Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War - PlayStation 4

My son was sooo excited to get this game.

Insanely fun game to play even in 2026. Great mechanics and graphics. Very responsive and fun to play.

[60 hours played] Shadow of Mordor was my first platinum trophy, and I truly adore that game. I bought Shadow of War during a 2017 Black Friday sale; so why am I just now playing it? The short answer is I just couldn’t get back into it. I actually tried playing it a couple different times in the past, but I always gave up on it after a couple hours. Finally, I decided to stick with it, and I’m glad I did. Granted, it pales in comparison to the first game (in my opinion), but I still mostly enjoyed my 60 hours. [Combat] Going in, one of my concerns was whether or not this type of combat would still hold up in 2021, and the answer is “sort of”? When I say “type of combat”, I’m referring to the button mashy style that the Batman games made popular. Early on, it felt button mashy, but I got better once I started unlocking upgrades. My biggest problem with the combat in this game is how imprecise it is. There were soooo many times where I was trying to target enemy “A” with a finisher, only to end up hitting enemy “C”. That’s infuriating, guys. Keep in mind there’s no enemy lock-on feature, and there are a ton of enemies on the screen at once. The only time I really enjoyed the combat was the rare 1v1 encounters. Overall, the combat felt loose and very imprecise at times. [Enemies] Orc, Orcs, Orcs, and more Orcs! As with the last game, this is a really good thing. Each one has their own unique personality and quirks, and that leads to each encounter feeling special. My only real gripe with the enemies in this game is I wish there were more 1v1 encounters with them. Many of the battles consisted of enemies being all over the place, and that prevented me from enjoying the battles as much as I should have. [Gear] By “Gear”, I’m referring to weapons and armor, and I like how it was handled in Shadow of War. You can’t buy gear from an in-game merchant or anything like that, but it doesn’t matter because gear drops are in abundance. More often than not, you’ll get a piece of gear that has a perk attached to it. For example, a sword that does more damage when your health is below 20%. You’ll also be able to slot gems that further improve your weapons and armor. The one thing I didn’t like about gear was that some of the perks were locked behind certain achievements. For example, a dagger perk might be locked behind performing a stealth kill on 5 enemies. At the end of the day, gear was handled differently than the first game, and I liked it. [Open World] I know this is officially considered an open world game, but I don’t think I agree with that. When I think of “open world”, I think of a game where I can travel from one end of the map to the other, without encountering a loading screen (think Witcher 3). This game is made up of zones that all look similar and feel congested. I believe there’s a photo mode, but I don’t know why it’s needed because I never felt compelled to take a picture of anything. This isn’t a modern day Assassin’s Creed game boys and girls, so don’t go in expecting to be in awe of the open world. [Shadow Wars] This is part of the name, so this is a big part of the end game. However, I can’t speak on it because I didn’t try it. Once I finished the campaign, I didn’t have the motivation to go back and defend all of the different fortresses that I previously conquered. I’m not saying this is a bad feature, but it’s not something for me. If you really love the game, then I think this is something you might enjoy. It took me a bit to *finally* play Shadow of War. While I like the first game better, I still mostly enjoyed my 60 hours of game time. But, I didn’t enjoy it enough to play through the end game. If you liked the first game, you’ll probably like this too. Heck, you may even enjoy it more, as many people seem to. Immortals Fenyx Rising; you’re up next!

I'm playing this on my white PS4 Pro. Oh I’m so glad Shadow of War finally arrived. I preordered the moment I could because I LOVED Shadow of Mordor. I rarely 100% a game (Arkham Knight is another open world game I can actually think of where I did fully complete it) but when I do, it’s because the game is incredibly fun. The Lord of the Rings franchise sucks but these games don’t bring up to much from them. It’s self contained and gets very interesting. I’m at mission 5 (The Seeing Stone) and level 6. Decided to run around and learn about the new stuff like finding all the Ithildin for the Ithildin door poem and it’s treasure (received powerful Bright Lord armor). I probably shouldn’t have because I’m realizing just how complex this sequel is. The graphics are awful. This looks similar to how Shadow of Mordor looked which is UNACCEPTABLE in 2017. I never saw anything about paying for loot boxes with real money until I saw people on here who DIDN’T EVEN BUY THE GAME complaining about their first world problems with a feature that is wholly unobtrusive in every way. I had to go looking for it and I finally found them. It’s ONE option in the menu that takes you to another menu where it FIRSTLY introduces you to buying look boxes with the in game currency. You can then move around and find the others. I’m reporting the haters who haven’t purchased the game for misuse of the review section here. You can’t review something you haven’t tried and you definitely can’t review something that you’re already biased against based on false hearsay. You don't even have to buy gold! You earn gold by doing stuff in game. I wholly recommend getting this if you loved the first game. It combines the best of the Arkham games combat with Assassins Creed stealth to create an amazing game. Two of the best franchises combined into one game really made something incredible and now we have the sequel to that! Buy this game.

I am an LOTR fan and it was fun playing this game with characters from this amazing series. Good graphics and fantastic game play. Story is not much and most videos are quite boring. But the game play is so catching that I got hooked on and had to remind myself that I had other work to do. If you havent tried this yet, go get yourself this game.

Geilste Spiel ever. Wirklich, alles was bei Assassins Creed nicht so toll gelungen ist, ist in dem Game bedacht worden.

Great game. 10/10. Great fun to kill all the orcs.

Llegó en excelente estado Y es un juego que como fan de El Señor de los Anillos disfrutó mucho. Para quien dice que el juego no graba, debería revisar su consola ya que al ser un disco es imposible que el juego guarde datos de avance.

I wanted to surprise my husband with a gift, and this new video game was perfect since he’s a huge fan of Lord of the Rings and loves playing video games. I think it’s the perfect gift for anyone who enjoys the movies or the series and wants to dive into a fun and entertaining game. It’s truly enjoyable!