Just bought the GOTY edition. What am I in for?

>>383573741
BamHam combat simulator with no other aspects of BamHam games that made them good. It's on -75% sale now, so I guess it's worth it after all.

>>383573741
A fucking great game with one of the worst final bosses in any game

>>383573741
It's kinda boring after a while, but I can't complain for $4

>>383573741
Dumb fun.

The game is only good for the nemesis system and that's about it.
There is no enemy variation which is mind boggling considering it's set in Middle Earth. The story and the protagonist are totally boring and is reliant on "remember this from the movies!!" for any of its fun.
And yes, it has one of the most insultingly bad final bosses from recent memory.

>>383573741
The best Assassin's Creed game ever made.

>>383573867
Also yes.

>>383574003
>There is no enemy variation
Nigga, there are four different enemy types, plus trolls and wargs. It's not incredible variation, but it works.

>>383574003
>The game is only good for the nemesis system
But the nemesis system is pretty shit. The promoted enemies aren't memorable enough to remember who the fuck they are. And it's stupid how they come back to life after you fucking decapitated them.

But most importantly, you only really notice its effects when you die, and it's extremely hard to die in this game, unless you're doing it on purpose.

>>383573741
an 80gb download

>>383574147
The game would still work if there were just uruks.
Doesn't mean it would be any fun.

>>383574231
42.

>>383574152
The worms also destroy the nemesis system. It makes sense that there would be some way to find out a captains weakness if he kept kicking your ass, but the fucking worms are everywhere.

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overrated boring bullshit

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jeez, so many opinions i dont know who to trust

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You're in for a game that has fun combat, a shit ton of content that is enjoyable, an almost completely unique nemesis system, a 5/10 story, and the worst fucking "final boss" ever.

its a great game, but /v/ is full of people who hate it purely because "muh lore" (despite having only seen the movies, and never read the books because they're fags)
Its a solid 7 or 8 out of 10. Very enjoyable.

>>383574792
fun combat sounds good, but i've been yearning for a good RPG world to be immersed in. like, really want to go out of my way to explore it.
any such thing here?

>>383574862

no

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>>383574862
Absolutely. I've sunk a good 45 hours in, and I got it during the second to last day of the summer sale, I've been playing the fuck out of it.

Also, they released a "nemesis forge" so you can pick which rival and which ally follow you into the sequel. Its cool shit, to be honest.

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>>383574938

>>383574770
The game is really fun. Combat is basically Batman with swords. The Nemesis system can be fun to mess with, but only comes out when and if you die, which, if you're playing the game normally, won't happen often.

Try playing with combat prompts turned off and don't upgrade your health very much. Makes the game more challenging and more fun.

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>>383574976
alright, thanks anon.

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>>383575004
if there's a dodge button (preferably with i-frames) i wont be upgrading hp at all.

>>383575096
>if there's a dodge button (preferably with i-frames) i wont be upgrading hp at all.
Exactly what I did. Dodging is usually preferable, but some enemies will fucking smack you if you try to vault over them.

>>383575096
>dodge button (preferably with i-frames)
It's straight up ripoff of BamHam. Double tap A and you will never ever get hit. Of course, you will not kill anything either. But the dodge button is far, far, far more of a magical get out of jail free card than any Souls game dodge can ever hope to be.

>>383575163
I'm pretty sure you're still invincible, you just can follow up the dodge with anything if you get smacked.

>>383575239
>Double tap A and you will never ever get hit.
t. didn't play the game

Most competent enemies will not allow you to dodge over them.

>>383575239
>the dodge button is far, far, far more of a magical get out of jail free card than any Souls game dodge can ever hope to be
fuck. youre making it sound like its going to be way too easy. is there any way to make it harder? mods? what are the difficulty options like?

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For 4 dollars the game is really cool and definitely worth it just to go around and kill Orcs.

As a sadomasochist I can just get off to running around brutalizing every Orc I can find.

>>383573741
You'll think it's amazing for the first hour or so, but then boredom will set in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AV9W2ZdmjU

>>383575430
>is there any way to make it harder?
You're going to be killed repeatedly, don't worry. If you want challenge just fight a warchief and all has bodguards at once like I do. I'm max level and its still a bit tough.

>>383575430
There are none. You have to make the game difficult yourself. It's stupid.

What I did was grab the Execution, Death From Above, and Elven Swiftness upgrades and never got anything else.

>>383573741
Got 100% in story mode, played through the second DLC. Couldn't finish the first DLC because the game is so fucking reptitive and boring. The AI is so fucking stupid that you won't even die if you're not a braindead retard.

>>383575430
Well, when it comes to the talks about BamHam combat difficulty, I'd advise you to take a different look on difficulty.
Just getting by through the story and combat encounters is not all that difficult in BamHam or this game. The challenge comes in the form of maintaining a perfect combo throughout the whole combat encounter. I.e. not getting hit ONCE, hitting the enemies with the appropriate attacks, so they wouldn't block it, keeping your chain combo going etc. There's less incentive to do so in this game, because it doesn't really award you for that with anything, but it's the mindset you have to approach these games with.

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>>383575438
What a stupid video. He only fights the lowest tier enemies and goes "wow look its easy lol"

What an idiot.

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>>383575435
as a fellow sadomasochist I like doing that, along with the whole "dominating and having a puppet orc warchief in Sauron's own army".

Games where I can deeply fuck with enemies like that fill me with glee.

>>383573741
Assassin's creed if it was fun

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>>383575658
Shadow of Mordor really should have had a difficulty setting, because I think it's interesting to have an Orc whose killed you immediately become a captain to get revenge on once he's a Warchief and at the top of the ladder.

Or alternatively, brand him soon as he becomes a Captain and raise your personal puppet up the ladder to become a Warchief.

>>383573741
Less money in your bank account. It's a medicore game that is hyped up by retards

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AV9W2ZdmjU&

Reminder that this game's combat is so bad you can literally play it with the monitor off mashing keys and still do perfectly. It takes the ideas from BamHam and doesn't do any of it well.

>>383575879
>It's a medicore game that is hyped up by retards
"I haven't played it but I was told to dislike it because reasons"

>>383575840
Problem is that it's really hard to get killed unless you handicap yourself.

>>383575438
>destiny
no.

>>383575984
>you can literally play it with the monitor off mashing keys and still do perfectly.

Against the lowest tier enemies in the game? I could do the exact same on nearly any game, what's your point?

Go fight Koja of The Pit who is invincible to ranged and stealth, recovers health when inflicts damage, and is a combat master so no executions and try that shit.
Fuck off with your meme video.

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>>383575438
I am a huge Devil May Cry fag and have spent hours doing combos in DMC4 and I don't think there's anything wrong with games that have combat systems like this. It might be easy and simplistic, but its still satisfying and fun. If I want a game with deep and challenging combat, I play Devil May Cry. If I want to press buttons and watch dumb Orcs get decapitated, I play this game.

