Born and raised in the small town of Joseph, Oregon, Westlee Brent Latta ha… Read Full Bio ↴Born and raised in the small town of Joseph, Oregon, Westlee Brent Latta has been making strange noises for over 30 years. Not one to be bound by definition, he enjoys composing in a wide variety of styles and genres, borrowing techniques from each to weave a unique tapestry of contemporary - yet timeless - sound.

Brent's skills as a composer, engineer, and producer have been used to fulfill a wide variety of roles. He has composed numerous soundtracks for theater and dance, as well as several short films and animated featurettes. In addition to soundtrack composition, he has been a composer and performer of electronic and pop music for several years, both as a solo artist and part of several bands in the Seattle area. Most recently his contributions have been in the realm of remixing, where his electronic duo, Zero Crossing, has gained recognition in the underground EBM/Synthpop scene with remix credits for such artists as Glis and Assemblage 23.

Brent draws inspiration from numerous game and film composers and musical artists, yet strives to find an independent voice and character in his music. Brent uses a variety of tools for composition including the latest software based sequencers, samplers, and synths. Brent is also a talented performer, with brass, voice and percussion training in addition to acoustic instruments and vocals.

Brent is a full-time employee of Amaze Entertainment as a sound designer/composer. Brent is also Contributing Games Editor at CreateDigitalMusic, where he contributes news, commentary, and reviews of hardware, software, and Game Soundtracks.

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Shadow
W. Brent Latta Lyrics

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In the light
I'm looking for (for)
In my sight
I'm looking for

나의 두 눈 가득히 너
잠시라도 널 뗄 수 없어
Crazy crazy crazy crazy crazy

숨은 너로 쉬면서 난 존재해
Crazy crazy crazy crazy crazy

손이 닿지 않는 지금이 설계된 꿈이기를
난 너의 뒤에서
사라지지 않아
멈출 수 없는 영원까지 stay with me
With me, with me

밝은 빛 반대로 묶여
너에게 몰입해
On and on and on and on and on
차갑고 어두운 덫에서
너를 원해 더
On and on and on and on and on

Shadow
Feeling it aight
검은 나의
순수함을
Shadow
Feeling it aight
어둠이 덮은 시간에
비로소 우린 하나 돼
Shadow

Deep하게 빠져들어
더 더 원하게 달려들어
정신을 못 차리게 흔들어
여길 더 어두운 밤으로 물들어
또 또 너를 원하게 다른 것도 보지 못하게
Don't go yeh
여긴 어디야
나의 시야 속에다 Loop 걸어 놓은 것 같아서
나는 Crazy ya
시간 가는 줄 몰라
이 밤과 해가 바뀔 때도 넌 빛나니까

손이 닿지 않는 지금이
설계된 꿈이기를
난 너의 뒤에서
사라지지 않아
멈출 수 없는 영원까지
Stay with me
With me with me

밝은 빛 반대로 묶여
너에게 몰입해
On and on and on and on and on
차갑고 어두운 덫에서
너를 원해 더
On and on and on and on and on

Shadow
Feeling it aight
검은 나의
순수함을
Shadow
Feeling it aight
어둠이 덮은 시간에
비로소 우린 하나 돼
Shadow

우리 둘은 동쪽에
꽃이 피는 그곳에
조화로운 곳이 그리워

밝은 빛 반대로 묶여
너에게 몰입해
On and on and on and on and on
차갑고 어두운 덫에서
너를 원해 더
On and on and on and on and on

Shadow
Feeling it aight
검은 나의
순수함을
Shadow
Feeling it aight
어둠이 덮은 시간에

비로소 우린 하나 돼
Shadow

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to W. Brent Latta's song "Shadow" seem to convey a sense of longing for someone who may be out of reach. The first few lines suggest that the singer is searching for someone, possibly in the light, but this person is not within reach. The lyrics go on to describe the unbreakable bond between the singer and this person, even if they are not physically present. The word "crazy" is used repeatedly, which may suggest that the singer's feelings for this person are intense and all-consuming.

Line by Line Meaning

In the light I’m looking for (for) In my sight I’m looking for
I am searching for you everywhere, in every light, and never losing sight of you.

