Moist Meter: Shadow of War

[@backseatpalace]

Lootbox system is gone, and they added 3 free expansions. Shadow of War is 10/10 now

[@firepitch5113]

Free? Not free on ps store

[@nakeysnakey6220]

Not free homie

[@zeno4627]

Easy 95% graphics seem to be better now aswell I've just completed it and starting on shadow wars now great turnaround for the game

[@yungchildsupport9372]

It’s an 8/10 at best

[@backseatpalace]

@@yungchildsupport9372 ok

[@sammathis3578]

"Its like the skyrim horses, on purpose" That's beautifully accurate

[@TheDarkblue57]

*Skyrem

[@communisticus191]

I found the true ending to be relatively quick considering I was on nemesis difficulty. I've found that if you are enjoying the game it doesn't feel like a grind because, well, you're enjoying it.

[@alikhaled653]

same

[@goldmantis5850]

Exactly. Shadow of War is probably my favorite single player RPG type game ever because I enjoyed the Nemesis system so much and fighting and recruiting orcs

[@EgoCZ]

@@goldmantis5850 They made it shorter, so you havent experienced the grind he talks about.

[@goldmantis5850]

@@EgoCZ um, why are you assuming that I didn’t play the game at launch? I played the game right when it came out, beat it and completed the entire shadow wars and loved every bit of it. Then when they updated the game I did another playthrough with the shorter shadow wars section and still loved it.

[@EgoCZ]

@@goldmantis5850 I assumed that based on the date of your comment, my bad.

[@SoraTheKobold]

This game has improved a lot since this review ngl, I'm glad it's gotten so much better. I will say the main story complaint on how the main characters are pretty meh still holds true though, but the relationship and dialogue between Talion and Celebrimbor is neat and enjoyable. The side quests stories are definitely the highlight in terms of the games story to me though, Bruz and Carnan's were my favs.

[@Jakc-zk8kh]

Playing the assassin's creed copies really made me appreciate this game, especially talion and celebrimbor. When characters talk out loud about where to go and what not because ubisoft thinks their fan base is filled with children is so fucking annoying. But it makes so much more sense and really displays the twos relationship, honestly my only complaint after shadow wars was fixed is the lack of celebrimbor and talions dynamic

[@Svartalfgeist]

Microtransactions for offline games is some Black Mirror shit.

[@guyofwarwick]

What annoys me about the loot crate system is that the orcs you open have no story or background to them. You don't even get to fucking fight them.

[@FreddieMercurytheSharkWrestler]

Moonium Not to mention they’re worse than what you’d get if you just play the game normally and level up your orcs. Which is why I keep saying to people that the only ones who will need these MTs are people who don’t have enough time to be playing an open world game to begin with.

[@devinthomas6986]

Moonium you can shun them and fight them

[@RacingSnails64]

yeah! that's my biggest issue with the lootbox system. a random orc is no fun compared to one that's killed you 20 times.

[@dustinsaunders314]

You can freindly battle yourself and fight them.

[@shift1109]

Freddie Mercury but we used to just have fucking cheat codes for people who don't have time. People have to stop defending this.

[@SamTheUndying]

Needs more motion blur

[@CoolMoon]

Moisten blur

[@MrSmilingDeath]

Samurai Sans Motion blur gives me a fucking headache.

[@carlthellama3435]

Said no one ever lol

[@Odinsday]

Motion blur makes me want to shoot my head off.

[@S-y-l-v-o]

I absolutely loathe it. Costs some FPS and looks like shit. Fortunately you can disable it in most games (this one included).

[@JustinY.]

Great Gramphics, Great Grameplay

[@Name-md7my]

Justin Young dunkey reference

[@alsocool1]

Fuck you riddler

[@aionebutneverlonely]

Justin Young I feel bad for whoever thinks you spelt graphics wrong on purpose

[@jhojanezf]

Cyka Blyat Yes, clearly he misspelt both graphics and gameplay in the exact same place it couldn’t possibly be a reference to anything *_С У К А_*

[@wiseguy2050]

Like pigs to the sandwich

[@user-vv1do1wg1j]

They removed the micro transactions btw

[@metalheadblues]

So it's good?

