Honestly this just comes to show single player games never really died and shadow of war was the best game I ever played hands down so much passion went into the game it was amazing
@@Fyrnskulblaka I hope they make a new lord of the rings with Celebrimbor the main enemy, and bring these characters to life. Talion a normal human telling the story and has to find the will to finish it all, and the she-elf who failed to kill him. Sherlob who comes back to scare Mr.Frodo but helps him, and Ratbag. Ah yes ratbag to give insight
"the One Ring was found and the newest of the Nazgul travelled with his brothers to the Shire in pursuit of the new ringbearer" That scene....holy shit. I love the way it connects to the beginning of the first Lord of the Rings movie. We have done so much and now the start of something else is coming.
@@Mr_Shadow085 to be fair he literally beat that one elf lady but got beaten by her while having a ton of help as a nazgul. I imagine the nazgul are just normally weaker tbh.
I actually really liked the ending, in a way it really fits with the major theme in LOTR, corruption. Tolkien went to great lengths describing how The One was effecting and even changing all the people who were merely near it, so it makes sense that a random ranger, such as Talion, would fail and fall after being in possession of a major ring of power for so long. It even makes sense that Celebrimbor betrayed Talion using that theme. The lore twisting was weird sure, but overall I liked the ending because it didn't break itself trying to be happy, it was horrible and everyone died, which sadly is what often happens in real life...
Emanuel Stenberg Do you even know what the definition of a theme is? Clearly fucking not from your comment. Did you go out of your way to embarrass yourself?
@@salame2693 clearly you don't understand the theme to the fuckin game, the motions they went through to create a story. Something for you to watch and play yet you complain about it. This game was 10/10 a good compromise to those who wanted more and to keep a story in-line script. Watch the movie, it even says the new Nazgul and his brothers look for the new ring bearer. Read the books it even says this.
Wearing the One Ring corrupted Celebrimbor, if you played the Bright Lord DLC you’ll notice how he’s all about domination and overthrowing Sauron, I’d like to think that if he hadn’t wore it he would have been a better Elf (all things considered), too bad he canonically dies when Sauron attacks Eregion, imagine had he survived and made it to the war of the ring.
@@BadPhreak I think it would be too much. His last actions in the game are to take of the cloak his wife gave him, leave his sword, and his son's sword, meaning he is finally moving on from his ties to the earth: his pain of losing his loved ones, his duty to Gondor, and his quest for vengeance. It is not known if he found his family in the afterlife but imo it shows he found peace regardless of where he went after that
@@henriquemorales212, also notice that he only looks at the blade of his son before dropping it. And when it plants into the earth, the same type of flower he gave his wife springs up. I think that was a far more powerful symbol that he was returning to his family than if they'd actually showed them.
I thought not. Not a story the elves would tell you. It’s an orc legend. Darth Celebrimbor was a bright lord of a ring. So powerful and so wise, he could use his skills to smith a ring of power to dominate...orcs He had such a knowledge of power he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying....
To make something for people who were desperately craving something from a universe they love, to have fun, to tell a new story. And I remember seeing somewhere that Tolkien wanted people to take his world and tell their own stories in it.
I dont understand how these randomly generated Orcs have better facial animation than Mass Effect Andromeda...... Those guys must've fucked up something awful.
I heard that while Bioware technically is credited for it, EA just got bunch of people and made some team part of Bioware while Bioware's team A, B or whatever were working on something else.
FFS.... i really think companies like EA and Activision are a fucking cancer to the video game industry. I have a dream that one day, Game Devs like bioware will be free the the clutches of these greedy fuckers one day.
Are you legitimately still talking about it? how pathetic. I am one of the biggest fans of Mass effect out there, but there are more important things than facial graphics. And while they weren't great, they also were not the worst ive ever seen. let it go idiot, and go whine about something else on another video.
loved the coliseum mission. I felt like one man surrounded by the fallen bodies of my enemies, I laughed watching my enemies flee in terror at my sight.
Im satisfied with the end , I dont know but... is just me? but you can see at the end in the eyes of Talion like tears in his eyes or maybe his eyes shine again
It is not really that good to be honest...Its ok but nothing more....Most character were meh...The lore changes are inconsistent and Talion seemed to be like a ragdoll following other characters almost blindly.
