GR-ej9my say that to the 20 years of being a ring-wraith, ignoring its temptations and fighting the war alone

    • @claritycontrol1530
      @claritycontrol1530 4 ปีที่แล้ว +649

      @@XxSUPEREVILNZxX I know. Talion was the key factor here. With Eltariel, Celebrimbor failed to dominate Sauron. But Talion would've succeeded.

    • @lukasp.4471
      @lukasp.4471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +229

      @@XxSUPEREVILNZxX Make that 60 years.

    • @nekokami3132
      @nekokami3132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +285

      Elves man, greedy bastards

  • @jsmith4liberty
    @jsmith4liberty 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2855

    "Your name will be forgotten. Your deeds will be forgotten."
    Well, I guess that is true in the case of Eltariel.

    • @nico114334
      @nico114334 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      P&WJsmith4liberty I think galadriel knew eltariel would become evuk.

    • @miguelcondadoolivar5149
      @miguelcondadoolivar5149 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Who?

    • @twinzzlers
      @twinzzlers 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@nico114334 Yeah who?

    • @skavanagh2778
      @skavanagh2778 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@miguelcondadoolivar5149 galdriel is like the elf queen lady

    • @miguelcondadoolivar5149
      @miguelcondadoolivar5149 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@skavanagh2778 I know who Galadriel is... I was asking about Elt-something, the one mentioned in the original post.

  • @jtr7377
    @jtr7377 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4345

    Sauron: "Damn, so that is how it feels to cut off someone's fingers and separate the ring from its owner"

    • @WarMonger_the-One-and-Only
      @WarMonger_the-One-and-Only 6 ปีที่แล้ว +738

      Sauron: "Isildur was right. This *is* fun!"

    • @nathanielclaw2841
      @nathanielclaw2841 6 ปีที่แล้ว +491

      i wonder if isildur was looking at the battle from heaven or werever he was and thought: "that motherfucker stole my move!"

    • @EfecanYSL
      @EfecanYSL 6 ปีที่แล้ว +185

      ''what an uncreative piece of darkness stealing my trick''

    • @OceanMichaelShadow
      @OceanMichaelShadow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oof

    • @jacksimpson8529
      @jacksimpson8529 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Nice to see the bad guys learning from past experiences, isn't it?
      Wouldn't have happened if Celebrimbor stayed merged with Talion though, that ranger would've just dropped the hammer on Sauron's ass.

  • @user-ty4iy8lx1o
    @user-ty4iy8lx1o 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3067

    so basically tallion lost everyone he knew, got played in a desperate quest to save the world, got betrayed by his two only friends, one to merge with sauron, one to betray him again. It actually hurts to buy the DLC just to realise it was to replay the betrayal.
    from this point of view, the nazgul really were his truest brothers

    • @sukitron5415
      @sukitron5415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +779

      Funny thing is, the witch king was more of a friend to him than Celebrimbor was

    • @thecommentguy9380
      @thecommentguy9380 4 ปีที่แล้ว +691

      @@sukitron5415 ikr, he still keep the invitation to "The Nine" club open even after Talion beat the shit out of him and took his city.

    • @wholesome_masochist4113
      @wholesome_masochist4113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +523

      @@thecommentguy9380 He even waited for Talion to finish everything he had to before pulling the plug. Dude literally kept his spot open for 60 whole years, and after getting their collective asses kicked on more than one occasion.

    • @rickacton7540
      @rickacton7540 3 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      @@sukitron5415 Neither Sauron, the WK, nor any of the others ever lied...

    • @rikilamaru
      @rikilamaru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      @@rickacton7540 tbh truth is usually worse than the lie

  • @Slayer-nd9hn
    @Slayer-nd9hn ปีที่แล้ว +432

    0:36 “In the body of Elf or Man,you are unchanged Celebrimbor” hits hard when you realise that Celebrimbor made the exact same mistakes that resulted in his demise, his main one being betraying Talion, as stated by Sauron in one of his lines of dialogue “You lost the ranger,that was a mistake”

    • @JeremyPuaso
      @JeremyPuaso 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why tho?

    • @Orcgaming200
      @Orcgaming200 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@JeremyPuaso because Talion and Celebrimbor connection made them more stronger than Sauron before Talion took isildur’s ring and battled the witch king, Shelob told Talion that if he would have still been celebrimbor’s vessel and battled Sauron the outcome would have been completely different. Talion would be the new bearer of the new ring leading celebrimbor’s army to conquer middle earth and just like how Sauron absorbed celebrimbor and became the eye of Sauron instead celebrimbor would absorb Sauron because the blue eye on bara dur

  • @DillonMeyer
    @DillonMeyer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +748

    And then after he disarmed himself and walked into the distance, he suddenly hears:
    *"RANGER!!! NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D SEE ME AGAIN EH?! YOU CAN'T GET RID OF AN URUK THAT EASILY!"*
    Roll credits.

    • @yazidefirenze
      @yazidefirenze 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Imagine
      All you have is your sword
      You have to fight your nemesis across both games and try to win.

    • @robbietheweirdo
      @robbietheweirdo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@yazidefirenze mine was a fellow named Golm the choker

    • @bobbaseball5182
      @bobbaseball5182 ปีที่แล้ว

      in my case it would just be quiet maniacal laugh cause of Krakhorn The Maniac
      motherfucker killed me 5 times, after the fourth he fought the overlord of a fortress and BECAME AN OVERLORD HIMSELF
      he doesnt have ANY weaknesses except 3 hints
      he has alot of traits and immunities and other shit i dont remember
      when i was about to take the fortress i had alot of spies planted as warchiefs, and then i thought "come on beating krakhorn shouldnt be too hard now."
      after he killed me again i got so mad that i assigned 4 bodyguard spies to him

    • @ITheIM7IOmegaI
      @ITheIM7IOmegaI ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Talion walked onwards into the horizon. Where he reunited with his wife and his s-
      "MAN SWINE!!!!"
      *camera turns and zooms into a single uruk*

    • @jonathanezequielromerodasi4334
      @jonathanezequielromerodasi4334 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Thats what probably happened in my game with Zuka the inmortal, who got stabbed, decapitated, stabbed again, cut in half and then decapitated again, until he finally said enough is enough, but i still miss him

  • @philliphelmut1077
    @philliphelmut1077 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1511

    I m sad you cant see Talions reunion with his son and wife, like, its the only thing you realy fought for...

    • @calebfleming123
      @calebfleming123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +273

      Phillip Helmut at the end of the actual ending cinematic He’s walking into I think heaven, while he’s walking away if you look at his sons sword a rose that he gave his wife in the first game sprouts next to the sword. He did reunite with his family.

    • @adzxyz1950
      @adzxyz1950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Well we know that the Elves do have a heaven, Dwarves are reincarnated, but we don't know anything about the Human afterlife.