[@waterbakey4330]

@@metalheadblues It's a really good game.

[@raidwhich6798]

@@metalheadblues it's a great game now, just don't grind it too much or you'll get burnt out.

[@WCRyder]

@@metalheadblues Removing micro transactions doesn't make it good, they improved shadow wars graphics increased max level

[@campbellwellman503]

I got the true ending, it took me about 15 hours, most of which was spent fucking around and killing most of the night level orcs because I was forging my own stories, so the grind isn't nearly as bad as people are saying. I never once felt tempted to spend money on the loot crates.

[@VarinderBhandal]

Honestly I don't even give a shit about the ending because how forgettable the story is. I spend most of my time fucking around with the nemesis system by killing Uruks, destroying fortresses,etc. That shit is way more epic.

[@MrHalonoob117]

Varinder Bhandal yA LIke JazZ?

[@joaorathis8157]

Varinder Bhandal do you think is worth it buying?

[@LazzyVamples]

That's what I've been telling people too. I just say "If you play it simply for the nemesis system, everything is fine. If you're not playing it for the nemesis system, then you're playing the wrong game; the loot boxes should be the least of your problems."

[@VarinderBhandal]

Baralho gm I definitely enjoyed it so yeah I would recommend it. But don't expect anything great from the story.But the characters( not all in the main story line) are great like Charlie said.

[@shamelesstruth]

Does it surpass Metal Gear?

[@amariwilliams6782]

I got the true ending without spending a dime

[@schwarz8614]

congrats on wasting your time

[@PkPk-pg9bx]

@@ita5297 probably just raging because he get his ass kicked by the orcs in game

[@jedbowley7126]

Pk Pk this comment was 2 years ago bro 🤦‍♂️😂😂

[@kanabisjoey8759]

neronoir its not wasting time if you enjoyed it. But i highly doubt amari ever enjoyed it as you have to treat it as 24-7 job.

[@cwonincucumber1552]

This argument 2 years late and it's still bad lmao

[@browserjunior4707]

Loot boxes are the most despicable invention that even EA vomits unconditionally.

[@daniela.t.thomas14]

Browser Junior and from that vomit we got battlefront 2

[@charliehodgkinson7179]

the_edgy _carrot underrated tbh

[@jabbahut755]

the_edgy _carrot Titanfall 2 selling poorly came down to shitty timing on EAs part with all the other titles that arrived at the same time.

[@crowfather3838]

so classic EA then

[@Evan-qb6vr]

Browser Junior too bad the pioneer of look boxes is EA in madden ultimate team. Easy to spend 1000+ on that bullshit

[@pick8108]

My favorite thing they added in the combat was the adapting mid battle by the orc captains. It made you adapt to the situation on the fly and made it more challenging. I always love these reviews and hope they keep coming out.

[@Jakc-zk8kh]

It is kinda annoying when they adapt to almost everything if you've only been vaulting or what not but it's still a cool feat

[@angepange4942]

But then everytime an orc survives he forgets what he adapted to in the previous battle

[@JS-ox7lw]

To be honest you have to be pretty bad at the game to think to yourself “I have to buy loot boxes to speed this up” you don’t. At the end of the game you just level up six guys and do all of the sieges

[@Jakc-zk8kh]

Literally all you have to do is buy certain defenses and dominate enemy capitans and shadow wars is completely trivialized

[@GAMNGgeek]

I got the true ending in about 10 hours, without buying the loot boxes. They were seriously unnecessary

[@blankyjae3316]

Kevin Kirby probably talking about playing from the start of the shadow wars and not from the beginning of the game

[@HollowBagel]

Instead of loot crates, you could grow a pair and brand your enemies as they attack your fortress.

[@Jakc-zk8kh]

Instead of buying some loot crates why dont you brand some bitches?

[@blitzkrieg4689]

After all the updates and removal of loot boxes I easily recommend this game a solid 9 out of 10 a 10 if the story didn’t suck but the gameplay loop makes up for that big time

[@crusadetactician149]

The story is decent but moistcritical is right it's the weakest part of the game

[@ybfromoblock3381]

How exactly does the story suck?