People need to stop getting so autismd up over gaming journalist websites who praise shit like this over what they like.

>>383573741
Fun game, I've never finished tho.

>>383575796
Thank you dunkey

A competent Arkham-style cinematic action game that becomes something actually pretty good halfway through.

Unfortunately two things have to happen before the nemesis system actually becomes interesting:
>You have to play far enough into the game that the tough Orks that actually have a shot at killing you start to spawn
>You have to play like 2/3rds of the way through to the point where you get the ability to convert Orks to your side

Like I said it really takes off after that point but everything before that is just so-so

>>383576069
>I could do the exact same on nearly any game

I seriously doubt that. Very few games have an infinite use move that gives you i-frames for the whole of the ability. Something like Dark Souls your stamina will run out, something like Mount & Blade you have to block correctly. Even in BamHam the stupidest enemies will still be smarter than this. Stop defending a game simplified for retards wearing the clothes of a better combat system trying to convince you its better than it actually is.

>>383573741
This started out interesting but you get overpowered in about 1 hour and there are moves you can spam with your eyes closed and win battles. Became boring far too quickly. Also the AI is so fucking braindead it hurts. They don't notice you until you're literally 10 feet away

>>383573741
A game with a decent story if you're into the LOTR's Franchise. Talion is a decent character, and I enjoy Celebrimbor enough. The Uruk's and their personalities though are what steal the whole show alongside the Nemesis system. Fun to fuck with, and once you get to the second map and get Branding the whole system becomes deeper.

Side missions are decent enough, though their only purpose is to upgrade the look of your weapons to look nicer and to get you 100%.

Speaking of which this is a really easy game to 100%, as well as an easy game in general once you buy upgrades and get certain runes. The runes themselves are kinda meh depending on how you like to play, and if you're in a situation where you can't grab it right away expect a few rune markers on your map from dead captains.

The dlcs are alright, The wild one is just extra fun with a Dwarf, and stealth kills with animals, with a better final boss than the main game final boss QTE's against Sauron. The Bright Lord DLC is also pretty nice as you play as Celebrimbor before he became a Wraith and attempt to fuck with Sauron years before the game began.

Outside of that the only thing to do once you beat the game and 100% it is the Nemesis forge IF you're considering grabbing Shadow of War. It's just a system to fuck around with the game's Nemesis system, catch is your most powerful branded Orc and your most powerful enemy Uruk captain/Warchief will carry on into Shadow of War itself. It requires some playing around until you find the perfect candidates to follow you onward, but it's worth it once you're done.

Overall it's a solid game for $20, but you could have gotten it for roughly $5 last Summer sale. I'd recommend it if you the OP or anyone else reads this and like what you read overall.

>>383576312
>Ignoring my other point because it destroys your argument

Address this or fuck off:
> Go fight Koja of The Pit who is invincible to ranged and stealth, recovers health when inflicts damage, and is a combat master so no executions and try that shit.

A rhythm game with witty Orcs

>>383575998
I played it a couple of years ago you twat.
>Boring combat
>Bland, small arena-style open world
>A nothing story and boring characters, in fucking Middle Earth
>QTE final boss
>Arkham stealth except shit
>Overhyped nemesis system, just a glorified checklist
And the cardinal sin
>Repetitive from the start

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>>383576380
>You have to reach an enemy two-thirds of the way through the game with immunities to damage in order to be actually challenged

>>383576009
Or you just stand still and let the one Ururk type you want to get promoted kill you.

>>383575438
>>383575984

You posted the same video twice now. We get it you don't like it, good for you.

>>383576370
I never watched the movies, nor read the books.

trash game
GOTY doesnt mean shit because the expansion is trash re-tread of what youve already did in main game

b-line story then realize story is straight
side shit is pure dog shit, more repetitive boring shit than AC and more copypasted content than any AC game

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>There's like five Orcs over there, maybe I can take one out with a stealth kill to even the odds a little
>Thwonk
>Oh they didn't notice
>Thwonk thwonk thwonk thwonk

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>>383576424
Koja was the first warchief I came across within 2 hours of gameplay.

you've not played the game, have you?

Uruk Bullying Simulator
The game is really fucking easy but I like it, the Nemesis system is neat.
I gotta advance time a lot and ignore upgrades to get good fights.

>>383576479
I thought he was in the second map?

I've played it, completed it a while back, I think I picked it up when it went on sale the first time round. I enjoy LOTR so stuck with it, despite the repetition.

>>383576424
>Warchiefs
>Two-thirds of the way through
no?

>>383576370
i got it for 5 bucks, yeah.

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>>383576530
>I thought he was in the second map?
The warchiefs and captains are procedurally generated. I was baiting you to see if you'd "remember" my very specific enemy that I encountered, and you've revealed how little you know.

you've not played the game.

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>>383576380
>mind control him
>mind control his peers
>call it day
>wake up next day
>repeat

ORC MODE WHEN?!?

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I got all the enjoyment I could out of it during the free weekend

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>>383576637
>mind control working without lowering his health to critical
>mind control ability being available in the first few hours of the game

you've not played the game
This thread has certainly been an experience. Most the complaints come from people

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>>383573741
>Just bought the GOTY edition. What am I in for?

Medieval Magic Zombie Ninja Simulator

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>from people
from people who have not played the game, and are here purely to bitch and whine.
Interesting.

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>>383576549
Then by all means experience it for yourself! The best advice you could get from /v/ on whether a game is good or not, is to play it for yourself and decide on that.

>>383576825
jesus fucking christ, you disfigured him?

why? that's just brutal. how did you even do that? nigga has to wear a bag now.

>>383576697
But he's right Orc mode when?

I think the game actually has better combat than Bamham (namely because you have more moves at your disposal and the enemies have the potential to be tougher), the problem is that the game is nothing BUT combat. And stealth which is totally braindead, the orcs are the most blind enemies I've ever seen, even MGS1's guards are more aware. Also I hate how enemies constantly respawn, you can sweep an area clean and five seconds later it's full of orcs again. Orc captains will randomly come back from the dead too with zero explanation which is just bizarre, at the very least they could come up with a silly reason (like "I was sown back together with orc magic", it's not like it doesn't already shit all over the lore anyways).

The game can be fun but it's way too derivative for its own good. It's like the developers had a great idea for a game but had to appease the suits by following the obligatory AAA open world checklist.

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>>383576876
>he's right
He's revealed, and suddenly very quiet, perhaps.

>>383576871
Explode his head or decapitate him and hope the RNG gods decide he survives.

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>>383576479
>>383576590
>>383576697
>>383576820
>>383576954

>>383576871
>>383576993
I believe fire will fuck them up for life as well.

>>383576993
>Explode his head or decapitate him
decapitate = permadeath (shows his head on a pike on the army screen)

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>>383576871
Basically there's a chance an Uruk can come back once you kill him but don't decapitate him (how the Uruk dies is random and you can't control whether he get's decapitated or not so bear that in mind.)

