I noticed a couple of times while in a final stand, right before dying, the enemy that was winding up to give me a death blow faced the wrong direction. It shows the orcs seem to have a working society, one that Talion’s goal will be to disrupt. Talion also has the ability to get closer to enemies, through stealth and ledges so he can see far more and get an idea of Orc’s daily life, while this is only really interesting once or twice, it’s nice that he’s able to witness chanting, executions and more from the shadows. There’s a lot of life in the land and Talion will slowly move his way through. Many Orcs that are not alerted to the main character’s (Talion’s) presence go about their day, talking to other orcs, walking patrols, or just doing some nondescript job at the side of a street. The graphics of Shadow of War tend to be rather good considering how many characters are visible and how much wide open space is visible. Looking at Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, one thing that’s noticeable is how much life is in the game. I picked up the game in November and now have taken the time to find out if I missed out on a gem. However, in May 2018 the microtransactions were removed and the game was rebalanced for its removal. During that time period, I was busy with other games, but the inclusion of Microtransactions in Shadow of War kept me at arm’s length. Of course, this isn’t a very timely review, as the game came out in September 2017. It stayed on my radar but there was a reason I was hesitating to pull the trigger. Shadow of Mordor was quite popular and I enjoyed it quite a bit, so I was looking forward to Shadow of War. Middle-Earth: Shadow of War is the follow up to Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor, a rather popular action adventure game from 2014. Also available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One.

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