[@sadthomas5067]

@@ybfromoblock3381 its just basic

[@toaster3980]

I had one Ork who wouldn't die I killed him over and over and over again until finally he didn't respawn, I felt like I lost a good friend that day.

[@JamesM.1776]

A new content deputy AND moist meter?? Kwanzaa came early this year.

[@TAKEYOURCREATINE]

Firstname Lastname and Dunkey on H3H3 podcast. Fuckin great week

[@GravityHurts8D]

That feel when you browse comments randomly and find someone with a username you use

[@jaradrichardsC137]

I got to the true ending no problem you DO NOT have to buy loot crates at all. If you're good at the game then you can brand all the captains no problem

[@Jakc-zk8kh]

If you really want to get better captains then online sieges almost always have op orcs

[@elnegromatapacos162]

We need a Moist Meter video about Moist Meters (Spoiler, it's going to be 100%).

[@tellmeninetails5819]

Eh I give it a 89% moisture. It's story is kinda bland and it's not at all family friendly which will get demonitised the moment before it's uploaded.

[@davidledbetter8095]

"Like the Skyrim horses but on purpose" oh my god

[@ryanklip24]

Glad to see you enjoyed it, for the most part. I'm a huge fan of LOTR and the first game and I cannot stop playing this one. Even though I haven't even noticed them, The lootboxes are annoying, yeah, but I think everything else about it is amazing (including the story, maybe I just get hyped easily by things like fighting all the Nazgul at once)

[@Jakc-zk8kh]

The first nazgul fight was so fucking awesome, replaying them now It's impossible to get hit but on my first play through they felt like the equivalent of the abyss watchers from ds3. I get nostalgia just thinking about my panic when they did that super easy to dodge slow ranged attack that I almost always fucked up. I only wished that they had more encounters like ambushing you in the open world or attempting to take a heide tower outside of story missions

[@AlexPBenton]

They’ve fixed the grind since then, so if anyone’s looking at this video wondering if they should buy it, the answer is yes :)

[@stacysaurusrex]

I enjoy these moist meters so much. Keep up the good work Charlie!

[@dank5thick66]

i didn't geth the deal with the true ending you finish the game then you become a badass with the new ring and you play it some more and you ghet the true ending. .. why is anybody bitching about having to play the game its a f...* game you buy it to play

[@OmarJoseph]

Thank God u liked the gameplay, this is by far one of my favorite games of all time, I had so much fucking fun when I first tried .

[@justinmallon5978]

I'm really only buying this game for the fortress battles

[@NatexWarrior]

Going to be a little disappointed

[@Smoke393]

I hope you have a disposable income.

[@Sigefreadthebulmunk]

Good luck. You cant defend in online mode and the story will only throw about 6 defense missions your way. So you gotta start over every time you run out if you like those. Assults are ok. But get a bit samey after your 5th or 6th one. Its the same as versing the computer in story but with hand picked orks rather than rando's. It's a good game, but its simmiler to playing the old school ps2 starwars battlefront games if you didn't have online support. Bots are fine, but you kinda hit a saturation point ya know? Other than that its a pretty dece game. Though I'd wait for it to come down in price a bit.

[@Sigefreadthebulmunk]

Yes and no. It runs into a lot of the same problems as the first one. Storywise its pacing is much better. But OG final fantasy had better pacing than the first one to be honest so Its not a terribly high bar. But still the story was fun and the gameplay was enough to drag me through the slower parts of the story. Gameplay wise i would say its better over all. But there are some weird areas where the game is worse for what feels like no real reason. You have more diversity of powers and upgrade slots mean that you don't end up the exact same as every other time you play. Which you think would lead to better replayability, but certain sections of the game are super grindy. The final act being the most notable example of this. And thats cool the first time you play it. But even having different builds dosn't give enough replay value to go through those bits unless you are planning to steamroll them with loot boxes. (This isn't a knock against lootboxes the practice does suck but the game is perfectly finishable without them. But its very grindy and tedious process that isn't worth doing on a second playthrough) But some powers feel weaker though thats probably an effect of some of the newer powers being MUCH stronger. At a certain point in the story I honestly stopped using some of the really cool skills from the first game cause they felt terribly weak compared to some of the late game skills you get in this one. And I feel the first one did a better job of keeping the old skills relivent. Honest answer. I'd pick it up at redbox for a console hammer out the story in a day or 3 just so you can get your personal nemisis stories out of the game (Still the best part of the game and its much better with follower autonomy and the betrayls and stuff) And maybe pick it up on steam in a year or so when its on an 80 percent sale or so.

