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Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
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=== ( 🎯 Difficulty ) ===
☐ No Difficulty
☐ Easy
☑ Standard
☐ Big Learning Curve
☐ Hard
☐ Impossible
=== ( 👪 Audience ) ===
☐ Everyone
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Mature
=== ( 👀 Graphics ) ===
☐ What Is This?
☐ Bad
☐ Acceptable
☑ Good
☐ Great
☐ Stylistic
☐ Beautiful
☐ Masterpiece
=== ( Sound/Music ) ===
☐ Bad
☐ Nothing Special
☐ Okay
☑ Great
☐ Beautiful
☐ I´m Gonna Cry
=== ( 🌏 Story ) ===
☐ This Game Has No Story
☐ Nothing Special
☑ It´s Alright
☐ Well Written
☐ Epic Story
☐ Thinking About It, When I Sleep
=== ( Grinding ) ===
☐ Nothing To Grind
☐ Isn't Necessary To Progress
☑ Average Grind Level
☐ A Lot Of Grinding
☐ You‘ll Need A Second Life For Grinding
=== ( 💎 Price ) ===
☐ Free
☐ Underpriced
☑ Perfect Price
☐ Could Be Cheaper
☐ Overpriced
=== ( ☣ Requirments ) ===
☐ A Toaster Could Run This
☑ Low
☐ Average
☐ Above Average
☐ High End
☐ NASA Computer
=== ( ⏰ Game time/length ) ===
☐ Really short ( 0 - 4 hours)
☐ Short ( 4 - 12 hours)
☐ Average ( 12 - 24 hours)
☑ Long ( 24+ hours)
☐ Multiplayer/Neverending
=== ( 🐞 Bugs ) ===
☐ Game itself is a bug
☐ Lot of bugs
☑ Few Bugs
☐ Nothing
=== ( Controller Support ) ===
☑ Yes
☐ no
=== ( Steam Deck Friendly ) ===
☑ Yes
☐ no
=== ( Enjoyment ) ===
☐ I´d Rather Watch Grass Grow
☐ Hard To Enjoy
☐ Repetitive
☐ It's Okay
☑ Fun To Be Had For Sure
☐ The Kind Of Fun You Will Remember
☐ Life Changing
=== ( Replayability ) ===
☐ One-Time Experience
☐ Only For Achievements
☑ If You Wait A Few Months/Years
☐ Definitely
☐ Infinitely Replayable/Multiplayer
=== ( Worth Playing ) ===
☐ No
☐ Wait For A Sale
☑ Yes
☐ I Can´t Recommend It Enough


TOP FUN THINGS TO DO:
⭐️ Using the Bright Lords powers to raise an army.
⭐️ Orcs intros are very interesting and funny.
⭐️ DLC's are a fine addition to the main story and also a ton of fun.




THE UNIQUES:
💎 You can't just slice up a high levelled captains, finding their weaknesses by gathering intel is the smartest way.
💎 It's possible to lose your fortress if unprepared or careless.
💎 The nemesis system is just *Chefs kiss* perfect.




PLAYER GAMING REQUIREMENTS:
💼 RPG.
💼 Action.
💼 Violent.




PROS:
+ The combat is smooth and fun, just like the previous title.
+ New abilities that make fights feel a bit more diverse and creates situations where you really have to think your way through a Captain fight.
+ New armours and weapons to pick up from captains which also changes Talion's appearance, players can also be rewarded legendary loot by killing legendary captains or collecting glyph's.
+Still visually stunning, the character look a little outdated but the world is fairly nice to look at.
+ Orcs all have a ton of personality, and encounters feel very organic.
+ The Nemesis system adds just the right level of challenge and personal investment when you get a really tough Captain.




CONS:
- While the orcs have a lot of personality, most of the things they say does come across as silly, which takes the lore away, it's not the worst thing but i'd say it's still a con for the type of game it is.
- You will hit a point where you feel the game is forcing you to grind for your gear to knock down the leaders, I found this a slight chore.
- Minor bugs, especially with the necromancy quests.




VERDICT:
At long last! I finally found the time to play Shadow of War, I thoroughly enjoyed Shadow of Mordor (Their first Middle-Earth title) so liking this one was guaranteed, there's a lot of the same gameplay, just with a few tweaks here and there. I'd say I enjoyed this title slightly more due to having more freedom with armour + weapons but I also found the story slightly more enjoyable, it gives Talion's story closure (Depending on how you see it).
Despite the lack of care in a certain side quest, i'd give this a overall high scoring review, if you haven't yep played the previous title, I'd recommend playing that first before playing this one, other than that, buckle down and enjoy this masterpiece for all Lord of the Rings fans.
Total Score = 91/100.




GAMEPLAY:
Shadow of War is the sequel to 2014's Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, both of which are based on J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. The game is set in between the events of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings film trilogies, from which the game also takes inspiration.
The player continues the story of Talion, the Gondorian Ranger who bonded with the wraith of the Elf Lord Celebrimbor, as they forge a new Ring of Power to amass an army to fight against Sauron. The game builds upon the "nemesis system" introduced in Shadow of Mordor, allowing Talion to gain followers from several races of Middle-earth and command them in warfare.
■■■■■■■■■□ 9 / 10
Gravewalker! I died defending your fortress...just wanted to let you know I'm back!





RECOMMEDED SPECS:
OS: Windows 10 or better
Processor: AMD FX-8350 / Intel Core i7-3770
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD RX 480 / NVIDIA GTX 970
Storage: 70 GB available space


Review to Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198202022263/recommended/241930?snr=1_5_9__402