나의 두 눈 가득히 너 잠시라도 널 뗄 수 없어 Crazy crazy crazy crazy crazy 숨은 너로 쉬면서 난 존재해 Crazy crazy crazy crazy crazy
I can't help but keep you in my vision all the time, even in the hidden places; my existence breathes you, and I am crazy about you.

손이 닿지 않는 지금이 설계된 꿈이기를 난 너의 뒤에서 사라지지 않아 멈출 수 없는 영원까지 stay with me With me, with me
I hope this dream where I can't reach you is designed to stay behind you, and that it never disappears. Stay with me as we journey to the eternal future.

밝은 빛 반대로 묶여 너에게 몰입해 On and on and on and on and on 차갑고 어두운 덫에서 너를 원해 더 On and on and on and on and on
I am trapped in the opposite of light, and entirely focused on you. Endlessly thinking of you in a cold and dark trap.

Shadow Feeling it aight 검은 나의 순수함을 Shadow Feeling it aight 어둠이 덮은 시간에 비로소 우린 하나 돼 Shadow
The deepest parts of me are experiencing the feelings of Shadow - the purity of my pure blackness. In the time when darkness covers everything, we finally become one in the Shadow.

Deep하게 빠져들어 더 더 원하게 달려들어 정신을 못 차리게 흔들어 여길 더 어두운 밤으로 물들어 또 또 너를 원하게 다른 것도 보지 못하게 Don’t go yeh 여긴 어디야 나의 시야 속에다 Loop 걸어 놓은 것 같아서 나는 Crazy ya 시간 가는 줄 몰라 이 밤과 해가 바뀔 때도 넌 빛나니까
I am diving deep into my own darkness and running even faster towards you until I am completely trapped. You shake me to the point of losing myself and I am washed up in the darker night, forgetting everything else and only wanting you. Please don't leave me, tell me where we are, because it feels like I am trapped in a loop within my vision. I am crazy because I don't realize the time passing, but I know you shine even as night changes to day.

우리 둘은 동쪽에 꽃이 피는 그곳에 조화로운 곳이 그리워
We long for a harmonious place where flowers bloom in the east.

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Baek Ho, Beom Ju Kye, Gi Tae Park, Jong Hyeon Kim

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Crazelord91

5y↑8

Love this game but what keeps it from being an all time classic are the lack of boss fights, the over tutorializing, and the lack of difficulty options. It's a blast to play otherwise.

After your 1st playthrough you'll know how to learn the moves and master the game to a point where the enemies offer no challenge like halfway through and there aren't any interesting bosses to make use of your skills.

And the game has so many hidden tutorial missions that slow down the pace to almost a halt when you have to follow a character and do exactly what they say.

It was hilarious but annoying when I unlocked the Caragor domniation skill hours before and was using it but had to do the tutorial for it with the hunter later.

I love it but it could have been so easily tweaked to skip certain missions on replays and increase difficulty with a patch.

Luke Stephens

5y↑50

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Minecraftsweg2020

5y↑561

I would 100% love to see a Shadow of War critique. While it definitely has it's flaws (especially on release) I feel like it's a solid game that improves upon a lot of what Shadow of Mordor was able to do well.

Anthony Cain

This.........

01101110 01110000 01100011

3y↑1

@Punished Whispers The combo mechanic was not removed, it is still in the game and only allows you to do increased damage (and other effects, like being able to instantly destroy defender shields) instead of allowing you to using executions and other abilities which were moved to a separate might mechanic. By doing this, they fixed a lot of what made Mordor so ridiculously easy, like being able to just build up a high combo by spamming throwing knives and then using executes over and over, now daggers still add to the combo but you won't get might for them.

Also, something tells me you didn't get a lot of gear if you think it didn't change your playstyle. Most of the Legendary sets in the game, and especially the gear bonuses offered by these sets, completely changed the way you in which you played through the game as they were specifically designed for different playstyles. And even the lower tier gear was very useful, for example, you could use a bow with fewer arrows but which caused explosions on headshots and which would allow you to suppress all enemies in an area for a limited time during which you could revive a fallen captain, or use one which had tons of arrows but which was more useful for staying at a distance and just teleporting tons of enemies to you with Shadow Strike Pull. The gear was essentially a revamped Rune system from Mordor, just with more variety, mechanics (like the aforementioned bonuses and mini challenges), and a visual appearance change.