    • @CheekiCheeki
      @CheekiCheeki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      ​@@adzxyz1950 As I understand it, upon death the souls of elves, dwarves and men are summoned to the Halls of Mandos, which is located in the land of the "gods", Valinor. Elves get to be reincarnated back into the world after they have spent enough time in the halls to atone for their sins (only a single elf has never been allowed to reincarnate), but may choose to stay in the halls if they wish. Dwarves and men wait in the halls until the end of the world (though I'm not sure whether or not Men actually stay there for that long, because I recall Tolkien also saying that they pass through the Halls to their final reward after some time spent there).
      So dwarves are not reincarnated, but will help rebuild the world after the final battle against Melkor (basically Satan). Men's fate is unknown, but the creator of the world, Iluvatar, has a special gift in store for them, which is their prize for living short, mortal lives. So we do know about the human afterlife.
      We can see Talion wake up on Valinor itself, instead of the Halls of Mandos, which would actually mean he isn't reunited with his family, not before he dies of old age and goes to the Halls. It is incredibly rare for anyone but the elves and "gods" to be allowed to roam Valinor, but Talion was given this reward for his struggle, in the same way Frodo was. Keep in mind that the game doesn't really follow the lore all that faithfully. Talion being a Nazgûl is impossible, for example

    • @Chaotic_Fellow
      @Chaotic_Fellow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@calebfleming123 it's a the aliend

    • @wocelz
      @wocelz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@CheekiCheeki Why is Talion being a Nazgûl impossible?

  • @reddishcarp1237
    @reddishcarp1237 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2052

    How stupid did Celebrimor think that he could dominate a maiar, let alone Sauron? And he couldnt even learn from his mistake to protect his ring from falling in the last time he fought Sauron.

    • @a.a.j.9621
      @a.a.j.9621 6 ปีที่แล้ว +433

      This was Sauron without the one ring, with Celebrimbor possessing both the Light of Galadriel and a Ring of Power containing his will and essence.
      It all made sense as well, Celebrimbor was touched by Sauron's shadow, he is a wight with a dark desire to dominate the living. Not seeking to destroy Sauron, but instead to usurp him. In the first game, the Black Hand of Sauron's ritual was intended to dominate Celebrimbor and merge his might with the weakened spirit of Sauron. This time around, Celebrimbor intended to be the one holding the reins.
      It was a nice detail that Sauron learned an important lesson from Isildur. :>

    • @sephelutis
      @sephelutis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      his will and essence is pretty pathetic vs that of a Maiar, he cant even beat Galadriel who was an elf. This whole enhanced Celebrimbor makes no sense, no way he can match Sauron in this state. It'd be more believable if he squeezed in a couple more souls in the ring or somethin

    • @lucastham9328
      @lucastham9328 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      the curse of the Noldor started by Feanor began all this madness

    • @aydinbiber7616
      @aydinbiber7616 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sephelutis Lucifus none of that is really relevant.

    • @LordMortanius
      @LordMortanius 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @@tunapriest9392 Those Balrog-killers died taking out the balrogs. Meanwhile, Sauron has a pretty decent track record against elf-lords, defeating Finrod in a spell-duel, single-handedly overthrowing the elven garrison stationed at Minas Tirith, personally killing Celebrimbor, and slaying Gil-galad while taking on the latter and Elendil on Orodruin.

  • @DreDay982
    @DreDay982 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3371

    Bro Talions life is so messed up fighting all these enemies Orcs and Nazguls just to become one and screwed over by like his only “friend”

    • @MarvellousMorbing
      @MarvellousMorbing 6 ปีที่แล้ว +224

      Tropical Storm and he finally found peace after his Long enslavement

    • @MyIpadMail
      @MyIpadMail 6 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      Angry Koala he did. And he screwed Talion over.

    • @anrper6095
      @anrper6095 6 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      what are you talking about? He has Ratbag and Ranger!

    • @eduardovalleleon5172
      @eduardovalleleon5172 6 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Well he kind of did, in the end what Celebrimbor did really didnt change anything. While one may argue he keep Sauron busy, it wasn't what he had planned and to be fair he let Talion die for nothing.

    • @ianzen
      @ianzen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Eduardo Valle Leon and if frodo and friends didn't destroy the one ring, all of talion's and his orc armies work would be for nothing.

  • @good_noodle4838
    @good_noodle4838 2 ปีที่แล้ว +467

    I love how calebrimbor called talion a vessel even tho talion was more like the perfect host physically. Near top of class ranger with combat techniques similar to celebrimbors. If anything the girl was a vessel, talion was a host

    • @Rtr-oh1mz
      @Rtr-oh1mz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Talion was near perfect man I hope we see him again truly a badass.

    • @jackdubs25
      @jackdubs25 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Talion was Celebrimbor’s equal as a warrior, by far his biggest mistake was betraying him.

    • @christiansantamaria7233
      @christiansantamaria7233 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Rtr-oh1mz i do too he such an amazing character made me so sad seeing how they did him dirty he didnt deserve that

    • @galenyasumura7070
      @galenyasumura7070 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jackdubs25​​⁠​⁠not even close. Talion was a peerless human warrior, but compared to a master warrior and craftsman who lived for literal millennia Talion doesn’t have a chance. The only reason he was capable of performing the feats he could in game is because of the ring(s) of power he had and celebrimbors spirit possessing him. In game canon, celebrimbor is capable of holding sauron in a stalemate, there is no way he and talion are even remotely on the same level. Eltarial vs Talion is a different matter, but celebrimbor is leagues beyond either of them

    • @m4sherman926
      @m4sherman926 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Rtr-oh1mzTechnically we do, he is one of the nine in LOTR.

  • @wayneadams9102
    @wayneadams9102 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2824

    of all the Game mission objectives, DEFEAT SAURON might be the most epic and daunting one I've ever read.

    • @Emma-fb3ti
      @Emma-fb3ti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      I still say halo reach has it with current objective survive

    • @Anarchic1989
      @Anarchic1989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      @@Emma-fb3ti Naw, Jedi: Fallen Order's last objective when you see Vader: "Run"

    • @huntercheadle2679
      @huntercheadle2679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@Anarchic1989 nah more like "Survive"

    • @Nightlizard1564
      @Nightlizard1564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Luis Martinex hes not weak but yea halo reachs survive is better

    • @mattbeeton2694
      @mattbeeton2694 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'd say it's second to 'Destroy Ganon'

  • @michaeldromes3948
    @michaeldromes3948 4 ปีที่แล้ว +715

    I love how this game's canon had its own inserted explanation for the Eye of Sauron twitching, makes the universe a bit richer, even if it's game-only thing.

    • @littlemoth4956
      @littlemoth4956 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ChEILoZ They just said that my guy, your comment is irrelevant.

    • @iambumbo7534
      @iambumbo7534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      his comment was so irrelevant it disappeared

    • @reidparker1848
      @reidparker1848 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      The games contradict nothing, they just expand on it. It's as canon as anything else: as much as you want it to be.

    • @metatron6262
      @metatron6262 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@reidparker1848 For the film they work somewhat.
      For the Book, it's so contradictory it's ridiculous beyond belief.

    • @aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051
      @aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@reidparker1848
      THEY CONTRADICT A LOT, ACCEPT THAT BITCH!

  • @Elrosthir
    @Elrosthir 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1465

    Funny, nothing really looks like in the movies, but the way it ends (the ring melts, sauron's tower falls, and even the nazgul being hit by burning rocks) looks exactly like in return of the king.