Basically he'll come back at first with some big scar or a metal plate on his face (if you shoot him with your bow) and he'll comment on how maybe his boys call him "The Scarred" now or something like that. And you fight him again.

There's always a chance that Uruk can come back from the dead, and after the third or 4th time, they come back fucked up to all hell wearing a bag, at least that was the only time that happened to me.

That particular Uruk I had to kill 6 times total before he finally died for good. I might post my full story about him and I if anyone's interested.

>>383577108
>(how the Uruk dies is random and you can't control whether he get's decapitated or not so bear that in mind.)
Only if you execute him. A shot to the leg with an arrow, for example, and they'll always come back.

>>383576954
But orc mode tho

>>383577051
Not always, apparently. I've decapitated some fucker and he came running after me a few minutes later with his head all wrapped up. And yeah there was a pike on his spot when he got his head chopped off too. Not sure what the fuck was going on there but I just rolled with it and killed him again.

Speaking of which, maybe I should get a baghead as my nemesis in the forger.

>>383577108
Post it my man, Nemesis system is the most interesting thing about this game.

>>383577108
>I might post my full story about him and I if anyone's interested.
do it faggot

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Right, well thanks a lot, looks like I'll be playing this game without those retarded [SPACEBAR] or RMB prompts
Also not taking it too seriously, just fuck around
Also play around with the nemesis system
Also try to be flashier rather than more efficient

>>383577206
just play the game you fucking retard

>>383577151
You mean with the F with glowing sword or ground execution or with the QTE execution?

I should keep that in mind.

>>383577235
yea, right after this gigantic download.

>>383577293
When you press X+Y together for an execution move, that's what decapitates them.

Right trigger + X to execute on the ground don't decapitate, I believe.

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>>383577108
ooh ooh story time
i'll get my snacks

>>383577343
Nah you just stab them and slice/break their necks on the ground

>>383573779
>aspects of BamHam games that made them good

LOL

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>>383577186
So before I got to Nurn, I was fucking around with the Nemesis system, and in particular a bodyguard to a Warchief I can't remember. Here comes Thrak the Beast Slayer, a Orc who once had a decent face on him, adorned with the bones of many a great hunt! I started raising him power level (how strong he kinda was) from the distance since I couldn't brand him yet. Eventually after fucking around with him here and there, the time came to kill his Warchief, so I beat him down, interrogate him for random info on some other Orc I can't remember, and stab him in his face and leave him there.

Some time passes and I'm doing something else, and then suddenly he came back, slightly damaged, but he tracked me down and we fought and I killed him again. No big deal right?

Then one night while I was outside one of the Strongholds hunting a random Orc captain, he comes back! this time with the bag on his head looking fucked up. Gone were the bones and trophies of his many hunts, now he was a cursed Uruk. I killed him easily. But here's where the fuckery started. I walk away from his corpse and walk to a different location. Minutes, literal minutes later, he's fucking back already demanding a rematch! At that point I was boggled, but nonetheless I killed his ass AGAIN.

Then I finally finished up my cleaning up of Udun and went on to Nurn to do story and side mission stuff, up to the point where I was about to Invade the Tower of Sauron's island with my five branded Uruk Warchiefs. NOW, bear in mind all of you this was the day after said fuckery with Thrak. I had been fucking around for HOURS before this mission.

So me and my boys land on the Island, and lo and fucking behold, there, standing and leading the Orc welcoming party, is fucking Thrak the Beast Slayer, for the sixth fucking time! I completely lost my shit, and I consider it to be the highlight of my entire play of this game! Then I killed him for the final time.

The End

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>>383577108
Man, this happened to me as well and I was bewildered more than anything since I had no idea.

Fucker killed me about 3 times since I was still getting the hang of the game and got abilities that made him impossible to kill, literally. No executions, no spirit/magic combo, no projectiles, not even fucking vaulting over him and the only thing left was chance of death from a stealth kill which I finally used.

Killed him about 3 times now I think? Each time I get a shitload of exp as well since he's 21P, even warchiefs arent that much.

>>383577809
>Then I killed him for the final time.
He's been designated as your "Rival"
He'll be back (unless you kill him in the nemesis forge)

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>>383577998
He didn't appear in the Nemesis forge.
Which really fucking sucked since I really wanted him to be my mortal Nemesis.

>>383574976
>Also, they released a "nemesis forge" so you can pick which rival and which ally follow you into the sequel. Its cool shit, to be honest.


Aww, fuck, I murdered my rival right before I did the final boss, to clear out the bookend of an invincible super-beast that I've killed 40 times and who's killed me 50, is immune to aerial takedowns and counters, and has a rusty hook for a hand.

>>383578091
Wait you actually REALLY killed your nemesis?

I'd killed "The Clever" 4 times before he led the army at Mordor, and now he's my nemesis in the nemesis forge (Meaning he'll follow me to the sequel)

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>>383578162
I think I did at least. I can't remember how he died, didn't really understand how that decapitation thing worked at the time.

He will be missed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idCil0mNhoo

Shadow of War actually looks pretty cool, seems like a huge expansion on the first game with a lot more focus on the nemesis system and macromanagement and less focus on the generic open world and combat. Sure as shit not gonna buy it at launch though, will wait for GOTY edition.

>>383578268
Same here, it's low priority on new games "GET" list. Metro: Exodus and Sea of Thieves come first for me.

>>383578268
>Sure as shit not gonna buy it at launch though, will wait for GOTY edition.
I'm really tempted to do this, but I REALLY want to avoid all spoilers and get into it asap. Conflicted a bit.

they should have it so eventually your nemesis could just be a floating arm or a torso full of arrows

Nemises system is really not that big of a deal
Hard to get a nemesis when you steam roll everything
Then theres also the fact that you need to baby sit your orc for every power struggle
The whole thing just dosen't feel dynamic

>>383578327
Personally I think the story is fucking stupid so I don't really care about "spoilers". Might as well take place in an alternate universe at this point, are they even pretending this follows continuity?

>>383578327
Sauron wins

>>383578327
>spoilers
You spook Sauron's spooks by giving them Wraithjobs.

>>383578435
>follows continuity?

anything not written by jrr tolkien is non canon

these stories take place in part of the world where a big war was going on that is basically not covered whatsoever in LOTR.

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>>383578213
Nice Baghead. Rate my sexy Orc.

>>383578435
its non-canon though, so who gives a fuck? Its one big "what if" scenario

>>383578435
>that time Tallion met Gollum and had an adventure with him
>that time Tallion met the Elves who live in Mordor and was prophecized to kill Sauron
>that time Tallion lost a mind-fight to Sauron and Kellabrimbor became evil

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So what's the dumbest reason you wanted to take an Orc up the chain?

I brought this guy up because he looked and sounded like a total fucking nerd.

>>383578551
handsome/10

>>383578495
>anything not written by jrr tolkien is non canon

Yeah but I remember how in the marketing for the first game they made a big deal about how it "bridges the gap" between The Hobbit and LOTR. This was back when the Hobbit films were coming out of course. Force Unleashed made a similar sort of claim with the prequel and original trilogies.