Arim Oh

@Tom Microtransactions are a product of capitalism but thankfully have been removed by WB Games so that's no longer an issue. Yeah the graphics aren't as good as Shadow of Mordor. Yes it feels grindy and I much prefer Mordor to War.

HerndonHimself

3y↑1

I LOVE SHADOW OF WAR BRO

Axton Jaxtyn

@Augustus Landen definitely, have been using kaldrostream for months myself =)

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Mason Kolaski

5y↑175

One time I had a shield guy who was arrow proof, stealth proof, and couldn’t be vaulted.... That battle took a long time

Haydoss

I know you cant dominate captains but if you try it stuns them for a second and give you a few seconds to attack helps with shields etc.

Psixen S

I had to fight a guy who’s only weakness was fire. He was immune to combat finishers, and so I had to vault over him to stun him and then wait for the stun to wear off so that I could get in 1 hit and then repeat the process.

Mathias Eriksson

@lil vro I gave up on that save, 38 hours in, 30 of them are just me being killed by him, he one shots me with the arrow

lil vro

3y↑1

@Mathias Eriksson idk if u killed him yet or if u even play the game anymore, but look at what he’s damaged by they always give at least 2-3 things he can be damaged by, as a last resort vault over them/water of lorien dash through them and jus spam square it’s the only method that worked for me

lil vro

@The Highwaymen. I never realized I jus assumed we was talking about shadow of war lmao

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Legend of Hayden

5y↑144

I feel like a nemesis system would work really well in a Court of Owls Batman story. you have to discover and slowly take down the court, the system fits it perfectly in my mind

Tai Man Slaughter

2y↑2

Ur 100% a time traveler lol

Wepel

5y↑1

I want to see a Predator game that plays like a far cry game, and has a nemesis system of worthy warriors to take on like Arnold in the first movie

Damin Huff

I think something like the nemisis system should have been implemented into Rdr2.

rsotuyo

5y↑1

@Legend of Hayden that's what I always try

Legend of Hayden

Rafael Sotuyo I respect that

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thats4thebirds

5y↑359

I just remember hyping it to my roommate,

“Remember the Batman games? It’s that but you kill the orcs instead of crippling them!”

rsotuyo

@John I read about that but for me it's strange because, wasn't pandemic making another Batman game about the Dark Knight movie? That failed and never release and then the Batman game rights fell into Rocksteady, so I don't know what to believe

rsotuyo

5y↑2

@Nomad Tealeaf shit

Nomad Tealeaf

5y↑2

@rsotuyo you can on shadow of war
Or one of the DLCs at least

rsotuyo

5y↑4

And you can't glide

Crazelord91

5y↑24

Celebrimbor: "They're Uruks". But yah exactly. It's like if Batman games and Assassin's Creed had a really violent baby set in LOTR

Felix Wilton

5y↑35

I actually found the stealth sequences to be my favorite part of the game. They really clicked that idea of one man behind enemy lines, striking from the shadows and using fear.

jonbodhi

5y↑60

I LOVED Shadow of War and a breakdown would be most welcome (even if I don’t agree about everything!)

BTW: have you played The Bright Lord DLC? Whenever I replay SoM, I play TBL first, since it leads directly into SoM.

Penumbrum

5y↑60

My problem with the nemesis system in the first game is that if you are too good at the game the nemesis system can't catch up with the player.
2 of my playthroughs I had experienced where my ultimate nemesis close to the end is just some random Uruk that I don't know.

Mrmaximo14

4y↑1

Penumbrum i just played the game without using Mirian and ability points

Dom C.

5y↑4

All I did was stun them and then flurry hit, and it obliterated most of the nemesis Uruks, was rarely stopping me in my tracks.

