Phenominal Game! Great Story. 100+ Hours of gameplay!

When Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor released, we all had a hint of scepticism towards it. Initially, it looked like a traditional open-world title that adhered to all of the modern tropes and principles that was saturating the gaming industry at the time and moreover seemed like it borrowed a lot of...

Immense amount of content; The Nemesis system was put on steroids; Orcs each have their own distinct personalities and motivations; Characters are memorable and well fleshed out; Extremely deep mechanics; Fort takeovers are epic; Satisfying and varied combat; Keeps a solid momentum

The game does not do much to set itself apart from its predecessor; The writing leaves much to be desired; Lots of needless busywork; Relies on in-game currency for many mechanics; Dumb microtransactions; Extremely long load times to go to a new region; Can become tedious

Very impressive game let down by occasional control issues and the loot box craze strikes again. If you played the first game it's pretty much an improved version of that with the added stronghold defence/orc management to provide distractions from the main campaign.

About 10 hours into this game and I am honestly please with how well this game turned out. It's very much like Shadow of Mordor but bigger in every aspect. The map is probably 3 to 4 times larger the the map from Shadow of Mordor.

Shadow of War is a worthy sequel and we've given it a Must Buy. However, note that the Loot Box system is optional if you're willing to work with the game's system and actually play the game (which is what you should be doing!).

This sequel expands on the vaunted Nemesis system in wildly entertaining ways, even as it falls short around the edges.

Great game, even better than the first one would recommend to anyone

Middle-earth: Shadow of War has high production values and is a fun open-world slashathon, but it's stretched thin. The storyline starts off promising, but all of the interesting characters get pushed aside to make room for nothing of consequence.

With the world's most powerful console just released, Xbox One X owners can now experience Middle-earth: Shadow of War in stunning 4K graphics plus HDR (High Dynamic Range) which not only increases the resolution of the game but improves the overall textures which is quite stunning on our TV.

I will be honest, when Shadow of War was first announced, and even though I had immensely enjoyed the first game, there were parts of me that felt that another game may get boring if most of the mechanics were the same, and the main reason I was looking forward to the game was due to how Celebrimbor...

Character Performances; Exciting Setpieces That Make Use of the Source Material; Improved Nemesis System; Forging Your Own Army; Epic Siege Battles; Distinct and Memorable Orcs

Unnecessary Loot Box System; Story is dull at times