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Previews:
Middle-earth: Shadow of War ups the Nemesis system to make you a general of an orc army

Six Big Takeaways From Seeing Shadow of Mordor's Sequel In Action

Shadow of War makes for a more engaging, personalised experience

The nemesis system is back, and it's bigger

The Nemesis System is huge in 'Middle-earth: Shadow of War'

Video:
Giant Bomb Unfinished: Shadow of War

 

[Oneself]

Lair 2 ?
Looks much better than the original.

 

[FelipeMGM]

Also, previews are rolling in for the game

 

[NealMcCauley]

Only three minutes in and I'm already hyped as hell.

 

[SuperBanana]

Holy shit. This is a gigantic upgrade over the original. You have your own army now? Awesome.

 

[LordOfLore]

Holy shit

 

[ezekial45]

Yeah, they seriously upped the RPG gameplay. The follower system looks rad.

 

[sgs2008]

Hopefully the visuals improve from this build..

 

[derFeef]

Alpha Gameplay when the game is coming out in August? Sure.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Day one.

 

[The Dude]

Looks incredible, damn.

Take my money already you bastards

 

[MegaSackman]

It feels like an RTS... don't know if its what I wanted but the war and siege thing looks cool.

 

[Footos22]

Dragon riding! Hype.

Graphics are ugly though. Thought would improve from first.

 

[Primethius]

Yea, I'm not feeling it.

 

[idonteven]

looks sick

the dragon can use a lot more animation tho,looks really stiff

 

[JimJamJones]

I really liked the first one, but to me, it seems like they went overkill this time around.

EDIT: I should probably clarify - I mean the combat and assault stuff, not the Nemesis system. That looks awesome.

 

[ironcreed]

Incredible. I command an army that even includes cave trolls? Yes please. This looks ten-fold better than the first game in every way.

 

[Brandon F]

Who needs an Orc army when the player is basically God? Just didn't really get a sense of the army amounting to anything beyond theatrics in that video.

 

[Confused Cheeseburger]

Looks good.

 

[Calm Mind]

Xbox logo at the start confirms several of my suspicions.

 

[karma2578]

xbox at start....scorpio exclusive content or dlc?

 

[Cmerrill]

Looks pretty good, graphics looks a bit rough though.

Is it not open world again? Seems like it's broken off into portions.

 

[Coxy100]

Looks good.

Although all this does is make me want to play Third Age Total War again...

 

[ironcreed]

I am incredibly excited for Mass Effect: Andromeda, but BioWare could learn a thing or two from these animations. It's just so well done.

 

[MegaSackman]

So, Talion is going to turn into a Nazgul, right? Everything points to that.

 

[GavinUK86]

 

[shadow_shogun]

Seems breath of the wild has a contender for my GOTY. Simply amazing.

 

[scoobs]

Seemed like more of the same until like 2/3 through the video, where it immediately became badass

 

[T.O.P]

Loved the first game and this is lookin 10 times better already, sold so hard

 

[jem0208]

Fuck the lore I guess.



Oh well, it looks incredible regardless. Day one for me.


I just hope they improve the climbing controls, they're terrible in the first.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Xbox logo at the start confirms several of my suspicions.

What?

xbox at start....scorpio exclusive content or dlc?

What?

 

[Footos22]

xbox at start....scorpio exclusive content or dlc?

Ps has their own trailer so doubt it.
https://youtu.be/86inBFrAuDs

 

[silva1991]

Cross gen like the first one?, because graphics don't seem more impressive(except for the lightning maybe)

As for the combat it's Shadow of Mordor alright. I hope the fans like it.

 

[Slixshot]

Halfway through and all the mechanics of this game are going to make this unforgettable. Allies now using the nemesis system to create even more diversity in playthrough sounds fantastic.

 

[Yautja_Warrior]

Holy shit that looks great. Leading your own army into a big epic battle and riding Dragons looks fucking awesome, now this is how you do a LotR game.

 

[Jackpot]

That's how you build on a sequel.

 

[ironcreed]

Holy shit at the Overlord section. I am blown away at how good this looks.

 

[venom2124]

That looks really good. Now I'm going to have to play the first game.

 

[Bramble]

Lair 2 ?
Looks much better than the original.

I was hoping for a much bigger graphical improvement, to be honest.

 

[Slixshot]

That's how you build on a sequel.

Hell yeah.

 

[More_Badass]

Something something Horizon

I love how overpowered you are in this. That was so fun in the first

 

[Guymelef]

I could be excited if I had never played the original.

 

[KevinG]

Didn't love the first game, lost interest a couple of hours in.

This looks like it's on a whole other level.

 

[Jake2by4]

Cross gen like the first one?, because graphics don't seem more impressive(except for the lightning maybe)

As for the combat it's Shadow of Mordor alright. I hope the fans like it.

Highly doubt this is cross gen

 

[Kyne]

I am incredibly excited for Mass Effect: Andromeda, but BioWare could learn a thing or two from these animations. It's just so well done.

that's the one thing I wasn't feeling. During all the H2H combat all I could think was that For Honor did it better. The warpstriking is cool though.

Something something Horizon

Horizon + FF15.

 

[sohois]

This seems like a really nice idea, but the Lotr nerd inside of me just can't get over how stupid it all is. Any generic fantasy setting would be vastly preferable, what is even the connection to Lord of the Rings at this point?

Also seems like they've taken a lot from Mount and Blade, based on that army system. Anyone wanting to figure out how the game might be like would do well to play the M&B mod, The Last Days of the third age.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Something something Horizon

I love how overpowered you are in this. That was so fun in the first

They said in the video that this is late game, so I guess you will lose your power somehow, as always.

 

[MegaSackman]

Cross gen like the first one?, because graphics don't seem more impressive(except for the lightning maybe)

As for the combat it's Shadow of Mordor alright. I hope the fans like it.

With so many characters on screen, epic wars and you being able to fly on dragons that spit fire... yeah, looks about the same graphically but makes sense.

 

[Eggbok]

Ps has their own trailer so doubt it.
https://youtu.be/86inBFrAuDs

It's definitely being marketed by Xbox. It has the Xbox logo on the Shadow of War yt channel.

 

[PintSizedSlasher]

Not a day one game for me, but will definitely buy it on sale.
Thoroughly enjoyed the first game.