#ShadowOfWarStruggles: Just started playing Shadow of War after finishing Shadow of Mordor and I’m already fed up with those pesky orcs 🤦♂️. Do I really need to take a break in the middle of a fight to listen to recycled monologues from dead orcs? 🤷♂️ Can anyone relate? Let’s commiserate together! #OrcOverload #GamingWoes
I just recently went through Shadow of Mordor and collected everything. Just started Shadow of War and finished the first area and I can’t stand the fucking orcs. I’ll be in the middle of a mission or fighting a captain already and I’ll randomly get ambushed or have another captain just show up.
Okay, that’s fine.
But do I need to take a 30 second break in the middle of fighting 10+ enemies to listen to the same orc I killed 15 minutes ago recite the same monologue another orc I killed 30 minutes ago said to me.
You can’t skip them, just as you can’t pause cinematics, and while the rest of the game is an improvement in every way it seems, I just can’t stand the nemesis system in this game. 🎮👾
Who else is experiencing this frustration? Let’s vent together and share our thoughts on this polarizing gameplay feature! #ShareYourExperience #OrcsBeGone #GamerProblems 🤯🎮
Funny, I just platinumed shadow of war. It takes some getting used to but I loved both of those games shadow of war gets good once you get all your skills and stuff it’s good before that but can definitely be challenging
The interminable speeches can get annoying at times, but it’s surprising to hear it’s that big a deal for you. Overall the game is incredible.
Yeah, I felt the same way. I really wanted to like the second game, but couldn’t get into it for the reasons you specified
That was my experience too. Loved the first one tho!
I felt like there was no sense of exploration in Shadow of War. Like every 10 feet is a pile of orcs and like you said, you’ll get ambushed and listen to them talk shit over and over. It felt like a purely button mashing game.
I loved the first game, but I just could not get into the second game at all. Ive tried multiple times, and I just end up getting bored.
Its AAA-The Game. After you capture your first Fortress you have seen everything the Game has to offer.
I killed 1 orc in every way possible before, and he just kept coming back. He was shit. Scared of super easy things and weak to more. His one hood trait was the accuracy one. He finally died when I captured him, and he got replaced when I finished an area.
The idea of the game is a lot better than the execution. That’s a problem with a lot of overly praised games that people know the concept of that they really like but don’t actually play through.
There was a mod somewhere that makes it so the Orcs’ dialogue is replaced by the shortest one in-game: a brief scream/war cry that lasts about 2 seconds. I can’t find it to save my life but it’s there.
Also, there were some mods uploaded by an author named ReaperAnon that got pulled when he was banned. They allowed you to equip all the skills at once, like in Shadows of Mordor. That alone was worth a new playthrough for me.
If you can find those two, your QOL goes through the roof imo.
EDIT: I found them. I’ll make a new post and put them up there.
The combat really annoyed me. It has it fun moments, but sometimes you have to fight a captain with a shield who is immune to everything, so you either glave spam or dash spam behind it to kill it.
Or Captains who enrage and your only option is to dodge roll until it stops machine gun firing spears at you.
Plus, the endless intruptions from their dumb speeches.
Yeah, I didn’t play it much, as the whole open world where they overwhelm you with points of interest and sub-quests and collectables really killed any sense of exploring for me. Also, the ambushes and boss density felt like I was never making any progress on clearing out bad guys. The fact that they keep coming back to monologue again every 20 minutes also killed any sense of accomplishment. It made me feel like the only reason I was defeating bosses was to grind XP. I think they kind of over tuned their patented nemesis system to the point where it became completely uninteresting.
This happened to me when i first got it. I ended up putting the game down. A few months later I went back and got into it. I dotn know why the beginning feels so weird but you arent alone.
All dialogue and cut scenes should be skippable. Being forced to sit through them ruins the pacing and enjoyment for me.
I find I‘m just not interested in most video game stories or invested in the characters. I get some people like them, but those of us who just want to play should be all to enjoy the game how we want to.
Annoyed by their speeches?
All the more reason to use “Brutalize” to repeatedly stab and mutilate them to the point that it induces fear in any Orcs that witness it.
But one of them is Kumail Nanjiani, from Silicon Valley. Isn’t that cool? A celebrity orc from TV and movies.
Shadow of war isn’t as good. Everyone talks to much, has too much health, and the fighting isnt as fluid. The first game was snappier.
The first game orcs: “yargh I will eat your bones.”
The second game orcs: “alas by the will of eru illuvatar our paths meet again. But just as Melkor the harbinger of discord sang in the choir of creation, your destiny is that of doom. Prepare yourself son of man, for you are weak and your body will fail you against my blade.”
Well, sounds like you’re really enjoying that game! Just kidding, sounds like you’re not having the best time.
I like the shit talking orcs, and I rarely got the same speeches. Liked their personalities and names. Love the game. If not just a bit too easy sometimes. Still very fun.
I’m in the same boat. Really enjoyed the first one, but I just couldn’t stick to the second one. It was just too much…stuff. It felt like playing an Ubisoft game with a map full of icons, it eventually becomes a chore.
The game really opens up to more things after the first act or something. It’s one of the best sequels I’ve ever played.
This is what killed it for me. I couldn’t stand being interrupted regularly by orcs chewing the scenery with vaudevillian levels of rage. Don’t get me wrong I LOVE a good scenery chew. But every couple minutes starts to drag.
I just finished the main quest and I’m done with it, not even sure if I want to continue the expansions.
SoW was too big and packed with grinding and meaningless loot(even after removing all the microtransactions) for its own good.
SoM really hit the sweet spot with exploration, progression, and the Nemesis system.
Same I finished shadow of Mordor and never got through war , not even close
I’ll be honest. That part was my favorite thing of the game. The story was so boring that I only did it to advance to a new area. Building the army was so much more fun for me.