Shadow of War is a worthy sequel and we've given it a Must Buy. However, note that the Loot Box system is optional if you're willing to work with the game's system and actually play the game (which is what you should be doing!).

About 10 hours into this game and I am honestly please with how well this game turned out. It's very much like Shadow of Mordor but bigger in every aspect. The map is probably 3 to 4 times larger the the map from Shadow of Mordor.

When Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor released, we all had a hint of scepticism towards it. Initially, it looked like a traditional open-world title that adhered to all of the modern tropes and principles that was saturating the gaming industry at the time and moreover seemed like it borrowed a lot of...

Immense amount of content; The Nemesis system was put on steroids; Orcs each have their own distinct personalities and motivations; Characters are memorable and well fleshed out; Extremely deep mechanics; Fort takeovers are epic; Satisfying and varied combat; Keeps a solid momentum

The game does not do much to set itself apart from its predecessor; The writing leaves much to be desired; Lots of needless busywork; Relies on in-game currency for many mechanics; Dumb microtransactions; Extremely long load times to go to a new region; Can become tedious

Very impressive game let down by occasional control issues and the loot box craze strikes again. If you played the first game it's pretty much an improved version of that with the added stronghold defence/orc management to provide distractions from the main campaign.

Phenominal Game! Great Story. 100+ Hours of gameplay!

2014's Shadow of Mordor was arguably the sleeper hit of the year for AAA titles when it was released. Everyone knew it was coming, but nobody expected it to be as good as it ended up being.

These Orcs are paying attention and hound you for messing up, betray you if you loose a significant battle and level up if you die to them. I tried to call my bodyguard and a random enemy captain grabbed me from behind, threw me on the ground and said "Wwwwaaahhhh, I need a bodyguard!

Middle Earth: Shadow of War is bigger and better than its predecessor in almost every conceivable way. If you don't mind the repetition found in most open world games, there's a robust strategy layer here that combines with a great combat system to offer hours and hours of Orc slaying, army building...

Pre-order Middle-earth: Shadow of War Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor was a fantastic game that took elements from the Assassin's Creed and Batman: Arkham series and put it in the universe crafted by J. R. R. Tolkien.