    • @bigbukkilla1264
      @bigbukkilla1264 6 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      Elrosthir that’s the point, because it is

    • @see8852
      @see8852 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      well it is based on the books and not the movies

    • @Whitemoon193
      @Whitemoon193 6 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      will murdoch oh trust me...it has nothing to books

    • @see8852
      @see8852 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      +White Moon yeah it does depart from the books A LOT but the source material is the novel series, and not the movies themselves.

    • @Gyc864
      @Gyc864 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      will murdoch It was confirmed to be cannon to the movie not the book. Lol

  • @seanspinks1016
    @seanspinks1016 3 ปีที่แล้ว +594

    I love how in this battle they fight as two separate characters but when it's with talion they always fight as one

    • @bloodangel19
      @bloodangel19 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      And he would have won

    • @Ghost-vd5kw
      @Ghost-vd5kw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      Shows how much better talion was

    • @lightingthief4482
      @lightingthief4482 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Because he was the perfect host

    • @senseithomes
      @senseithomes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@bloodangel19 Celembrimbor can not dominate sauron with or without talion no matter what. Sauron (Mairon) is a Maiar and Morgoth is the one who can manipulate him in any was. With the exception of course of other Valar Beings maybe but still not quite. Celembrimbor thinking he can dominate sauron even at a state where he is at his weakest isn't a very clever decision especially since it is said that even after the banishment of morgoth his shadow and corruption still stayed in Arda.
      And Talion would SURELY object to Celembrimbor's plan of domination and he would try to banish Sauron given the chance if anything.
      The only possible way to defeat sauron is to destroy the ring since inside it he has poored " his cruelty,his malice and his will to dominate all life"
      Which means that if the ring is not destroyed there is absolutely nothing in the world that can dominate Sauron without dominating his ring first which would be a bad choice since it's pretty much cursed and getting it will just result in Sauron retrieving it.
      So it's a dead end.
      But Celembrimbor's greed and lust for power made him blind to that

    • @bloodangel19
      @bloodangel19 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@senseithomes Shelob said he would have won. This game has it's own canon separte from the books, so it is posible in the game universe, it's been stated outright, there is no point in arguing

  • @RazthorFodring
    @RazthorFodring 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7423

    Sauron: I serve NO ONE!
    at that moment Morgoth laughed so hard from the void.
    Edit: thank you all for the support and likes!

    • @Theseamus2000
      @Theseamus2000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      Whenever I see a comment like that I remember that one episode of Doctor who where Jack says "almost anything" when talking about what won't be to penetrate the tardis shield and the doctor responds with "thanks but I wasn't going to tell them that"
      I'm assuming these two traitors don't know who Morogth is
      Edit: alright I get it I don't know much about lord of the rings lore

    • @UniversalUnicorn
      @UniversalUnicorn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +289

      @@Theseamus2000 everyone knows who Morgoth is lmao tf u on about. They literally speak about him in the game.

    • @rustkarl
      @rustkarl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      Lewis Murphy
      Every Elf knows of Melkor

    • @taekinuru2
      @taekinuru2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      to be fair I think he doesn’t serve morgoth any more at that point kinda?

    • @lorehunter158
      @lorehunter158 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@taekinuru2 I wouldn't say that because after sauron was defeated by frodo morgoth and sauron both returned one last time to take middle Earth but failed

  • @SmashMalla
    @SmashMalla 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1906

    The disappointing thing with this ending is that Talion doesn't get to kill Celebrimbor and Eltariel after what they did.

    • @chawza8402
      @chawza8402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @Althane Frostbane she travels out of Morder. the DLC stated that after Celebrimbor escaped Sauron, she answered the call from the New Ring.

    • @user-rb3yx1bf6g
      @user-rb3yx1bf6g 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Is revenge what Tolkien's stories are really about?

    • @chrisrivers3968
      @chrisrivers3968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      But he got in the end what he wanted and at peace

    • @Adrian13235
      @Adrian13235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Etharels only goal was to kill sauron she did what she had to do in her mind celebrimbor lost all his power and family to sauron he wanted to do whatever it took to get it back you can blame him but etharel thought she was doing the right thing at the time

    • @bloodshdalwayz3565
      @bloodshdalwayz3565 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@Adrian13235 yea leaving the person that’s been helping her to slowly die, that’s what’s right to her huh?😂 fk her

  • @maiaspiritolorin1900
    @maiaspiritolorin1900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +445

    in case some didn't know. Morgoth was dead (trapped in the void) at the time. so Mairon (Sauron) was without master. at that Point he became middle-earths Dark lord. + you cant really serve someone who is dead or in this case, trapped in the void.

    • @vegito5626
      @vegito5626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Not dead, but trapped in the void

    • @royaltyfree9607
      @royaltyfree9607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He wasn’t dead

    • @doesnotreallymatterr
      @doesnotreallymatterr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He's not dead, he's alive and he will return during Dagor Dagorath.

    • @GormyK
      @GormyK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sauron declared himself Morgoth reborn and did not serve him

    • @doesnotreallymatterr
      @doesnotreallymatterr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I think u missed the point where Sauron literally made Numenorians build churches to make sacrificial rituals to Morgoth.

  • @princeofddr
    @princeofddr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2128

    By a story standpoint, the grind makes sense. Talion is basically taking a last stand against Sauron’s forces, trying to hold back the tide for DECADES according to the end. But though he fought valiantly, he succumbed in the end.

    • @chrisossu2070
      @chrisossu2070 6 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      The grind could've been less heavy and it still would've achieved the narrative effect. The problem is that the grind was a blatant way on Warner Bros.'s part to tempt people into paying the microtransactions.

    • @H240909
      @H240909 6 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      Chris Chen Or it was just a way for people to experience more of the Nemesis System and the awesome gameplay but everyone is to busy playing devil's advocate.

    • @princeofddr
      @princeofddr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Az Az Just got my first Legendary Captain within a few hours of playing. Saving him until I can brand him, but finding Legendary Uruks isn’t as hard as people think.

    • @Ravenbones
      @Ravenbones 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Sigh, the grind was going to be there with or without lootboxes ever being in the game. Because upgrading Fortresses, getting good followers, helping them train in pits WOULD HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN FUCKING TIME! DID ANY OF YOU ACTUALLY SPEND MORE THAN 20 HOURS IN THE FIRST GAME!!!??? DID YOU ACTUALLY FUCKING THINK ABOUT THING? MY GOD DAMN GOD UGH!

    • @MrPuschel
      @MrPuschel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Or, you know, just give us a well-crafted story mission that explains it. But yeah, repeating grind for hours or spend fifty bucks to skip it is just as good.

  • @SuperDeeyay
    @SuperDeeyay 5 ปีที่แล้ว +767

    So nobody is disturbed by the fact that this whole ring history is narrated by the immortal spider that tried to eat the ring bearer that managed to destroy the ring?

  • @CrniWuk
    @CrniWuk ปีที่แล้ว +217

    Sauron : I serve no one!
    Morgoth : What did you just say?
    Morgoth : WHAT DID YOU FUCKING SAY!

    • @mihaimercenarul7467
      @mihaimercenarul7467 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I mean it's kinda hard to serve someone who is trapped in the void. Plus sauron never sought to bring his former master back even though he respected him, but he never agreed with the way morgoth ruled and wanted nothing but to kill and eradicate everything.

