Middle-earth: Shadow of War

Review of Middle-earth: Shadow of War

In 2014 we got the action RPG game Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor from development team Monlith and it was truly one of the surprises of the year, before later earning the title of best game of the year through the special awards ceremony. After 3 years of waiting, we finally get the sequel. For this game that tells us the story of the immediate consequences of the events and today, after many hours of play, we present you a review of this game. Is the game a contender for the Game of the Year award? Or have times and standards changed? Today we find out about it.

Middle-earth: Shadow of War is a third-person action RPG game with elements of open-world games. The game is a direct continuation of the events of the story of the first part, in which the adventure takes place in the novels of JRR Tolkien, especially between the novels “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings”, in which you play as a character through the adventure go. Talion is on his journey to obtain the new ring with the help of the spirit Celebrimbor, who shares his body with Talion giving him the ability to “possess” or “possess” the rest of the game’s characters and use their abilities.

Gameplay and Features

Anyone who tried the first game knows exactly what to expect here, especially the enemy system or Nemesis, which allows you to use the abilities of enemies and other characters to your advantage in the game. This part uses the same system again, but with more expansion in terms of usage, as you can now purchase larger side characters, “Followers”, who are very dependent. Depending on how your main character deals with them, there are shops in the game where you can buy tools and developments for these followers, and you can do this by using the money you get in the game itself or by You buy real money, and what we in the gaming community call microtransactions, which makes the process easier for you and shortens the time to receive help characters. Strong.

Over the course of the game, you will go through main missions by facing the forces of Sauron and trying to defeat them. These missions open the doors of the story for you to progress further in the game. Completing a mission gives you branches of missions, and once you try one of them, you will know if it is suitable for you with your current skills or you should postpone it until later after you have developed your skills. Combat and assistant skills. To develop skills, you must complete side missions and defeat giant enemies to earn points that allow you to develop your character and his skills through the skill tree. There are two or three developments for each ability.

Technical and Visuals

On a technical level, the game uses the Firebird Engine development engine, thus providing a good model for the game for current generation devices in terms of designs, worlds and accuracy of details for the characters, although the screen is crowded with a lot Due During the events, especially in the midst of intense battles, things go smoothly most of the time, and in fact the game presents itself closer to movies. The Lord of the Rings series does well, especially when this part introduces the difference between day and night, as well as various weather effects, which gives the game more realism from a visual point of view. The game world as a whole appears to us in a larger size than the previous part, and this circumstance could be a reason for the decline in the quality of graphics in some details in it. Compare with the first game.

As for the sound, the game features very strong melodies that simulate the events of the game, as well as the voice acting of the characters. Although the game carries elements of open-world games, it is difficult to classify it as an open-world game. World game because the world is connected, but to reach the areas you have to move around the map and not run from one area to another. The game features 5 regions with different designs and different character tribes in the worlds.

Content and Value

The game offers 3 chapters to complete the events and will take you a lot of hours to complete. Even after you complete the game’s main story, the game will reward you with additional content that lasts even more hours. In fact, the value of the game with the content provided is very great. There is also a group play mode based on you trying to protect your bases from… attacking other players and also trying to invade their bases. If you are a fan Besides the collecting games, this game offers you many, many things to collect after you finish the adventure. Overall, the value of this game is very great in terms of content and resuming the game after completing the adventure.

If you are a fan of the first game, there is no doubt that Shadow of War offers more of the things we loved in the first part, albeit with greater expansion, but this game is still weak in some elements, including the Main character with whom you play in this adventure you can’t do much with because it is very cold, and also there is some repetition in the types of missions throughout the game. Shadow of War is a distinctive action RPG game. It contains many elements and is definitely worth a try for those who liked the first game. New players may suffer a bit from this, even though the game tries in a special way to involve you in the action and understand the entire story.

This game was tested on a PS4 version provided by the publisher before the game was released.