[@Zapiii69]

Rip Az -Laar The Demolisher, he will be missed...

[@ohmielevisope4237]

Shadow of war is so much fun like holy shit, everyone should get this game.

[@whitehellfire8552]

Towed the end you really don’t need to buy loot boxes I’d assume his orcs maybe died a lot and if that happens you would need to recruit more orcs that help you defend your fortresses and the loot boxes give you orcs but no I don’t think it warrants loot box purchases but this really doesn’t matter as now they’ve removed loot boxes so

[@pkashp2]

Just had a fantastic fight with a Warchief, easily the most theatrical setup I've seen with a very soap opera plot that evolved completely from the Nemesis system. Anywhore, I had converted this warchief's 3 bodyguards, and they lured him out to the wilderness for me to assassinate. Fun, little predictable, but whatevs. We grinded him down, then I grabbed him and figured out he was too high a level to convert, so I chose to fight him to the death. The warchief decides to run instead. At the exact moment this was going down, my current nemesis showed up to take Bodyguard #3 hostage. I had to choose between saving my guy and going after the warchief. I decided to rescue my guy, but Bodyguard #1 shot his boss in the back for me, so I got both victories, and in my head I decided to promote Bodyguard #1 to warchief right then. Neat, but here's where it gets interesting. Bodyguard #3 decides to be terrified and run. Whatever, I still have #1 and #2. I still have the nemesis to take down, so I swing my sword at him, then I get a nasty comment from Bodyguard #1 about how I could murder the warchief all willy nilly, but that nemesis was his blood brother, and Bodyguard #1 wasn't ok with my revenging the shit out of his ass. So now it's me/#2 vs. #1/Nemesis. It was like a scene out of a soap opera, I was blown away, especially cause I knew that wasn't like a scripted thing, things just happened to play out like that. Very cool. tl;dr this game is a soap opera, and it's fantastic.

[@CakyCaktus]

ahahahah this is fantastic

[@SkorpTS]

It's good to see developers making their game worse for the sake of money. That shows us where their priorities lie.

[@dylangreen192]

The developers don't want to put that crap in the game. The publishers make them.

[@CrazyNinja60]

Poetic Abomination I mean duh? It’s a company, their sole purpose is to make money.

[@awesomeface6]

"developers" U dumb as shit nigga lmaooooo

[@TomTomChannelable]

Poetic Abomination the game is not really worse because of lootboxes... i mean... they are there yeah but... fck 'em ya know? ... just don't bother

[@backgroundcharacter4099]

They sure didn't fight back all they do is let the publishers take the heat.

[@jerrydronenberg312]

Putting this here from the future. They removed loot crates and any transactions whatsoever. The endgame grind has been reduced.

[@haruttatulyan4591]

One of my favorite things from Shadow of Mordor was the incredibly beautiful environment that the devs created, and I think I was just disappointed to see how much this one lacks in graphics. I think I'm just going to wait until it either goes on sale or they update the graphics or maybe create an HD dlc. We'll see

[@henrytims4745]

Some people seemed to love the grind, as an endless mode was added at fan request.

[@Gabriel38196]

>buying lootcrates in a single player game >not pirating the game and then using cheat engine to get as many as you want

[@gewishworm4724]

I'd say the story can't survive without it's connection to the entire Middle-Earth Lore. like yeah talion and his story is pretty basic and non of the missions throughout the game aren't the most exciting (except for Sieging Fortresses) unless you understand the broader context of the game. I thought it was really cool how they made Islidur into a Nazgul only for Talion to release him from his imprisonment, Celebrimbor Betrays him and so he's takes the ring for himself and retakes Minas Morgul and defends Gondor before ultimately the Ring takes control of him, then it's also mentioned by Shelob that he was on of the Nazgul to have been sent to the shire to find Frodo, Tying both stories together.

