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Middle-Earth: Shadow of War trailer (WB/Monolith, PC/XB1/PS4, 8/22), gameplay Mar 8th
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ASilentProtagonist
Member
Looking forward to that gameplay!
Olengie
Member
I don't blame them.
Please look at footage of the first game on PS3/360.
It's going to be a long gen for you if this is the first game you're disappointed over there being no Switch version.
Beings that they are already going nuts with the story and such, my hope is that they will also go the extra mile and make Mordor less barren. They can do that, while retaining the dark vibe. We also may be going to other places as well. I mean, why not?
Occam's razor my dude. Just accept it wasn't Batman and move on.
Did you play the first game?
Mordor can be pretty.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
From the trailer, it seems the following locations are confirmed?
Minas Tirith, Minas Morgul, Osgiliath, Mount Doom, Barad-dur
Minas Tirith, Minas Morgul, Osgiliath, Mount Doom, Barad-dur
BreezyLimbo
Banned
And they made it a point to show a town/castle in this trailer. So there will probably be more lively settlements?
That would be pretty rad.
Ah, extended edition. That's why I dont watch those.
Someone watched legolas going downstairs over a buckler and tho this was the next step.
Sorry for derailing.
Concerning Mordor, thank god for changing that face, nightmare fuel. Thanks to the dlc description I confirmed there's an army system on top of the nemesis system.
Since I'm here, few steps to enjoy the 1st mordor:
1. Go through the ladder and get yourself one top level enemy
2. Send that one out to fight all the rest, tip the odds in his favor if he's going to lose.
3.
JonnyDBrit
Member
I don't think that's Minas Tirith. Rather, I believe that's
Minas Ithil
Minas Morgul before it fell, but previous games have run with the idea of Minas Morgul actually being the orc stronghold on the other side of the valley
Yep, we full fan fiction now, and like I said in the previous thread I am a-ok with that. Really hope the full three years of development means that Monolith is able to do some interesting stuff with the Nemesis system. If that means we get access to Balrogs and Nazgul, fucking hype.
As others have said, go watch the PS3/360 footage of the first game. It appears that they're adding another metagame layer on top of the Nemesis system, so there is no way in hell the Switch can run it without serious downgrades.
The procedural generation stuff is what elevated the first game.
As others have said, go watch the PS3/360 footage of the first game. It appears that they're adding another metagame layer on top of the Nemesis system, so there is no way in hell the Switch can run it without serious downgrades.
The procedural generation stuff is what elevated the first game.
Your name reminds me. I would love a game featuring Sauron and Melkor (Morgoth), detailing how Sauron fell and became Melkor's lieutenant.
BouncyFrag
Member
I'm in it for a much deeper nemesis system and balrogs. Even though it's going alt-timeline I wouldn't mind some more lore being referenced for side missions/collectibles.
That would be pretty cool. A Turin game if done right could be fun.
Whenever I see a post about how brown and grey and lacking in color the original one was, it's safe to assume they didn't play the first game.
I really hoped they would be able to tell a cool story in between Hobbit and LOTR in the first one, but yeah I think at this point it's best for them to go full on Star Wars Extended Universe.
TheVoidDragon
Member
Do we know it's actually an alternative timeline and not just them trying to shove new things into the lore that don't fit, though?
It's an alternate timeline. Even The Silmarillion didn't pull shit like SoM did.
Unaha-Closp
Member
I'll be honest I watched that trailer and came away thinking - I liked the narrator lady's lips. I may not be the target audience for this game. I only played a few hours of the first one amid the Nemesis System Hype and didn't think it was that good. Still I am open for any game really so looking forward to seeing gameplay. Is it sexist to say you liked a CGI lady's lips? Creepy maybe but sexist?
Hippopuncher12
Member
$300 for the Mythril Edition? Lol, No.
Obliterator
Member
That trailer was hype as fuck
Day 1 man
Day 1 man
That area was still bleak and bland. It was the same palette and structural layout as the main Mordor area only with some grass and small trees. I wanted the game to actually leave Mordor and give us a truly different landscape, not just some grass.
If they had rights to it, my god. That would be something special. Endless possibilities.
I'm a pretty big Tolkien purist, but we've already had so much content go against the books by now including the movies that there really isn't much of a point in complaining now.
I just want Tom Riddle to show up and fuck with Sauron.
But it's as hard as dragon scale and can protect you from getting skewered by a cave troll.
That's a better way to word it!
I can dig it. I have to go back and play the first one again now.
I like the representation. Too bad it's still generic white guy from the first game :/
Goddamn it lol
I agree. The shorter the hype cycle is the better. As it is now I get sick of games before they even come out because it's stretched over two years.
I like the representation. Too bad it's still generic white guy from the first game :/
Goddamn it lol
I agree. The shorter the hype cycle is the better. As it is now I get sick of games before they even come out because it's stretched over two years.
Fuck me that looks amazing. (I know it's a Cgi trailer). So hyped to war against Sauron. Don't really give a damn about it not being in line with canon, because (even though I absolutely love Tolkien's universe), this is a game. It's not an official addition to the books or movies.
Can't wait to take possession of the Balrog. Y'all know it's gonna be used to fight the Ringwraiths.
Can't wait to take possession of the Balrog. Y'all know it's gonna be used to fight the Ringwraiths.
It's only low key because of the leak yesterday.
Hippopuncher12
Member
Toni
Member
How do we fight that which threatens to destroy all of Middle Earth? We forge another one.
I love this lol.
But he can simply destroy it just as the One ring in the fires of mount doom. That's where he forged it.
That's actually how I think will go down once he banishes Sauron.
Not really.
WB did support the WiiU a fair bit, albeit half-heartedly and with some super weird decisions (they basically killed Scribblenauts by messing up the WiiU launch of Unlimited), but I'd suggest that it is indeed unlikely. If it was planned it would have been announced now there's no reason for them to hold back an announcement at this stage.
ScaryShark
Banned
This year is an embarrassment of riches.
It's concern trolling.
Oh god! A Morgoth game would be amazing. I'd love a narrative game that had you playing as Hurin with him getting captured at the end by Morgoth.
Simo
Member
They're probably going to tie the gameplay reveal with a Game Informer cover story since GI should reveal their cover in the same week and also explains the lack of screens and details. Same thing happened with GI and Arkham Knights reveal.
This CG trailer was done a year ago according to NerdLeaks so it seems they intentionally held off announcing the game until it was closer to done.
TimeEffect
Member
People are actually upset about the black guy. Quite amazing.
Btw, why is it that we've only seen this IP using LOTR anyway? I want more games.
Btw, why is it that we've only seen this IP using LOTR anyway? I want more games.
Monolith made Guardians of Middle Earth for Xbox Live arcade/PSN a few years back. Great game, poor net code. I wish we'd get a sequel with more reliable online multiplayer
