TetraxShards
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Oh please no. I have too much coming out next month as it is.
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Middle-earth: Shadow of War will now launch worldwide on Oct. 10, 2017.
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Oh please no. I have too much coming out next month as it is.
I think a game got pushed up last year, forgot what it was. Maybe I'm mixing it up with MGS5 PC version from 2 years ago.
That's ok, you can play it when you're done with that other stuff.
Likely an error on MS's part. No way they moved the release date up that far without a big announcement.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
I hope so. I want to play this next month.
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
Sorry Middle-earth but October is reserved for my vacation inside of STEM.
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Deleted member 471617
Unconfirmed Member
Now, it's listed as August 22nd which is what the original date was. I'm guessing it's a screw up.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/store/p/Middle-earth-Shadow-of-War-/9PH503RZQDL4
https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/store/p/Middle-earth-Shadow-of-War-/9PH503RZQDL4
JonnyDBrit
Member
Yeah, that trailer confirms it's still October 10th.
Incidentally, confirms the spider lady is Shelob. Um... wasn't aware Shelob could do that.
They're thankfully going full fanfic so they can do what they want.
Triggerhappytel
Member
So Shelob can turn into an attractive human woman now? Bitch, please. I'm pretty sure in the book it even says Shelob is no-one's ally but Sauron leaves her be as she's extremely powerful and a good protector of the borders of Mordor.
Shame the hype went down for this game. Or maybe they are showing to much?
The orginal release in august would have been way better also. Now its october and to many other games probably.
Some new stuff from Gamescom. Maybe indeed its to much. There is a livestream also in 30min.
25 Minutes of New Middle Earth: Shadow Of War Gameplay - Gamescom 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoM0ILKBkKg&t
Official Shadow of War Machine Tribe Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O-EDdJyUs8
Official Shadow of War Monsters of Mordor Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JMhVqdYe1w
The orginal release in august would have been way better also. Now its october and to many other games probably.
Some new stuff from Gamescom. Maybe indeed its to much. There is a livestream also in 30min.
25 Minutes of New Middle Earth: Shadow Of War Gameplay - Gamescom 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoM0ILKBkKg&t
Official Shadow of War Machine Tribe Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O-EDdJyUs8
Official Shadow of War Monsters of Mordor Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JMhVqdYe1w
RedAssedApe
Banned
The hype has been tempered for awhile now even before the delay announcement. I recall people talking shit about the last-gen looking animations when the gameplay reveal was released.
Raptomex
Member
I think its the greed killing the hype but I'm still somewhat intrigued. Will check out the vids when I get home.
Quick question for people:
Are there people NOT buying this game due to the micros? It didn't seem "that" crazy to me.
Lots of people don't mind paying to get sweet stuff faster.
Don't most mobile games offer chests which make you better or faster? Yeah we didn't pay $70 for a mobile game, but the mobile game also didn't take a 100-200 person dev team and 2-3 years to make.
Also, they didn't say it gated the game in any way, pure bonus right?
Are there people NOT buying this game due to the micros? It didn't seem "that" crazy to me.
Lots of people don't mind paying to get sweet stuff faster.
Don't most mobile games offer chests which make you better or faster? Yeah we didn't pay $70 for a mobile game, but the mobile game also didn't take a 100-200 person dev team and 2-3 years to make.
Also, they didn't say it gated the game in any way, pure bonus right?
Jim Sterling's video on this topic is pretty good and he addresses what you've said here pretty much verbatim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m0OOurtOj8
Think the whole MT thing is blown up really. The game overall seems really solid and packed with content. I am intrested in it. But october is killing now. I am already playing Destiny alot, AC comes out also in october and then also the X. August would have been so perfect for the game. Would have been easy on top for some weeks until Destiny.
Where's all the open world gameplay? And gameplay variety period. They've talked it up quite a bit, but I haven't seen anything but sieges.
Showed alot in livestreams i believe. They have every other week a dev stream where they show stuff and regions.
Made a thread ones of one of the livestreams, Went really good.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1418564&highlight=shadow+of+war
I think Shadow of Mordor was a humble surprise as well. No one had overly high expectations but it was a pleasant surprise when released with decently competent combat and structure. The Nemesis system although not fully realized was new and fresh. The game also went on to win GOTY awards for Game Developers Choice Awards, GameSpot, Giant Bomb, and Joystiq at the time.
This sequel feels a bit "overly confident" and one could even argue the MT's are a bit "cocky". As mentioned many (Devs) are doing similar things but it did seem a bit out of place for a story driven single player game with pseudo multi-player. However only time will tell if the quality and content is there it may ultimately be justified.
With the load of games coming out and time not being finite Shadow of War is a difficult day one for me. Especially having paid $6.99 for the GOTY edition with all DLC. If the game turns out to be good it will still be good 6-12 months later.
momshotdad
Member
MT mean nothing to me, so I'm still super hyped for this game. I think everyone likes to jump on the hate-bandwagon to "bring down the man" for putting a fast-forward button in a game where you don't have to push it. Makes no sense to me man.
OriginalPoe
Banned
Maybe they'll remove the loot boxes.... nah.
Official Shadow of War Dark Tribe Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1yHs4pTzhY
Love the forest stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1yHs4pTzhY
Love the forest stuff.
drotahorror
Member
This trailer sort of confuses me, or maybe I'm out the loop.
But can you play as other characters now? That would be sick to be able to play as a cave troll or something, this trailer makes it seem like there's other factions to play as.
drotahorror
Member
You're surprised? I dunno, just because WB is gonna shit on a game with a few microtransactions doesn't mean I'm going to not be interested in the game anymore. The initial reveal trailer is one of the best trailers I've ever seen.