[@marcommj]

The true ending took me max 3 days, taking it slow only playing around 6 hours those days because I was addicted as hell. Never spent a dime. This game easily a 85% for me

[@amasterofdisaster6842]

Glad I'm getting ads on your videos Cr1tikal. Whether you need the revenue or not its nice to know im supporting your content.

[@brodiecooper4986]

Jeez I had no idea this review was so bad. The game was amazing, and it’s only gotten better over time. The grind isn’t bad at all, and incase you were wondering the orcs you made yourself were always better than the orcs out of the boxes. The game actually punished those who spent money ironically😅. Dude slacked hard on this review

[@bigstew5467]

Exactly. I did the shadow wars before they shortened it and never spent a dime and died a few times and only lost a few orcs. The orcs I lost I other replaced with one of the orcs that killed him during the siege or bought a chest with the in game currency that you can earn super easily to get training orders to beef up a replacement. A total tragedy that this gem got buried over totally unjustifiable hate.

[@coldbacon4869]

Watching vids in 360p had become an achievement for me

[@mistersnuggles2546]

I found the story to be good, especially the end. 60% of the story is build up for the great ending. And also you played with controller and on like 20 fps, lol. The game looks great for me, the graphics are fantastic in my opinion.

[@supplespecimen725]

I didn’t think the grind was too long at all, it felt natural

[@TheAUTcheker]

WE WUZ GONDOR N'SHEEEIT

[@jayinthekut8389]

AustrianKronos corny

[@akuta7208]

I bought the definitive edition of this recently on steam for $13 and the first thing the game told me when it booted was that all microtransactions were removed permanently and it's instead an in game grind system. I loved shadow of mordor and this game is fire as well

[@kobywill4170]

I felt upset when he said who would sit 50 hours to see the true ending....because I did 😞

[@trill_mvnny2879]

i’m not even mad about it 🙂 i think i have around 43 hours in the game or something. side quests were great. and you really don’t need legendary loot like that

[@Gothicer13]

In terms of the combat and the nemesis system, are there really a lot of new things? Because from what I saw, the combat was exactly the same as the first game but with the addition of a badly animated heavy attack, and the only real difference to the nemesis system is that you can actually make an army of Orcs now.

[@pinheadious]

have you guys tried cuphead on expert god that shits so fucking hard completely irrelevant i know but eh what are ya gonna do

[@dankwojak3689]

I'm like 140% through the game. Expert is tough

[@SarudeDanstorm]

Respectfully, I don't get everyone's fascination with seemingly another 2D platformer nowadays. For its difficulty I can kind of understand, but why not play Dark Souls at that point.

[@pinheadious]

Sarude Danstorm already played all three of them :/ also i fucking love 2d platformers as it is anyway, but i guess i can see why you wouldn’t enjoy it

[@pinheadious]

Dank Wojak did you have a lot of trouble with hilda berg on expert or was it just me?

[@4-U-CITYGIRL]

sparkly_donuts Play Bloodborne my guy

[@tgramz4239]

“I once spent $100 on a brass pocket trumpet that I didnt know how to play and still dont know how to play. But it was on sale and I felt like I was losing money by not buying it.” Perfectly describes my issues with saving money.

[@Flyspit187]

I never bought any loot crates and i got some of the best gear in game but i can see people's frustration

[@rados1aw]

I dont really know why people say the last ending is so hard to get. If you know what you are doing u can do it in like 6 or so hours which I did. It really isn't that hard.

[@darthguy4224]

Shadow wars was much longer when the game was released

[@coopercow25]

I got the true ending pretty quickly and without any loot boxes

[@FreddieMercurytheSharkWrestler]

Charlie, you’re adding to the fear mongering that these reviewers have caused. The true ending doesn’t take 50 hours to get, hell it takes maybe 10. The reviewers are rushing their reviews trying to get them out ahead of each other to get the most views, hence why they get mopped by the game since they didn’t actually bother to upgrade their shit every once in a while. The Lootboxes don’t belong in the game at all but it’s an over exaggeration when you say it feels like you have to buy it. I’ve played 20 hours and I’ve yet to look once at them. If anything, they’re tacked on with barely an effect on the game. The stuff you can get from them are actually weaker than what you’d get in the game just from playing.