I think I should head to Mordor, because despite its reputation for evil, the place is packed with warrior-babes. Also who needs a vision to find the traitor at the beginning? Three to choose from : noble black guy, female super-soldier , old white guy? Hmm, impossible to guess.
They could allow that...But these stories are part of the Silmarillion and the right to them are sold extra. But they have given those rights before. Newline for example got them as well in order to add some snippets in the movies about the lore.
Who gives a shit, most important thing is...what happened to ratbag? We need a 80 dollar DLC, Mordor the backstabber in shadows. And a 40 dollar skin for Ratbags "Ranger".
shimmyking4, Yeah... But its mostly because he put most of his soul and life force in making the Ring of power, and lost his humanity Even Talion himself says "Just how much of your soul did that ring cost you" And he is like "We have to get the Palantir doesn't matter if Minas Ithil falls"
More or less, yes. Celebrimbor poured most of his power into the new ring, and with it, his soul. That's why in the first game, Celebrimbor is a lot more "humane" than he is in the second. Celebrimbor ultimately lost sight of what he was initially fighting for, because so much of what made him who he was is lost in the forging of the new ring.@@fathanahmad9893
this masterpiece , one day in the holidays my beloved dad decided that himself would choose a game just so he can see if he's good at picking new games , and guess what he came home with some things for the family and with him it was ( shadow of war ) and let me tell you something , it was the best game i've ever played , and whenever i hear the intro music for this game , i remember him .
Devoted lotr fans, I don’t think you should dwell here if you’re unhealthily hating on other people for appreciating a game they thought was good in quality and lore. I’ll admit I got confused with the inconsistencies and timeline changes, but all in all the direction they went with the franchise is interesting, and it would be better if it was more accurate to the original material.
Now understand the ending and enjoyed it more because it was either beating Saroun and making Middle-Earth kneel to Celembrior power or what happens in the story.
Isildur being one of the Nine doesn't make sense, the Nine already existed during Sauron's war with the Last Alliance. So even if it was possible that one of the nine rings revived and corrupted him, there has to have been another wraith that was defeated in the second age. Helm Hammerhand being a Nazgul is a very interesting turn tho, as is Talion ending up a Nazgul himself. I didn't expect them to find an ending that would end up fitting with the events of LotR.
Wouldn't make sense since Helm's death is relatively not long before these events, and Celebrimbor wouldn't have been at Sauron's side. Also he couldn't assume Annatar's form after Numenor...the ending made sense in an interesting way like you said though...
Because it's not canon. It builds upon lore and alters it to create a story that is similar to the original LotR universe, but not quite. I suppose you could call it fan fiction taken to a whole new level.
Well, in regards to the SOW story and lore, it's suggested that the Nine have been alternated through history at various points. That is to say that the Nine have been changed up and made from different men as the ages have progressed. Not all of them; the Witch King seems to be Sauron's most powerful and consistent of soldiers. But others, not so much. In the case of Isildur, he might have just been the latest in a line of chosen Nazgul of Sauron's preference and choosing; picking the strongest candidates to mold into his Ringwraiths whilst eliminating the weaker and thus unneeded back into darkness. In Isildur's case, he was chosen for his strength and as recompense for instigating the Dark Lord's defeat. At least, that's how this game's history and depiction have made it seem.
+The real Jimmy Dore Having played the game myself, I'd like to argue against your 'garbage' claim. Even if the game doesn't work with your headcanon, that doesn't mean it's garbage. The game's mechanics are rather impressive and engaging, even if it's story is understandably not to the level that others might feel comfortable towards. Is it perfect? Definitely not. But it can be entertaining and challenging on some levels. It's one I recommend, perhaps when it comes on sale.
@@nicolasmouzakis650 I'd go with the latter. Celebrimbor grew thirsty with power, he even approached Sauron atop Barad-dur saying "You will serve the Bright Lord now". I dunno about you, but I expected something more to the side of the vengeance he sought after, not domination and replacement of Sauron. Power is incredibly alluring when it is readily accessible, especially when its wrapped around your finger. Like Bruz said "Dark Lord, Bright Lord, same thing really!" Light and Darkness, in my personal view, cannot exist without the other. One side will return when the other triumphs, always. The key to stability is to balance the two. It is a common theme in some games, heck even Super Smash Brothers Ultimate has this message.
"Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul". (One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.) Played shadow of war for a very long time this story makes sense to be fitted in just after the hobbit and before LOTR. however i dont understand why isildur one of the nine as we know it doesn't make sense and surprisingly helm hammer hand is one of the nazguls too. eventhough the story actually makes sense im glad the people who made this added in ratbag and surprisingly Gollum after the previous game he tried to kill talion.
Wow that ending, but to be fair it was predictable the moment the vision happened, that was the first forshadowment, but when Isilador (I don't know how to spell it) showed up that pretty much confirmed my suspicion
The worst thing is that the she-elf traitor will be probably the main character in another game. Hate her. Dont understand this choice of creators really...
Great game, really enjoyed it throughout. My only questions are regarding the 2 rogue Nazgul? Would have liked more in the way of origin, their motives, & place in middle earth..?
Havkng Isildur and Helm Hammerhend as part of the nine feels wrong. Besides it not being canon I much prefer them being, for the most part, unknown kings from the past.
What if, Celebromor never betrayed Talion, they defeated sauron together, purified barad dur, and took mordor for themselves, got the one ring from Bilbo, maybe we get a cutscene of them meeting gandalf, and then after that morgoth gets revived an leads a legion of uruk hai, and we spend the endgame fighting Morgoths army
that all well and good but what happened to the new ring we lose sight of it after celebrator gets his fingers cut off and i don't think Sauron would let a ring as powerful as that just vanish
but based on Celebrimbor's comments during the game the new ring is perfect because it isnt tied to sauron but is just as powerful as the one ring/old ring
they leave open the plot hole of the New Ring. they either will be having a dlc with the galandrial girl or you are meant to believe taht sauron consumed its power. it is a disconnect to the books/movies.
The entire time I watched this (having never played the game), I kept thinking, ‘… this isn’t gonna work. It OBVIOUSLY won’t work because the battle for Middle Earth happens in Return of the King.’
@Google Are racist trash um, no? When the ring (or any ring of power) is in your possession, and you have a strong enough will to use it’s power, you won’t go invisible. When you wear it in your finger is when you go invisible (and if you’re a Man/ hobbit). Only immortal beings, such as elves or maiar, don’t go invisible wearing one. Dwarves too don’t turn invisible, but only because of their affiliation to Aulë I presume.
Honestly if I had a choice I'd would pick Bruz as the overlord instead of keeping the same overlord you arrived to kill in the first place. I liked Ratbag as a character, but Bruz was your main assault leader, and you just cast him aside like nothing happened. Knowing orcs and trolls in fantasy series, it should have stuck out as a defendant thought of him betraying you, and Bruz was one of the best characters in the game.
King Of Cherries, Bruz had a certain mindset though, like he talked to Talion as if he weren't his master and he always expected Talion to do something rather than be told what to do. He was never meant to be commanded, and he probably would have tried to betray Talion with the full force of the fortress that he was overlord of.
The same way she still wore it the few time she turned back into a spider. She did not really do anything with it anyway....I do not really see what was the point of her taking the ring... That entire bit was pretty much inconsequential.
He is dead and his spirit is walking into the otherworld where only the clean and purified part of him can enter. That is perhaps why he is presented as somewhat different than previously in the game.
Finally he has been lifted off the curse n the battle for middle earth has ended, im glad for the great ending, cuz he wanted to die in the first place n then this game gave him that 😆😉😢😭💖💖💖
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Honestly this just comes to show single player games never really died and shadow of war was the best game I ever played hands down so much passion went into the game it was amazing
Exactly. Games like this, God of War and Spider-Mam kill that whole argument against single-player offline games. Still very relevant.
@@KenpoKid77 which spiderman game??
Guys, we're forgeting the one true masterpiece, The witcher 3
Why not toss a coin to your Witcher?
@@sirgeekalot4380 Meh. It was decent
Rest in peace, Talion. Your war is over now.
huntakilla1234
But not the one against Celebrimbor.
He escaped. Remember?
