Moist Meter: Shadow of War

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  • Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
  • Middle Earth: Shadow of War (2017 Action / Role-playing video game), developed by Monolith Productions and Published by Warner Bros. Interactive Enertainment for Playstation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows, as reviewed by Charlie and Jackson.
    The Moist Meter is an experimental measurement system that you can use to safely gauge just how moist a video game or movie is going to be before playing it or viewing it. Avoid the dry products and only use the wettest.
    Moist Meter Scientists:
    Jackson: / zealotonpc
    Charlie: / moistcr1tikal

Комментарии • 927

  • @backseatpalace
    @backseatpalace 3 года назад +999

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

    • @firepitch5113
      @firepitch5113 3 года назад +27

      Free? Not free on ps store

    • @nakeysnakey6220
      @nakeysnakey6220 3 года назад +38

      Not free homie

    • @zeno4627
      @zeno4627 3 года назад +17

      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
      @yungchildsupport9372 2 года назад +6

      It’s an 8/10 at best

    • @backseatpalace
      @backseatpalace 2 года назад +7

      @@yungchildsupport9372 ok

  • @sammathis3578
    @sammathis3578 7 лет назад +931

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

  • @communisticus191
    @communisticus191 7 лет назад +601

    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
      @alikhaled653 3 года назад +1

      same

    • @goldmantis5850
      @goldmantis5850 3 года назад +14

      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
      @EgoCZ Год назад

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

    • @goldmantis5850
      @goldmantis5850 Год назад +7

      @@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
      @EgoCZ Год назад

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

  • @Svartalfgeist
    @Svartalfgeist 7 лет назад +436

    Microtransactions for offline games is some Black Mirror shit.

  • @guyofwarwick
    @guyofwarwick 7 лет назад +493

    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
      @FreddieMercurytheSharkWrestler 7 лет назад +71

      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
      @devinthomas6986 7 лет назад

      Moonium you can shun them and fight them

    • @RacingSnails64
      @RacingSnails64 7 лет назад

      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
      @dustinsaunders314 7 лет назад

      You can freindly battle yourself and fight them.

    • @shift1109
      @shift1109 7 лет назад +4

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

  • @SoraTheKobold
    @SoraTheKobold 2 года назад +130

    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
      @Jakc-zk8kh 2 года назад +2

      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

  • @amariwilliams6782
    @amariwilliams6782 6 лет назад +441

    I got the true ending without spending a dime

    • @schwarz8614
      @schwarz8614 4 года назад +10

      congrats on wasting your time

    • @PkPk-pg9bx
      @PkPk-pg9bx 4 года назад +67

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

    • @jedbowley7126
      @jedbowley7126 4 года назад +5

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

    • @kanabisjoey8759
      @kanabisjoey8759 4 года назад +2

      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
      @cwonincucumber1552 3 года назад +2

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

  • @browserjunior4707
    @browserjunior4707 7 лет назад +438

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

    • @daniela.t.thomas14
      @daniela.t.thomas14 7 лет назад +32

      Browser Junior and from that vomit we got battlefront 2

    • @charliehodgkinson7179
      @charliehodgkinson7179 7 лет назад +3

      the_edgy _carrot underrated tbh

    • @jabbahut755
      @jabbahut755 7 лет назад +18

      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
      @crowfather3838 7 лет назад +2

      so classic EA then

    • @Evan-qb6vr
      @Evan-qb6vr 7 лет назад +2

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

  • @VarinderBhandal
    @VarinderBhandal 7 лет назад +906

    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
      @MrHalonoob117 7 лет назад +18

      Varinder Bhandal yA LIke JazZ?

    • @joaorathis8157
      @joaorathis8157 7 лет назад +6

      Varinder Bhandal do you think is worth it buying?

    • @LazzyVamples
      @LazzyVamples 7 лет назад +42

      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
      @VarinderBhandal 7 лет назад +12

      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
      @shamelesstruth 7 лет назад +4

      Does it surpass Metal Gear?

  • @SamTheUndying
    @SamTheUndying 7 лет назад +1265

    Needs more motion blur

    • @CoolMoon
      @CoolMoon 7 лет назад +67

      Moisten blur

    • @MrSmilingDeath
      @MrSmilingDeath 7 лет назад +28

      Samurai Sans Motion blur gives me a fucking headache.

    • @carlthellama3435
      @carlthellama3435 7 лет назад +16

      Said no one ever lol

    • @Odinsday
      @Odinsday 7 лет назад +5

      Motion blur makes me want to shoot my head off.

