BigTnaples
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Loved the first. Solid enough reviews already to lock it in as a purchase with my Scorpio.
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Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Review thread
- Thread starter Theorry
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Yautja_Warrior
Member
Yeah, different reviewer though.
The last negative sounds far more impactful than the 3 positives.
I'm sorry but what the fuck are these last two positives?
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Consensus on loot boxes lies on "You don't need to buy it, but the game will remind you to buy them."
RedlineRonin
Member
PS, this is $35 for PC over on CDKeys. Was kind of waiting to see what reviews look like before committing. I enjoyed the first enough.
Wait for a few more impressions before jumping in I think.
Wait for a few more impressions before jumping in I think.
It was kind off a rhetorical question.
For me this is just one more reason to wait for a sale. I enjoyed the first, but never completed it. Got bored in the second half. The story mods (second ring of power, the nazgul stuff and sexy shelob) the miss communication of the charity DLC and then the loot boxes just reinforced that this may not be the sequel i wanted.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
When I read that the game world is bleak and bland that doesn't really make me all that happy. The world wasn't all that in the first one and I hoped they had improved on this for the sequel at least.
Wasn't hyped one bit for this anyway. Have they at least worked on combating the repetitive nature of the quests?
Wasn't hyped one bit for this anyway. Have they at least worked on combating the repetitive nature of the quests?
ScaryShark
Banned
They enjoyed riding dragons.
They enjoyed a character named Bruz.
Pretty easy to understand if you read the review.
MiamiWesker
Member
Interesting to see how reviews cover this games content. Some vaguely talk about the game structure toward the end and just gloss over it. polygon though goes in great detail on the post game and how that is when loot boxes come into play. I feel many other reviews are missing information, I love reviews that cover all aspects of the game. Maybe it's a spoiler to some to know about really really late game optional activities but I like to be informed.
(gamespot covers this too but says it never needed loot boxes.)
(gamespot covers this too but says it never needed loot boxes.)
Equanimity
Member
This is the review thread 😆
Yeah, that was my main complaint with the first one. They didn't worry about lore when they sexed-up Shelob, so a bit of variety in the landscape wouldn't have hurt.
Neither did majority of GAF before FM7 and this game rolled around even when writing has been on wall for long time that boxes will evolve into this if ignored.
So basically any game out there with them.
Thanks for linking to us. Full story in case anyone wants to read.
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/featu...-xbox-one-x-vs-pc-graphics-frame-rate-1759091
Duchess O'Death
Member
Nice! Glad I preordered.
Yeah wrong thread. XD
base shagohod
Member
It's honestly pretty dumb. I understand being bothered by them if they're in your face or if the game seems to force you to get them to have a good experience. Nobody wants to wait to see how it plays out lol.
Not true actually. There's games which get the balance right, turning loot boxes into something which can actually be a pretty fun addition. Then there's those which go too far and make non-payers feel unrewarded. From what reviewers have said about Shadow of War the game gives you plenty of currency to get things by playing and actually never seems necessary or even tempting to pay for anything. I'd argue there's some very popular games with positive consensuses here on GAF which have pretty shitty lootbox practices that damage the enjoyment of the game for those which don't pay.
It's a shame they haven't marked down the many games before it which (from what I can tell) have significantly worse practices.
Nobody had to wait. Devs said that they tested the balance while turning off lootboxes and MTs. But nobody cared, people know better.
BigEmil
Junior Member
Bribery edition :/ 😕
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Remember when reviewers used to dock points from games for not having an online mode which then forced lots of devs start adding online to their games? Why don't they dock points for loot boxes and so help reduce this terrible practice?
How to try to put one positive and one negative in a single sentence and ending up with two positives in my book.
I DO want that management part, I DO want to manage my army and I DO want to be the owner of a small army in the middle earth.
Please and thank you.
Cause while not having online mode on a game that screams for one is detrimental, having loot boxes on a game that doesn't need them to get all the fun or make the game good it's pretty much harmless, letting aside forum warriors who would bash a game for having an optional microtransaction that impacts in no meaningful way the game.
PeregrinSe7en
Member
good thing gaf is the minority, not the majority then right
we got a winner of a game here folks
ScaryShark
Banned
...some have? Are people actually looking at these reviews?
MontyBrown
Banned
The first was a decent game released in a terrible year which made it look a lot better.
This one isn't worth my time with the games coming out this year...
This one isn't worth my time with the games coming out this year...
Zombie James
Banned
I read the IGN and Game Informer reviews and they way they just hand-wave it is depressing. The very fact a free-to-play money-grabbing gambling scheme exists in a $60 game is reason enough to get upset, but they're perfectly fine waving the "optional" flag. This is how this garbage gets normalized.
wesleyshark
Banned
It gets normalized because the majority of gamers don't care or buy into it. Myself included lol
Pre ordered but wont play til scorpio
Not to judge your decision-making but why would anyone nowadays but a game on release when you have no intention to play immediately? In the age of games that drop HARD after the firsts week/s it makes no sense to buy something you are not going to play immediately.
Right in the money.
This is possibly even more annoying to me. Is it at least restricted to the game menu, any idea?
Also curious on how the PC port is, although Shadow of Mordor was really good, and this has NVIDIA helping out (good and bad) as well.
Because some people like them? I like lootboxes but never buy them
ScaryShark
Banned
We don't really know yet. Seems like similar situation to ACO.
Peroroncino
Member
Big sites like these are too scared to piss off the publisher and rant about micrtotransactions, it's the main reason why I no longer even give them a click or am interested in their 'professional' opinion.
Lootboxes are getting worse with each year, and big sites ignoring that isn't helping one bit.
Some people like lots of things they shouldn't, doesn't make them right.
I just wonder how far they need to push before they are universally derided, I get that some people like them, or aren't bothered by them, but I don't think the devs are going to stop pushing until 'we' start pushing back.
Poodlestrike
Banned
My exact thought reading that excerpt lol. I fucking looooove the sound of it.
WheelHoss1
Member
Sitting at 86 Meta right now
Fuck all the haters and the hate
Can't fucking wait to jump back in
Fuck all the haters and the hate
Can't fucking wait to jump back in
I thought the same thing about the game world. And it might just be me but I swear all the trailers I've seen so far, the game world doesn't look bland or bleak. This was my number one complaint from the first game. Between this and the loot boxes it's going to be a pass.
Aaaaaand there goes my interest in the game at launch. Maybe later in the discount bin.
Yeah, there are definitely bad examples but there are some good examples too- Project Cars 2 from 2 weeks ago, for example. The loot box bugging caused my interest to drop anyway, so I care less now.