    • @ristyanyesf7327
      @ristyanyesf7327 ปีที่แล้ว

      Morgoth : *WHAT DID YOU SAY NIGGA ???!!!!!!*

    • @d26k164
      @d26k164 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @@mihaimercenarul7467 Exactly. Morgoth was a nihilist. Sauron was a control freak

    • @aranha6285
      @aranha6285 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@mihaimercenarul7467Sauron also secretly hated Morgoth’s guts and was just waiting for the best moment to betray him and take over his Army. He just didn’t do it during the First Age cuz of the as he put it dumb brainless Idiots who would without a doubt go after him if he betrayed their beloved Morgoth

    • @pssa3215
      @pssa3215 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Morgoth is dead idiot

  • @aidanwow1593
    @aidanwow1593 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3397

    "I serve no one" seems the writers forgot about Morgoth.

    • @a.a.j.9621
      @a.a.j.9621 6 ปีที่แล้ว +643

      He was the apprentice, with Morgoth gone, he inherited the mantle of dark lord along with the will to dominate all things that roam Middle-Earth.

    • @Oats777
      @Oats777 6 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      They also thought that Shelob and Gollum were the true good guys

    • @calamitysangfroid2407
      @calamitysangfroid2407 6 ปีที่แล้ว +224

      Yeah I could buy that Shelob wanted Sauron gone because he took her home, her species were around since the First Age and he's basically a pushy foreign power, but why is she so happy about 'light in mordor', she's a creature of darkness.

    • @chewymomo2763
      @chewymomo2763 6 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      if morgoth came back.. sauron would either serve him again or be destroyed sauon cant go up against the power of morgoth and he would no that

    • @MrLukasboys
      @MrLukasboys 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Not at this point in time anymore, something you can make out by Sauron saying that "there is no life in the void, only death" meaning that he does not care if Morgoth was banished to the void or is truly dead it´s the same to him either way.

  • @aeureus
    @aeureus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    Never had I actually been rooting for Sauron before...

    • @christiansantamaria7233
      @christiansantamaria7233 ปีที่แล้ว

      Foreal! I was so happy he chopped off that bitches fingers and trapped celeb they deserved death but that was still satisfying

    • @GerudoKing_
      @GerudoKing_ ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same here.

    • @Kadir-fw7xm
      @Kadir-fw7xm หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yup after witnessing what Celebrimbor did.... I wished Sauron would have just killed Eltariel also. Like wth was Celebrimbor thinking? That he had a chance with Eltariel? P-a-t-h-e-t-i-c.

  • @Johnsechuan
    @Johnsechuan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1656

    At least this is a real final boss instead the one in the 1st game

    • @kejurasakeju
      @kejurasakeju 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Angelo Steinbach agreed lol

    • @badfrad1754
      @badfrad1754 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Angelo Steinbach press x not to die

    • @valthiriansunstrider2540
      @valthiriansunstrider2540 4 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      Actually it still sucks. Sauron should be way harder than this. But yeah, it's leagues ahead of the 1st game's bosses.

    • @Spinworth
      @Spinworth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Too bad this sequel sucks in every way

    • @calebfleming123
      @calebfleming123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      Valthirian Sunstrider He doesn’t have his ring of power so technically no. Celebrimbor and Eltariel has an equivalent ring of power and light of Galadriel(whatever the fuck that is. It apparently it’s OP). I can see how he was beatable. However, Shelob Saw that Talion beat him with only the ring. I think that alone just goes to show how capable Talion is and how Strong Sauron is. Imagine if Sauron had the ring, it wouldn’t even be close. God Talion was such a simple character but he was really well done.

  • @kazmark_gl8652
    @kazmark_gl8652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I like the little touch that they decided the one Nazgul that got smacked by a lava rock at the end of Return of the King was Talion. it has that "look my fanfic character was in memorable bit" vibes. I choose to believe that this entire game series came about from the lead writers watching Return of the King in a drunken Stupor and deciding they were gonna make a game about that one Nazgul who got smacked at the end

    • @aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051
      @aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Finally someone with brains in this comment section.

    • @billcipher9344
      @billcipher9344 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There are just random ridiculous parts of this game lmao. I dont even mind Talion as a nazgul but why does he look like a pale edgy guy wearing a hood.

    • @veiregor
      @veiregor ปีที่แล้ว +19

      ​@@billcipher9344idk maybe because he is a corrupted deathless wraith

    • @IKuzmos
      @IKuzmos 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lmao

    • @Spartn-lgt
      @Spartn-lgt 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank god someone with a similar mindset. It’s my headcannon that he was just one of those Nazgûl during the movies and died at the black gate where it all started. Kinda thematic.

  • @Ravenbones
    @Ravenbones 6 ปีที่แล้ว +586

    I'm crying from that ending. I feel so bad for talion.

    • @whizelink1999
      @whizelink1999 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      twistedmetalplayer21 same here I feel empty I don't know why maybe because that song at the end.

    • @GZilla311
      @GZilla311 6 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      He FINALLY got the death he wanted eventually, though. It's an esoteric happy ending to him.

    • @Cryomancer1717
      @Cryomancer1717 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      twistedmetalplayer21 at least he can see his family again

    • @TheMerc1993
      @TheMerc1993 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I feel that too.

    • @ginakundo26
      @ginakundo26 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well, he is with their family now

  • @Silver-505
    @Silver-505 6 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    Tolkien wrote that Sauron “was only less evil than his master in that for long he served another and not himself.” As he grew more and more evil as the years went by, he wanted to underline his evolution by taking the name of the ultimate Dark entity in history, the spirit who served nobody but himself.

  • @Pharaohinthemaking
    @Pharaohinthemaking 6 ปีที่แล้ว +497

    Who else was pissed that calebrimbor didn't care about talion at all?

    • @redman7798
      @redman7798 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Me

    • @rinokumura7371
      @rinokumura7371 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Milk Man In Vídeo Games,When The MC Has An Ghost Of Your Enemy On Your Soul, He Is Bound To Betray You, That What I Learned

    • @ugen1111
      @ugen1111 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Me. Bullshit betrayal negating their relationship entirely.

    • @salame2693
      @salame2693 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Eugen Glassmann not really their relationship becomes much more strained in shadow of war

    • @jakedge3
      @jakedge3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      their relationship was already pretty strained to begin with, shadow of war was basically the tipping point.

  • @misterentityyt1704
    @misterentityyt1704 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I love that Sauron remembers how he got beaten and did the same to celebrimbor

  • @Silver-505
    @Silver-505 6 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    When he found how greatly his knowledge was admired by all other rational creatures and how easy it was to influence them, his pride became boundless. By the end of the Second Age he assumed the position of Morgoth's representative. By the end of the Third Age (though actually much weaker than before) he claimed to be Morgoth returned''Letter 183; Letters of Tolkien

  • @melonebitch8946
    @melonebitch8946 6 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    Sauron as Annatar alone is enough reason to buy the game. So awesome, so conniving, and so mighty fine.

    • @austinkersey2445
      @austinkersey2445 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Didn't know evil Maiar with a penchant for betrayal, wanton murder, and enslavement of all races were a kink for some. Interesting.

