Middle-earth: Shadow of War

10 Oct 2017

PC (Microsoft Windows) PlayStation 4 Xbox One
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8.4 rating
3148 want
8775 played
870 playing
261 reviews
Developer
Monolith Productions
Publisher
WB Games

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Main story

21h 3m
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Main story + extras

40h
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100% completion

61h 28m
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Summary

Go behind enemy lines to forge your army, conquer Fortresses and dominate Mordor from within. Experience how the award winning Nemesis System creates unique personal stories with every enemy and follower, and confront the full power of the Dark Lord Sauron and his Ringwraiths in this epic new story of Middle-earth.

It took the bones of Shadow of Mordor, twisted it into something bigger. The Nemesis System was still the star, orcs with vendettas, scars, and personalities that burned into your memory like cigarette ash on skin.
And I didn’t care much about the story until the end. That damn ending… it sat with me.

But the repetition, yeah, it crept in. Still, if you crawled through Mordor once and came out hungry for more… this is a must play.
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06 May 2025
2nd part of the legendary masterpiece was amazing

Taking over fortresses and build your own army and empire was a freaking cool addition .. story is long but never boring, the ending was powerful but also tragic, it wasn't the typical heroic ending and that made it even more impactful .. i will really miss this experience
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30 Apr 2025
Seriously fucking underrated
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12 Jan 2024
WOW, just wow. I was late to the middle earth games, but I'm glad I've played them at this stage of my life. This game (and shadow of Mordor, to a lesser extent) are what ideal videogames are. Everythings is dynamic, the gameplay, the story (with the nemesis sysyem), just everything. This is a game I glady finished 100% on brutal, I didn't get bored for even one second. I wish I could play this again for the first time.

The main story is sometimes a bit over the place (was my own doing, the way I played region to region), but it ultimately comes together very nicely.

ALSO the multiplayer aspect of this game is what Multiplayer in these kinds of games should be.
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09 Jul 2023
Time to beat: 20 hours
Second hardest difficulty

2 months to finish a game, that very out of charchter from me but here we are nonetheless.

The nemesis system greatly improved. The story is better. The combat mechanics got diversified. It took everything from the first game and made it better.

I have a few problems. Like the last game the ending was underwhelming and didn't meet my expectations. And also like the last game there aren't enough charchters.

The biggest problem is definitely the cliffhanger which we'll never see the answer to 🙁
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04 Jul 2025
This game is truly a one of a kind,the game does such a good job to make you grind the game be it for a gear or Orcs. This game is near flawless
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21 Jan 2025
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