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'Shadow of War' adding infinite Shadow Wars as free update
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xviper
Member
the game is already all about killing high ranked orcs, and the end content makes you defend your base from high ranked orcs, forever, i don't think there is a more repetitive game than Shadow of mordor series, i haven't played Shadow of war yet but my brother played it and he said it's the same thing as the first game
RichiRamjag
Member
True, but it appears that fans of the game want and enjoy it, so why not?
xviper
Member
if the fans want it then that makes since why they included it, but i would appreciate it if they tried to make different type of Quests like The witcher 3
I was under the impression this WAS the current endgame, I must have been mistaken. Is this update free? Or free with the DLC?
Im enjoying it so far, feels like a B game with insane production value and LotR themes for no good reason. Fun gameplay though! Something very addicting about building up the perfect orc army.
Im enjoying it so far, feels like a B game with insane production value and LotR themes for no good reason. Fun gameplay though! Something very addicting about building up the perfect orc army.
It is, but it's not endless. Now it'll be an ongoing thing after the game is finally beaten
So basically do the fans want more of the grind that people initially complained about? That is kind of funny.
texhnolyze
Banned
It's actually WB's endgame to sell the loot boxes.
What are you on about? They're not even literally of the same meaning.
What are you on about? They're not even literally of the same meaning.
RichiRamjag
Member
You mean like the ones where you hit a button, the screen changes color and you follow trails on the ground? I think missions are the weakest thing in SoM, but the Witcher isnt all that much better when it comes to mission mechanics and shares some of my complaints with SoM/W missions. Their narratives are much better though. Maybe thats enough to let it go.
"I would appreciate it if you just copied this other game I like instead of trying to do your own thing"
The equipment system is better and the nemesis stuff is OK, but it's pretty much the same game and it doesn't add enough to keep it interesting for very long. That's just how I felt about it, most people seem to love it? Idk.
It's the same thing as the first game for like 20-30 hours, then it goes way farther than the first game, like tens more hours.
Similar structure to Steamworld Dig 2 - it basically contains the first game then grows and grows and grows from there.
You don't even get to the end game until like 40-50 hours or something iirc. I'm 15 hours in and haven't even unlocked some basic abilities yet.
Did you finish it? See my post.
ShemhazaiX
Member
This is nice. However they need to drop the pretense and let us equip gear to our orcs and customise them so we can play the orc overlord sim that we all want it to be.
A Serious Man
Member
No, the game is about collecting high ranking orcs. It's basically a M-rated Pokemon at end-game, you're trying to find and dominate the orcs with the best combination of traits to use for your fortress assaults and defenses.
wesleyshark
Banned
Cool!
Art Vandilay
Member
Misleading title. Its free with the purchase of DLC lol
Edit: whoops, sorry ab that
Edit: whoops, sorry ab that
It seems to be a joke sir
No. It comes at the same time the DLC does, but the update is for everyone.
SirMossyBloke
Member
Uhm.
It says along side, not included with. If you have to buy DLC to get it, then it's not free.
Jangowuzhere
Banned
The fortress stuff is the core part of the game that is actually fun. I really don't see it as a grind. Shadow Wars is a series of challenges that gets more difficult with each defense. The majority of the game has you doing dull story missions and exploring a bland almost pointless open world. I would say the stuff before the Shadow Wars end game is the actual grind.
RichiRamjag
Member
And you want to be my latex salesmen...
Skyball Paint
Member
My initial reaction was that it sounded like it could be fun, the best part of Shadow of Mordor was playing in the sandbox. The story missions were dull chores you had to do to get more toys.
"Go walk with this dwarf for an hour"
"That sounds boring."
"If you don't walk with that dwarf, you won't get to ride caragors later!"
"Fine"
WaterAstro
Member
Shadow Wars is what made me hate the game lol.
Great, a mode designed to keep me addicted forever.
Eh, the loot box shit is completely overblown and entirely avoidable and unnecessary. The only exception to make it bad is for the stupid true ending horseshit they had to tie it to.
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Eh, the loot box shit is completely overblown and entirely avoidable and unnecessary. The only exception to make it bad is for the stupid true ending horseshit they had to tie it to.
Bill R Boggess
Member
That's never what this game pretended to be.
This game is ALL about combat and building armies and defending and taking territory.
This is how I feel.
I was really enjoying it up till this point, and now i've lost interest. Having to basically kill off and recruit all new captains to have a chance.... all the time I spent before wasted.
Bill R Boggess
Member
I've spent quite a few hours playing the game and the loot boxes are nary an issue.
Maybe that'll change later towards the end of the game but as of now all that blather and derision was much ado about nothing.
So...never?
It's all overblown.
You can tell it's corporate mandate, and the devs did as much as possible to minimize it. Like Visceral with DS3, it's there because it had to be but unnnecessary for the actual gameplay
At least it's not pay to win shit that gives an edge in competitive multiplayer but only by chance. I'm all for loot boxes dying but this isn't even an issue for the game overall.
2blackcats
Member
Why not upgrade them?
Some of the ones I have are 25-30 levels behind. The one time I did a gauntlet I gained 2 levels for them. Doesnt seem worth the time when I can just make room and capture new high level ones.