@@N_DS I know this is a super late reply but Eltauriel is the new protagonist and is going after Celebrimbor
@Fyrn Skulblaka As his new vessel, I bet.
@@N_DS Maybe, but it looks like he's being set up as the next villain
@@Fyrnskulblaka I hope they make a new lord of the rings with Celebrimbor the main enemy, and bring these characters to life. Talion a normal human telling the story and has to find the will to finish it all, and the she-elf who failed to kill him. Sherlob who comes back to scare Mr.Frodo but helps him, and Ratbag. Ah yes ratbag to give insight
"the One Ring was found and the newest of the Nazgul travelled with his brothers to the Shire in pursuit of the new ringbearer"
That scene....holy shit. I love the way it connects to the beginning of the first Lord of the Rings movie. We have done so much and now the start of something else is coming.
Its so embarrasing to think talion could kill literally anything and yet as a nazgul he got beaten by a couple of hobbits 😂
@@Mr_Shadow085 to be fair he literally beat that one elf lady but got beaten by her while having a ton of help as a nazgul. I imagine the nazgul are just normally weaker tbh.
shame they never mentioned about the bright lords ring
"It is over. Together we will turn towards Middle-Earth."
The line of Witch King sure gives me a ghostly chill. Badass.
I can't even tell witch one is the witch king when they showed their backstorys in this game?
@@kalenpadmore7338 the one with a sharp crown
@@kalenpadmore7338 the witch king has no background
"Bright lord, Dark lord same thing really"
Bruz summed up the entire moral of the story.
In Lotr the whole "fight fire by fire" doesn't really work, and when it does it's not necessarily a good thing.
Bruz the Aussie orc is definitely smarter than most orcs.
Bruz theForeshadowing Oloc
Hell no
I actually really liked the ending, in a way it really fits with the major theme in LOTR, corruption. Tolkien went to great lengths describing how The One was effecting and even changing all the people who were merely near it, so it makes sense that a random ranger, such as Talion, would fail and fall after being in possession of a major ring of power for so long. It even makes sense that Celebrimbor betrayed Talion using that theme. The lore twisting was weird sure, but overall I liked the ending because it didn't break itself trying to be happy, it was horrible and everyone died, which sadly is what often happens in real life...
Emanuel Stenberg Do you even know what the definition of a theme is? Clearly fucking not from your comment.
Did you go out of your way to embarrass yourself?
Emanuel Stenberg whoah there
@@salame2693 clearly you don't understand the theme to the fuckin game, the motions they went through to create a story. Something for you to watch and play yet you complain about it. This game was 10/10 a good compromise to those who wanted more and to keep a story in-line script. Watch the movie, it even says the new Nazgul and his brothers look for the new ring bearer. Read the books it even says this.
Wearing the One Ring corrupted Celebrimbor, if you played the Bright Lord DLC you’ll notice how he’s all about domination and overthrowing Sauron, I’d like to think that if he hadn’t wore it he would have been a better Elf (all things considered), too bad he canonically dies when Sauron attacks Eregion, imagine had he survived and made it to the war of the ring.
I love how he took off part of his armor and his Blades, you can just feel the act of release from that :D
they should've pictured is family in the end too. would have been a lot more emotional :'(
BadPhreak I think so too.
@@BadPhreak i think so but theres a stronger message in not including it.
@@BadPhreak I think it would be too much. His last actions in the game are to take of the cloak his wife gave him, leave his sword, and his son's sword, meaning he is finally moving on from his ties to the earth: his pain of losing his loved ones, his duty to Gondor, and his quest for vengeance. It is not known if he found his family in the afterlife but imo it shows he found peace regardless of where he went after that
@@henriquemorales212, also notice that he only looks at the blade of his son before dropping it. And when it plants into the earth, the same type of flower he gave his wife springs up. I think that was a far more powerful symbol that he was returning to his family than if they'd actually showed them.
Wow that ending was so sad, yet odly satisfying... still really sad tho
Can we all just take a moment to admire Ratbag's return? Seriously, he is practically the soul of this game.
Act I summary "THE PALANTIR. THE PALANTIR. THE PALANTIR. THE PALANTIR. THE PALANTIR. THE PALANTIR. THE PALANTIR"
That’s cool and all but what about the palantir
7.8/10 too much palantir.