[@guamish7593]

Freddie Mercury the loot boxes are like shop keepers items in the Diablo series: good now but will be useless as soon as you fight a good enemy

[@ryanklip24]

Freddie Mercury thank you. It's basically Mass Effect: Andromeda all over again with people making assumptions without actually playing.

[@gz7006]

" The true ending doesn’t take 50 hours to get, hell it takes maybe 10. " " I’ve played 20 hours " 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 Stop defending anti-consumer practices.

[@DiamondMinerDJC00]

+Just Another Videoless Channel I think he means the entire amount of time that he's had in-game, not how long he's tried at getting the true ending.

[@NinjaGas24]

Freddie Mercury but there shouldn't be a grind at all just to end the story 🤔🤔🤔

[@Nazgul100]

I would never betray you Charlie.

[@thanoxyn1]

I was already dissapointed when full completing the first game earned a grand total of nothing, so I held off on this one.

[@torinstremlau3245]

It took me like 5 hours without LBS to get the true ending, so I'm fine with that

[@tonyluong6732]

plus the nemesis system is the main reason I bought this game and lbs just ruin it entirely

[@darthguy4224]

Bruh they made it so the shadow wars lasted three stages and also removed the loot boxes three years ago so it’s not that hard

[@comicalcore6225]

I watched this like 6 months ago and I never realized this was the “can’t trust clouds” (my favorite meme) guy.

[@Jay-xj7sw]

This dude describing Talion's climbing had me cracking up.

[@shushuva]

Loot crates were removed and the grind was extremely shortend game is really cool and I would personally highly recommend it

[@patrickjin6610]

Shadow of moisture

[@Dylan-bc2po]

Im fine with penguinzs opinion but these comments with people saying it took 10 hours to get the true ending bruh. It only took me 2 hours to get the true ending on Nemesis difficulty. Stop saying it took you ages and play the damn game.

[@cryptox1469]

They fixed it. Before you had to do 20 missions, now 5

[@rasengdori13]

"The game doesn't look good" That's because you played a WB game on PC. *Have you seen their track record with this platform?!*

[@InterestEPC]

The sad thing is almost all of the criticism of loot boxes here can be applied to microtransactions in general. It's almost always shitty to pay up to super-skip through a grindfest. Loot boxes seem more like the next step in terms of applying awful, predatory business practices since it adds a layer of frustrating randomness that almost certainly reeks of psychological manipulation. ...And as always, stuff like this can be done right or wrong, just like microtransactions before it.

[@dr.kinderman5290]

I wasn't going to buy this game before, but your reassurance that loot boxes don't ruin the game totally put this game back in the maybe category

[@slenderminion2229]

I am so incredibly glad that I never had to deal with the stupid loot crate system because they had removed it by the time I got to play the game. I had a splendid time.

[@bluemonke9008]

True ending took me 5 hours

[@dickson6146]

ya its easy, 0.00 cents spent on lootboxes

[@tyrannyyo]

I'm glad you liked it during the stream

[@Slayerkey]

The combat system is the same as shadow of mordor

[@OldBurnzy]

Slayerkey if its not broke dont fix it

[@CrazyNinja60]

your point

[@Necrapocalypse]

How about "other games had done the same combat system better when the first game came out, so it could definitely have been improved" That a good point? What he said is something I like to hear before I buy a sequel game.

[@Vanlens]

Honestly how is that a bad thing.

[@Slayerkey]

Yaxion I never said it was bad

[@SlabOfSteak]

wow you made this fast! was just watching your stream where you said you hadn't made a proper opinion yet

[@sizenplace4554]

Wdym? The graphics are really good.

[@thecockneyterritory4869]

They really aren’t. Look at other games

[@tameoregano5006]

@@thecockneyterritory4869 what other games are better? Around the time this came out?

