Almost every ability holds 2 or 3 upgrades, which you can purchase and switch between, if you have the skillpoints. You have some really extensive skilltrees that allow you to build Talion (his actual name) to your own style. This is fortunately switched up a bit with a few more enemy types that make you rethink what approach to take. Most of the time you are just pressing square and triangle to block, like the Arkham games. It’s not great, but also definitely not bad. Gameplay(!)īut enough about the story, let’s talk gameplay. All in all the story has some interesting stuff, and really cool moments, but the characters usually take away any sort of emotional attachment to it. They taunt you and are some of the more threatening enemies in the game. But the bossfights with those Nazgul are actually really cool. This and the ending of the game are probably the only parts where you’ll actually feel a bit invested in the story. The city will be taken and becomes Minas Morgul. The story actually starts out pretty interesting with this city being attacked and you having to murder all of the Orc captains but all is in vein. Now I would say I’m a big Lord of the Rings fan, but compared to what some of the scholars on the internet know I’m only in second grade, so maybe for some of them it makes sense. Another change from the books I dislike is the fact that Shelob, the big spider, is basically just edgy Galadriel. He’s kind of what you’ll get if you make Aragorn in Skyrim and give him a ring of power. The main character of this game is simply named “Not Aragorn”. And then you also have the main character. It makes the world and story feel disconnected to each other which leads to it feeling like two separate things. It’s not exactly clear if they want you to free all the area’s first or do the main story-quests. It starts a bunch of quests and tells you to go dick around in the Sauron occupied area’s. That is also the last time it feels as cool as you wanted it too because after this the game just grinds to a halt. The general premise of building an army of Orcs for you rampage trough Mordor is very interesting and was the main selling point of it. And Middle Earth Shadow of War is that kind of game. So if your game, makes me question if I’m actually enjoying it, that’s dangerous terrain. That’s why I have pretty much never said “this game is boring and is bad” out of me, except of course… when I play any sports game. ![]() If you give me a story driven or interactive medium I am bound to get some form of enjoyment out it. I love video games man, I love story driven games, I like RPG’s, I like JRPG’s hell, I will defend Lego games until the day I die.
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