Middle Earth: Shadow of War Leaked

"Well it looks like the rumored sequel to Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor has been leaked early by Target. An image and description showed up on the site’s page today which you can see below."

[BlakHavoc]

Oh hell yes!! One of my favorite games this gen so far, I want to see how they expand on the nemesis system.

[MVGeneral]

Awesome. Shadow of mordor was a very fun game to play.

[nX]

Surprisingly good actually. Can't wait for the sequel, day1 for me.

[fungusar]

It is last gen game

[BlakHavoc]

I'm pretty sure it came out for PS4

[robtion]

Wrong. There was an inferior last gen port with a neutered nemesis system but the main game and development team worked on the PS4/XB1.

[Palitera]

No, it was ported to the last gen without all the features. It is not even cross gen, since old consoles couldn't even run it with all its features.

[foxdie2k15]

It is current gen i have it for ps4

[XanderZane]

Came out for PS4 and XB1. Was a great game to play. The controls were really nice. I still need to finish it.

[Imalwaysright]

To me its the only game that can truly be qualified as next gen in this entire generation.

[BlackTar187]

@imalwaysright

I'm begging you to elaborate on your comment.

[Imalwaysright]

@ Blacktar

It's the only game that did something revolutionary that we had not seen before and wasn't possible to achieve on last gen consoles: nemesis system. All the other games that I played this gen could be made on last gen consoles if the graphical fidelity was toned down. In short I've been playing last gen games with better graphical fidelity.

I started gaming in the SNES/Megadrive era and I've experienced true revolutions in each generation until this one that changed how we play our games. I don't consider better graphical fidelity to be a next gen experience because it's the obvious thing you'll get due to better hardware.

I also don't consider fish AI, chest hair and ants running around as something that qualifies as a next gen experience. Those are the kind of details that do nothing where to me where it truly matters: gameplay mechanics or how we play our games.

[destroyerz1]

I enjoyed the gameplay in the first one, but for me the story, characters and "final boss" is very very mediocre. I hope this sequence brings several improvements in this sense.

[_-EDMIX-_]

I actually agree I never really cared for those overly wannabe political type games.

I never really even cared for what was going on with the whole War stuff I think the gameplay in the combat was just so amazing I did like the cutscenes and I like how the narrative was told I just didn't really care for the specifics.

The combat and the gameplay was just absolutely amazing in that game and I just want more of that

[BlakHavoc]

Ya the gameplay was superb. Story was lacking for sure. Hopefully they've added more rpg elements and created a much better story.

[UnHoly_One]

I thought the story was excellent, and I loved the characters.

The guy who voiced the main character and the wraith both did a spectacular job.

One of my favorite games this gen for sure.

[FalloutWanderer2077]

@UnHoly_One - The entire cast was great and full of high profile voice actors. Troy Baker as Talion and Nolan North as The Black Hand of Sauron. Jennifer Hale, John DiMaggio, Laura Bailey, Alastair Duncan, Brian Bloom (Voiced B.J. Blakowitz in Wolfenstein TNO/TOB) Let's hope the sequel is great as well.

[joab777]

That's the key! I hope it has evolved quite a bit. Also, I hope more customization etc. has been added. Open world games have had the bar raised quite a bit so we will see.

[Maxor]

The Nemesis system was simply brilliant and to this day, still unmatched. Considering how quickly gameplay concepts are copied from game to game I'm amazed that nobody managed to replicate this in their title.

I cant' wait to see what they'll do next.

[Vegamyster]

Great game but i hope they make the main mission areas/objectives more interesting, that was my only big gripe with the game.

[oof46]

Fighting one captain and then having 2 or 3 more join the battle was always nail biting.

[KingKionic]

Wow this came outta nowhere. Shadow of Mordor was a great surprise when it come out. I wasnt even in to lord of the rings and it was very enjoyable. I hate that we didnt get a surprise reveal but im hyped now.

[zivtheawesome]

notvreally a surprise, WB teased a new game for a month now, BTW by the new leak it'll come this june.

[KingKionic]

Oh i haven't been keeping up with WB teases. This year is looking pretty stellar. Summer release i can dig it.

[BlakHavoc]

That would be awesome, I'd literally have an awesome game to play for the first 6 months of the year. That's insane!

[Lilrizky]

June? doesn't the listing say August?