[@coopercow25]

I never even knew about the loot boxes

[@RacingSnails64]

"He's like the Skryim horses, but on purpose." fucking legendary

[@KenLinx]

When he mentioned that he could climb everything, it was clear that he never played Breath of the Wild. In fact, I don't think he even has a Switch. Get a Switch and do a moist meter on Mario Odyssey when it comes out! They're not that hard to find anymore.

[@aodtonix]

Piracy it is then.

[@jackfoulsham9926]

scapegoaaat Definitely agree.

[@hotdogboxd]

already been cracked by codex. 98 gigs though.

[@Hanfgurkenhasser]

98? Not worth the time downloading.

[@lorenzosp8566]

just wait for a repack. I am sure Fitgirl or Corepack are already working on it

[@mattyice2099]

Arrrrg walk de plank

[@-TPLT]

Brûz the Chopper stole more than the E3 audience's eyes. Can't blame him, I do like his style.

[@travn3r]

I refuse to buy a game with a trash loot box grind system

[@Nend4]

Travn3r well get ready to stop playing games because from what im seeing is most games are gonna have loot boxes weather you like it or not

[@tylergable8328]

The loot boxes are worthless anyway

[@taylorgreniger5961]

I don't believe you.

[@TheNotshauna]

Easy just pirate it, it was cracked earlier today.

[@personguy6517]

I do too. Some people may call you a dumbass for doing so, but it's called voting with your wallet if you don't want to support it then don't support it. Why give money to things you don't support? Maybe people have become mindless drones who will give their money to practices like this then defend them, but some of us want the gaming industry to get better and the only way to do that is to hit the companies where it hurts, their earnings.

[@Milton2k]

I was expecting this rating, coming from you even with the loot boxes I guess I'll get it. I really liked SOM.

[@owendarkhome86]

They took away the micro-transaction system entirely due to community feedback. I’m glad I didn’t buy this game until they got rid of that shit.

[@bread9923]

I know this is late but I respect that they took criticism and got rid of it.

[@myroflcoptergosoisoi]

>Isn't willing to grind a game >Plays Old School RuneScape Breh.

[@TheMasterOfCornedy]

Grinding? Cheat engine. Hotel? Trivago

[@MrBones-cu1vi]

Straiden this man gets it although I fucking that you can edit the urks entirely

[@Rurike]

I feel like the orc captains are a mixed bag, you come across a dozen or so that are so iconic and full of character that they immediately stand out even among the hundreds you encounter, sadly this seems like a bit of an exception as so many you find dont stand out at all or only have a bit of an interesting costume, and I cant help but feel this is because of the loot boxes, needing to have so many types and varieties meant having a lot of cookie cutter orcs.

[@TheMasterMind144]

The first game was pretty much littered with these generic orcs whose title didn't reflect their personality, looks or abilities, and had very few truly unique orcs yet didn't have any kind of microtransactions. Not all orcs need to stand out, at least in terms of personality, if you want to have a varied experience.

[@bigmantyrone199]

Clicked on this vid knowing how much he would complain on micro transactions.

[@joshuakim5240]

However, unlike most people, he actually goes over the redeeming parts of the game as well and makes a fair assessment.

[@kosherkingofisrael6381]

BIG MAN TYRONE Its nice that Monolith is attenpting to remove them. Idk how WB wil respond to it tho.

[@theoblivian7]

I'm personally going to wait for a price drop first, $80 CAD is ridiculous.

[@newgoldenfork2945]

I got through the shadow wars in 27 hours and I played this offline so I couldn't get the loot boxes I did do it on normal

[@thewwefan57]

There's probably a scientist put there who's researching about actual moisture and always bumps into Charlie's videos

[@forceripper]

I really fucking hate how everyone is emphasizing that the loot boxes are "necessary" to beat the game. They fucking aren't, the loot in the game is way better than any of the shit you get from buying the boxes. Also for those saying to vote with your wallet, why the fuck does it matter? The company is gonna get money anyways, and I believe the people who made this game deserve recognition for such an amazing game.