The premise of the games are so ridiculous that they should drop all pretenses of accuracy and just get as crazy as possible.

>>383573741
I'm honestly impressed that this game can boil down the pure essence of shit. It's shit. Shit

>>383578605
He had a proper helmet.
That's it.

>>383578551
10/10 would Brand his boy pussy.

started playing it again a few days ago... i like that you have to analyze your enemy before you can attack them, sometimes you can just kill them with 1 headshot while other teams they are ranged immune to ranged always has followers and can only take damage from combat finishers, but this becomes a jokes when you unlock the last hit streaks bonuses in the skill tree and you can basically hit someone 2 times with sword and instant kill 8 others right after...

not much story other than the beginning... so play it for the combat and not for the story.

>>383578605
>"Mozu! You've won another battle and slaughtered your enemies, your glory is limitless!"
>B-But Ugzog, I'm just a cartographer. I don't even like fighting, this sword is mostly just used to find magnetic north. Please, Ugzog, I just want to make more maps."
>"Yeah, well, my spies indicate that your direct superior just had his head sliced in half and his flesh eaten, so you're the Warchief now. I hope Ludd the Flayer was tasty, boss."
>"I-I didn't even go anywhere, Ugzog, we've just been talking this whole time! I don't deserve any of this!"
>"Officially, boss, I have to agree with you. Unofficially, glory to Mozu Map-Keeper, Beast of the West."

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I like this thread. Here's an example of how you can scar a captain who survived you.

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>>383578930
I love this so much!

Here's another Uruk I just HAD to make Warchief because.....JUST LOOK AT HIM!

>>383578930
hah, nice

>>383579006
>Motive: Confused
I fucking love this game sometimes.

I didn't notice all the warchiefs had their names chanted as they entered until recently.

Actually is such a nice detail

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>orc's name is Kaka

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>>383579076
Me too anon. Me too.

>>383578930
>>383578605
when i saw his job i immediately felt like he was badass

>this guy was just a map holder, but in battle they could not stop him from fucking going insane and killing everyone

>>383579124
>Becomes Warchief
>"KAKA! KAKA! KAKA! KAKA! KAKA!"

>>383579152
>I'm gonna map out your organs man-filth!

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>>383579124
>Orc's name is Dush

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>>383578605
Because he's an old Orc who's tired of all these new Orcs and their dumb infighting. Back in his days they would've conquered Gondor by now. Also he was a bitch to actually bring down and I respect a good warrior.

>>383579237
>Combat Master
>Invulnerable to stealth AND ranged
You lucky cunt. I'm REALLY trying to find somebody like this to make my Ally in Nemesis Forge.

HOW do i get somebody this strong?

>>383579152
>"Oi! Gimub! I like you, don't come to the Stronghold tomorrow, shit's going down!"

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>>383579237
Fuck posted the wrong one.

>>383579237
damn, he actually looks like a fallen elf as the uruk basically are meant to be

>>383579237
1. Is that the Elder from the inital kill all Warchiefs mission?

2. How did you fucking bring him down? Just luckily near explosives?

>>383573741
After a long ass time I just played through this game and I have to say it is a very big disappointment. Not even the nemesis system saves it.

Two type of environment, one is a boring wasteland, other one is the same but with some grass. The moveset was copied from assassins creed out of combat and arkham games in combat except they included every shitty thing those games either never had or fixed ages ago. During climbing you usually ends up where you didn't want to, the only reason it doesn't break the game completly is because the orks are blind and running away is very forgiving. The fighting is rage worthy as hell until you get OP moves, then it is a borefest. You can NEVER pick out high priority targets from the crowd. A fucker spams you with a bow or with a spear? You will execute every single enemy before you grab that shit.

Now the nemesis system. It can be fun few hours but then you realize it is utterly boring. At the beginning of the game you can barely kill anyone especially when you attack someone and the fight is so long several other strong enemies walk by and get in the fight. The random generator ensures you get shit tier combinations of enemies to get killed frequently aking your progress useless because dead enemies get replaced when you die. If you can bear with the first portion of the game and get the ability to make enemies your servants the entire system becomes completly pointless because you just turn everyone on the board and have nothing to do afterwards.

Don't even make me tell you about the story which is absolutely ZERO effort, but at least short. The New Order had better and longer story and that game is what like 6 hours long?

>>383573741
A game that copies Bamham and Ass Creed and is worse than both.

>>383579424
>boring wasteland
Literally Mordor. The fuck you on about?
> other one is the same but with some grass
It has forests, caves, hills, small mountains, ruins. What the fuck are you on about?

Not even reading the rest of your post. You're retarded.

>>383579424
>you attack someone and the fight is so long several other strong enemies walk by and get in the fight.
i liked that, made the world feel alive and not just a series of scripted encounters

>>383579545
That reminds me of another story. I went to assassinate this one Orc at a feast, then found myself in the middle of a party in the woods with FIVE other Orc captains, including some Jim Carry looking mother fucker who was just laughing. That's it, just laughing, nothing else.

I killed all of them.

>>383579424
>waaaah game is too hard
harden up cunt

>>383579774
Never said it was hard, just the combat system is shit.

>>383579945
>Never said it was hard

see >>383579424
>At the beginning of the game you can barely kill anyone

You suck at the game. Stop crying and improve your reflexes or strategy.

>>383578605
Because he had red armor on, a flaming sword and a fitting name.

>>383579494
Mordor is not an excuse for a shit tier environment with the same few elements thrown together differently.

>>383579309
Just hope and pray man. Hope and pray.
>>383579382
Yeah I know, it's a small detail that most people won't notice but it really does something for me when you notice he's also called "The Elder" and looks visibly old.
>>383579387
1. It's been a while since I played but I'm pretty sure no.
2. Yeah thankfully I was able to kite him near some barrels and a campfire. Otherwise I would've been fucked.

>>383580136
>shit tier environment
I liked it though. Your opinion is not fact, or even coherent.

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>>383573741
You're in for Fuck Tolkien: The Game.

>>383573741
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e9Ucxh-RNM

>>383580271
>MUH LOOOOOORE
The game is confirmed non-canon. Stop crying you fucking autist.

>>383580214
i noticed that right away, earlier orcs were supposed to be more like elves and they just descended over and over. this guy is OLD like OLLLLLLD

>>383573741
shadows and dorkness

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>>383580307
>The game is confirmed non-canon.

No goddamn shit you retarded fucking faggot, Tolkien's been dead for 50 years. Did you know that LotR was a book BEFORE it was a movie?

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>>383580539
Did you, fuckface? Every single one of you cunts who whines about the story has only ever seen the fucking movies.

you know what is JUST as "non-canon" as this game?
The fucking movies. Yes your "muh precious" movies are fucking SHIT and NON-CANON.

