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Middle-earth: Shadow of War

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J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth (Lord of the Rings)

Middle-earth: Shadow of War: All Our Newest Info – IGN First

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The first was awesome. Can't wait for the sequel.

A lot of people are mad because they say the graphics look bad, and how the combat looked "dull." Yet, I believe it is still in the Alpha stage, and they haven't had the time to polish everything up. Due to the Target leak, they had to release the trailer without the entire game being done. #TargetSucks

I so hope this is Alpha because if it's not, the game will be a huge let-down for me. I'm currently re-playing SoM and the graphics are way way better than this!

Ancalagon93  Can't agree Shadow of Mordor graphics are better, but it doesn't seem like Shadow of War is much better.This doesn't really bother me though, my only concern is the gameplay, which looked a little off in this video. The 16 minute gameplay video looked great though, so I am hopeful.

It is Alpha, this game is current gen  only. Graphics won't be finalized until July thats when the game goes gold.

Ya it's in Alpha, this is a current gen only game. Final graphics won't be finalized until July, that's when the game goes gold.

I'm really looking for this game to do something new. Right now it looks like the same game with a fresh 4k coat of paint. I need to know why this game is significant different and better than the original.

In "Middle Earth Shadow Of war" will you be able to play in multiplayer and can you play as an Uruk or troll?

Matthewbrazell88 There is no multiplayer in this game.

TheMultitude Not sure how it ooks like the same game when the obviously added tons of content

Ancalagon93 I really don't understand why you even remotely care about graphics. the original game already looked great, so the only important feature are the story and gameplay.

AlucardeKiyoshi TheMultitude  What I'm referring to is it seems to be very similar methods. You got your warchiefs , captain's and grunts. You can possess them, make them fight for you. There's an inner power struggle amongst the orcs. Sure the location is different the missions are different, but if I'm spending this game doing the same exact thing I did last game with little else new, then I can't see myself paying full price for this. Content alone is a very general term and doesn't help me understand. I've even watched the IGN First videos and I'm not sure I understand what's bigger, better, badder about these orcs. They say there's a 2.0 system for the hierarchy of orcs and how that plays out, However, once they described it, all I could think is "Wasn't this in the first game?"

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Middle-earth: Shadow of War: All Our Newest Info – IGN First

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