0/10. Not enough Palantir
You missed a couple “MY RING” ’s
THE PALANTIR is all that matters.
Did ever hear the tragedy of Darth Celebrimbor the Bright?
Arcen no
he could save others from death but not himself in the end he was killed in his sleep by his apprentice talon lol
It is not a story the Elves would tell you...
I thought not. Not a story the elves would tell you. It’s an orc legend.
Darth Celebrimbor was a bright lord of a ring. So powerful and so wise, he could use his skills to smith a ring of power to dominate...orcs
He had such a knowledge of power he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying....
The Rest Of Us this made me cream I love you
There're a lot of ring-fingers cutting. People should learn to wear ring Inside a gauntlet or something.
sauron had a armored gloves ??, fingers still got cut
and arrows going through plate armor.
Armor man, how does it even work
@@devildavin through plOt armor !
Or make a toe ring.
Just use thanos glove in infinity war
It's funny that in-game he has no neck, but when there's cutscenes he gets it back
1:34:38 Proceeds to drink poison, 1:34:47 faint image of a graug T bagging him
Talion fought for so long to hold back the dark but it wasn't meant to be.
"In the war against darkness, sometimes stalemate is victory".
Yup.
That ending.........well done. Right in the feels.....
46:25
Celebrimbor: Run Run, run to your master
Me(Heavy): Run RUN, I'm coming for you!!
Holy shit didn't expect that ending.
Don't see why people are angry, shadow of mordor was never meant to be canon why would this be.
To make something for people who were desperately craving something from a universe they love, to have fun, to tell a new story. And I remember seeing somewhere that Tolkien wanted people to take his world and tell their own stories in it.
People are whiny dumb things.
@Emile Morel The game is a canonical expansion of the Middle Earth universe. I think Tolkien's son actually gave it the green light
@@Al_Thor no no, surprisingly there was talk at a con and they mention maybe. A new movie
Keldor Miro I don’t know, maybe to be a video game people could play
I dont understand how these randomly generated Orcs have better facial animation than Mass Effect Andromeda...... Those guys must've fucked up something awful.
I heard that while Bioware technically is credited for it, EA just got bunch of people and made some team part of Bioware while Bioware's team A, B or whatever were working on something else.
FFS.... i really think companies like EA and Activision are a fucking cancer to the video game industry. I have a dream that one day, Game Devs like bioware will be free the the clutches of these greedy fuckers one day.
Yeah, Bioware outsourced for Andromeda. What a waste of potential.
Bioware look at this game! this is how you make one
Are you legitimately still talking about it? how pathetic. I am one of the biggest fans of Mass effect out there, but there are more important things than facial graphics. And while they weren't great, they also were not the worst ive ever seen. let it go idiot, and go whine about something else on another video.
Ending bought a tear to my eye when i first played it.
loved the coliseum mission. I felt like one man surrounded by the fallen bodies of my enemies, I laughed watching my enemies flee in terror at my sight.
Im satisfied with the end , I dont know but... is just me? but you can see at the end in the eyes of Talion like tears in his eyes or maybe his eyes shine again
Chum Lee imagine if he comes back in the third game if they ever make it, hes gonna be like "oh shit i dropped all my gear brb guys."
R u from pawn star lol
"This foe is beyond us!"
Amazing story especially compared to the last game, but wtf is up with talion at the end?! He looks like he lost weight and his entire design changed
It is not really that good to be honest...Its ok but nothing more....Most character were meh...The lore changes are inconsistent and Talion seemed to be like a ragdoll following other characters almost blindly.
I think I should head to Mordor, because despite its reputation for evil, the place is packed with warrior-babes. Also who needs a vision to find the traitor at the beginning? Three to choose from : noble black guy, female super-soldier , old white guy? Hmm, impossible to guess.
he looked like that because the quality of the video changed
Bobby Derran
The Tolkien Estate wouldn't allow that.
They could allow that...But these stories are part of the Silmarillion and the right to them are sold extra. But they have given those rights before. Newline for example got them as well in order to add some snippets in the movies about the lore.
