Sooooo, i really enjoyed Shadow of Mordor when i played back then, the nemesis system was really a refreshing mechanic and having a excuse to jump back to Middle-Earth is great to me, so i decided to buy this for PC and see if this game is as bad as ERA make it out to be. (Yeah, i know that this get a pretty bad rep here, or at least some people are very vocal about it)
I know that they updated the game to remove some microtransactions and other bullshit that it had, but as i didn't played with it, i cannot comment on that.Also, i dont know if they add more orcs variety post launch. Soo i will start with my highlights of the game
Nemesis System: They greatly expanded this, now we have much more enemy variety, more dialogue, more options and more encounters. It hardly gets repetitive (the first game gets repetitive really fast with dialogue) and you seem to always discover something new. The "drunken" variety is the best one
Gameplay: yeah, is a batman-arkham clone, but is really well done and the execution system is sooo satisfying. Killing a captain with it is a joy as you get to watch it in slow-mo and close camera. Also, you can climb in almost everything, and is mostly smooth (sometimes you get stuck or doesnt land where you want, but it doesnt happen so often)
Writing: now this is good. Every orc seem to have their own personality, and some of them are soooo fun. They are really well done and every now and them i still laugh at some dialogue
Army System: i know that a lot of people didn't liked this, but im very fond of it. The variety of the orcs never let it be repetitive, and i enjoyed all the process of training your captain to be a bodyguard to help you take out a warchief. The fortress battles were so good too! They really felt like a war
Equipament: A shout out to this too, you have a lot of different swords (some of them with different effects, like they set on fire when the meter is full) and unique sets, and i really wanted to get all the sets
Now pretty much my only gripe of the game, the story. Its on the same level of the first game, and this means that is pretty shit. I hated it to be honest, and didn't wanted to make story quests, but they are necessary to advance and adquire some skills that are story locked.
Also, Talion's face looks weird.
Im glad that i bought this, i always see people saying bad things about it, but i really enjoyed the game and really hope that they make a third one to expand even more on this foundation.
I know that they updated the game to remove some microtransactions and other bullshit that it had, but as i didn't played with it, i cannot comment on that.Also, i dont know if they add more orcs variety post launch. Soo i will start with my highlights of the game
Nemesis System: They greatly expanded this, now we have much more enemy variety, more dialogue, more options and more encounters. It hardly gets repetitive (the first game gets repetitive really fast with dialogue) and you seem to always discover something new. The "drunken" variety is the best one
Gameplay: yeah, is a batman-arkham clone, but is really well done and the execution system is sooo satisfying. Killing a captain with it is a joy as you get to watch it in slow-mo and close camera. Also, you can climb in almost everything, and is mostly smooth (sometimes you get stuck or doesnt land where you want, but it doesnt happen so often)
Writing: now this is good. Every orc seem to have their own personality, and some of them are soooo fun. They are really well done and every now and them i still laugh at some dialogue
Army System: i know that a lot of people didn't liked this, but im very fond of it. The variety of the orcs never let it be repetitive, and i enjoyed all the process of training your captain to be a bodyguard to help you take out a warchief. The fortress battles were so good too! They really felt like a war
Equipament: A shout out to this too, you have a lot of different swords (some of them with different effects, like they set on fire when the meter is full) and unique sets, and i really wanted to get all the sets
Now pretty much my only gripe of the game, the story. Its on the same level of the first game, and this means that is pretty shit. I hated it to be honest, and didn't wanted to make story quests, but they are necessary to advance and adquire some skills that are story locked.
Also, Talion's face looks weird.
Im glad that i bought this, i always see people saying bad things about it, but i really enjoyed the game and really hope that they make a third one to expand even more on this foundation.