    • @PathofCultivation
      @PathofCultivation 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Agreed it's a good likeness for the Lord of Gifts.

    • @austinkersey2445
      @austinkersey2445 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bingo Yeah, I get that. I'm just saying man, I don't think he'd be a good lover.

    • @Mrcaptainmorgan93
      @Mrcaptainmorgan93 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@austinkersey2445 you'd have to be into domination lol

    • @austinkersey2445
      @austinkersey2445 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mrcaptainmorgan93 *Indeed*

  • @SrChr778
    @SrChr778 6 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    At least the end plot makes sense for the Trilogy story. Fought the Dark Lord, eventually succumbing to his will. Then freed after the One Ring's destruction. That right there is basically his journey to the White Shores.

    • @superduperfreakyDj
      @superduperfreakyDj 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      except men don't go to the white shores

    • @WNShadow814
      @WNShadow814 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I thought ring bearers get a free ticket to the white shores. Frodo and Bilbo both got a free seat on the last boat for this reason if I remember rightly. Has been a while. If this is the case than technically Talion would also be eligible

    • @jodiepalmer2404
      @jodiepalmer2404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@WNShadow814 Don't forget in the Book Lord of the Rings Sam also carried the ring for Frodo as they traveled to Mount Doom. That is why Sam got to go to Valinor. Sam may have traveled with Lord Celeborn together.

    • @jeffersonholeraw9895
      @jeffersonholeraw9895 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@superduperfreakyDj They don't stay there, but they do stay a bit at the halls of Mandos before leaving, cf Luthien meeting Beren there.

  • @VengefulQuietOne
    @VengefulQuietOne 6 ปีที่แล้ว +364

    Does the true ending mean that Talion is truly dead, because it looks like he is going to the undying lands, where frodo and the wizards went.

    • @GinoNL
      @GinoNL 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Leo Jansen haha

    • @magicoofmac8904
      @magicoofmac8904 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Good ‘ol Manwe keeping an eye on things

    • @PrincessTwilightdash
      @PrincessTwilightdash 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Requiem Solace maybe he too could be like Celebrimbor and takes a vessel to claim

    • @rangopistacho6928
      @rangopistacho6928 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @Leo Jansen I hope a sane and good bruz is there too maybe even flint and his brother

    • @aragornelessar2202
      @aragornelessar2202 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      The souls of men go to the far western shores of the Undying Lands for a brief time before leaving the physical universe.
      Only Iluvatar knows where they go after that

  • @Why.do.it.do.
    @Why.do.it.do. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    This is definitely one of the best games I’ve ever played and even though Tallion turns evil and dies he finds his peace and it’s satisfying also the music is iconic

  • @Bryien
    @Bryien 6 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    But what about my nigga ratbag tho?
    what happened to him

    • @queekheadtaker7327
      @queekheadtaker7327 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Dyslexo presumably he and a load of the other orcs fled Mordor, perhaps they form the foundation of a post Sauron civilisation

    • @redskies2482
      @redskies2482 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Queek headtaker Ratbag dlc confirmed ratbag new ring bearer

    • @pabloeskebab3396
      @pabloeskebab3396 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Dysexo he was killed by the hammer of sauron remmember?

    • @redskies2482
      @redskies2482 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      game fly he didn't die from it. I can tell you haven't played this game ;)

    • @jsmith4liberty
      @jsmith4liberty 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      The truth is that the Witch King is actually a time-travelling Ratbag.

  • @idon896
    @idon896 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1863

    Congrats, nothing you did mattered

    • @H240909
      @H240909 6 ปีที่แล้ว +600

      Your Next Line is He held the enemy in Mordor and gave Frodo and the Fellowship the time they needed even risking his very soul. If he didn't then Sauron's armies would have conquered Middle Earth decades before the books or movies even started.

    • @cheesepuffsthings
      @cheesepuffsthings 6 ปีที่แล้ว +468

      An unsung hero.
      What you did mattered. No one is alive to remember it, though.

    • @FerrickAnima
      @FerrickAnima 6 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Congrats, nothing you did mattered... NANI!?!

    • @housinengi9512
      @housinengi9512 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      H250909 that reply is the best for a response

    • @Whitelight
      @Whitelight 6 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      It mattered in lore but not for the actual game. Celebrimbor is still the bad guy no matter what you do. You can't get a good ending. It's dumb as shit.

  • @myrnacaraig2681
    @myrnacaraig2681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Sauron: I serve no one
    Morgoth: You see, it's this type of BS that made me betray Eru.

  • @dreadmew2661
    @dreadmew2661 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    damn i forgot about the final closing ending, and how tear jerking it is.
    Rest in peace, son of Gondor.

  • @r3l1csvk
    @r3l1csvk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    9:27 one simply have to love the symbolism in this short-his son´s sword next to the flower his wife loved.

  • @Maryland2
    @Maryland2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    Honestly not a bad ending and a way to tie it into some type of lore ending kinda

    • @colt4531
      @colt4531 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Thats what i was thinking, I love Tolkiens work and thought i would hate this but ended up decently satisfied

  • @atomicfart6830
    @atomicfart6830 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Sauron was like
    "BITCH IM SAURON"

  • @Executi0ner246
    @Executi0ner246 6 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    I liked Armored Sauron's deeper voice when fighting him in the previous games' Bright Lord DLC. This one fits the Elf version of him but not the armored one.

    • @a.a.j.9621
      @a.a.j.9621 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Same voice actor, Sauron's fair form as Annatar was meant to be deceptively beautiful, calm and charming. And clearly intimate with Shelob's own. ;)

    • @WarbossR0kt00fSant0s
      @WarbossR0kt00fSant0s 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Really? He sounds like a Nazgul who smokes 5 packs a day.

    • @darklordsauron398
      @darklordsauron398 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@WarbossR0kt00fSant0s no I'm not

    • @azurehorizon6097
      @azurehorizon6097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Executioner I agree with you man his voice in the previous game was so badass and cool to listen to

    • @ItsButterBean1020
      @ItsButterBean1020 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah I hate how similar it sounds to the Nazgûl honestly

  • @x-rhoden-x6477
    @x-rhoden-x6477 6 ปีที่แล้ว +561

    Celebrimbor should've stuck with Talion.
    He wouldn't have fallen for such a scrub move.
    It's like Shelob said. If Talion fought Sauron then Celebrimbor would've won.

    • @jacksimpson8529
      @jacksimpson8529 6 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      That's likely because rather than try something as ludicrous as BRANDING Sauron, Talion would've just whacked his head off with that handy dandy sword of his, no mucking around with 'weakening' him or putting his hand on his face to try and turn him into a minion.
      Also that look on Eltariel's face as she stumbles back, clutching her bleeding hand? I'm pretty sure that is the facial expression for "oh shit I really fucked up didn't I?"

    • @jacksimpson8529
      @jacksimpson8529 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      That's because Talion still has some morals and is committed to destroying Sauron, not dominating him.
      He wouldn't have fallen for that move because he would've just summoned up his spectral hammer and whacked Sauron's head in with it.

    • @mujiewoojy
      @mujiewoojy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      but then celebrimbor woudve turned into the new sauron. Shelob made talion see the true end of celebrimbor.