In regards to the plot twist of Celebrimbor's betrayal, I MUST quote Prince Zuko:
"That...wasn't a good play"
Who gives a shit, most important thing is...what happened to ratbag? We need a 80 dollar DLC, Mordor the backstabber in shadows. And a 40 dollar skin for Ratbags "Ranger".
15:54 Talion crossed-eyed af
I love this game. I also think its really cool how they adapted the lore into a unique story that follows the same themes.
No joke when I finished the game and saw that ending I cried 😭😢🙂
I mean how would Talion sound, if Sean Bean, wouldn't have been Boromir. Talion's northern accent warms the heart
1:01:43 - brilliant moment - Celebrimbor.exe stopped working xD
He was like: keep distracting her talion, almost got the ring!
2:04:01 "His wounds will slow him. What about yours?"
Ghul Self-Destruct Sequence Activated
So Celebrimbor went from disliking Eltariel to replacing Talion with her
Didnt see the ending for Bruz
Although i do remember doing it and shaming him with the worst shame in the game
Its not added here
I know people have criticized the characters quite a bit, but I like Celebrimbor and Talion.
ditto, i just wished Celebrimbor didn't take the path he took
shimmyking4, Yeah... But its mostly because he put most of his soul and life force in making the Ring of power, and lost his humanity
Even Talion himself says "Just how much of your soul did that ring cost you"
And he is like "We have to get the Palantir doesn't matter if Minas Ithil falls"
So celebrimbor don't have his humanity because of the new ring of power?
More or less, yes. Celebrimbor poured most of his power into the new ring, and with it, his soul. That's why in the first game, Celebrimbor is a lot more "humane" than he is in the second. Celebrimbor ultimately lost sight of what he was initially fighting for, because so much of what made him who he was is lost in the forging of the new ring.@@fathanahmad9893
Personally I like how the nazgul are different. I think it just works better with the story.
44:55 - After this Talion and Celebrimbor should sing "We are the champions" xD
How the hell they made a story out of nothing still better than the one of the rings of power that have a ready storyline...
1:47:40 (Background audio.) TIE Fighters in Middle Earth confirmed. xD
@Teraskas Dark Lords gotta come from somewhere,
Oh my god, you're right.
this masterpiece , one day in the holidays my beloved dad decided that himself would choose a game just so he can see if he's good at picking new games , and guess what he came home with some things for the family and with him it was ( shadow of war ) and let me tell you something , it was the best game i've ever played , and whenever i hear the intro music for this game , i remember him .
My dudes. That piano at 3:44
Devoted lotr fans, I don’t think you should dwell here if you’re unhealthily hating on other people for appreciating a game they thought was good in quality and lore. I’ll admit I got confused with the inconsistencies and timeline changes, but all in all the direction they went with the franchise is interesting, and it would be better if it was more accurate to the original material.
Now understand the ending and enjoyed it more because it was either beating Saroun and making Middle-Earth kneel to Celembrior power or what happens in the story.
Everyone needs a Bruz
Yeah a backstabber :D
Knight Artorias ikr 😆
Remember, Olog-Hai are friends, not food!
I decapitated him
Talion's teaching grammar lessons:
I am one
But
We are many
Talion walking into the light was 😢
Isildur being one of the Nine doesn't make sense, the Nine already existed during Sauron's war with the Last Alliance. So even if it was possible that one of the nine rings revived and corrupted him, there has to have been another wraith that was defeated in the second age.
Helm Hammerhand being a Nazgul is a very interesting turn tho, as is Talion ending up a Nazgul himself. I didn't expect them to find an ending that would end up fitting with the events of LotR.
Wouldn't make sense since Helm's death is relatively not long before these events, and Celebrimbor wouldn't have been at Sauron's side. Also he couldn't assume Annatar's form after Numenor...the ending made sense in an interesting way like you said though...
Because it's not canon. It builds upon lore and alters it to create a story that is similar to the original LotR universe, but not quite. I suppose you could call it fan fiction taken to a whole new level.
The implication seems to be that Ringwraiths sometimes get replaced, which I guess is the excuse behind Isildur.
Well, in regards to the SOW story and lore, it's suggested that the Nine have been alternated through history at various points. That is to say that the Nine have been changed up and made from different men as the ages have progressed. Not all of them; the Witch King seems to be Sauron's most powerful and consistent of soldiers. But others, not so much.