    • @sim77210
      @sim77210 7 лет назад +5

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

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. 7 лет назад +623

    Great Gramphics, Great Grameplay

    • @Name-md7my
      @Name-md7my 7 лет назад +6

      Justin Young dunkey reference

    • @alsocool1
      @alsocool1 7 лет назад +23

      Fuck you riddler

    • @aionebutneverlonely
      @aionebutneverlonely 7 лет назад

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

    • @jhojanezf
      @jhojanezf 7 лет назад +5

      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
      @wiseguy2050 7 лет назад

      Like pigs to the sandwich

  • @user-vv1do1wg1j
    @user-vv1do1wg1j 3 года назад +81

    They removed the micro transactions btw

    • @metalheadblues
      @metalheadblues 3 года назад +2

      So it's good?

    • @waterbakey4330
      @waterbakey4330 3 года назад +6

      @@metalheadblues It's a really good game.

    • @raidwhich6798
      @raidwhich6798 3 года назад +7

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

    • @WCRyder
      @WCRyder 2 года назад

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

  • @campbellwellman503
    @campbellwellman503 6 лет назад +243

    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.

  • @JS-ox7lw
    @JS-ox7lw 6 лет назад +131

    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
      @Jakc-zk8kh 2 года назад +3

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

  • @GAMNGgeek
    @GAMNGgeek 6 лет назад +127

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

    • @blankyjae3316
      @blankyjae3316 4 года назад +10

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

  • @HollowBagel
    @HollowBagel 6 лет назад +34

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

    • @Jakc-zk8kh
      @Jakc-zk8kh 2 года назад

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

  • @toaster3980
    @toaster3980 4 года назад +17

    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.

  • @pick8108
    @pick8108 7 лет назад +17

    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
      @Jakc-zk8kh 2 года назад +1

      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

  • @blitzkrieg4689
    @blitzkrieg4689 2 года назад +21

    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
      @crusadetactician149 Год назад +2

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

    • @ybfromoblock3381
      @ybfromoblock3381 Год назад

      How exactly does the story suck?

    • @sadthomas5067
      @sadthomas5067 Год назад

      @@ybfromoblock3381 its just basic

  • @elnegromatapacos162
    @elnegromatapacos162 7 лет назад +104

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

    • @tellmeninetails5819
      @tellmeninetails5819 7 лет назад +10

      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
    @davidledbetter8095 7 лет назад +22

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

  • @jaradrichardsC137
    @jaradrichardsC137 6 лет назад +23

    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
      @Jakc-zk8kh 2 года назад +1

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

  • @JamesM.1776
    @JamesM.1776 7 лет назад +91

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

    • @TAKEYOURCREATINE
      @TAKEYOURCREATINE 7 лет назад +2

      Firstname Lastname and Dunkey on H3H3 podcast. Fuckin great week

    • @GravityHurts8D
      @GravityHurts8D 7 лет назад

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

  • @jerrydronenberg312
    @jerrydronenberg312 3 года назад +5

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

  • @AlexPBenton
    @AlexPBenton 3 года назад +6

    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 :)

  • @Zapiii69
    @Zapiii69 7 лет назад +11

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

  • @ohmielevisope4237
    @ohmielevisope4237 2 года назад +10

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

  • @SkorpTS
    @SkorpTS 7 лет назад +374

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

    • @dylangreen192
      @dylangreen192 7 лет назад +116

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

    • @CrazyNinja60
      @CrazyNinja60 7 лет назад +8

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

    • @awesomeface6
      @awesomeface6 7 лет назад +22

      "developers"
      U dumb as shit nigga lmaooooo

    • @TomTomChannelable
      @TomTomChannelable 7 лет назад +21

      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
      @backgroundcharacter4099 7 лет назад +5

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

  • @brodiecooper4986
    @brodiecooper4986 9 месяцев назад +5

    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
      @bigstew5467 9 месяцев назад +1

      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.

  • @pkashp2
    @pkashp2 7 лет назад +7

    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
      @CakyCaktus 7 лет назад

      ahahahah this is fantastic

  • @dank5thick66
    @dank5thick66 6 лет назад +15

    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

  • @smellybeansoup2488
    @smellybeansoup2488 2 месяца назад +2

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

  • @OmarJoseph
    @OmarJoseph 7 лет назад +4

    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
    @justinmallon5978 7 лет назад +151

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

    • @NatexWarrior
      @NatexWarrior 7 лет назад +5

      Going to be a little disappointed

    • @Smoke393
      @Smoke393 6 лет назад +1

      I hope you have a disposable income.

