Sinh_Magnus
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Seems good? I'm still on "wait and see" approach, but I had tons of fun with the first game.
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Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Review thread
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Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
FFS , I stopped watching their reviews when they ruined Uncharted 2 for me. Angry Joe is still the worst though.
Yeah having deeper management systems is something many AAA games are gagging for
mindatlarge
Member
You get a free physical "Ring of Power" as well, to be sent out at a later date, and some free DLC.
cleveridea
Member
Nice to see good reviews since took a gamble buying a key from cdkeys at half price basically
I dont get the hate for lootboxes in a single player game as long as you can do fine and complete it without buying them. I actually hate using things like over powered (when they become available in the game) bonus weapons in games that come with preorders or deluxe editions since I want to play with the original challenge the developers put in.
It does sound annoying that they push them in the game so hard though such as in the pause menu.
I dont get the hate for lootboxes in a single player game as long as you can do fine and complete it without buying them. I actually hate using things like over powered (when they become available in the game) bonus weapons in games that come with preorders or deluxe editions since I want to play with the original challenge the developers put in.
It does sound annoying that they push them in the game so hard though such as in the pause menu.
cleveridea
Member
How on earth can gamespot justify showing the end mission and ending itself. Personally I dont really care about Tolkien lore, but there are many fans that would be looking forward to the story elements.
slosherbomb
Member
The last negative sounds far more impactful than the 3 positives.
i agree
huge Tolkien asshole here, all my interest in story fell out of the fucking window after the spider lady
spoil everything
I agree that the voice acting is superb. Troy Baker is always good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eD3h0894QY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eD3h0894QY
Kenzodielocke
Banned
His Ocelot was pretty whack. Talion ain't special either, otherwise I agree. Oh, and that dude he did on Final Fantasy 13.
Jampsuliini
Member
Any info on PC performance? The PC Gamer review doesn't mention it even once...
Nailed it. It's a subtle but crucial difference.
Otakumegane
Member
When do reviewers start to dock points for heinous anti-consumer practices?
Or is it because they're under payroll that they don't have the guts.
Or is it because they're under payroll that they don't have the guts.
If what Osahi has been posting about the game and loot boxes within word "rampant" isn't what comes into mind.
Shifty1897
Member
Truth. There's so many good games out right now that there's no reason any self respecting gamer has to put up with stuff like this.
thehillissilent
Member
I'm actually glad they showed it. Knowing that in order to get the true ending, you have to serious grind 20 battles puts me off the game completely. I didn't see anything amazing about it either. Story didn't even seem worth it, TBH.
Yeah. It was the final nail in the coffin for me. This is far more worrying than any loot box concerns.
WoolyNinja
Member
Bland locations again? I don't understand how that happens in a Lord of the Rings game twice.
midasmulligan
Member
I remember ACGs review, I believe, said you could just spam that flip jump parry or whatever through the whole game making it comically easy... hope thats been addressed
adversarial
Member
Yeah I remember a video making the rounds of some guy killing endless waves of orcs without even looking at the screen. He was just pressing the same button over and over.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
That's a baseless assumption that no one here has any proof of.
And yet the Gamespot review says it has varied exciting new locations.
Soooooo, individual opinions at work!
Salty Rice
Member
Good scores but sadly this game is ruined for me by its shitty loot boxes and other microtransactions.
Still no buy from me.
Still no buy from me.
Bill R Boggess
Member
This particular drum has beaten to death on the topic and at this point, all that seems to be happening now is a new thread opens up about this game and a legion of detractors pile in and make the same well-worn arguments they've been spitting out for months.
It's fucking tedious.
This is a review thread and by most accounts, the game itself - regardless of the loot boxes - is quite good.
Instead of discussing the quality of the game or the mostly positive reviews, we're getting the same recycled arguments along with people claiming the reviews are biased, unethical, etc. because they aren't low enough.
At some point, it comes off more as trolling than anything else.
When these thing start to affect more people's enjoyment of the game I guess.
The reality is, there are way more people who are happy with these practices, or at the least ambivalent to them, than there are that are against them.
It's because they played the game and didn't see any reason to score it lower
Bill R Boggess
Member
Actually, many of the reviews seem to suggest the opposite of what he is claiming in that the loot boxes feel tacked on after the fact.
Whoa. Interesting.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
That tends to be the reality of loot boxes.
AHA-Lambda
Member
I knew this game screamed grind with the way it pushed fortresses on the first announcement >_<
Sounds as bad as Arkham Knight's ending
Wind's Howling
Member
How and why?
There is absolutely no reason to buy these loot boxes with actual money when, investing time in this game, gives you enough ingame currency to purchase these.
The sudden hate is amazing.
I did this as well in the first game. As poor as the environments were, the gameplay was far worse. It makes Witcher 3 gameplay feel amazing by comparison.
Loot boxes are a hot button issue right now. It is also that time of year when AAA games are in full bloom.
Bill R Boggess
Member
I am curious why so many in here have selected this particular game as the hill they want to die on as it pertains to micro-transactions and loot boxes, especially considering how prevalent these forms of monetization have become.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Reviews are generally higher then what I was expecting. No interest in getting this game at day 1. Will wait for some good black friday deals.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
It's been two years but Arkham Knight had one of my favourite endings ever. The battle between
the Joker and Batman
the Batmobile
I can't speak for anyone else but I'd imagine it's because this is an (almost) exclusively single player game. Whilst lootboxes have become more and more prevalent recently, it's mostly been in MP-focused games. This is probably the most high profile SP game to feature them since their rise in popularity.
Bill R Boggess
Member
They seem to be a hot topic for this game in particular with people slandering it as the pinnacle of anti-consumerism while turning a blind eye to the many other companies and developers doing similar things.
MugiwaraCole
Member
Regret I won't be getting this till sometime in the middle of next year, probably during what'll likely be a slow summer after a crazy spring. Just more of the first game is fine with me. Don't care about the story, just wanna fight uruks.
Did you miss the outrage a couple of weeks back about NBA2K18? It lead to nothing because consumers/general public are not bothered by it as was the case with DLC.
Nah, it's happened in all the Forza 7 threads about the same issue too.