Status anarchistica Nov 30, 2021
Whoever designed the boss fights in this game deserves to have their head bashed in with a hammer.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War (2017)
PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One
3.61 from 1407 ratings
5908 members have it in their collection · 196 playing now · 2835 backlogged · 666 wish listed
How long? Main story 25h · with extras 38h · 100% 55h (from 56 logged playthroughs)
Details
- Developers
- Monolith Productions
- Publishers
- WB Games
- Genres
- Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy, Open world
- Franchises
- The Lord of the Rings
- Series
- Middle-earth
- Events
- PC Gaming Show 2017, Xbox E3 2017 Briefing
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Oct 10, 2017 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- Oct 10, 2017 (Europe) PlayStation 4
- Oct 10, 2017 (North_America) PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Also available on
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Mithril Edition (2017) · PC, PS4, XONE
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Silver Edition (2017) · PC, PS4, XONE
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Gold Edition (2017) · PC, PS4, XONE
Related
Bundled in
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Definitive Edition (Aug 2018) · PC, PS4, XONE
DLC
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Forthog Orcslayer (Oct 2017) · PC, PS4, XONE
Expansions
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Slaughter Tribe Nemesis (Nov 2017) · PC, XONE
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Outlaw Tribe Nemesis (Dec 2017) · PC, XONE, XSX
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Blade of Galadriel (Feb 2018) · PC, PS4, XONE
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Desolation of Mordor (May 2018) · PC, PS4, XONE
Featured in lists
Rating distribution
5 stars
255
4 stars
546
3 stars
440
2 stars
134
1 star
32
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status Sir_Laguna Jan 30, 2021
I literally bothers me that such an interesting system is not on a game a actually want to play
Status jademonkey Jul 17, 2020
I decided to skip out on the last little bit and just watch the ending after forcing myself to play a mission here or there for a couple of weeks. It started out as a 4.5/5 for me, but it certainly overstayed its welcome. I think that's partly my fault for playing around with the Nemesis system a bit too …
I decided to skip out on the last little bit and just watch the ending after forcing myself to play a mission here or there for a couple of weeks. It started out as a 4.5/5 for me, but it certainly overstayed its welcome. I think that's partly my fault for playing around with the Nemesis system a bit too much before finishing the missions, but eh. I just don't enjoy the missions in this style of game that much, so once I'm done with the more freeform content, it's hard to muster the motivation to finish.
Also, it's one of those games that when things work well, it feels awesome and you feel like a badass.... but when they don't you'd rather be doing anything else. Heavy reliance on context sensitive buttons keeps the game feeling more streamlined and smoothe, but sometimes you're just not in the stream you think you are.
Anyway, I had a good time for 35 of the 40 hours I played and I'm looking forward to see what Monolith does with the Nemesis system going forward.
Status NightTray May 28, 2020
The game unfortunately just stopped working for me at some point and I can only chalk it up to something to do with the Windows Store. I'm not really keen on redownloading and reinstalling 100gbs again and have it potentially stop working out of nowhere again so I guess I'm finished with the game. Had a surprising amount of fun …
Read moreThe game unfortunately just stopped working for me at some point and I can only chalk it up to something to do with the Windows Store. I'm not really keen on redownloading and reinstalling 100gbs again and have it potentially stop working out of nowhere again so I guess I'm finished with the game. Had a surprising amount of fun with it in that I got it on a whim with no real expectations and enjoyed the gameplay loop far more than I thought I would. Especially as the upgrades starting rolling in. I watched the rest of the story cutscenes on youtube and it seemed all right though I don't really have anything to say about it. Story is usually the least of my concern when tackling any video game unless it's purely narrative driven, which at that point I'm more likely to watch someone else play it than actually play it myself. For 1$ though... fun game.
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Status NightTray May 20, 2020
I picked this up for with the Xbox game pass on PC and it's honestly quite fun. I used to be big on LotR way back in high school so I thought I'd probably enjoy this and for the most part I do. However, I'm baffled by how often the environment seemingly works against you almost every step of the …
Read moreI picked this up for with the Xbox game pass on PC and it's honestly quite fun. I used to be big on LotR way back in high school so I thought I'd probably enjoy this and for the most part I do. However, I'm baffled by how often the environment seemingly works against you almost every step of the way with how your character magnetizes to everything. For a game like this, magnetizing to terrain is understandable and necessary but god if it isn't incredibly annoying in the middle of fights against more than one captain. I'll probably continue playing for a while more cause for 1$ I'm not really complaining too much.
