Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™

Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™

Steam Deck Verified

Monolith Productions · Open World · Oct 10, 2017

Yes, worth buying.

At $49.99. It has been as low as $4.99.

89%
Very Positive
116k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 141 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 82 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Monetization: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 116k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
46% of themes are praise27% are divided27% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
This game and the prequel have one of the best procedural generation of "side story" I've ever seen, It's extremely subtle and can be super exciting.
141 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It is one of the two games that have the best gameplay system ever.
82 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics and visuals are very well made and game is well optimized.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
And finally, the last point is a tip: if you care about the character's cape and hair, then play the game at a maximum of 60 FPS because Talion's hair and cape become stiff with almost no physics the higher the FPS you play at, which ends up being a bit stupid, but it’s a matter of opinion.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Soundtrack is good but nothing too memorable.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters141 reviews
Gameplay82 reviews
Graphics28 reviews
Performance7 reviews
Audio6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat109 reviews
83%
Difficulty22 reviews
91%
Controls7 reviews
71%
Players complain% still recommend
Monetization24 reviews
75%
Interface8 reviews
50%
Bugs7 reviews
71%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $49.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $49.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
72
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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