Oy Blech

5y↑2

yep, first few hours had me dying a couple times but as soon as I got some perks and got better at fighting I just murdered straight through them all...

Agent 13

5y↑51

It's magical how they create non scripted stories.

Non-Fictional Tough Guy

3y↑1

This game is brilliant

Largentina

4y↑1

@Cave Johnson Nah

Agent 13

5y↑2

@Cave Johnson Well, I guess so

Agent 13

5y↑5

@Cave Johnson are ye bloody joking, mate?

Rick Newman

5y↑28

This game was really good, only the ending was a huge letdown, in fact, the last 45 minutes seemed rushed af.

James

Kirk Bupkis it was literally a qte. The opening tho was one of my favorite openings in s as my game ever

Kirk Bupkis

5y↑4

Glad I'm not the only one that thought so. I was so disappointed by that final boss fight.

James McDaniel

5y↑11

This is really weird timing since I spent the last week playing and finishing this game for the first time. I'm about to start War so I would love to see a video on that as well. Stay awesome Luke!

lil vro

one thing i'll say is traversal is a lot faster in war, in almost every area u can ride a drake (dragon) or use elven sprint which is the fast way to traverse in SOM but without having to jump over obstacles just press down a button

Crazelord91

5y↑12

Yes, please do Shadow of War! It's better and worse in many ways from SOM. Personally, I think SOM is a better linear game but SOW is a much better sandbox to create your own adventure (post lootbox and grind removal)

Razor Calahan

5y↑3

I actually liked the stealth a lot for several reasons. It is pretty forgiving, like, you can approach an enemy from the front and stealth-stab him into the face without raising an alarm. Also movement is pretty fluid, so it doesn't feel like it is slowing me down too much. And later there are some skills that make stealth even easier. ALl in all it was a nice variation in the gameplay loop.

Finn sweeney

5y↑67

Finally someone talks about this underrated masterpiece!

Tom Ffrench

It feels empty after playing it for a while. But the nemesis system is well crafted

Shinobi Firecracker

Winning 50, yes 50, big time awards is hardly underrated. This is stupidity. Learn what words mean and how to use them, boy.

Shinobi Firecracker

Underrated? It won 50 GOTY titles lmao

Underdog Rising

5y↑1

Oh shit, just realized he's not talking about the sequel. The first one is definitely a great game.

Underdog Rising

5y↑2

It was one of the first games to have a full on lootbox system. If it wasn't for WB and microtransactions this game could have been a masterpiece. I didn't even finish it because of the grind at the end.

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Batman Arkham Central

5y↑40

I love both the games, would like to do your take on Shadow of War

RynoAntics

5y↑2

I actually enjoy stealth sections where I have to analyze every NPCs actions and take them our one by one. It's more satisfying to me than brute force. So I'm happy to spend 20 more minutes doing stealth than just five minutes of combat.

Crazelord91

5y↑8

Crazelord91

@RaidsEpicly Those are pretty artificial ways imo. I want what they did in SOW where the AI acted differently and they calculated damage differently while keeping all the promps and powers

RaidsEpicly

You can definitely make it harder via the options. Turning off the counter prompts (both visual and audio) makes it much more challenging. I also did a run where I only gave myself a few skill points, I think it was 5 or 6 other than the plot essential ones.

Really changes the game!

AppleShrapnel

5y↑5

Would love to see a critique of War- I only recently played through Shadow of Mordor and... well, ever since that gameplay reveal of War, I was very excited to see the nemesis system getting extra love, and equipment drops instead of runes, and attacking fortresses with an orc army that had my back. So yeah, I'd be very curious to hear what all they got right and wrong... besides the microtransactions, which I thought they yanked at some point..? I'll probably pick it up during a holiday sale this year, since I tried to brand my favorite captains and warchiefs in the hopes that they would carry over and the adventure could continue :B

Collin Gray

5y↑3

i remember this was one of the first games i really fell in love with, played it 4 times on my ps3 and 3 times on my ps4, then went for the platnium trophy, you really get sucked into the systems and world, many hours well spent

Rares Macovei

Collin Gray I got bored with it on my first playthrough, couldn't even push through Bright Lord. And then there are some people that played it 7 times, lol.