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Status Predefiance May 20, 2020
Started playing this one finally, despite having it sitting on my hard drive for a while now. Definitely like putting on an old pair of shoes - it feels familiar and comforting. I look forward to playing a lot more. I just love the combat system, it's so fluid and sick looking.
Status epeternally Sep 30, 2019
I'm a little taken aback by how unpolished Shadow of War feels. The Nemesis system is overbearingly self-indulgent, a constant barrage of counter indicators kills the flow of combat, and the game's healing system isn't fit for purpose. Who wants to chase rats in order to heal? There's definitely some improvements over Shadow of Mordor but they all seem to …
Read moreI'm a little taken aback by how unpolished Shadow of War feels. The Nemesis system is overbearingly self-indulgent, a constant barrage of counter indicators kills the flow of combat, and the game's healing system isn't fit for purpose. Who wants to chase rats in order to heal? There's definitely some improvements over Shadow of Mordor but they all seem to be one step forward and two steps back.
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Status kasparius Feb 13, 2019
I loved the first game and held off on this because of the bad press surrounding the microtransactions, I had heard they had removed them and made updates to the game, but had lost some good will towards the publisher. I decided to make the plunge when it was recently on sale for $8.
I'm loving it, it's like the …
I loved the first game and held off on this because of the bad press surrounding the microtransactions, I had heard they had removed them and made updates to the game, but had lost some good will towards the publisher. I decided to make the plunge when it was recently on sale for $8.
I'm loving it, it's like the first game, maybe even more fun. Will keep updating.
Status Sadaharu_TR Dec 23, 2018
This game incredibly boring.
I played 20 hours. Level 32, setting legendary sets etc. But all same thing doing again and again. Basically orc killing simulator. I gathered almost all shelob memories, ithildin doors and few other things for a change but nope, still back to killing orcs all the time. Dominating drakes....was a fun a little...3 hours later again …
This game incredibly boring.
I played 20 hours. Level 32, setting legendary sets etc. But all same thing doing again and again. Basically orc killing simulator. I gathered almost all shelob memories, ithildin doors and few other things for a change but nope, still back to killing orcs all the time. Dominating drakes....was a fun a little...3 hours later again mindlessly killing orcs. Repetitive and dull.
2/5.
Completed the game. After edit.
I downloaded the game again and did only the main missions and side missions. Game became interesting again. I kinda rush 10 hours to complete it from where i left. Deserves a second chance. Still not a good game. But not the worst either.
30 Hours. Level 50.
New point: 3/5
Status CashLion Sep 8, 2018
The Act 2 section is the best part of the game: Story quests mixed in with conquering regions. Once you reach the endgame sequence and it is nothing but conquering regions, the game becomes a bit too repetitive for people who do not get enough enjoyment from just that (like me).
Status acefighter117 May 14, 2018
This game almost lost me as a player twice. First I wasn't the greatest fan of the first "Shadow of Mordor", and with that i almost didn't attempt this game, But I gave it a chance... and regretted it..... at first. The second time this game almost lost me, was in act 1. It truly felt like the game had …
Read moreThis game almost lost me as a player twice. First I wasn't the greatest fan of the first "Shadow of Mordor", and with that i almost didn't attempt this game, But I gave it a chance... and regretted it..... at first. The second time this game almost lost me, was in act 1. It truly felt like the game had no depth, like it was just some giant demo, and because of that i almost gave up on it. But i didn't, and i am truly glad that i didn't. Turns out Act 1 was just a glorified tutorial, and act 2 was where all the fun was at. This game (From the beginning of act 2 and beyond) are actually truly amazing, The story is a masterful one. I met new allies, reunited with old ones (Albeit reluctantly), was stabbed in the back many times, all the kind of stuff needed for an amazing story. and the game play isn't half bad either, with the inclusion of hundreds more skills such as double jumping (that's what it is and that's what i'm calling it) it makes for a game that i would play over and over again. I would suggest this to anyone 15 and older, as its pretty mature in its gameplay.
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Status mindbender Dec 24, 2017
Got this game as Christmas gift today - can’t wait to enter an even more epic Middle-Earth than the first game