    • @Sigefreadthebulmunk
      @Sigefreadthebulmunk 6 лет назад

      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
      @Sigefreadthebulmunk 6 лет назад

      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.

  • @ryanklip24
    @ryanklip24 7 лет назад +4

    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
      @Jakc-zk8kh 2 года назад +1

      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

  • @Gabriel38196
    @Gabriel38196 7 лет назад +6

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

  • @haruttatulyan4591
    @haruttatulyan4591 7 лет назад +4

    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

  • @myroflcoptergosoisoi
    @myroflcoptergosoisoi 7 лет назад +1

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

  • @patrickjin6610
    @patrickjin6610 7 лет назад +31

    Shadow of moisture

  • @stacysaurusrex
    @stacysaurusrex 7 лет назад +2

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

  • @supplespecimen725
    @supplespecimen725 5 лет назад +3

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

  • @Boba19423O
    @Boba19423O 4 года назад +1

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

  • @marcommj
    @marcommj 2 года назад +3

    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

  • @henrytims4745
    @henrytims4745 3 года назад +2

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

  • @coopercow25
    @coopercow25 4 года назад +3

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

  • @coldbacon4869
    @coldbacon4869 7 лет назад +2

    Watching vids in 360p had become an achievement for me

  • @Jay-xj7sw
    @Jay-xj7sw 7 лет назад +3

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

  • @gewishworm4724
    @gewishworm4724 Год назад +1

    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.

  • @TheAUTcheker
    @TheAUTcheker 7 лет назад +182

    WE WUZ GONDOR N'SHEEEIT

  • @comicalcore6225
    @comicalcore6225 6 лет назад +2

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

  • @owendarkhome86
    @owendarkhome86 5 лет назад +2

    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
      @bread9923 3 года назад

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

  • @tgramz4239
    @tgramz4239 7 лет назад +1

    “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.

  • @kobywill4170
    @kobywill4170 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @trill_mvnny2879
      @trill_mvnny2879 3 года назад

      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

  • @-TPLT
    @-TPLT 7 лет назад

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

  • @whitehellfire8552
    @whitehellfire8552 6 лет назад +8

    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

  • @slenderminion2229
    @slenderminion2229 День назад

    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.

  • @RacingSnails64
    @RacingSnails64 7 лет назад +8

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

  • @torinstremlau3245
    @torinstremlau3245 3 года назад +3

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

    • @tonyluong6732
      @tonyluong6732 3 года назад

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

    • @darthguy4224
      @darthguy4224 3 года назад

      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

  • @Flyspit187
    @Flyspit187 6 лет назад +4

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

  • @thememery3365
    @thememery3365 7 лет назад

    The only thing of importance in my life any more is seeing you play a $100 brass pocket trumpet

  • @bluemonke9008
    @bluemonke9008 6 лет назад +19

    True ending took me 5 hours

    • @dickson6146
      @dickson6146 6 лет назад +4

      ya its easy, 0.00 cents spent on lootboxes

  • @thewwefan57
    @thewwefan57 7 лет назад +1

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

  • @rasengdori13
    @rasengdori13 7 лет назад +4

    "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?!*

  • @amasterofdisaster6842
    @amasterofdisaster6842 7 лет назад +1

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

  • @Nazgul100
    @Nazgul100 7 лет назад +3

    I would never betray you Charlie.

  • @CountCocofang
    @CountCocofang 7 лет назад

    These loot-boxes are literally saying "We intentionally added parts to our game that are not worth playing, so pay us money to make your experience shorter and skip those."

  • @FreddieMercurytheSharkWrestler
    @FreddieMercurytheSharkWrestler 7 лет назад +104

    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
      @guamish7593 7 лет назад +21

      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
      @ryanklip24 7 лет назад +7

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

    • @gz7006
      @gz7006 7 лет назад +31

      " 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
      @DiamondMinerDJC00 7 лет назад +9

      +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
      @NinjaGas24 7 лет назад +5