BenjiDWJ

5y↑5

Yes, please do the full critique when time permits. 😁

Cheers! 🍻

Thaddeus Hamlet

5y↑1

I think I remember dominating some named uruks that were specifically weak to it, or at least not resistant, just so I could more easily kill them.

Either way, I think letting you kill them is still good, but it should put more priority on non-dominated ones when you try to attack a crowd.

Creecher

5y↑1

Hey man, LOVE the content. So glad I found your channel, your opinions are very well thought out and intelligent. Any chance you'll do in- depth critiques of Dark Souls and Bloodborne? I love these games and would like to hear your full thoughts.

Brandon Hawkinson

I'm so glad your doing this game. Hopefully the sequel is in your sights too. I loved these games

BenjiDWJ

Awesome video as ever Luke 😁 like always I continue to tremendously thoroughly enjoy the way in which you go through and give a structured & well-balanced analysis/argument while also taking the time to further explain and justify your reasons for your opinions and conclusions.

Admittedly besides being a big fan of Peter Jackson's LOTR films along with the fact that the game was being likened to being LOTR + Assassin's Creeds parkour + Batman's free-flow combat + the Nemesis system = Shadow of Mordor piqued my interest back when this game was being teased and showcased.

Mandated or forced stealth sections in action games absolutely suck!

Eshtian

5y↑8

I loved the stealth in both Shadow and Batman!

Parker Riggs

Hey Luke. Wanted to say I really love your content. Don’t know how you feel about suggestions but I think it would be super cool if you do a critique on a game where the story isn’t directly told to you such as dark souls or bloodborne. It’s be cool to see your take on that :)

The Hunter

3y↑1

I love these games so much. Being a Lord of the rings or just a fan of middle Earth is just a bonus to me . Cinematography and other parts were made so well in this game. Hard to believe this game was made in 2014 . I feel old lol 😂 . Combat was nice and the Nemesis system was just revolutionary. Indeed this is a great classic. I know people say it's underrated even though this game got a lot of awards for it but to me these games feel like they got treated like a one hit wonder . Like it was so awesome in the first year or 2 but I feel like people rarely talk about these games. Sure it's not the greatest game in the world but it's definitely different and awesome. One of my first PlayStation Platinum trophies I got was Shadow of Mordor. It's just amazing

RichytheKing13

5y↑1

I love shadow of war and would love too see your thoughts. I think it is unfairly criticized for many issues that only come about by being a critic(rushing through game among other things). I think overall its a complete improvement over morder and deserves more praise

JG

5y↑1

After watching this I would honestly love to see your full breakdown of shadow of war, while that game did have it's flaws I still loved it

Wyatt Stansbery

5y↑1

My (maybe not when I got to the very end) nemesis was one of those random dudes who killed me once and built himself up. He was first known as Shaka (or similar) and, while I don't remember all the details anymore, was really-moderately tough to kill. I finally kill him and he is revived as Shaka the Undying. At this time I have less of a struggle to kill him, but would always come back. No matter the kill type, he'd come back. I know I lobed his head of and he came back. It got to the point that his face was so fucked up he came back with rags wrapped around his head. I can't recall if he was the one to come back in the end and so war, but I definitely remember him the most.

Gods, I want to play that again. Need some necromancy so I can have Shaka back. Lmao.

ThejollyFrenchman

The thing I love about Shadow of Mordor's combat is that it's easy if you're taking the enemies seriously, but if you start taking victory for granted you can slip up and die really quickly. It isn't super hard, but at the same time rewards keeping engaged and paying attention.

Gspi1005

I remember having a captain who the only way I managed to actually defeat him to repeatedly use wrath stun to stun lock him and build up the combo meter to increase the damage of wrath blast and whittle him down, only reliable way to do damage to him.

Eriml

I've played this game about 6 or 7 times over just because of the combat system. It's simply amazing, lots of options, feels very responsive and the animations are awesome

Recht_voor_zijn_raap

5y↑1

I actually really liked Shadow of War..
It had its flaws sure (especially at launch with the lootboxes they added) but it was still an amazing game and the nemesis system was perfected and never been done like it since (which is sad)

Nowadays they totally removed the lootboxes and microtransactions (which almost no one ever used btw) and the game has improved significantly.