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>>383580539
That's no excuse to act like an autistic idiot for. This game is pretty fun regardless of how well its follows Tolkein's lore.

>>383580632
>>383580539
the children of hurin is the most enjoyable piece of tolkien and since it was basically completely written by christopher from notes, it is sure as fuck non-canon

i don't know how to feel about that and you shouldn't either

>>383573741
It's Batman with killing. That's all you need to know.

>>383576803
>Medieval Magic Zombie Ninja Simulator

I probably would have paid more than a couple bucks for it if it was called that.

>>383580632
What they fuck are you getting on to? Are you trying to tell me that this game's "story" doesn't piss over everything Tolkien ever wrote?

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>>383580025
>2017
>people still argue with "you are just bad"
Son, I have every achievement from the game bacuse unlike big internet though guys who shitpost I actually played through the game. If you think games like Shadow of Mordor reflect anything about personal skills (ahahahaha) then you should try a few real games.

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>>383580841
Exactly the same as your gay movies do, you fucking cunt.

>>383580841
>Are you trying to tell me that this game's "story" doesn't piss over everything Tolkien ever wrote?

which tolkien books have you actually read

i'm wagering the answer is none of them

>>383580707
Shame it reads like a 14 year old who couldn't figure out how to formulate a cohesive thought

>>383580707
>it was basically completely written by christopher from notes

No, it wasn't.

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>>383580878
>thirty six fucking minutes
christ you're awful

>>383580878
>2017
>people using "i have every achievement" as an argument that they're not bad

>>383580841
It's a video game whose original intent was to cash in on The Hobbit movies that accidentally became a fun game.

What validation are you even hoping to get holding up this crusade? The guy's been dead for a long ass time and the only people who would care are mega nerds that get butthurt if you call Frodo a Dwarf or a gnome or something.

Just relax and enjoy the game as it.

>>383573741
Don't do side shit till you get your brand power, I did so much sideshit without it I barely played with it. Basically play through the whole game.

>>383580883
>which tolkien books have you actually read

I own literally all of them except for the one that was just recently published. I have the fucking histories. Piss off.

>>383573741
Orc slayer simulator. Game starts out fun but you become OP about halfway through. If you're autistic about the lore prepare to be disappointed.
I enjoyed it for what it was.
Kind of looking forward to Shadow of War.

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>Dont care about LOTR lore
>Enjoy the game.

not sure why you people hold Tolkien in such high esteem. The dude was a shit writer who would glaze over battles in half a paragraph then turn around and spend no less than 30 pages describing how beautiful and majestic a tree was. And that is to say nothing of his writing style which was broken at best. Hell the fucker didn't even invent half the shit in his books he just ripped it out of norse mythology

>>383580881
You'll have to refer me to any point ITT at which I've defended or even mentioned Jackson's adaptations.

>>383580539
License holder decides what is canon, not the author.

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>>383581017
YOU CAN REFER TO THIS DICK, YOU FUCKING CUNT.

>>383580996
>
not sure why you people hold Tolkien in such high esteem. The dude was a shit writer who would glaze over battles in half a paragraph then turn around and spend no less than 30 pages describing how beautiful and majestic a tree was. And that is to say nothing of his writing style which was broken at best. Hell the fucker didn't even invent half the shit in his books he just ripped it out of norse mythology

Truly spoken like someone who has never actually read Tolkien himself but dredged up his worthless opinions from other people.

>>383580936
>>383580935
>you can prove you know what you are talking about
>"it doesn't count!"
>conveniently forget to post his record

>>383581047
Especially if you put in the fact that the Author has been dead since '73.

>>383581074
>>conveniently forget to post his record
I'm at work, child. Not all of us have our steam screenshots readily available.

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>>383581070
Anon dropped his arrow, how embarrassing.

>>383581047
>License holder decides what is canon, not the author.

That's cute. But no. Canon is literally determined on the basis of authorship. That's the way it was well before intellectual property rights and who gets the money for what franchises ever became a factor.

>>383581070
>fucking up a greentext
nigga how dumb is you?

>>383580945
>calling Frodo a gnome
I would cause gnomes are fucking shit

>>383580886
that's funny i think it reads exactly like JRR Tolkien

>>383581074
>post his record
>in a fucking single player game

i literally cannot stop laughing when you kids do the "git gud" shit with single player games that aren't racing

>>383581157
Of course Anon, but luckily you still have time to shitpost.

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>>383581070
1. Nice greentext fail
2. Why did you have to shit on this thread mate. We were all having a good time until you came in DEMANDING a game completely live up to it's lore or else it's dumb.

You don't even care if Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War are officially non-canon games, at this point you're just radiating your nerd rage because Warner Brothers DARED to make a non-canon game based on a popular franchise.

>>383580945
>Just relax and enjoy the game as it.

Right. Just enjoy the "right click to win" Batman/Asscreed gameplay mechanics for what they are.

>>383581223
>that's funny i think it reads exactly like JRR Tolkien


Its not far off. he failed to realize maps arent books

>>383581231
>but luckily you still have time to shitpost.
Well, yes. Hence why I'm here. Congratulations on stating the obvious?

>>383581223
>i literally cannot stop laughing when you kids do the "git gud" shit with single player games that aren't racing
So I guess you didn't complete the trials of war challenges as well. Achievements are pretty good when someone acts though on the internet but it turns out he didn't even complete the game.

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>>383581271
>Goes into bamham combat looking for difficulty

The fun of those games is pushing the combat multiplier up

>>383581271
>Implying I Headshot slo-mo everything.
>Not Shadow Strike killing distant archers and chaining it to others for fun
>Or elf running and brutalizing to make other nearby Orcs run away trailing piss behind them
>The satisfaction of just stealth killing orcs, or finding a really tough captain whose one weakness is stealth kills and drop brutalizing that bitch.

Anon you have very low creativity if you think slow mo archery is how you always play. Though I do that too I admit

>>383581271
I bet you didn't even beat Killer Croc in City by chaining a perfect uninterrupted 400+ hit combo and scoring over a million points.

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>people arguing about canon in this thread

Tolkien has been dead for 44 years. To consider any LotR content released after his death canon at all is the ultimate form of capitalist scumfuckery

>>383573741
I got bored of Assassin's Creed 2, would I like this game? I'm not expecting much but it does look like some solid dumb fun.

>>383581470
I'm not that guy but
>city
Wasn't that Knight?

>>383581261
>You don't even care if Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War are officially non-canon games

Officially non-canon? Do you need to be told that Tolkien is stone cold dead officially?

Stop bullshitting me with this "waaaah it's not canon" argument. Tolkien's dead, of course it's not canon, it never could have been canon. But for me it would be enough if it at least made some attempt to conform to the canon. If any of you knew anything about the legendarium outside of what you've seen in Peter Jackson's movies then you'd know what my problem is. But because you're ignorant of the problem you find it easy to dismiss my indignation.