[Summons75]

Awesome, hope they pull back on the open world more and concentrate on the story. The nemesis system was amazing but the story disappeared in how big the world was and by the time you took out all the grunts they were replaced so rising up the ranks took forever. Keep it open world but don't forget about the story, that is what LOTR was created for. Still excited to see what they do with this. Hopefully, something completely new after LOTR or have the story take place during The Hobbit era or even before like the original War over the Ring.

[CorndogBurglar]

Well from the picture it looks like the same character and he's still binded to the ghost of the guy that created the rings. So I'm pretty sure it will be a continuation of the last game...

[PlayableGamez-]

Oh shit!
It's on...

[rigo8582]

Oh hell yeah that is a day one buy for me. Shadow of Mordor was hands down my favorite game of 2014.

[bluefox755]

Always thought it was weird they never announced a sequel for that game, since it pretty well. Wonder how long they've been working on it.

[20live]

Jesus

[zivtheawesome]

first was pretty fun but was pretty flawed. hope this builds upon the strong points of mordor (gameplay and nemesis).
also why call it "shadow of war" instead of "war of mordor"

[morganfell]

Because this may refer to a secret war not seen by many that fought in the main battles. Shadow of Mordor wasn't about Helm's Deep sized conflicts.

[zivtheawesome]

yea but mordor is much more recognizable than shadow of... well their desicion.

[morganfell]

And Middle earth is more recognizable than Mordor. Trust me I know...

http://imgur.com/a/mQEon

and if you look close at the description it says "Go behind the lines..." This is irregular warfare. Guerrilla tactics not a large head on battle.

[Legatus]

Hell yeah !!
First one was awesome

[SweetLeafSmoker]

Nice. Shadow of Mordor put LOTR games back on the map!

[WeAreLegion]

While I agree, I wish it actually felt like LOTR. Books. Movies. It didn't feel like anything from Middle Earth.

[morganfell]

Some people say this because they only know the Hobbit - the new trilogy is a far cry from the book and I like both - or they know the The Lord of the Rings in book or film. They are not familiar with the much more massive Complete History of Middle Earth, Children of Hurin, Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle Earth, Tales From The Perilous Realm, or The Silmarillion. There is so much more to be told in Middle Earth. Yes they took some license with the forging of the Rings as well as the loss of the One Ring but it does have many elements on point with only a few to make you shudder.

[Blu3_Berry]

Sweet. The first game was enjoyable, but a bit short. I hope they expand on the story and maybe more variety of missions. Would also like more enemy variation.

[madmonkey01]

nice

[monkey602]

Delighted by this. Shadow of Mordor was amazing. Couldn't understand the nemesis system not being used again

[Thunder_G0d_Bane]

Wooooo hype train!!!

I loved SoM! Definitely one of the top 5 games of this gen!

[-Foxtrot]

I wonder if they'll be able to set this after the films. Not as fun story wise when you know how the Lord of the Rings saga ends.

[TheGoodestBoi]

Hell yeah shadow of mordor was the first game I was like yeah this is next gen baby. To be fair tho I played that before Infamous

[AnubisG]

I still need to finish the first one.

[KaoSouL]

ABOUT TIME!!!

[MasterCornholio]

Well I got the platinum for the 1st one so I'll be looking forward to this title.

[FullmetalRoyale]

Same here! It was a fun platinum, too.

[Kallisti]

The first one was like the Assassin's Creed, Batman: Arkham & God of War series in a blender, looking forward to the sequel

[Relientk77]

Oh I am so getting this. The first was so fun

[IamTylerDurden1]

I was actually slightly disappointed in the narrative and gameplay of the original, but a sequel is intriguing. Supposedly Mordor is nicely enhanced on PS4 Pro.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I'm still waiting on these guys to make Condemned 3. I've been waiting since 2008 to find out about the damn cure. I tried Shadow of Mordor with high hopes but died alot so I gave up.

[Majin-vegeta]

Stealth is your best assest

[Deadpooled]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand the E3 leaks begin!

[WelkinCole]

WB games have been publishing some pretty good games lately.

[Mithan]

Last one was boring for me, but had some cool ideas.

[Hardiman]

Freaking great news!

[GrubsterBeater]

F$#@ YEAH!!! This just made my entire night. Lol

[Perjoss]

No big surprise here, the original was really good fun, had a fantastic nemesis system, it got good reviews and sold well. The recent PS4 Pro support for the original was also a big hint that there was more coming from this series.