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

  • @thanoxyn1
    @thanoxyn1 7 лет назад +2

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

  • @TheMasterOfCornedy
    @TheMasterOfCornedy 7 лет назад +62

    Grinding? Cheat engine.
    Hotel? Trivago

    • @MrBones-cu1vi
      @MrBones-cu1vi 7 лет назад

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

  • @eldritchtrash105
    @eldritchtrash105 7 лет назад

    I met a nice young Uruk named Tarz Death Bone. He was an epic above my level so I shamed him with some light face slapping, gave him a sick tattoo. After a few days of running around killing his friends I met him again. Did I mention that Tarz did not speak like other Uruks? He only screamed bloody murder as our weapons met again and again, soon I brought him low but was surprised by nearby captain's bomb which stunned and knocked me to the ground.. Tarz raised his ax his head and ended my unlife for a few brief moments of respite. His victory bestowed upon him enough clout to make a move on a local War chief's position, and soon Tarz was a warchief of the Feral clan of Uruks, but I would bide my time and strike.
    I lured him out by killing his favored underlings and leaving their bodies to rot in the streets and alleys of the Uruk encampment. His savage unintelligible screaming let me know that he was out of hiding, and searching for my head to take.
    After a fierce battle Tarz and I stood ankle deep in the black ichor of his Uruk brethren. His guttural roars the only sound that filled my ears as he charged forth, swinging his poisoned ax above his head in an overhead strike meant to cleave me in two! However I rolled out of the way and stunned him with a strong left jab to his temple, and as stars spun in his vision I let loose with a flurry of sword strokes; leaving him bloodied and barely able to stand.
    That is when I recruited him and gave him the chance to lead my armies against Sauron.
    He was a maelstrom of gore in combat. He struck down five captains before I sent him to ambush a particularly powerful Olog, of course I followed to give my soldiers the support of their general..yet we stood over the bloodied carcass of that Olog captain..Tarz turned to me..and let loose a powerful battle cry that only could mean one thing..
    Tarz betrayed me and struck me down from behind as I was recovering from the battle with the Olog. My most trusted lieutenant turned back to the side of the Dark Lord Sauron and sent me back in the winds of death with my wraith companion at my side.
    I came back of course, but with the overwhelming urge to track Tarz down and dominate his mind and soul for the Bright Lord. After I was done with him he wouldn't even be able to blink without needing the consent of his wraith-lord. Yet when I found him, and slew his pathetic Uruk guardians he stood before me unflinching and roaring like a savage beast. His will had become Iron, and only death could end our feud. Jumping back I steeled my resolve and knew that I must end it here and now, before Tarz follows his dark path of blood shed any further. Freezing him in place with elven magic I unleashed my wrath upon him and purified his existence of Arda. His life's blood dripping from my blade I heard the horns signaling a reinforcements were on their way, and I needed to go.
    Rest in peace Tarz.

    • @thatoneguyinthecorner191
      @thatoneguyinthecorner191 7 лет назад

      Quite the emotion roller coaster

    • @eldritchtrash105
      @eldritchtrash105 7 лет назад

      Tarz came back today..four times.
      He wont stay dead now, and I still can't recruit him.
      He is my shadow, I will never escape.

  • @sizenplace4554
    @sizenplace4554 3 года назад +4

    Wdym? The graphics are really good.

    • @thecockneyterritory4869
      @thecockneyterritory4869 3 года назад

      They really aren’t. Look at other games

    • @tameoregano5006
      @tameoregano5006 2 года назад

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

  • @Dylan-bc2po
    @Dylan-bc2po 4 года назад +2

    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
      @cryptox1469 4 года назад +1

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

  • @mistersnuggles2546
    @mistersnuggles2546 3 года назад +3

    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.

  • @coopercow25
    @coopercow25 4 года назад +2

    I never even knew about the loot boxes

  • @dr.kinderman5290
    @dr.kinderman5290 7 лет назад +3

    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

  • @akuta7208
    @akuta7208 4 года назад +1

    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

  • @aodtonix
    @aodtonix 7 лет назад +102

    Piracy it is then.

    • @jackfoulsham9926
      @jackfoulsham9926 7 лет назад +15

      scapegoaaat Definitely agree.

    • @hotdogboxd
      @hotdogboxd 7 лет назад +6

      already been cracked by codex. 98 gigs though.

    • @Hanfgurkenhasser
      @Hanfgurkenhasser 7 лет назад +13

      98? Not worth the time downloading.

    • @lorenzosp8566
      @lorenzosp8566 7 лет назад +1

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

    • @mattyice2099
      @mattyice2099 7 лет назад +2

      Arrrrg walk de plank

  • @eliack95
    @eliack95 7 лет назад

    That climbing shit in BotW is a big part of what makes that5 game so enjoyable. The freedom you have to roam the world is so liberating compared to the games of the last couple generations, where nearly every passageway or place you wanted to go was cut off by an out of bounds barrier. Really liking the spread of the free-roaming games too, Skyrim, Zelda, Assassin's Creed, LotR games. I hope this is a shift towards leaving shitty linear hand-holding games in the past.