[@acbthr3840]

I think you many not understand the concept of voting with your wallet. The whole point is that the company doesnt get your money.

[@Dovahkiif]

xBLADENIGHTx that's a pretty dumb excuse, all aboard the bandwagon even if it's shitty

[@MiauFrito]

It doesn't matter... the only reason they put the loot boxes in is to exploit people who don't have good judgement

[@fuggast5651]

For the shadow wars, I didn't spend a dime. I didn't grind. I simply weakened attacking captains enough to break them, domimate them, use them to break warcheifs, dominate enough of them, and there i have a huge army. It's a really good strategy and worked really well for me.

[@PAXperMortem]

Is it just me or does this game look much worse than its predecessor" I remember being able to see each individual drop of blood in amazing detail back when using Shadow of Mordor's photo mode.

[@johntodd6413]

the grind at the end could of been more entertaining. if it were I wouldn't mind the grind

[@realbillyjoe9974]

Now thats a lot of moisture right there!

[@st0nedsenseless199]

I personally spent upwards of 100 hours in this game (most of it just fucking around) and I don’t regret anything, this game is pretty fun at the end of the day.

[@bobbyflay2391]

I love this game is amazing

[@NitewyndRain]

I mean, you can just Leave Mission during the fortress grinds and retake them. Not to mention you literally can't lose a fortress defense unless you die. Likewise, you can go in totally alone in an attack and still win if you don't die. It's not really a grind at all, for that matter.

[@dabagonsmith]

Will no longer be buying or supporting any game that uses the lootbox system. It's a cancer practice and if it continues then it will only get worse. Free to play games get kind of a pass if the boxes or microtransactions don't affect the balance of the game.

[@spicydert]

dabagonsmith I think that Overwatch does the lootboxes thing perfectly, all cosmetic, nothing that really changes the balance of the game or gives players who do buy the lootboxes an unfair advantage.

[@ExtraKanin]

my girlfriend bought me the gold edition as a birthday gift and i feel so bad. 1st day dlc, you kidding me? and the bonus equip i got was fucking shit i changed them in just half an hour. not worth it. shit like these makes me just wanna pirate instead cuz usually they ain't worth the money

[@comeoncarl5616]

dabagonsmith Then you are not gonna be buying many games, lootboxes are everywhere now, and companies aren't gonna stop if they keep getting money (which they always will be) so honestly I would just not buy the loot boxes and play the game to have fun.

[@SaintMarianne]

Hopefully they’ll hear the criticism and make the grind a little less tedious, it’s the only thing holding me back at this point

[@alexanderforbes1452]

Sounds like the first game, nemesis system is awesome, the orcs are cool, the combat is smooth and fun, but the story's kind of shit. The story was easily the weakest thing from the first game, but I didn't mind too much because the nemesis system and the enjoyable gameplay made up for it. If it's the same situation here then I'm in, I'll ignore the MTs, as I don't really care about the story I don't give a shit about a true ending. All I was waiting to see if it was pay to win, if you had to pay to get through the game then I would have been pissed and stayed away from this one.

[@ReturnTheSlab932]

Alexander Forbes the combat and powers have been positively expanded on, and riding fucking dragons needs no explanation hahaha, definitely worth it

[@SuperArppis]

It is either grind to win or pay to win if you want to see the true ending. So for some people it is.

[@tellmeninetails5819]

replace loot boxes with dlc.

[@nathaniel106]

While the story for this game is still lukewarm, it's definitely a pretty big improvement from the first

[@joshuakim5240]

+SuperArppis But the odd thing about SoW is...well...grinding is ironically the most fun part of the game. All of those quirky weirdo enemies with their obnoxiously OP perks making you strategize, stalk, and whittle them down as they slowly becoming more and more powerful is more fun than one would expect. There's nothing quite like setting up and ambush, only that ambush to get ambushed and when you come in to save your buddy, another ambush happens and then calling your bodyguard results in yet another ambush just to make things an even bigger clusterfuck.

[@Boba19423O]

It’s basically Arkham but assassins creed with extra depth and lord of the rings

[@EricCartmanIsInYourBed]

I know this is 6 years later but the market has officially been removed