Carl Kitson

I've only played the sequel and thought that was amazing. Would be interested to hear your critique!

MyWORDisntGospel

5y↑2

Wow. I literally started playing this game for the first time yesterday. (Decided to try out psNOW for the first time as well). I’m loving it so far. Hop on YT to look up videos on it. Low and behold, one of my favorite creators has a video on it from a few days ago! I’m here for this Luke! Ty!

Chris

I would really like a breakdown of Shadow of War. I was hyped when it came out and I really liked the sieges but I felt like it went on way too long. It also felt like they nerfed Talion because you can't have every type of upgrade on like you could in shadow of mordor. I still enjoyed it though

Bruno Santos

5y↑1

Amazing work as usual.
Thank you Luke

Soumyadeep Banerjee

One of the most interesting things about the game is it's almost complete lack of any ludo-narrative dissonance, even dying feels right in the game and given the story it even makes perfect sense for Talion to take time and perform all the side quests. Hell even getting killed by a grunt feels legit😂

Aydin Gibson

This is the only game that makes me want to sit through the loading screens, letting me choose to skip it if I don't want to hear the dialouge is great lore design imo

Tom Donahue

5y↑2

My biggest issue with this game is that the first area felt like a long tutorial, as the game walks you through eliminating all of the warchiefs. Once I got into the second area I was excited to see the entire game open up, but there was just that one zone left. There was no incentive to replay the first zone, so the game just left me feeling a bit empty. Second game had big issues, but the expansiveness of the world felt much better to work in.

I Cunt Spell

Console limitations is the culprit for that (divided map).

Mirco Apperlo

5y↑1

I would love a critique on Shadow of war! Just started playing it and would appreciate some deep dives on those mechanics!

Qegg1

Whoa! I caught this video the day of release. I've been spending my time watching your very long videos and I enjoy them! Thanks for the quality content, my dude.

Amir Zr

5y↑5

We would looove to see a Full Shadow of War review from you.

Snyde Contempt

5y↑2

Hi Luke. Great video! Please consider making a retrospective of Shadow of War.

RunBaa

5y↑1

Shadow of War is pretty much SoM ramped up to ten. It has its problems, but it improves on a lot of things from Mordor. Now that the MTs are gone from that game , I'd really love to hear your thoughts on it.

bEnMaC

5y↑1

A critique for shadow of war would be cool, since it got a lot of flak or the microtransactions but would be interested to see what state it is in without them.

B Dre

I never quite finished Shadow of Mordor, but I got very far. The game looked unbelievable on the PS4 in 2014. I remember about halfway through the game you fight a boss that took me about 10 tries to beat. The guy who you have to be in order to get to the green grassy part of the map

jason estrada

Playing this game again right now, still SO good

satm_bopd

5y↑164

Shadow of war is even better- the whole seige thing made it feel like a real war effort- never seen that in a game before.

Drunk driver respecter

satm_bopd one was has better gameplay
But Mordor had a darker atmosphere

OOOHH ELDEN RING

4y↑1

Yeah, story in that one was not great but I really like the gameplay improvements like wrath, shame and the fact that killing the orcs actually has a chance of bringing them back as something cooler.

The Magnus

The nemesis system is actually glitching out for me really bad in that game which sucks because I love it.

01101110 01110000 01100011

+Underdog Rising The loot boxes were removed, but the game is still very grindy, at least if you want to hit max level. However, the grind to reach the epilogue cutscene was reduced and it now only takes 1-2 hours to beat it even on the hardest difficulty setting.

Underdog Rising

Didn't even finish it because of the lootboxes and late game grind. Maybe it's gotten better. I gave up on it.