    • @xcyanidegamerx4402
      @xcyanidegamerx4402 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@jacksimpson8529 Yeah no. that doesnt work on sauron lmao

    • @FromAgonyToLight
      @FromAgonyToLight 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      X-RHODEN-X The fact that the writers thought a first-age elf, elf-wraith, or a not-even-numenorean man would stand a half-second against Sauron is baffling.
      No, send 30 Talions at Sauron he’d bitch slap them all at once.
      He has faced ten times worse things (UNGOLIANT)

  • @Tarbtano
    @Tarbtano 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    5:18
    *Sauron* : "I'mma about to pull a pro-gamer move."

  • @phillipwalling7470
    @phillipwalling7470 6 ปีที่แล้ว +745

    Sauron: I serve no one!
    Morgoth: Uh........May I see you in my throne room for a minute?

    • @rangopistacho6928
      @rangopistacho6928 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Sauron: dude your realms locked it says I have to die
      Morgoth: dammit sauron then why do you live

    • @calebfleming123
      @calebfleming123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      phillip walling Morgoth is cast in a void never to return

    • @WarbossR0kt00fSant0s
      @WarbossR0kt00fSant0s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Dude, he technically serves no one right now. As Morgoth had already been banished to the void long ago, Sauron had taken his mantle as the new Dark Lord.

    • @keithfoester7326
      @keithfoester7326 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      somebody's getting fired! in yonce's voice

    • @trevorwhite932
      @trevorwhite932 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Morgoth returns for one final battle before the end of arda. Sauron would have to answer to him eventually.

  • @tpfrecoil2837
    @tpfrecoil2837 6 ปีที่แล้ว +771

    Talion repeatedly stabbed a bedfull of pillows in the Prancing Pony Inn...
    Then he got set on fire a few days later.
    Just dwell on that for a bit.

    • @leivasacade
      @leivasacade 6 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      I like to think MAYBE that wasn´t him lol. Then again, the Nazgul are a bunch of weebs compared to the ones in te game...

    • @michaeljenner2325
      @michaeljenner2325 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Tanner McNeill maybe not. There was only five of the nine in the prancing pony and at wethertop.

    • @maxmalten7749
      @maxmalten7749 6 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      the game isn't canon my good sirs

    • @modarnwarfare2rull
      @modarnwarfare2rull 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@masterpoopoopoopoo9507 WHAT ? The Nazgul here can turn into weird ass smoke clouds, Celebrimbor became a fucking wraith (such a dumbass choice), Sauron can turn into his fair form and a shit ton more lore-raping shit, this game is not canon to anything. Pure trash.

    • @pingaspearce9403
      @pingaspearce9403 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Derp Herp the ring wraiths somehow become fucking death eaters or those weird ass ghosts from Harry Potter it’s embarrassing

  • @insaneq_309
    @insaneq_309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I feel like talion deserved a custom nazgul helmet

    • @hi-js6vb
      @hi-js6vb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      One that says bright lord on it

    • @insaneq_309
      @insaneq_309 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hi-js6vb I posted this 7 months ago rn yours says 7 hours ago I thank you

    • @fireclash7653
      @fireclash7653 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@insaneq_309 and im also here 1 month later

    • @erathen6311
      @erathen6311 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fireclash7653 and I’m also here 1 month later.

  • @marcoantonioescartinfranci3064
    @marcoantonioescartinfranci3064 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Sauron: I serve no one
    Morgoth: Am I a joke to you?

  • @princeofddr
    @princeofddr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +423

    So, in short, the bad guy wins. ...Sort of.
    Oh well. Now that I’ve seen the True Ending, I can simply take my time with the Shadow Wars and NOT feel the need to grind.

    • @schooler5372
      @schooler5372 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It's before the lord of the rings series started so he would have to lose or disappear for the game to be connected and talion falling to darkness also

    • @GrimmBoii
      @GrimmBoii 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Princeofddr Dance Master you just saw both endings, Why bother?

    • @princeofddr
      @princeofddr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      SuperDuper NaturalPerson Because I have fun defending fortress, and messing around with the Nemesis System?

    • @GrimmBoii
      @GrimmBoii 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dex4Sure I didn't even know this game existed 'till I saw *TheRadBrad* play it

    • @Leiliel1
      @Leiliel1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Good plan. That's how it was supposed to be without WB thinking they could bleed money out of impatient morons.

  • @Lunk42
    @Lunk42 6 ปีที่แล้ว +300

    its been out for like a day Jesus Christ.

    • @that1pear28
      @that1pear28 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      gamer42j not even out in North America yet lol

    • @H240909
      @H240909 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      gamer42j Two words: review copies. These guys were probably playing for days before hand.

    • @Lunk42
      @Lunk42 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      H240909 Yeah probably.

  • @tyquisescott5401
    @tyquisescott5401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The part Talion died was heartbreaking because he been thru so much frfr like I actually cried and do not care who picks on me about it. The man was finally free fron everything and get to see his family again

  • @nobody-wk6ej
    @nobody-wk6ej ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "Perhaps I treated you too harshly... "
    - Thanos after Rings Of Power

  • @Doctor-Stoppage
    @Doctor-Stoppage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Everybody that made this game did an outstanding job. It's a work of art. 11/10

    • @oneshotonekil6302
      @oneshotonekil6302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agree

    • @aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051
      @aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No, it is not

    • @AA-jp9cj
      @AA-jp9cj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 why?

    • @aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051
      @aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AA-jp9cj
      The gameplay is great but the story of this game is total horseshit, its a giant middle-finger to the lore.

    • @JG09101
      @JG09101 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 they just tried to do their own take on it, they do try to pay some homage at least to the original lore, that doesn't make it bad.

  • @thepublicpotato3887
    @thepublicpotato3887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Sauron: I serve no one
    Morgoth: what did you say
    Sauron: nothing sir

  • @kmassicott
    @kmassicott 6 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    He finally find peace but talion will not be forgotten long live a hero

  • @kishaloyb.7937
    @kishaloyb.7937 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    No matter what people may think about the game, I love the fact that at the end Talion got the peace he really deserved.... For him death was the ultimate gift through which he got released from this eternal war of light and darkness...

    • @wafflingmean4477
      @wafflingmean4477 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Really goes to show how death really is a gift in Tolkien's world, when you see what a taste of immortality did to someone who had that immortality forced upon him. He just wanted to see his family again.

  • @the1tigglet
    @the1tigglet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I loved this direction personally because despite all of what Talien dealt with there was still hope for even morgoth couldn't control fate or nature.
    Nature allows us all to die free when we die and all it takes is our own wills to set ourselves free once we are no longer bound to this illusion.

  • @hexmaster23
    @hexmaster23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I would give anything for a DLC alternate timeline where Celebrimbor and Talion fought and enslaved Sauron. Then corrupted by power went onto to dominate Middle Elf one fortress at a time.

    • @tuomast7309
      @tuomast7309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Cool idea but kind of a slap to players face with talion, as it wouldnt fit his character. More like celebrimbor & eltatiel doing that, fighting nazguls including talion, and then slaving sauron and attacking middle earth, but it would be very hard because all orcs would be on their side, they should basically include mens elves' and dwarves fortresses in the game which would take like same time to do as gta 6

    • @aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051
      @aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tuomast7309
      I would be ok with that, this game basically rapes the lore anyway.

