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Shadow Of War

Middle-earth: Shadow of War, the follow-up to 2014’s Shadow of Mordor, is in many ways a prototypical video game sequel. Its main goal is simply to give you more. A vastly larger world, a wider range of weapons and abilities, and more ways to interact with the dark realm of Mordor. It’s bigger in just about every sense of the word. At the same time, it retains much of what made the original so good, namely its tight stealth action and unique “nemesis” system, which turns otherwise forgettable orcs into deadly and memorable enemies.

But in the quest to add more, the developers at Monolith Productions have diluted the experience. There are still great moments — ones that even surpass the original in some regards — but they’re buried under a mess of quest markers, paint-by-numbers missions, and other unnecessary additions.

Like the original, Shadow of War follows a pair of protagonists. There’s the human ranger Talion, who can’t die and is on a never-ending quest for revenge following the death of his family. He’s joined by the elf wraith Celebrimbor, who a) is the one who forged the rings of power in the first place, and b) joins Talion in his quest, lending him his ghostly powers. Once again, the game plays fast and loose with the Lord of the Rings canon. At the outset, the protagonist duo are seen forging a brand-new ring that they can use to defeat Sauron. There are other curious changes as well: Shelob, a massive spider from the books, spends most of the game in the form of a young woman in a slinky black dress. Overall, the game’s dark and violent tone feels like what would happen if Zack Snyder tried to adapt J.R.R. Tolkien. The story is loud and bombastic, but for the most part it’s pretty forgettable stuff, with numerous twists that don’t always make a lot of sense.

But that’s okay, because just like in Shadow of Mordor, the best parts of the game are the ones that are unique to you. The scripted cutscenes are just filler: the important part is the nemesis system. Essentially, the idea is that there are certain orcs — captains, warchiefs, and other powerful leaders — who have distinct personalities and, more importantly, memories. When you defeat one of them in battle, or if they defeat you, they’ll remember it.

When I chopped up a low-ranking orc named Tark, for instance, he managed to escape. A few hours later, he snuck up on me as a new man, completely changed thanks to a series of mechanical implants that made him stronger than before. He was also nursing a powerful desire for revenge. These kinds of relationships grow and change over the course of the game, and they’re especially powerful because they’re unique to you; no two playthroughs of Shadow of War will be the same. In my case, the newly mechanized Tark kept beating me, and so I’ve spent a good portion of my time in the game beefing up my abilities so I can finally take him down.

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