re: Shadow of War: who here is planning on getting it in two days?

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I think this game is pretty overrated.

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I disagree. I think it is rated where it should be. Great fun combat with the new twist being the Sieges which are fun and at times stressful. Story is better than the first game but it goes off the rails at the end. Especially the final ending where it just inexplicably jumps to an unsatisfying conclusion.

Without the loot crap it would be a solid 9 out of 10. However, the loot crap does drop the final rating. Not because you have to use or pay for the loot boxes but the entire Shadow War 20 sieges was just tacked onto the game to try and force folks to buy the loot boxes. The Shadow War doesn't fit into the plot in any way. Almost like they had a completed game and the bean counters said "add loot boxes and hide a weak ending at the end."

I had a 9 of 10 fun playing the game but knowing how shitty the loot boxes are, I would drop the rating down for the average player to 7 out of 10.

I would also tell people to skip the shadow war and just watch the final clip online. Or maybe play a few rounds of the war then hop over to youtube to watch the finale. The sieges are fun but 20 in row is just too much tacked on at the end. I still had as much fun as I can get out of a game. Just felt a bit cheap at the end and they really didn't know how to bridge this game with Lord of the Rings. Big fail on story meshing with LOTR.

I didn't mind most of the poetic license they took with the story, just didn't like the HUGE jump they made at the very end.