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[ShadowSwordmaster]

I wonder what new things they will add to Shadow of War? From the look at the DLC it seems like there is some sort of tribe mechanic in the game.

 

[Lucifon]

Shadow of Wardor

 

[MCD250]

I liked the first one a surprising amount, despite its simplicity. Would buy this for sure.

 

[HeisenbergLannister]

Best licensed game in a while. Play it!

Every time I get the itch, some other game is on the verge of coming out that takes precedent.

Plus, I have no idea what I've done with it. 😒

 

[TemplaerDude]

The gold war chest is clearly some kind of hard core orc porn.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

I am so fucking in.

 

[deejay]

It's most likely some kind of included season pass.

 

[GinoFelino]

It's been a while since I finished the game, but I'm pretty sure the protagonist's powers have to do with Shadows, which may be why they want it prominently in the title

Oh I guess.

But yeah the 'Shadow of' series and then having to resort to 'War' for the second one just sounds like they never expected to become a series of games.

 

[Branson]

So..wait for this to come out. And then wait even longer for the real version to come out. Sounds good lol.

 

[Nirolak]

Oh I guess.

But yeah the 'Shadow of' series and then having to resort to 'War' for the second one just sounds like they never expected to become a series of games.

I've heard there were concerns about Monolith's continued existence if the first game didn't perform, and it wasn't really expected to perform.

But it seemed to end up in the 4-5+ million territory, so then they were golden.

 

[kurahador]

How do you make season pass seems more expensive? Replace DLC with "Expansion".

 

[bigboss370]

What else were you expecting to change? Honest question.

i'm waiting for footage to make judgements but I want new mechanics, deeper/expanded nemesis system, new environments, animations, etc.

also waiting to see how dropping last gen systems affects this game

 

[Matt]

Oh I guess.

But yeah the 'Shadow of' series and then having to resort to 'War' for the second one just sounds like they never expected to become a series of games.

Every original AAA game is made with the expectation of it becoming a series.

 

[BronsonLee]

i'm waiting for footage to make judgements but I want new mechanics, deeper/expanded nemesis system, new environments, animations, etc.

also waiting to see how dropping last gen systems affects this game

You're gonna get everything but that third one for sure

 

[Planet]

The next title after this will change to another universe and be titled: Westeros - Shadow of Hodor. Out in late 2020 on PS5, Xbox Two and PC, so way before book 6...

 

[Weebos]

Awesome, I absolutely loved the first game. I need more Nemesis system in my life.

 

[GinoFelino]

I've heard there were concerns about Monolith's continued existence if the first game didn't perform, and it wasn't really expected to perform.

But it seemed to end up in the 4-5+ million territory, so then they were golden.

Well, in that case, at least this meh naming scheme has a happy origin.

Every original AAA game is made with the expectation of it becoming a series.

Nirolak begs to differ

 

[Nirolak]

Well, in that case, at least this meh naming scheme has a happy origin.


Nirolak begs to differ

Well, it had a sequel setup with the ending IIRC, but setting up for success and expecting it are different things.

 

[LelouchZero]

Wow this sounds really interesting! I found Shadow of Mordor pretty fun!

 

[witness]

Fucking in, let's do this!

 

[Neptonic]

Okay do retailers put up boring stuff accidentally as well as games? Like does someone accidentally leak a brand new sofa bed on target.com but nobody notices because it's a fuckin couch?

These are the things that keep me up at night.

 

[Ramenman]

Also "Nothing will be forgotten" is a very good tagline for a sequel to Mordor.
Further proves they understood the strength of their own game and that they're building upon it.

The title makes me hope they expanded the nemsis system to a full blown conflict between factions you can manipulate. They should also ditch the standard story no one cared about in the first game and make it all about emergent gameplay.

but no muh precious story missions and epic boss battles and good ending!! and what about living breathing towns full of NPCs !!

Spoiler

I 100% agree with you but as far as AAA audience goes we'll always be a minority, they'll never drop story and may even risk trying to make "a huge world" and "thousands of quests" or whatever thing that's not actually needed for Mordor but that people want to hear

 

[Matt]

Well, it had a sequel setup with the ending IIRC, but setting up for success and expecting it are different things.

Theoretical vs practical expectations.

 

[What did he mean by this?]

When your dlc leaks before your game is announced.....

Really makes you think

 

[LongDongJunon]

Mordor is the best assassin's creed game i've ever played so count me in.

 

[Deleted member 465307]

When your dlc leaks before your game is announced.....