>That retarded combat system from the batman games that makes you feel cool even thou you're just mashing the same 2/3 buttons over and over
>nemesis system is cool for like the first 10 captains then you'll realize that they are all the same with a few exceptions(singing ork, rape ork, poet ork, funny ork, polite ork, evenmorestupid ork and bs like that)
>AI is stupid as fuck assassin's creed tier of bs with max 2 orks trying to attack you at the same time with the rest watching and waiting their turn to die
>game is so easy it makes me cringe, you can go the ork training ground(the most "challenging" part of the game) from the very beginning and kill every single ork soldier, captain and warchief with ease. The only difference between fighting 10 orks at once and 100 is the amount of time needed to kill them all
>bosses are just warchief tier guys with more health and some magical powers
>final boss is almost all a qte fight
>story is: orks and sauron's minions killed my family and now i want revenge
>Talion is an absolute idiot of a one dimensional character
>the maps are: an almost empty wasteland with some ork camps, ruins and a couple of bigger structures and an almost empty grassland with some ork camps, ruins and a couple of bigger structures

>muh graphics
>muh smigol

Its a shit game OP, don't even bother install it

>>383581524
if you didn't like ass creed (the good ones, of course) you wouldn't like this

>>383581498
Far as I see it's just one guy getting nerd ragey about it and the other guy getting stupidly pissed in response.

>>383581598
people is plural for person

2 people is still people

>>383581364
i have never played this game why would i have achievements

>>383581580
Someone didn't clearly play the game and assumes Low-Tier orcs are all the combat is. I bet you didn't even death threat a single captain to raise his power level to 20 and attempt to fight him with his groupies.

Yeah the Sauron fight sucks but honestly I wasn't shocked by it, I doubt Warner Bros wanted Sauron at the time to be killed.

>>383581524
Its basically Assassins Creed but good, if you dont like the core gameplay and feel of the game then I would just give it a skip. I personally dont like AC games but loved this, I was actually surprised by how much I liked it.

>>383581656
Then what are you doing here telling people how single player records doesn't mean anything when you don't even know how much work is behind them?

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The true appeal of this game that neo-/v/ won't understand is being able to infiltrate an army of dumbass Orcs with funny names from the inside.

It's like if they made a Metroid game except it was an action game and all you did for the whole game was fuck with Space Pirates.

If that doesn't sound like dumb fun I don't know what does.

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rate my follower

>>383575356
>Most competent enemies will not allow you to dodge over them.

>implying you're not invincible during the shieldfag knockdowns (that don't even break your combo)

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How does he work his Crossbow if he has a hook?

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>>383581730
>Then what are you doing here telling people how single player records doesn't mean anything when you don't even know how much work is behind them?

>work
>single player records

you are actually making me laugh...no, anon, your single player records against AI relaly don't mean anything. it's single player against AI.

>i WORKED for these achievements!!

>>383581787
This. That's why I find this game enjoyable, along side occasionally shaking slavers to free fellow Gondorians.

>>383581526
Right. My bad.

>>383573741
good story and main quest until the end

then u got lore rape out the ass

then u got some strange gameplay descisions like no massive battle at theend and most of the powers are pretty useless including the mind control one

>>383581365
>The fun of those games is pushing the combat multiplier up

Try DDR, they even give you more than two buttons

>>383581821
>Damaged by Combat Finishers
In Shadow of War when I invade you, and this fuckboy stands between me and your shit, I'm taking him easy.

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>>383582019
Are you even trying?

>>383582025
Does have orcs tho m8

>>383582019
>then u got lore rape out the ass
>u

stop phoneposting and fuck off, underage.

>>383582057
Invade? is that a new feature in Shadow of War?!

>Ctrl+f "fun"
>search overloads from too many results
It's really a sad state of /v/ when such a shallow, repetitive game gets praise because "fun xD", but judging from the noticeable disparity in the number of replies to the actual poster count I still hold out hope that it's mostly samefagging.

Regardless, Shadows of Boredom was heavily shilled by WB back in the day, so I guess it's no surprise they're going to be trying again now that the sequel is fast approaching.

>>383581991
Knight was easy though. If you didn't care about individual records you only had to learn two other levels.

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>>383582069
Oh i pirated it so i enjoyed the graphics and nemesis system
>>383582113
im typing on a keyboard

succc me offf

>>383581859
Pull the string.

>>383582126
But anon Shadow of war looks ___________________Fun

>>383582126
some parts of it are good like the beastmaster mechanics, riding wargs n shit

>>383582126
>ets praise because "fun xD"
What?

We've praised the nemesis system, the combat being satisfying, the story being non-offensive in terms of canon, the gameplay being enjoyable while maintaining a challenge against captains/chiefs and all this while telling stories about our Allies/Nemesis's.

Stop samefagging, for fuck sake.

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What does his motive mean?

>>383582185
its one of those games you finish once and get bored of
>>383582203
/our/ orc

>>383582142
All games past Asylum were equally easy, because only the first game had very strict windows for combo chains. But then again, as I said, the difficulty comes from doing literally everything perfectly. Plus, I wouldn't say Knight was easier. Every new game added new enemy types, which added more combat moves or gadgets you had to use to deal with them not to break the combo.

>>383582126
It is fun tho, what more do you want.
Christ, why don't you just grow up or fuck off already?

>>383582203
what a lad

you making him your nemesis or gonna ally him?

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>>383582126
>People in thread are actually talking about how much fun they've had with the game and while not being perfect, it's a solid title for $5-$20.
>Asswipe comes in screaming "M-MUH SHILLZ!" because folks are daring to talk about having actual fun with a game.

Good god you're pathetic you know that?

>>383582243
>its one of those games you finish once and get bored of

So?

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>yfw canonfags and whiners are getting btfo

>>383577436
Got something to say anon?

>>383582243
>its one of those games you finish once and get bored of

aka every video game?

people who replay games, rewatch movies etc, have something wrong with them. you dont redo the same experience again why would you????

>>383581682
>I bet you didn't even death threat a single captain to raise his power level to 20 and attempt to fight him with his groupies

>AI is stupid as fuck assassin's creed tier of bs with max 2 orks trying to attack you at the same time with the rest watching and waiting their turn to die

You clearly haven't played the game, or you're so bad to die in a game where enemies can only attack you 2 at once and you get infinite iframes every time you press X to jump on them.

>>383582275
I mean you could reach the records because the enemy variety was easier to deal with than in the previous games. At least in my experience. Yeah Asylum was tight as hell especially since you had to finish downed enemies and couldn't just punch them. For me that was the biggest deal in later games. Of course Origins was the easiest because you only had to charge your gauntlets and mash punch.

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>>383582317
Nah he's a game critical enemy from the DLC with Torvin. He's one of the beastmasters you have to kill. The one that rides the Graug named Stompy.

are there any hot orcs in SoM

>>383582413
I'm on my third play through of SoM.
Can't help myself, I enjoy the shallow repetitive action. Feeling like an almighty powerful badass cutting hordes of orcs down until they are scared shitless running away is great.

