Middle-Earth: Shadow of War

This game is so good that I replay it every year... The Nemesis system is awesome and makes it fun to do the Nemesis-things. After you finish the story, which clocks in at about 27 hours, you can go on in the Shadow Wars. The fun is literally never-ending... There's not much to add. The combat is perfect, the storyline is well-written, navigation in games is also without a fault and the characters (yes even the Orcs) are all interesting. I give this game a 9,3/10.

Yeah, it's a fun game. I had fun playing it. It's Fun. Yep.

It makes you feel like you're in Middle-Earth. But it also makes you feel like you're Batman.

I know that title is bold because we are all entitled to an opinion but I just don't get the bad reviews. This game has fun addictive gameplay that truly makes you feel like an unstoppable worrier, the stealth is well designed and every attack you make while you're in stealth mode generally feels deadly it's brutal and violent but satisfying. The enemies like in many other RPGs have health bars but that only effects the captains and the war chiefs who are these super orcs that you can kill or capture to add to your ranks in your own army to eventually take over big forts to capture territory on the map. Yes this game did have micro transactions but they took them out that is the only negative. I want to go into more detail about this game but I would be here for ages and ages I know that sounds lazy but I just wanted to go give brief overview of what the game has in store for you. This game is a near flawless LOTR experience that fans of the universe should play just let don't let the bad reviews put you off.

This game is amazing! Story DOES change Tolkien's a little bit but i don't think that is a problem. I think it's great that somebody made a game based on Tolkien's world, specially game like this. And I personally have nothing against the story in the game. For me, it was very fun experience, great graphics, great combat system, parkour, stealth, elven abilities... Nemesis system is also very fun and unique. You don't need loot boxes to beat the game, of course that then it is more difficult but where is all the fun if it's not hard. You will need to think about a lot of things (example: keeping your followers alive) and you probably will die few times against strong enemies but that is what makes this even more amazing. I recommend it to everyone who likes this type of games and especially for Tolkien fans.

Shadow of War takes everything from its predecessor and improves upon it. It is everything the first game should have been. The nemesis system is incredible, the numerous large maps are amazing and provide plenty of beautiful locations to explore, and the combat is nearly perfect. The focus on warfare is really what make this game stand out from other action/adventure games. Where Assassin's Creed and Arkham focus on puzzles and solving mysteries, Shadow of War focuses on mass warfare between your army and Sauron's army. It also takes many elements from the wider LotR universe and gives them some screen time here, providing connections to the films and books. This is one of the greatest games I have ever played and that stands true as I play it a second time 2 years after release.