![]() The menu showing Character strengths and weaknesses has had an overhaul, it’s not exactly better but it is a fresh look which I appreciate for a new game. Even if some of them do talk as though they come from London rather than Mordor (who ever heard of a Cockney Orc?). This year the Nemesis system has had a bit of an upgrade and while it’s still basically the same, the Orcs do seem to have a little more personality about them. Like your actually earning things from the combat. I actually prefer this to the Runes system as it feels a little more customisable. You’ll notice that instead of Runes, the Orc Captains drop gear. This just made Talion seem like an idiot. I understand it’s an RPG style game so requires character upgrades, but surely Monolith could have thought up some new ones instead of just packing out the abilities list with ones that would’ve already been acquired. This is annoying more so than anything else. Something that disappointed me as soon as I noticed it was that all of the abilities you unlocked in the previous game all seem to have been forgotten by Talion and need to be re-acquired. I prefer this as it feels more natural and interactive than just being given all the information. However, instead of the map populating on its own, they appear to have taken a leaf out of Mad Max playbook and you now search the landscape (with a few hints) to find the treasures. As with the first game there are towers that Celebrimbor cleanses. The fast travel points are another difference that I personally quite like. It does however spend time on the controls and areas of the game that have changed slightly from Shadow of Mordor. There a few quick ‘here are the controls’ moments to refresh your memory but that’s about it. It quickly recaps over the previous adventure (enough to fill in the blanks for any newcomer) then its straight into the action. One of first things I noticed when jumping back into this world is that the game doesn’t treat you like a beginner. The question is will this fight be better than the last one? Gameplay So, now it’s time for our second journey into the world of Middle Earth to re-join Talion and Celebrimbor in their war against Sauron and his orcs. Unfortunately, at the time of writing this the DLC was not available for me to test (Check back though as I will update this after release to give my opinion of this content). ![]() A Silver War Chest & Four Legendary Orc Champions to fight beside me. This edition also comes with a few added perks in the form of DLC. Those of you that have read some of my other articles will know how I appreciate a good Steelbook case. I’ve been lucky enough to get my hands on the Silver edition of this game which comes with a very nice Steelbook. Shadow of War is the follow-up game to Shadow of Mordor, developed by Monolith Productions and Produced by WB Games. ![]()
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