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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor |OT| One Title to rule them all

JAYSIMPLE

Banned
I'm gonna just cancel my order on this game. I think it's something that developers should be transparent on. I want the one version but would take the ps4 one if it's a lot better. I'm kind of annoyed with it. I have forza to play anyway
 

Nokterian

Member
5pm tomorrow GMT (6pm in the UK). You'll have to work out how that applies to you depending on where you are :)

That's 7 pm tommorow night here in the netherlands...that is some bullshit right here. WB always has been a dick about this. Game is preloaded and ready and no midnight release tonight here in the eu? Such a bullshit move.
 
I'll take the convenience of not having to go to the store which is decently far away over not being able to play for an hour or two before needing to go to sleep lol
And I would have taken the hassle to go to the store over not being able to play it t'ill the next day because it unlocks at 3 am. What a stupide time to unlock a game.
 

Dajanksta

Banned
Struggled with that many times before hahaha. Currently out of work, so I COULD stay up, but I've tried that before and it rarely goes well. Rather just get up early tomorrow morning and start playing.

Haha I would totally miss my first class and just sleep in a little later but I did that last week with destiny. I feel guilty if I miss. Tomorrow my day will be over by 3pm though. Will get food/something to snack on, something to drink, and then play alllll day!
 

Patroclos

Banned
SoM is shaping up to be one of the most interesting releases of the gen so far. We have a "review" controversy thread in which people are starting to get worried that reviews were somehow "bought"
Silly, imo
. We have another huge FPS/Resolution shitstorm inbound. Finally, we also have a dark horse GoTY contender that, seemingly to many, has come out of nowhere.

This could be a perfect storm. Still oddly calm here in the OT, though. Baton down the hatches shipmates!
 
I had no intentions of buying this game before this thread so congrats gaf's advertising is better than most game companies lol

i'll pick it up in a few hours, wonder if streaming it then would still get me in trouble
 

Amneisac

Member
Went ahead and picked this up on Nuuvem because of all the hype, I'm a huge LOTR fan, but I wasn't getting much of a LOTR vibe from this game. Couldn't pass it up for $29, though.
 

Saiyan-Rox

Member
Thinking about it us in the UK shouldn't be complaining about the 6pm unlock since the boxed copies come out here on friday.

Should be thankful the unlock isn't on friday instead. the key pre-load time however is bullshit.
 

VanWinkle

Member
I'm gonna just cancel my order on this game. I think it's something that developers should be transparent on. I want the one version but would take the ps4 one if it's a lot better. I'm kind of annoyed with it. I have forza to play anyway

Dude just get the PS4 version. You already know it will be good on there. Would it really be so bad so get it on your PS4 instead of your XB1?
 

Jira

Member
Boourns @ WB over the key stuff. Man I'm REALLY glad I have a good connection now that I'll be able to grab the game in 30 min. I don't really understand why keys aren't allowed to go out prior to release, what difference does it make when you can't play until 10am regardless?
 

benny_a

extra source of jiggaflops
SoM is shaping up to be one of the most interesting releases of the gen so far. We have a "review" controversy thread in which people are starting to get worried that reviews were somehow "bought"
Silly, imo
.
You do not understand that other thread, but please do not do a disservice to others and coloring their first impressions by making up a complaint that isn't being made.

I've addressed your question in the other thread. If you're still lost, make another post and I will address that one to so others can learn from your confusion.
 
I'm gonna just cancel my order on this game. I think it's something that developers should be transparent on. I want the one version but would take the ps4 one if it's a lot better. I'm kind of annoyed with it. I have forza to play anyway
Ehh, why not buy the PS4 version if you have the choice?
 

JAYSIMPLE

Banned
Dude just get the PS4 version. You already know it will be good on there. Would it really be so bad so get it on your PS4 instead of your XB1?


You are right. It's just I prefer achievements and the is. I know it seems silly. I did buy my ps4 first before the one and said I would use it for better performing multi plats. I just don't want a fluctuating framerate :/ Thx tho
 
Just do it. I decided long ago during the Sega and Nintendo days if you only have one there will always be something on the other one you want. Grass is never greener this way. It always seems salt ratio is decreased by number of consoles/pc owned.

May just go the PC route. I can get the full game and season pass for less than $35.


Looks smooth. God damn how can we not get an answer for the resolution and FPS?
 

Patroclos

Banned
You do not understand that other thread, but please do not do a disservice to others and coloring their first impressions by making up a complaint that isn't being made.

I've addressed your question in the other thread. If you're still lost, make another post and I will address that one to so others can learn from your confusion.

I did. I think we are just misunderstanding each other over a few small points. Not trying to mislead anybody, sorry if I did or it seems that way. To be fair there were plenty of people questioning the review scores from big outlets because of the total biscuit thing. Enough that you even had to make a clarifying statement.

My only point in the post in this thread is that there is shaping up to be a lot of drama over this release that few anticipated. Sorry if I colored anybody's first impressions, I respect you a lot and think it's a great topic that needs discussed further. I obviously need to learn more myself. :)
 
Ive put about 6 hours in, half done main missions
Its a well made and fun game. Excellent combat, good music and interestig open world. The problem is there isnt much to do besides engaging in combat. At least with AC there is town exploring, platforming etc. dont get me wrong, the combat and story here destroy AC but thats all there is...
 

stufte

Member
Trying to decide between this and Alien Isolation.

