Experience an epic open-world brought to life by the award-winning Nemesis System. Forge a new Ring of Power, conquer Fortresses in massive battles and dominate Mordor with your personal Orc army in the Definitive Edition of Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™.
The Definitive Edition includes:
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Experience an epic open-world brought to life by the award-winning Nemesis System. Forge a new Ring of Power, conquer Fortresses in massive battles and dominate Mordor with your personal Orc army in the Definitive Edition of Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™.
The Definitive Edition includes:
Desolation of Mordor Story Expansion
Blade of Galadriel Story Expansion
Slaughter Tribe Nemesis Expansion
Outlaw Tribe Nemesis Expansion
Nemesis Expansions include a new Orc Tribe featuring new missions, enemies, followers, abilities, weapons, Fortress and wilderness updates, and a Legendary Gear Set.
Story Expansions introduce a new playable character & abilities, story campaigns, side missions, enemies, allies & more.
Please note that the multiplayer mode is not supported.
Bought it immediately based on other reviews. Running it on a RTX 2080. Butter smooth at 1080p with all settings set to "Ultra". It's a gorgeous looking game and very engaging so far.
It's a freakin HUGE download. I thought Cyberpunk was a big download until this came along.
If you grab this, plus the free 4K Cinematic & High Resolution Texture Packs your download will be ~153GB. Prepare thyself and your router for a major workout in agility and patience.
This is a no-brainer at its current price. Worth the download wait. No regrets!
You have to be a POS to review this game and tell people to buy the version that they will have less ownership of while also being exposed to predatory microtransactions. This is the drm free version of the game. The Steam version requires Steam to be installed and this doesn't require any external launchers. Not only that but you can also download it straight from GoGs website on any browser on any device. Don't trust those people that tell you to buy the "superior version" from Steam.
I am *extremely* picky with newer games. Alot of them feel very rushed out, copy pasted from other games and monotonous.
This game is different (as is its predecessor Shadow of Mordor), and insanely addictive. It does try to take the combat system's core from the Batman Arkham games but it feels much more satisfying imo. Enemies are brutally decapitated, upgrades and combos make you feel much more powerful. By the end you are an unstoppable force to be recon with, but you start out week. So every new attack you build, you'll feel like it was well earned. I've heard people say this game is repetitive but I've never really felt that way due to how immensely satisfying the combat is. It never gets old imo.
The story is continued from Shadow of Mordor which in turn takes place in Tolkien's Middle Earth (most familairly Lord of the Rings); you are Talion, a ranger of Gondor. Your wife and son have been slain right in front of you by the black hand of sauron, trying to invoke the wraith of Celebrimbor, the legendary elf blacksmith who forged the one ring of power. Instead of the black hand taking his spirit in, the spirit infused with Tallon. Bonded by their common lack of suffering and slain families, they are set off to slaughter armies of Uruk orks and kill Sauron himself. This was SOM but this game continues where that one left off. It takes some lore-unfriendly changes, but overall it's still entertaining. Trying not to spoil too much. If you haven't played Mordor, play that first! Then come to this game.
The overall gameplay aside from fighting armies of Uruks, is building armies and making rivals. This is the beauty of the nemesis system thats exclusive to this and the previous game. When an uruk leader kills you, their power increases slightly, so the fight gets a bit more challenging next time. Every uruk that kills you will remember the precious encounter, and killing revenge targets brings you more power. Theres also lots and lots of stuff to do. Go buy it!
If you don't have it yet, buy it now its amazing.
If you don't know or understand the story forget it. You can always learn that later, the gameplay is heaven
In short
1) You build an army from scratch
2) Take a castle
3) Defend a castle!
The online/multiplayer elements were removed even in the Steam version years ago, which vastly improved the game and made it far more worthwhile. Hard to say why this and Shadow of Mordor weren't released together, but I suspected this one was coming. If you liked the first title, this one is more and bigger, with a much greater fleshing out of the Nemesis system. Don't come for a Tolkien-esque narrative. Nothing here beyond the setting has anyone to do with LoTR cannon or lore. But it can be alot of fun. And with these two games and Skyrim arriving with 30 days of each other, it gives alot of hope for more big budget titles that have been out long enough on the other playform that giving them to GOG opens up the best avenue for more sales.
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