Middle-earth: Shadow of War Review (AhmetTaha)
As a big big fan of the first game i was let down but alas recommend the game but i find it there lots of downgrades that come with upgrades form the first game. I found it not as catching
The Worst:
- The videos that you see on the steam page are all scripted and give you a false feeling of what is in the game. An event such as the cursed spearman was a thing i never got to experience and Bruz is a scripted character and doesnt represent how an avarage orc responds to your actions
The Bad/The Downgrade:
- I have to say that the graphics are pretty but the artstyle was such a downgrade from the original game. Mordor doesnt feel ugly and dirty and touched by orcs and corruption. Everything has a Play-Dough effect to them
- The Orcs dont look intimidating: Most of them are either fat or skinny to the bone. And by fat i mean really obese and this is not helped by the artstyle either. It pulls me out of the game when i solo attack an enemy camp and the most capable fighter that they put before me is an obese dude lol.
- The inital pay2win kind of buisness style is just something i cant look away from. There are still some characters that used to sell you stuff for real money and their content just feels empty as they pulled everything out due backlash. Such a shit way to run a buisness.
- Shelob parts of the game were just boring asf. Too much She and not enough spider.
- Although the game presents that the nemesis system has been upgraded, i had a feeling that the stuff was repeating itself way more than it did in the same game. during my 120 hours i got sick of fighting orcs with the same title-voice saying the same things and reacting the same to stuff that i do. There are numerous Allies and Nemesies that i had from the first game that i still can remember but SoW cant present a single one besides Bruz, who is a scripted character.
The Good:
- Combat is improved drastically from the first game and the captains are clearly more dangerous as they adapt to your playstyle and gain short term resistances if you repeat an action too often.
- Elemental attacks are also a huge upgrade from the first game and add different options to combat
- New abilities feel cool and impactfull.
- The addition of caragor rides and siege graugs and drakes make the world much more alive.
- Ologs are rad asf but sadly sooooo easy to fight against