Really makes you think

I was just thinking about that and how some reactions to various DLC announcements go. This is about as early as it gets. I guess maybe something like EVOLVE has it beat?

 

[antitrop]

Shadow of War is an astonishingly lazy title.

 

[Olengie]

When I first read the title, I thought a new Battle for Middle-Earth was announced. Silly me.

 

[Hey_Blinkin]

I enjoyed my time with the first one but all that DLC makes me just want to wait for a GOTY edition. It's extremely rare for me to go back to a game after the initial play through no matter how good the DLC supposedly is.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Shadow of Wardor

This is what my brain keeps doing too. It's a really weak name all the while too similar to the last one.

 

[FusedAtoms]

I platinumed the first one , so I'm in day one. The nemesis system is one of the coolest things I've seen in a game and I would love to see how it's expanded upon

 

[SmoothRunningGun]

Probably a Mass Effect like coop mp with micro trans. I need to play more of the first one.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Hopefully this one won't be a fucking bore with its story and mission design.

 

[Ramenman]

I wouldnt jump on the season pass at all. The first game's dlc was pretty rubbish.

the beastmaster DLC was great, I mean it had stealth caragors, more caragors is alway good.

Also warchiefs on beasts was nice. And the character model was better than the default one.

 

[ScientificPizza]

That's a terrible name if true

 

[drotahorror]

Lots of games now featuring 'mythic' gear. World of Warcraft, For Honor, and now SoM2.

 

[Sayad]

Poor Kratos! 😐

 

[L Thammy]

Microtransactions microtransactions. DLC to improve your DLC buying experience.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

That's a terrible name if true

I'm not going to be able to help myself from calling it SoM 2 by default, even moreso with the fact that this title is just plain terrible.

 

[Evolved1]

I hope they ditched the Assassin's Creed rip-off locomotion. It was shameless, and worse, it sucked.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

I hope they ditched the Assassin's Creed rip-off locomotion. It was shameless, and worse, it sucked.

Locomotion?

 

[Combichristoffersen]

The first one was samey and boring as fuck, with a story so stupid it would make Tolkien spin in his grave. Yet here we are.


I'll get the GOTY edition for cheap.

 

[theonerayman]

The first one was samey and boring as fuck, with a story so stupid it would make Tolkien spin in his grave. Yet here we are.


I'll get the GOTY edition for cheap.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but I'm betting yours is in minority

 

[Evolved1]

Locomotion?

Player movement. Shamelessly aped.

 

[Skux]

I guess they were trying to do a Batman Arkham with the name and make it sound bigger and more grandiose each time. (Asylum, City, Knight)

"Shadow of Mordor" would have expanded to "Shadow of Middle-earth" but then you would've gotten "Middle-earth: Shadow of Middle-earth" lol

 

[ASilentProtagonist]

Fall 2017 was looking pretty empty, but I just remembered AC Empire (Egypt), and this will be coming out..Should be awesome.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but I'm betting yours is in minority

The story was undeniably fanfic material, and I'm fairly sure there's stuff in the game's story that contradicts Tolkien's books.

 

[Ramenman]

I hope they ditched the Assassin's Creed rip-off locomotion. It was shameless, and worse, it sucked.

It was actually a lot less complex than Assassin's Creed climbing ever was, it was a lot more straightfoward with the character being able to jump and climb several meters at once.
I enjoyed it more for these reasons, because it was also a lot less sluggish and finicky.

Never understood why people thought it was "the same as Assassin's Creed", probably a mix of the setting reminiscent of middle-age and the character performing air assassinations with a dagger, but that's just surface.
But the "climbing" was way closer to something like Infamous for example, jumping from point to point, not reaching out for specific parts of buildings.
Uncharted 4's climbing looks more like assassin's creed than mordor's climbing does, if anything.

The overall controls and movement had way more to do with Batman than AC (and yes I mean even outside of combat).

 

[TheXbox]

I was hoping this would be set somewhere else in Middle-earth, like the North. Somewhere we haven't seen before. Story will be terrible again if that rumor is anything to go by.

 

[Shift Breaker]

I had a hell of a great time with the first one, but it's flawed as fuck. Enjoyed the Nemesis system, enjoyed the simplistic Batman-esque combat, hated how Assassin's Creedy it was. Reduce the collectables, remove the towers, make the plot less of a shitshow and we're onto a winner.

Rather than get this though, I might just play the DLC I didn't get round to the first time because when I bought it the PS4 actually started getting games.