In the case of Isildur, he might have just been the latest in a line of chosen Nazgul of Sauron's preference and choosing; picking the strongest candidates to mold into his Ringwraiths whilst eliminating the weaker and thus unneeded back into darkness. In Isildur's case, he was chosen for his strength and as recompense for instigating the Dark Lord's defeat.
At least, that's how this game's history and depiction have made it seem.
+The real Jimmy Dore
Having played the game myself, I'd like to argue against your 'garbage' claim. Even if the game doesn't work with your headcanon, that doesn't mean it's garbage. The game's mechanics are rather impressive and engaging, even if it's story is understandably not to the level that others might feel comfortable towards.
Is it perfect? Definitely not. But it can be entertaining and challenging on some levels. It's one I recommend, perhaps when it comes on sale.
Shadow Of Mordor: "I thought you wanted revenge!"
Shadow Of War: "This not about your petty vengeance"
It could be seen as a plot hole or as an example of corrupted celebrimbor got over the course of the games
@@nicolasmouzakis650 I'd go with the latter. Celebrimbor grew thirsty with power, he even approached Sauron atop Barad-dur saying "You will serve the Bright Lord now". I dunno about you, but I expected something more to the side of the vengeance he sought after, not domination and replacement of Sauron. Power is incredibly alluring when it is readily accessible, especially when its wrapped around your finger.
Like Bruz said "Dark Lord, Bright Lord, same thing really!"
Light and Darkness, in my personal view, cannot exist without the other. One side will return when the other triumphs, always. The key to stability is to balance the two. It is a common theme in some games, heck even Super Smash Brothers Ultimate has this message.
At 46:00 is the best cut scene in the entire game.
"Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul". (One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.)
Played shadow of war for a very long time this story makes sense to be fitted in just after the hobbit and before LOTR. however i dont understand why isildur one of the nine as we know it doesn't make sense and surprisingly helm hammer hand is one of the nazguls too.
eventhough the story actually makes sense im glad the people who made this added in ratbag and surprisingly Gollum after the previous game he tried to kill talion.
I laughed when ragbag revealed himself 😆
If I complete the game with 100% is it still playable? Can I still Walking through the world?
Yup
Wow that ending, but to be fair it was predictable the moment the vision happened, that was the first forshadowment, but when Isilador (I don't know how to spell it) showed up that pretty much confirmed my suspicion
Is it me or does tailion speech's sound just like a WWE monologue
Bruz is best orc 2017
But what happened to az laar!?!?!
I never encountered az laar... but ratbag is my favorite.
Actually he's an olog so......
talion =,(
Maybe im getting old but playing up to act 3 and then watch the rest on youtube was a good shoice.
The worst thing is that the she-elf traitor will be probably the main character in another game. Hate her. Dont understand this choice of creators really...
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i see the main difference is that isiuldur showed up at baradur instead of on the bridge
also; 2:03:34 wtf carnan, why are you helping him?!
Why main character look like Antonio Conte
Rick Sanchez yes I swear
Gondorians are fantasy Romans, so they would look Italian.
Some football fans here
Great game, really enjoyed it throughout. My only questions are regarding the 2 rogue Nazgul? Would have liked more in the way of origin, their motives, & place in middle earth..?
Nice video, thank
shelob is one good looking spider
the only good looking so far xD
Shadowx Talion and zarinah is the leader of the war
Bria all ways get berayde
Amazing subtitles
Honestly I never knew that this game tied in with LoTRs.......rip Gollum
Little sad that the guy who can beat all Sauron's army was killed by volcano eruption
2:08:25 .... the funny line ever 😂
A drake would have been great asset
Havkng Isildur and Helm Hammerhend as part of the nine feels wrong. Besides it not being canon I much prefer them being, for the most part, unknown kings from the past.
