Ever since reviews of Shadow of War hit, talk of loot boxes and microtransactions have been heavy with panic and rife with misinformation. Are the best orcs behind a paywall? Is the design of the game predatory enough that it’s going to make people feel pressured to drop extra cash…
The Bright Lord, Shadow of Mordor‘s new DLC campaign, promises an epic showdown with Lord of the Rings head honcho Sauron. It was designed in part to address a common fan complaint about the original game’s anticlimactic ending. But while it does give players a chance to fight Sauron, I’d…
Ah, Shadow of Mordor orcs. So silly. And also so, so creepy when they want to be. Reddit user ootinii captured this particularly… vivid taunt from a nemesis I have yet to come across in my own orc-slaying adventures.