In additon to the improved combat, the game also has RPG levels of depth. Use of proper tactics and management of all your abilties is imperative for success. Simply running in and spamming attack while casually parrying won’t work. Strategy and fighting tactics are imperative to your success during the later part of the game. Mastery of these systems is rewarded handsomely as you gain a sense of increasing power and grace while fighting. This similarity is not a bad thing at all, as the combat is immediately familiar to returns players and genre veterans. It get insanely deep with combos, move sets, and special attacks, along with an interesting talent tree to pour points into. The game borrows heavily from Batman Arkham’s combat design, which makes sense as WB Interactive is the publisher both series. Nothing is Beyond the Skill of CelebrimborĬombat will be familiar if you have played Shadow of Mordor or the Batman Arkham series. The whole story is fun, epic and is bursting with Lord of the Rings flair. A lot the of the writing may go unnoticed by gamers who have not read the books, but for others it’s just icing on the cake. Hearing him worry about an enemy to say, “This is beyond the skill of Celebrimbor…” is flat out awesome. The writing is also excellent, especially for Celebrimbor, who talks a lot like Gandalf does in the Lord of Rings books. It improves on the franchise’s story and gameplay even if it’s not official Tolkien lore. Shadow of War is an epic adventure that pulls heavily from Tolkien’s mythos. It was also interesting to see iconic locations in the world, such as Minas Morgul, before it fell in the hands of Mordor. ![]() The first game left off with Celebrimbor forging a new ring of power to rival Sauron’s, and this is exactly where the events of Shadow of War begin. When the tortured spirt of Celebrimbor (who helped create some of Sauron’s Rings of Power) happens to latch on to Talion during his passing through the Wraith World, they fuse together and set out to destroy Sauron and his forces. The story is set around a Gondor Ranger named Talion, who watches his family being murdered by the Orcs of Sauron. It’s high fantasy at its finest.įor those who haven’t played Shadow of Mordor, the sequel does a great job of explaining the events that lead up to the second game via cutscenes from the start of your adventure. ![]() Shadow of War improves on every aspect of the series’ original concepts, while at the same time expanding upon it. The game tried new things in the world of third person story adventures, even if the system fell short of what was originally promised. The combat was stellar, the story engaging and, of course, the Nemesis system was created. It was an interesting take on the Lord of the Rings universe. Shadow of Mordor came out almost three years ago.
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