Thanks dude I spilled my drink on my controller and skipped the cutscene by accident cleaning ot
What if, Celebromor never betrayed Talion, they defeated sauron together, purified barad dur, and took mordor for themselves, got the one ring from Bilbo, maybe we get a cutscene of them meeting gandalf, and then after that morgoth gets revived an leads a legion of uruk hai, and we spend the endgame fighting Morgoths army
Indeed but since Shelob still stand there’s might be another battle even if Sauron defeated
that all well and good but what happened to the new ring we lose sight of it after celebrator gets his fingers cut off and i don't think Sauron would let a ring as powerful as that just vanish
i'm pretty sure the one ring, is tied to all the rings sauron had in the end. ~someting like that
but based on Celebrimbor's comments during the game the new ring is perfect because it isnt tied to sauron but is just as powerful as the one ring/old ring
they leave open the plot hole of the New Ring. they either will be having a dlc with the galandrial girl or you are meant to believe taht sauron consumed its power. it is a disconnect to the books/movies.
good job !!!
Ratbag, Ranger all random orcs and baranor are the best characters
i wanted to see talion and celebrimbor walk towards the light together.....
Ratbag is the best 🤘
By far the best written game I've ever watched/played. WB kills it with these single player rpgs
You saying those words ether means that you probably are joking or second you never truly played great rpg games like The Witcher 3
Talion was my favourite character and still is.
Why did they give Shelob a voice actor with such a similar voice to Galadriel?
im so sorry Talion...But they're "taking the hobbits to isengard...."
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Looks like the Graug wants some Grog, too.
Am I the only one that wants a dlc of celebrimbor not betraying talion and beating sauron?
That Ending though
this games story started off alot stronger then it finished
I think it's "move ready", honestly if the Rouge 1 with that "back story" could be a really nice move this easly can be the same success.
The entire time I watched this (having never played the game), I kept thinking,
‘… this isn’t gonna work. It OBVIOUSLY won’t work because the battle for Middle Earth happens in Return of the King.’
Brilliant set of lore yet there's still some points to reform. For instance, the role of Earnur, supposed to be played heavily.
This should be a movie though
I love Shadow of war
2:40:38 when you gone through hell but you come out stronger in the end
I love this game I always have a blast
Its strange how they just forget that if any Man wearing a ring of power will become invisible.
@Google Are racist trash um, no? When the ring (or any ring of power) is in your possession, and you have a strong enough will to use it’s power, you won’t go invisible. When you wear it in your finger is when you go invisible (and if you’re a Man/ hobbit). Only immortal beings, such as elves or maiar, don’t go invisible wearing one. Dwarves too don’t turn invisible, but only because of their affiliation to Aulë I presume.
Talion😭❤️❤️❤️
don't cry i know i know
Honestly if I had a choice I'd would pick Bruz as the overlord instead of keeping the same overlord you arrived to kill in the first place. I liked Ratbag as a character, but Bruz was your main assault leader, and you just cast him aside like nothing happened. Knowing orcs and trolls in fantasy series, it should have stuck out as a defendant thought of him betraying you, and Bruz was one of the best characters in the game.
King Of Cherries, Bruz had a certain mindset though, like he talked to Talion as if he weren't his master and he always expected Talion to do something rather than be told what to do. He was never meant to be commanded, and he probably would have tried to betray Talion with the full force of the fortress that he was overlord of.
I still think that it would be much more interesting if shelob kept the spider form for the whole story....
mormegil231 how would the the ring fit on her?
The same way she still wore it the few time she turned back into a spider.
She did not really do anything with it anyway....I do not really see what was the point of her taking the ring... That entire bit was pretty much inconsequential.
mormegil231
I like the hot Shelob better. 😊
I think she just wanted to lure the duo so she could use them against Sauron for betraying her.
To be fair Shelob is not an actual spider, she is a demon or something like that, and spider form is a guise she takes.
I sometime wish that talion had one more battle with his former friend celebrimbor
Why does the main character look like he just had a chemotherapy
Being a ringwraith for that long does that to you.
He is dead and his spirit is walking into the otherworld where only the clean and purified part of him can enter. That is perhaps why he is presented as somewhat different than previously in the game.
After seen this it looks like I am watching the movie the Ring
that ring wraith that murdered his daughter was brutal
Finally he has been lifted off the curse n the battle for middle earth has ended, im glad for the great ending, cuz he wanted to die in the first place n then this game gave him that 😆😉😢😭💖💖💖