Middle-Earth: Shadow of War

[detective392]

Loved Shadow of Mordor and have been wanting a sequel since it was released. Hope we get to travel a lot more this time and get a lot of different environments.

"Go behind enemy lines to forge your army, conquer Fortresses and dominate Mordor from within. Experience how the award winning Nemesis System creates unique personal stories with every enemy and follower, and confront the full power of the Dark Lord Sauron and his Ringwraiths in this epic new story of Middle-earth."

Gold Edition includes:
• Slaughter Tribe Nemesis Expansion
• Outlaw Tribe Nemesis Expansion
• The Blade of Galadriel Story Expansion
• The Desolation of Mordor Story Expansion
• Gold War Chest
• Over $125 in total value

Nemesis Expansions include a new Orc Tribe featuring new enemies, followers, missions, abilities, weapons, Fortress and wilderness updates, and a Mythic Gear Set.

Story Expansions introduce a new campaign, playable character & abilities, side missions, enemies, allies & more.

Experience an epic open-world brought to life by the award-winning Nemesis System. Forge a new Ring of Power, conquer Fortresses in massive battles and dominate Mordor with your personal Orc army in Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by detective392

Loved Shadow of Mordor and have been wanting a sequel since it was released. Hope we get to travel a lot more this time and get a lot of different environments.

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Awesome! I was just thinking about this game, talking about the fun combat in this one. Though I ended up relying on the same moves to get out of tough situations, it's still fun to take down a surrounding army.

Yes, I hope we get a full scaled open world that goes beyond separate open maps. That would be awesome but we'll see if they have that goal or if they just offer a similar map size. There's no reason this couldn't offer a bigger world of Middle Earth. I like how the title doesn't limit it to "Mordor" this time.

Sounds like we'll be able to get into combat with our own army of orc followers. That was one of the coolest things about Shadow of Mordor. Taking over the minds of orcs to fight for you.

[detective392]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Awesome! I was just thinking about this game, talking about the fun combat in this one. Though I ended up relying on the same moves to get out of tough situations, it's still fun to take down a surrounding army.

Yes, I hope we get a full scaled open world that goes beyond separate open maps. That would be awesome but we'll see if they have that goal or if they just offer a similar map size. There's no reason this couldn't offer a bigger world of Middle Earth. I like how the title doesn't limit it to "Mordor" this time.

Sounds like we'll be able to get into combat with our own army of orc followers. That was one of the coolest things about Shadow of Mordor. Taking over the minds of orcs to fight for you.

Yeah, I would love to get to explore more of middle earth and not just mordor. Rumor has the date as August 22nd. I'm guessing this will be the WB game they reveal on March 8th, unless they do it sooner now because of the leak.

[jsteinhauer]

Six months ago there were not enough games to keep me interested, and I was playing Bioshock, Batman and got into Skyrim. Now I can't keep up, and that does not look like it's going to change in the near future.

[detective392]

Originally Posted by jsteinhauer

Six months ago there were not enough games to keep me interested, and I was playing Bioshock, Batman and got into Skyrim. Now I can't keep up, and that does not look like it's going to change in the near future.

Good time to be a gamer. Switch this week, Horizon, Mass Effect, This game plus the countless others and we haven't even got to E3 yet.

Plus the yearly sequels for this Fall.

[Snicket]

This sounds like the exact same game they released the first time.

I love LOTR but the art style and character design were horrid in SOM.

[detective392]

Originally Posted by Snicket

This sounds like the exact same game they released the first time.

I love LOTR but the art style and character design were horrid in SOM.

This one seems to be about Tailion and the other guy trying to forge a new ring as powerful as Sauron's.

[Chrissaywer]

I wish WB games would rerelease Two Towers.

[Hayabusa85]

Originally Posted by Chrissaywer

I wish WB games would rerelease Two Towers.

WB Games couldn't release that because it is an EA game and EA couldn't because they no longer have the LOTR license. Not that I would expect it to get rereleased regardless.

[MosHighDef]

Shadow of Mordor needed a difficulty switch. Your guy became way to powerful about midway through the game. Yes it became fun killing the Orc bosses, but overall it was sloppy how the entire scheme was layed out. It became beyond repetitive.

[NARMAK]

Need to play the GOTY edition of Shadow of Mordor and gotta day, I did like the original but wanted to try the DLC. The sequel should be amazing.

[Diesel]

I didn't like the game much the first time I played it due to a number of things but then I gave it another shot with the GOTY Edition and all issues I had were nowhere to be seen. Still don't know if that was from a patch or what, but I highly enjoyed it the second time I tried it.


I'll grab this when the full edition is a reasonable price, which if it comes out in August, it may see a reasonable price by Black Friday.

[Mandalorian]

I enjoyed the first game immensely, even though I traded it in shortly after beating it. Hoping this one offers a bit more variety and staying power, at least for me. Even if it doesn't, I'll at least pick it up and play through it. Great announcement!

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by detective392

Yeah, I would love to get to explore more of middle earth and not just mordor. Rumor has the date as August 22nd. I'm guessing this will be the WB game they reveal on March 8th, unless they do it sooner now because of the leak.

Thanks. August 22nd, cool.
March would be good to see some details about this.

Based on the title, it's clear they're going to focus on the war element, expanded in this one even more. With that in mind, I wonder if we'll see a giant open world, versus a giant battlefield in the name of War.

Great to see Monolith was working on this the whole time without any announcements. The first one was a hit.

[SethRex]

This may sound crazy.....but I would love an open world game where you decide how you get to Mordor to destroy the one ring. Do you follow the path of the Fellowship from the books/movies, or do you go a different way? You decide. LORD OF THE RINGS - THE OPEN WORLD GAME EXPERIENCE. That'd be a game I would play.

[GeneticMutation]

Originally Posted by SethRex

This may sound crazy.....but I would love an open world game where you decide how you get to Mordor to destroy the one ring. Do you follow the path of the Fellowship from the books/movies, or do you go a different way? You decide. LORD OF THE RINGS - THE OPEN WORLD GAME EXPERIENCE. That'd be a game I would play.

The does sound awesome but what would stop people from running straight to Mt. Doom and dumping the ring basically missing the whole story.

As I said, it does sound awesome but you definitely need some narrative in there to keep you on the path or a story for why you've gone a different route to the fellowship. Also, if you've gone a different route why have you got the One Ring and not Frodo.

[Snake_XRS]

Official trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc5L...ature=youtu.be

Looks sick!

[RaijinUT]

Good news. Excited to see the gameplay trailer next week and see what they have changed since Shadows of Mordor.

[CHIZO]

great news! SOM is great!

[dyne]

Originally Posted by GeneticMutation

The does sound awesome but what would stop people from running straight to Mt. Doom and dumping the ring basically missing the whole story.

This is exactly what they're allowing people to do in Breath of the Wild. If you want to go right to the end and skip the story you can apparently.