>>383582437
Nigga what the fuck are even iframes? I just play vidya and enjoy vidya. Do you even have any idea what it's like to face a captain where your only means of damaging him at all are either explosions, or making him scared of something so you can grab him and finish him/brand him? I remember the first time I met and Uruk who was invulnerable to Stealth, Ranged, and Combat! I had to run around grabbing herbs quickly so I could stay in the fight.

Your best counter argument is the game sucks because you say so, or more likely you're just parroting someone else.

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>>383582481
>Orcs
>Hot
Pick one anon, and I do fucking mean that, because that's a .0001% chance.

Fun story about this image, first Orc Captain I came across while exploring Udin, he raved that if he killed me and grinded my bones, that he would be cured of his affliction.

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>Playing Shadow of Mordor
>Open up the army viewer
>Go around killing every single solitary orc until there are no captains or war chiefs left.
>Rest at a tower to accelerate time and fill the roster with some new faces
>Some of them show up already mind controlled
>Meaning that some of the mooks I mind controlled along the way became captains
>Meaning the game doesn't just generate captains it actually tracks every. single. solitary orc including the common mooks.

Tell me your secrets Nemisis System

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strange orc time?

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>>383582739
>That one personality type where he says nothing, just makes grunt noises.

>>383582696
i mean, Bruz and the guy he killed from the trailer of the sequel were passable. PASSABLE.

>>383582739
>Rhyming Orcs
The fuck, I didn't know that was even possible!
Now I want to fuck around in the Nemesis forge until I have a poet BFF.

>>383582798
Well that's Sequel Orcs, I'm referring to 2014 orcs.

>>383582717
I once got one of my mind controlled Orcs promoted by letting him get the finishing blow on a captain

seriously, try it

Its k.
Nemesis system needs more work like adding more missions for warchiefs and more ways to finish missions other than kill/brand target. Orks who return should also learn how the player acts and reflect that on their fights. The game just seem to give them random skills every time they respawn. I even expected those orks with Ambusher on them to lay down traps for you but all it does is change their missions to ambush.
Gameplay is mindless fun but gets repetitive especially once you get the infinite free kills skill. Captains and Warchiefs get tedious to fight if there's too many orks and you just want to brand them. They also need to increase the options you can make if they're invulnerable to everything. Probably add throwables that can trigger their fears? They can use the collectible herbs or some shit for crafting those.
Pacing is weird, too. You get a mission in the 2nd part that seems to build up to you getting the orc branding power but they give it to you anyway at the start of the same mission. Characters just appear and disappear after they're done with their bit.
Story missions are shit.
>follow this guy to this place and do what he asks
>now repeat 3 times
Its combat was more engaging and satisfying than Witcher 3's.

>>383582739

>>383578605 <--
>>383579006 <--

These handsome fellows.

>>383582860
so all the 2014 orcs are fuggo? damn

>>383582620

is this bait or just underage?

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>>383582772
>camera zooms in
>orc is standing still
>think the scene is fucked because there is no sound and the orc isnt moving around, hes just staring
>he chatters his teeth and the cutscene ends
>"Kuku the Biter"
Nemesis system needs to be in other games, it makes no-mark enemies kindof neat.

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>>383583089
Eh they aren't sexy to me. But if you find something then by all means have fun!

>>383582481
>>383578551

>>383583542
rude

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>>383583542
>>383578551
>make him squeal for Gham.

>>383583617
>loves it up close and personal

>>383578365
The game is only as hard as you want it to be.
An you're doing it wrong if you aren't hunting for the challenge and making it harder.

Bet you play the game with all the combat hints and ques turned on like a bitch lol.

>>383583617
>Motive: Loves it up close and personal

So I really don't want to come off as the asshole telling people to "get good" at a game, but is anyone praising the nemesis system like it's god's gift to gaming just complete shit at the game? The combat is so mindnumbingly easy I only ever died once because I put myself in a real bad spot. Never had any memorable fights or grudges with orc bosses since I'd always kill them in the first fight if they didn't just run off. You can't ever get hit if you're just patient and hit the counter button when the prompt appears.

>>383578365
Turn off button prompts so you have to actually look around in a fight to know when to counter and use power attacks. Its like playing STALKER with the crosshairs on, sure its on by default, but it actively works against the game and it feels completely different without it, it feels like something that is enabled in lower difficulties and shouldnt be there on other difficulties.

>>383583928
Yeah but the fun is in the weird moments that happened, ala my "Orc came back 6 fuck times, including the Rival moment near the end of the game". Or the different funny orcs that we bump into or find in our Army system.

Plus sometimes having fun means letting yourself die to a certain orc grunt so he can get promoted and you can brand him and raise him as your own.

>>383583928
You can "Advance time" at points to make all enemies stronger.

>>383583928
>You can't ever get hit if you're just patient and hit the counter button when the prompt appears.
If you're only fighting the default enemies and one captain, sure.

Take on a warchief and his 4 bodyguards at all once, in a fortress surrounded by enemies then say that shit, lol.

>>383583928
There's times when the prompt isnt a counter but an evasion, said evasion doesnt let you vault over the uruk attacking you and you cant damage him because he has a greatshield.

That seemed decently challenging for me at least to the point where I had to run/hide and wait to catch him off guard in order to beat him. Pretty early game atm and I hear you become broken later on so all these might not matter but for now, its nice.

>>383573741
how do I make the combat not fucking boring?

I feel like im literally smashing square and ocassionally triangle

>>383573741

B+ mash X + hit Y when prompted.

Rinse, repeat

>>383584143
You have to also mind how the power system works. At level 5 an Orc Captain has a bunch of weaknesses, the easiest being weak to Range where you can just headshot him from a distance.

The more power they gain for succeeding at their missions, the less weaknesses and more Strengths they get.

ALSO for anyone curious, Power Level 20 is the max for Orc captains/Warchiefs.

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>>383578605
Just look at this guy's fears.
I made him General of the God Damn Traitor Army, and he couldn't leave his house without shitting himself in terror. And when his 15-something bodyguards nearly killed him I popped all their heads in front of him and then did it again.

>>383584225
Fight warchiefs and multiple captains

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>>383584247
>Fear of the Gravewalker

THAT'S A FUCKING FEAR?! I NEVER KNEW THAT!

AND HE'S INVULNERABLE TO ALL YOUR ATTACKS?! FUCKING HELL WHAT A FIND!

>>383584228
>B+ mash X + hit Y when prompted.
And when you find enemies immune to this? Also, countering by pressing Y resets the damage done to the enemy you attack.

you either fucking suck, or have no idea what you're on about

>>383584225
Turn off prompts, the prompts are what makes the game stupid easy, no game should ever have flashing button prompts.

>>383584342
The invulnerabilities didn't really matter since right after he sees me he turns green. And I never tried to kill him anyways.

>>383584345

So you're saying in a combo, when you're prompted with "Y" you don't deflect an incoming attack?

>And when you find enemies immune to this?
Oh right, I forgot: also tap A to jump behind.