[Eiffel]

Hopefully they don't rush it toward the end like the last one. All that build up to that final boss and they make it a QTE event. Such a wasted character.

[mastiffchild]

Totally right. While I don't subscribe to ALL QTEs being bad I must say that the last boss in SoM was a bad, bad let down. He'll, if they'd even done the old GoW thing where you basically earn the QTE by to all intents and purposes already winning the fight they'd have been okay but it was literally three QTEs.

That , and one other weak ass boss fight more where's Wally than video game battle, aside the original was a very classy game. The Nemesis system worked and was legitimately new and combat was a fabulous hybrid of the best bits of already good systems. Top cast, decent story(plus a few liberties with source material) and colour me interested in the sequel. Should be good if they polish out the few flaws.

[conanlifts]

Excellent to hear. It was such a good game.

[RedPill86]

Just don't add crap time trials. Work a little on the story. Fine tune the already good combat. Got yourself a winner.

[Traingamez]

awesome.... lol...still feel like I have so much to do in the first one!

[gedden7]

I lived the first!!! Love the combat and strategy! I can't wait for this one

[DafunkyRebel]

Shadow of Mordor was fun at first but then it got hella boring and repetitive, so I don't know if this is any better or if it will get worst

[opinionated]

Im not big into lord of the rings but I liked the first game a lot. It will be interesting to see how they tweaked with those systems.

[ZombieGamerMan]

Do we ever stop and ask ourselves do we do ourselves a disservice in posting these leaked pictures and ruining what would have been a cool surprise? Could you all imagine if last year before E3 someone leaked that Hideo Kojima was revealing a game with Norman Reedus in it, that moment he came down and showed us Death Stranding wouldn't be special

[opinionated]

You can avoid spoilers but you can't get away from leaked reveals. You can't stop it on our front. Why doesn't rockstar or many others have leaks? They are on top of their shit. They probably don't trust the idiots at Target with such information.

[jznrpg]

Cool, I liked the first one but there's a lot they can make better.

[ZombieGamerMan]

So are these games canon in LOTR lore? Or are they not and we can expect a game where Sauron shows up in back armor and Talion fights him on top of a valcano mountain top.

[WeAreLegion]

Hard to say. You'd have to ask the Tolkien estate. Christopher refuses to acknowledge the best films ever made though. So, I doubt he'd recognize games.

[goatking]

I doubt it, there was no way this happened before lord of the rings.

[Harmy666]

That's what really let these games down for me.

I loved these games, but they are not canon.

Celebrimbor was an Elf, and went to the Halls of Mandos. Very few Elves returned from here, and they most certainly could not be summoned back...

Plus, the books never mentioned a garrison of Gondor at the Black Gate. In fact, the Rangers of Ithilien patrolled a strip of land a few days' journey south of the Gate.

There are also article in the games that detail Celebrimbor forging the One Ring with Sauron. However this was not the case. The One Ring was forged in secret.

There are many more points I can make. But this does not take away from the fact that Shadow of Mordor, was a bloody great game!

TL;DR: No

[ZeekQuattro]

Can't wait. The original was very well done.

[microgenius]

shadow of mordor is one of top 5 games this gen Imo
cant wait for the sequel

[Sm3000]

Nice, this unofficially ushered in the new gen. I remember being wowed by this. I hope the make the sequels map more robust since the first one was a little barren. I get that mordor was the setting, but they can do more

[PrinceOfAnger]

Let's Hunt some Orcas!

[Harmy666]

Orcas?

What did those majestic whales ever do to you?

[CandarianGaming]

Hell yeah, bring it on

[JonahFalcon]

It's the only open world game in the last few years that I could stand, and that includes GTA.

[MilkMan]

Let's make this happen. One of my favorites!

[ItMatters]

This is a Xbox play anywhere game, awesome.

[goatking]

It was also announced for a scorpio version as well

[BlackTar187]

nice,

was a very good game.

[Good-Smurf]

This is completely off topic but,how long does the Shenmue 3's slacker backer campaign last?
I still want to fund that game next month.

[Harmy666]

I really did enjoy SoM. Hopefully SoW will add to the pros and eliminate the few cons it had.

One thing it will not be able to amend though is the fact that Celebrimbor (the Wraith inside of Talion) did not create The Ring. The Ring was created in secret. Celebrimbor is said to have some part of the design of the Ring, but he most certainly did not forge it, like shown in the trailer.

Shame these games aren't canon really...