Decisions.

Thanks to the BST thread:

why_not_both.gif
 

Dajanksta

Banned
Ive put about 6 hours in, half done main missions
Its a well made and fun game. Excellent combat, good music and interestig open world. The problem is there isnt much to do besides engaging in combat. At least with AC there is town exploring, platforming etc. dont get me wrong, the combat and story here destroy AC but thats all there is...

Damn no town exploring? I was hoping for some roaming around middle earth looking for easter eggs.
 

Raven77

Member
Ive put about 6 hours in, half done main missions
Its a well made and fun game. Excellent combat, good music and interestig open world. The problem is there isnt much to do besides engaging in combat. At least with AC there is town exploring, platforming etc. dont get me wrong, the combat and story here destroy AC but thats all there is...


I've asked several times in this thread about the game world and what there is to do besides combat.

Is there nothing to explore? How is the game world? Is it interesting to traverse? Anything to find or any interesting areas besides the rocky grassy fields and broken stone walls I keep seeing?

Also, are the missions fun or are they all basically just combat?
 
Ive put about 6 hours in, half done main missions
Its a well made and fun game. Excellent combat, good music and interestig open world. The problem is there isnt much to do besides engaging in combat. At least with AC there is town exploring, platforming etc. dont get me wrong, the combat and story here destroy AC but thats all there is...
Ugh to this, gonna have to pass, can't do another repetitive combat game regardless of how nice it is. Destiny has already filled that void...if there ever was one.
 
Ive put about 6 hours in, half done main missions
Its a well made and fun game. Excellent combat, good music and interestig open world. The problem is there isnt much to do besides engaging in combat. At least with AC there is town exploring, platforming etc. dont get me wrong, the combat and story here destroy AC but thats all there is...

Thanks for the impressions!

Sounds like a narrowly focused game. I'm okay with having it be tightly focused on combat as long as it's fun.
 
I expect a Tomb Raider DE situation. 1080 unlocked framerate on PS4 and 900p30fps lock/cap on XB1.

Curious to see how consistent the 60fps in the PS4 version is.
 

benny_a

extra source of jiggaflops
I did. I think we are just misunderstanding each other over a few small points. Not trying to mislead anybody, sorry if I did or it seems that way. To be fair there were plenty of people questioning the review scores from big outlets because of the total biscuit thing. Enough that you even had to make a clarifying statement.

My only point in the post in this thread is that there is shaping up to be a lot of drama over this release that few anticipated. Sorry if I colored anybody's first impressions, I respect you a lot and think it's a great topic that needs discussed further. I obviously need to learn more myself. :)
I was just taken aback seeing your post in here after I've just finished addressing your post in the other thread.

I'm not trying to shit on this game. I think they did a lot of stuff right when it comes to debuting and pre-release footage so this is YouTube brand deal stuff seems very out of character.
To me this is not about Monolith or this specific game, as based on the reviews if you think Assassin's Creed or Batman is alright you will probably think this is alright.
It's about Warner Bros and the future of games coverage. (Think BF at launch and how brand deals mislead customers about the quality of the experience.)
 
Any idea when GMG is supposed to be sending out their keys?

I just bought this on there, and I haven't received my key yet and I know sometimes they are late I was just hoping to get a key so I could preload the 35+ gigs of data.

Man, I hope this runs good on my 580.
 
Cool. I'm gonna want that open world stuff. Lol and thanks now I miss RDR and don't have any way to play it lol.
Don't quote me on that though I'm going from what I remember hearing in a reddit iAMA and a from discussion here from people who have researched the game further. I didn't jump into the love bandwagon until like a week ago.
 

Jira

Member
Any idea when GMG is supposed to be sending out their keys?

I just bought this on there, and I haven't received my key yet and I know sometimes they are late I was just hoping to get a key so I could preload the 35+ gigs of data.

Man, I hope this runs good on my 580.

One key site said that WB aren't allowing keys to be given out until very close to release time (which is stupid since what difference does it make).
 

Saiyan-Rox

Member
Any idea when GMG is supposed to be sending out their keys?

I just bought this on there, and I haven't received my key yet and I know sometimes they are late I was just hoping to get a key so I could preload the 35+ gigs of data.

Man, I hope this runs good on my 580.

You should read the last couple of pages there's a good chance you won't get the code until tomorrow a couple of hours before the game unlocks on steam
 

DukeBobby

Member
Ive put about 6 hours in, half done main missions
Its a well made and fun game. Excellent combat, good music and interestig open world. The problem is there isnt much to do besides engaging in combat. At least with AC there is town exploring, platforming etc. dont get me wrong, the combat and story here destroy AC but thats all there is...

Yes, but exploring is all Assassin's Creed has going for it. The combat and 'platforming' are completely brain-dead.

I'll take great combat over that any day of the week.
 

Special C

Member
You are right. It's just I prefer achievements and the is. I know it seems silly. I did buy my ps4 first before the one and said I would use it for better performing multi plats. I just don't want a fluctuating framerate :/ Thx tho

It's not Silly. I play my multi-plats on Xbox One because Suspend/Resume and the OS. It's also a big deal on Sundays to be able to snap the NFL app. The resolution differences are neglible to me.

That being said, if it were only 720p on X1 that would be a much more significant difference than I'm used to. And would be slightly concerning. I just hope it isn't true.
 
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