    • @tuomast7309
      @tuomast7309 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 true, ngl i would hope for any game that includes the og characters and middle earth locations into new generation consoles. Even something like return of the king remastered, was lit on ps2

    • @ChristianProtossDragoon
      @ChristianProtossDragoon ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 Rapes what lore??? These games are f-g adaptations!!!! 🤦

    • @ChristianProtossDragoon
      @ChristianProtossDragoon ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tuomast7309 Idk if they would actually do it like Sauron.

  • @Vikingr4Jesus5919
    @Vikingr4Jesus5919 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    "I serve no one!"
    Morgoth: "That hurts, Sauron. That hurts real bad!"

    • @enragedbyeverything
      @enragedbyeverything 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      what if Sauron being the big bad for a long time made him forget about Morgoth

    • @creativenamesmth
      @creativenamesmth 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@enragedbyeverything i dont think so as he once was in Numenor the verry first thing he did was that they build statues for Morgoth

    • @enragedbyeverything
      @enragedbyeverything 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@creativenamesmth maybe because since morgoth is gone he says this

    • @thecircleoft.e.d2121
      @thecircleoft.e.d2121 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There's a difference between 'serve' and 'served', you know?

  • @xcyanidegamerx4402
    @xcyanidegamerx4402 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Sauron even states that celebrimbor throwing away talion was a mistake and if talion did not get betrayed by celebrimbor he could of actually dominated sauron..

    • @God-xw1nu
      @God-xw1nu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What an idiot celebrimbor is ay

    • @adamvialpando106
      @adamvialpando106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@God-xw1nu Total hubris man.

    • @Theking-sk1bz
      @Theking-sk1bz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What time stamp is that at

    • @AA-jp9cj
      @AA-jp9cj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A maia cannot be dominated by an Elf and Man

    • @doesnotreallymatterr
      @doesnotreallymatterr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bruh, his grandfather Feanor fought 5 Balrogs, which are very same Maiar as Sauron, his grandfather's brother Fingolfin fought the Morgoth himself and wounded him, so I'd say Noldor are not mere petty Elves. Also he's a Wraith and has a ring not bound to the One.

  • @collinrank5290
    @collinrank5290 6 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    Wait so talion became part of the nine and when Sauron was destroyed he was free of darkness and found peace?

    • @archseraphim3998
      @archseraphim3998 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Collin Rank yes

    • @mexicanwallop8257
      @mexicanwallop8257 6 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Collin Rank yeah basically he was allowed to die and pass on to the after life with his family

    • @lucastham9328
      @lucastham9328 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      to the halls of Mandos he goes

    • @nameisconfusing142
      @nameisconfusing142 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah the whole game is about him wanting to die

    • @yourman1200
      @yourman1200 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nameisconfusing142 not really. Cause if he wanted to die he could just take his ring off and that's it

  • @Andreitolca1
    @Andreitolca1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Why the hell am I crying right in the end... as soon as "And death to Talion" I start weeping silently, and then that music kicks in...
    8:30

  • @Kamina-brah
    @Kamina-brah 6 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Alone the idea that and elf could subdue a Maia to its will is ridiculous. Yes there have been many powerful elf lords in history, some of which were only of slightly lesser stature and battle power than some Maia, but none of the children of Illuvatar were powerful enough in spirit to take on an Ainur mentally, so its not surprising that Sauron snapped out of it in an instant.

    • @CristoKnight
      @CristoKnight 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I dunno what my point was in my comment.

    • @benwatson9443
      @benwatson9443 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kamina but celebrimbor had a ring that enhances his power and sourons ring fell off

    • @PossessedbyPhoenix
      @PossessedbyPhoenix 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      In this game canon Celebrimbor created the One Ring, and at this point he was ring-powered and a wraith that had been plotting and powering up for a long time for the sake of revenge, having become the Bright Lord as a contrast to the Dark Lord, so he's ascended beyond simply being an elf.

    • @Remus88Romulus
      @Remus88Romulus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Yes. This is what i have been talking about. Celebrimbor got arrogant and thought he could enslave & control Sauron. But Sauron is a lesser god and Celebrimbor a mere elf, ancient and powerful sure but that is not enough to contend with the will of a God.
      Foolish Celebrimbor. He got what he deserved.

    • @Laezar1
      @Laezar1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Well Legolas did shield surfing, I'm still waiting sauron to show he can do that.
      Elves - 1
      Dark Lord - 0

  • @KoyMcCloud
    @KoyMcCloud 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there anyway to replay this? Like some sort of way to access it, or something? Just seems odd that you could replay other quests, and not this one.

  • @LAVATORR
    @LAVATORR 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    You know, in the movies Sauron had that mace for like 15 seconds, but in the game he can't wipe his ass without it.

    • @yazidefirenze
      @yazidefirenze 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In the movies it's heavy.
      In the games it's light as frick

  • @zenicehero9154
    @zenicehero9154 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The fact that we fight Sauron as The final boss in Shadow of war is really awesome as epic!

  • @sirsatire7802
    @sirsatire7802 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Ain't gonna lie, talion has a tragic story

    • @lucas-xf7rc
      @lucas-xf7rc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@moaazmedhat467 and what does that have to do with his tragic story exactly??

    • @notstonks3773
      @notstonks3773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@moaazmedhat467 fuck off dude

  • @Peaceful_Gojira
    @Peaceful_Gojira 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Sauron: "I server no One!"
    Morgoth, sitting in his void prison eating crisps: Am I a joke to you?

  • @iceredgamer5113
    @iceredgamer5113 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I hope they're make more games like this as I love playing this games

  • @RandomDude-bo1lg
    @RandomDude-bo1lg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Sauron: i serve no one
    Morgoth: hold my beer.

  • @damienmcneff7715
    @damienmcneff7715 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I remember not knowing WTF to do in this fight and just kept going until it was done.
    This fight should’ve been like the fight in Minas Morgul where you just counter one attack after another because that was awesome.

  • @nimarus3118
    @nimarus3118 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    In most games, seeing the protagonist die at the end left me feeling sad. But not this time. This time the tears are that of joy. Talion is free and with his wife and son again.

  • @ayoubalarabi4805
    @ayoubalarabi4805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    0:36 one only can wish to have such voice

  • @runtergerutscht4401
    @runtergerutscht4401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Eltariel's "fear me and despair" is just her evil persona shining through.
    Remember when Galadriel described herself as wielder of the one ring?
    "All shall love me and despair"
    Elves just have a thing for despair, it seems

  • @nekokami3132
    @nekokami3132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    It’s kinda amazing knowing that Talion actually was in the movies,
    BUT AS A NAZGUL

  • @22kingdomheartsfan
    @22kingdomheartsfan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I haven't seen all the Lord of the Rings movies, but from what I heard, this ending seems to fit into the lore and story, even though the games are non canon.

  • @AvengerAtIlipa
    @AvengerAtIlipa 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    To quote another fantasy series: "If you think this is going to have a happy ending you haven't been paying attention."