  • @bigmantyrone199
    @bigmantyrone199 7 лет назад +19

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

    • @joshuakim5240
      @joshuakim5240 7 лет назад +7

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

    • @kosherkingofisrael6381
      @kosherkingofisrael6381 6 лет назад +1

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

  • @crowravencorvenrow
    @crowravencorvenrow 7 лет назад

    There IS no true ending, and there is no grind.

  • @travn3r
    @travn3r 7 лет назад +177

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

    • @Nend4
      @Nend4 7 лет назад +33

      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
      @tylergable8328 7 лет назад +15

      The loot boxes are worthless anyway

    • @taylorgreniger5961
      @taylorgreniger5961 7 лет назад +7

      I don't believe you.

    • @TheNotshauna
      @TheNotshauna 7 лет назад +22

      Easy just pirate it, it was cracked earlier today.

    • @personguy6517
      @personguy6517 7 лет назад +22

      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.

  • @SAMMUSTDIE
    @SAMMUSTDIE 3 года назад

    I don't think you completed this game on Nemesis and never died in the process.

  • @newgoldenfork2945
    @newgoldenfork2945 6 лет назад +4

    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

  • @STUNTSTHEREALONE
    @STUNTSTHEREALONE 7 лет назад

    Really wish objects beyond 50 meters would actually render. I was standing on top of a fortress and the environment around looked like a ps2 game. Can’t believe people were foolish enough to think that the game only looked like that in its “alpha” stage.

  • @pinheadious
    @pinheadious 7 лет назад +144

    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
      @dankwojak3689 7 лет назад +4

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

    • @SarudeDanstorm
      @SarudeDanstorm 7 лет назад +5

      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
      @pinheadious 7 лет назад +12

      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
      @pinheadious 7 лет назад

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

    • @4-U-CITYGIRL
      @4-U-CITYGIRL 7 лет назад

      sparkly_donuts Play Bloodborne my guy

  • @nootch6328
    @nootch6328 7 лет назад +1

    well now i own a pocket trumpet, thanks charlie...

  • @bobbyflay2391
    @bobbyflay2391 7 лет назад +16

    I love this game is amazing

  • @johntodd6413
    @johntodd6413 6 лет назад

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

  • @Slayerkey
    @Slayerkey 7 лет назад +40

    The combat system is the same as shadow of mordor

    • @OldBurnzy
      @OldBurnzy 7 лет назад +93

      Slayerkey if its not broke dont fix it

    • @CrazyNinja60
      @CrazyNinja60 7 лет назад +5

      your point

    • @Necrapocalypse
      @Necrapocalypse 7 лет назад +8

      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
      @Vanlens 7 лет назад +14

      Honestly how is that a bad thing.

    • @Slayerkey
      @Slayerkey 7 лет назад +4

      Yaxion I never said it was bad

  • @SaintMarianne
    @SaintMarianne 7 лет назад

    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

  • @tigerskid1424
    @tigerskid1424 7 лет назад +4

    ISSA 70%

  • @loadingerror9975
    @loadingerror9975 7 лет назад

    People should put moisture meters on moisture meter vids which could make an endless loop of moisture

  • @realbillyjoe9974
    @realbillyjoe9974 7 лет назад +3

    Now thats a lot of moisture right there!

  • @desertgrowndank7256
    @desertgrowndank7256 6 лет назад +1

    I have a little over a 100 hours and I'm only 50 percent done with everything

  • @dabagonsmith
    @dabagonsmith 7 лет назад +3

    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
      @spicydert 7 лет назад

      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
      @ExtraKanin 7 лет назад

      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
      @comeoncarl5616 6 лет назад

      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.

  • @Ibrahim-qg9zh
    @Ibrahim-qg9zh 7 лет назад

    dear cr1tikal please invite serj tankian to the official podcast

  • @forceripper
    @forceripper 7 лет назад +7

    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
      @acbthr3840 7 лет назад +8

      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
      @Dovahkiif 7 лет назад +5

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

    • @MiauFrito
      @MiauFrito 7 лет назад

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

  • @GreetMyMeat
    @GreetMyMeat 4 года назад

    I know I’m two years late, but the majority of the money made from the micro-transactions and DLC was supposed to go to a charity for cancer because one of the game devs, Michael Forgey, died of some sort of cancer mid game. But all that came crashing down because some states in the US had laws in place (it was US only they were accepting money from, kinda suspicious ngl) and then there was legal trouble combined with backlash and shit just caused them to give the Forthog skin for free and get rid of the lootboxes in general

  • @alextheasiansensation8166
    @alextheasiansensation8166 7 лет назад +3

    Shadow of Moisture

  • @marcuscadwell8574
    @marcuscadwell8574 7 лет назад

    The climbing looks straight exactly like Assassin's Creed