>>383583928
>never met captains that block vault attempts
>never met captains that block stuns
>never met captains that block counters
>never fought captains while being attacked by archers and poison spearmen
>never fought multiple captains with different invulnerabilities
>never fought captains with no last chance skills
You probably got lucky with the spawns and end up killing them that they never progressed in power.

>>383584543
would he run from you if you branded him?

https://youtu.be/YdXQJS3Yv0Y
the game needs singing

>an orc invulnerable to everything
>only fear is caragors
>no caragors in a hundred mile radius
What do?

My biggest problem with the game is not even how easy it is

its the fucking OST

The main battle theme or whatever has this fucking swordclashing sound every 10 seconds

its driving me nuts

>>383584629
The orks "sing" during Feast missions.

Spam dodge and literally never die. It can be fun if you turn your brain off or add self imposed challenges but the game on it's own is braindead easy.

>>383584627
Never branded him either, but I assume that would overwrite the gravewalker fear. Unfortunately I lost that save a while back. Would have liked taking him over to Shadow of War.

>>383584675
Ride a caragor to the ork.

>>383584605
No, you fucking retard. Pay attention:
B will wraith stun, pressing X on an enemy in this state is known as a "flurry" where you strike over and over.
If you press Y during this (and you nearly 99% of the time always will) the damage done to the flurry victim is reset.

You
Don't
Know
How
The
Combat
Even
Fucking
Works

>>383574030
This

>>383584742
>Spam dodge and literally never die.
and when you find somebody who punishes and does health damage on a vault/dodge attempt, or has "grappler" and grabs you mid dodge, and takes half your health as a result?

>>383584629
There's singing orcs during feasts.

>>383584762
>You
>Don't
>Know
>How
>The
>Combat
>Even
>Fucking
>Works

And yet I still beat the game.

So what does that tell you about the game?

People can easily beat this game without understanding the mechanics.

9/10

>>383584882
>And yet I still beat the game.
Its a single player game. What's your point?

Are you actually implying 100% mastery and knowledge should be required to beat a game? No? Right fuck off then, idiot.

>>383584835
When are they ever on their own? Just use the pisspoor enemies to dodge and he will never touch you. It only needs to happen to you once for you to adapt to it.

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>>383584707
>tfw riding a Caragor for the first time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2KwEJ3Mp4k

Is the open world fun to explore?

>>383584958
>When are they ever on their own?
When you've killed everyone else, saving the strongest for last?

Shit nig you have no sense of how to have fun, do you? Where's your pride? Not wanting to fight a strong adversary one on one. What a cuck.

>>383584762
>the damage done to the flurry victim is reset
I'm pretty sure that's not how it works. I repeatedly countered enemies trying to interrupt my beatdown, and after the last one, the target went down after just a couple of fast hits, not an entire flurry animation again.

>>383585031
>I'm pretty sure that's not how it works.
It is. Test it on somebody with say, combat master, to block the final hit. If you then look at their health bar, the individual flurry strikes do literally nothing if not finished.

>>383584939
>Are you actually implying 100% mastery and knowledge should be required to beat a game?


No, but the entire game is based around combat. And I obviously don't know how the combat works and still beat it.

That's like not knowing how to shoot in megaman and still beating it.

Not saying it isn't a fun game, but you can beat it really easily even if you have the most rudimentary understanding of the mechanics.

>>383584194
Yea those fights were tougher sure, but still completely doable on the first go.

>>383584619
That's probably what happened to me. I'd find those guys but not in these impossible situations where I'd have to run off. I also went to kill any boss I was near so maybe they just couldn't progress in strength fast enough.

>>383585089
Combat masters are immune to all melee damage, not just finishers. That's why their health doesn't go down.

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#orklivesmatter

>>383585176
You can damage them using standard attacks, they just block the finishing moves like the flurry kill and executions.

>>383585029
>not just taking them on while they're surrounded by their cronies to shit all over their morale
Grow some balls.

They managed to make common mooks more interesting than the player character. If that's not an achievement I dunno what is.

>>383584707
I just went through the 46 song ost and did not hear the song. Did they add this garbage in the GOTY? im about to mute the fucking music

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>>383585212
Some of those last chance moments can be really insightful sometimes.

>>383573779
What is bamham?

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>A dwarf is almost as tall as Talion
So was the dwarf really tall or is Talion just a manlet?

>>383585281
Yes, the main character could not be more uninteresting if they were trying. He is a completely nothing "tough guy" character who himself feels like a generic NPC ironically. Make him a complete asshole instead of going half way, or make him have SOME kind of defining characteristic, he'd have been a better character if he was silent and had ghost mcguffin do the talking.

>>383585701
That dwarf dwarfs other dwarfs in dwarf size dwarf.

>>383585212

I must have slaughtered enough Uruk Captains and War chiefs to fill a building of parliament but somehow I never found one with a hood like that.

>>383585271
No, they're outright immune to melee. Both finishers and regular attacks.

>>383585626

Batman Arkham

There's an edit of the box that says it, and the name just stuck on /v/.

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Time for me to sleep fellas. Glad you enjoyed my story time earlier about Thrak.

Goodnight.

Combat is simple but fuctional, very much the combat style that AC:1 made popular. I prefer this combat to the bamham/AC games though, more room for combo's and the orcs strenghs/weaknesses mix things up enough to make each combat section a bit different. 5/10 on the combat.

Presentation is good and Mordor feels right IMO. The orcs are brilliantly characterized and the area feels oppressive and dangerous. This fits in with the main character being so powerful, it's a power trip to be so unstoppable in such a grim setting. The nemesis system plays into this really well and I found myself getting pretty immersed considering it's a mechanically very simple game.

Loses points if you're not a fan of the Ubisoft open world thing, with towers and lots of small objectives to complete. That comes to personal taste I think.

Loses more points for shitty business practices pre-launch.

Overall, pretty good game if you can overlook the fact it's from a tired genre. 6/10 I think.

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>>383585857
Hooded guys are those that can and will try track you down if you're near them.

>>383585981
I'm almost certain that post was ironic shitposting, it's posted in literally every thread that BamHam is mentioned.

>>383585857
>I must have slaughtered enough Uruk Captains and War chiefs to fill a building of parliament

This is one aspect of the game I don't like.

First off, I get it, their orcs and war is life, so they are always fighting and trying to gain rank; but I never felt like I accomplished anything. You could never clear out a stronghold or kill off a captain spot permanently, they just always filled in with joe shmoe. I just never felt like what I did had any impact unless I was doing story missions specifically.

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>>383586061
Unfortunately, a random caragor appeared when he tried to approach me.

>>383586074
I thought it was just some retarded way of saying Bam Bam.

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>>383584707
>>383585305

>Not turning off the music from the beginning
>Not putting on your most brutal death metal playlist while killing Uruks

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>>383585701
>beardless dwarves

>>383585981
Thank you

>>383586196
I should consider that next time.