    • @MrDibara
      @MrDibara 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hate that monster as much as you want, you gotta admit he had a point about that one.

    • @user-xt4pk7my6h
      @user-xt4pk7my6h 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao all the Starks got a happy ending, wtf u smoking to like that crap?

    • @vegito5626
      @vegito5626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@user-xt4pk7my6h Damn he just cited a quote, he didnt say anything about any characters ending

  • @ayoubalarabi4805
    @ayoubalarabi4805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    0:36 the most epic voice ever

    • @martmandred9182
      @martmandred9182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So was the Witch King's voice.

    • @WarbossR0kt00fSant0s
      @WarbossR0kt00fSant0s 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I beg to differ, his voice was far better in Shadow of Mordor.

  • @uncle592
    @uncle592 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of my favourite video games of all time. And one of the few thats ending made me cry

  • @followingtheroe1952
    @followingtheroe1952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    What if Talion was still sabotaging the Nazgul, convincing them to follow cold leads and the like in order to buy time for Frodo during the events of Lord of the Rings? I mean why else were the Nazgul so bad at hunting down Frodo?
    "Yea totally guys they are asleep in these beds just get your swords ready like this, yep make sure to take your time guys yea"
    And when the hobbits hide under that tree "Yea nobodies here they are totally not right underneath me, trails gone cold guys"

  • @chrysaorcelestial
    @chrysaorcelestial ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Eltariel was scared deep down and didn't even want to be in Mordor.
    Celebrimbor forgot his true purpose as a wraith by becoming corrupted by his own ring.
    Talion was the only one who had the steeled resolve and iron will to legitimately be able to dominate Sauron and bring about the future that Shelob foresaw; of the Bright Lord taking the Dark Lords place.

  • @meowththethird
    @meowththethird 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    in the end he was with his family. The blade of his son and the flowers he gave to his wife. Beautiful ending.

  • @Maros-7
    @Maros-7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    So, Talion met Frodo in movie :) Beautiful ending.

    • @jared0001
      @jared0001 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      and tried to kill him

    • @dillon1759
      @dillon1759 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well actually when Angmar stabbed Frodo he was turning into a Wraith also so they were trying to recruit him in a way

    • @toastedvirgins8489
      @toastedvirgins8489 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This game isnt canon idiots

    • @nathanielclaw2841
      @nathanielclaw2841 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      am i the only who thinks it would be hilarious to see nazgul frodo? you have all these nine badasses coming at you on horses and a little one the size of a child carring their bagages?

    • @dillon1759
      @dillon1759 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nah it would be freaking hilarious

  • @t_k_m3279
    @t_k_m3279 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Sauron: I serve NO ONE!
    Morgoth: *Inhales Deeply* I’m bout to end this man whole career

    • @jens2049
      @jens2049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He wasn't breathing in middle earth

  • @Remus88Romulus
    @Remus88Romulus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So beautiful i become tear eyed... Who else is here after finishing the game?

  • @LordSiravant
    @LordSiravant 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Everyone who points out how Sauron said he serves no one when he once served Morgoth would do well to remember this. When Morgoth was banished to the Void, it was stated that Sauron VERY SERIOUSLY considered repenting of his deeds, and ultimately chose otherwise out of fear that he would be made another's servant to do labors of penance. And Sauron himself was corrupted by the "bonds" Morgoth laid upon him, i.e., poisoning Sauron's fea (basically angelic soul) with his own essence. Although Morgoth himself was thrown out to wander the void of space forever (and yes, the Void is literally outer space), those bonds still remained. However, Morgoth could no longer command Sauron directly, and so he essentially "marred" his greatest servant the same way he marred Arda. Whether or not he's there to influence things directly, all that he touched is fucked regardless. So while Sauron is technically out for himself, at the same time he's essentially become a shadow of Morgoth, his soul continuing to fester from the corruption until he's just a reflection of Morgoth himself, which is exactly what that raging narcissist of a Satan expy always wanted for all of existence anyway.

  • @greed94
    @greed94 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I didn't think it would be so literal when Bruz said they're the same thing, really.

  • @aazaadgass
    @aazaadgass 6 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Now is it that the developers can make a non canon harry potters game with nemesis system

    • @beyondheaven6736
      @beyondheaven6736 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Aazaad Gass Dude,Harry Potter would not work with this style and nemesis system.

    • @HoodiesJacque
      @HoodiesJacque 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Draco Will remember that

    • @schooler5372
      @schooler5372 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't see a game like free to roam but a fighting game would be cool

    • @Cooli167
      @Cooli167 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Lol imagine Hogwarts, The forbidden forest, hogs mead as fortresses, and Harry Potter attached to the spirit of Dumbledor. Then imagine Harry, covered in liters of blood as he stealth kills Slytherins with his wand in the hallways of the castle, or using the Gryfendor blade to hack through them in the great hall.
      Now that you've imagined it, you should probably notice that it would be a pretty messed up game, besides just being pure blasphamy.

    • @mitchellalexander9162
      @mitchellalexander9162 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A better question is: What other game or scenario would benefit and be improved by something like the nemesis system?
      Talion's journey is over but what's to say this mechanic cant be used and reworked for another adventure and context?

  • @helenwhs
    @helenwhs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Sauron’s face in this scene is the most terrifying thing in Middle-earth.

    • @helenwhs
      @helenwhs 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@utahwerewolf9932 There should be nothing uncanny about Annatar. If there was even the slightest thing off I don’t think the Elves would be so thoroughly taken in.

  • @edwardkenway1436
    @edwardkenway1436 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    2 years later and I'm still playing this game

  • @broccoli1457
    @broccoli1457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I would love to see the first age being filmed. That'll be epic.

  • @youtubecensorship842
    @youtubecensorship842 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    05:22
    Check out this move, I learned it from the humans.

  • @deloth8075
    @deloth8075 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    So, did Celebrimbor survive after the ring was destroyed? You can see his spirit fleeing from Sauron's eye

    • @willardkestila6465
      @willardkestila6465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Celebrimbor's ring is still intact, so yes he is still alive (at least as alive as a wraith can be)

  • @commandocommander4041
    @commandocommander4041 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Anyone else thought a better ending would have been if Talion's family was waiting for him on the other side?

  • @Brutalcel
    @Brutalcel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hope to see more middle earth games in the future

  • @latinoheat612
    @latinoheat612 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    When the journey beats the destination, you know you will remember the tale for years to come

  • @RobertsonIsland
    @RobertsonIsland ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sauron at 5:20 “I’m about to give this man the Isildur”

  • @frankmigliore9240
    @frankmigliore9240 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bright Lord Talion is a fucking beast, he singlehandedly beat all the Nazgul and even The Witch King, which the world considered to be impossible. He is one of the most powerful fighters in LotR canon based on what I know

    • @mfs-3kiryu592
      @mfs-3kiryu592 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Too bad he ain't canon.

  • @VincentBrooks437
    @VincentBrooks437 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    1:27 tried to pin sauron. 😁

  • @Whimsy3692
    @Whimsy3692 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    At 8:27, there was no reason for that blue ball of light/Celebrimbor to go to Mount Doom. Only because that's where Talion is at, on the fellbeast.
    Do you think he's had enough time to think about what he's done and came back for him?