Bronson Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 Leaked before, but now it's official! http://kotaku.com/target-leaks-shadow-of-mordor-sequel-shadow-of-war-1792760792 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 Cool. First one was one of the first games I got for Xbox One. I think it might have actually been the second or third one. Never finished it, mostly because I got distracted by other games...but it was/is a cool game. Nice to see a sequel coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROSS-Out Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 As a big fan... There are no words to describe the elation that ran through my body when I saw this post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatar Mallen Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 https://youtu.be/Xzk9slSPuM0 And it's official! Trailer has my hype! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepia Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Sooooooooo much non-canon, but it still looks damn good. First one was incredibly fun, yet simple. I'm hoping this builds on it a lot. Also lol @ random black guy in middle earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROSS-Out Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Sooooooooo much non-canon, but it still looks damn good. First one was incredibly fun, yet simple. I'm hoping this builds on it a lot. Also lol @ random black guy in middle earth. IIRC, Harad isn't so far from Gondor or Rohan that its impossible for any mercenaries or immigrants to branch out, so it makes sense that there'd be one or two but not many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepia Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Sooooooooo much non-canon, but it still looks damn good. First one was incredibly fun, yet simple. I'm hoping this builds on it a lot. Also lol @ random black guy in middle earth. IIRC, Harad isn't so far from Gondor or Rohan that its impossible for any mercenaries or immigrants to branch out, so it makes sense that there'd be one or two but not many. The Corsairs of Umber & Haradrim aren't black though. They're more akin to middle easterns. Middle Earth is based on Europe and at one point was meant to be actual history. There are no native black races in Middle Earth. People in Rhun, Khand and Far Harad all have darker skin, but never described as akin to African's. Tolkien used black skin tone for his evil races (not even in a racist way, but black has been attributed to evil forever.) I'm not against it, these games take major liberties with the lore, which I'm fine with, I like fun adaptations. I just thought it was funny that there seemed to be one random black guy. Same with Asians in the Five Armies movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROSS-Out Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Sooooooooo much non-canon, but it still looks damn good. First one was incredibly fun, yet simple. I'm hoping this builds on it a lot. Also lol @ random black guy in middle earth. IIRC, Harad isn't so far from Gondor or Rohan that its impossible for any mercenaries or immigrants to branch out, so it makes sense that there'd be one or two but not many. The Corsairs of Umber & Haradrim aren't black though. They're more akin to middle easterns. Middle Earth is based on Europe and at one point was meant to be actual history. There are no native black races in Middle Earth. People in Rhun, Khand and Far Harad all have darker skin, but never described as akin to African's. Tolkien used black skin tone for his evil races (not even in a racist way, but black has been attributed to evil forever.) I'm not against it, these games take major liberties with the lore, which I'm fine with, I like fun adaptations. I just thought it was funny that there seemed to be one random black guy. Same with Asians in the Five Armies movies. The explanation I recall was that those in closer Harad were more or less the middle easterners, whereas far harad were black of skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepia Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 There are Troll-Men of Far Harad who have black skin, but they're not exactly like the guy we saw in the new trailer lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROSS-Out Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 There are Troll-Men of Far Harad who have black skin, but they're not exactly like the guy we saw in the new trailer lol. Ehh, they are already unafraid to take liberties after all. I think SoM is considered a non-canon what-if story after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepia Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Oh absolutely, I just thought it was random and made me chuckle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROSS-Out Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 I am super excited though. Played a shiteload of SoM last night because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqfitz Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 Whoa. This got me pretty hype. Can't wait. I still remember my epic battles with Takra the Drunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepia Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 Out of all the deep lore they pull up, they bring Olog-Hai's into the fold. I AM PUMPED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROSS-Out Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 My pants will never be the same again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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