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Agent OOE

I just finished Shadow of War. So I played it after the updates, store removal, etc. I have to say, there were some things I thought SoM did better, it was definitely a fun game. It kept me engaged and enjoying myself (except when I died of course, but I kept coming back). It's definitely worth playing, and an overall great game. Also, did a search, still haven't done a video of SoW huh? :)

Luke Stephens

5y↑50

Reishakyu👨‍🎤

Ubisoft sucks, do a video about breakpoint luke, screw ubishit., here i am giving them the second chance because i watched ur video, and they dissapoint me even worse, manage to get a refund tho. You should also buy it and review that shit. Refund after tho.

leonardo ok

"Ubisoft is GREAT". Them moneysoft launch ghost recon breakpoint. Time to update your videos.

Umer Farooq

Still waiting for GTA 5 critique:(

Baby Boomer

Hey Luke.
Can you do a video on How the movie The Road & the game The Last Of Us compare?
P.s. you'll like The Road.

Cesar Vazquez Garcia

5y↑1

yes please I would love to watch a shadow of war review made by you specially now that the game is updated & they got rid of the microtransactions.

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Gorlim85

I think the perfect match for the nemesis system would be the matrix franchise, which warner brothers has the rights too, they will prob bring it back eventually for a series or something just to make money, but a game with the nemesis system would be amazing.

KrakPot

Just figured I'd mention that the free-flow combat system actually came about when Ubisoft made the Prince of Persia trilogy games, the predecessor to Assassin's Creed. In a making of video for the Warrior Within they talked about creating the term that is used today.

Voxdalian

I would like to see that follow-up video about Shadow of War, though I have a few ideas about why it wasn't so well-received myself as well.
EDIT: I actually loved riding the caragors. Sneaking around on one and jumping orcs and letting the beast gnaw on him was one of my favourite pass-times in the game. And the same goes for stealth, I played everything I could in stealth, but then I do that in all games where I can do that just because I like it better that way.

atreestump

One aspect of this game that bugged me was how you could get stuck on the floors, at least when walking on rooftops. So many times I died because I couldn't walk over a random board. Might've just been the PC version but it happened and it annoyed me

stanley lee

The ONLY thing that didn’t work for me about the game is the X dodge, I feel like everytime I had to do that in the middle of already being engaged it really threw me off. Especially when I’m ground finishing an enemy.

RR 89

I had a captain who firstly I set on fire and he bailed on me, he came back all hooded and burned and had a crossbow with exploding bolts. So in reality he had a grenade launcher in a medieval setting. He was also arrow proof and stealth proof. He haunted my entire game chasing me around. I couldnt get close because he would just rain fire from a distance. Oh and he always has a small army with hin. Ended up facing him off in the final battle and finally defeated him, still took 3 or 4 goes😂

veryblackraven

Free-form combat was created by Ubisoft long before Assassin's Creed. I remember something like this being one of the main selling points for Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, back in 2004. And the combad there seemed really good and refined for the time. So basically Ubi and WB both were using similar systems for Prince/Assassin and Batman/Mordor.

TheBalboaShow

5y↑57

I thought Shadow of war ending was something truely special!

Lego Indiana Jones

@Winston Churchill yea true you should definitely grind the Nemesis system it's really fun

Winston Churchill

@Corey Mckee awful grind. snorts says the guy who Rushed through the game to the end of the game and didnt interact with the nemesis system at all to get good orcs.

Dylan Lewis

4y↑1

@01101110 01110000 01100011 It's only around 60 years.

01101110 01110000 01100011

5y↑10

+Corey Mckee A lot of people found it special because it was a reward for a fairly long grind. The whole "Talion keeps Mordor in a state of perpetual war for hundreds of years" doesn't feel as impactful when it's over in 5 sieges.

Corey Mckee

5y↑5

After they removed the awful grind. Yeah it was.👌

IKC589

I got it at gamestop used for $7 about 6 months ago. Played it about 20 minutes without giving it a fair shot. This video makes me want to give it a more honest try.

Joanna Kleinheksel-Horn

I'm a fan of this universe (LORs) and I agree that this particular game really carried the spirit of the stories. Though, I like the 2nd game a lot, this one just had a more immersive feel about it.
BTW, I would like for you to do a video on Shadow of War 😊

Bread

Gonna have to hard disagree, runes and skill trees made pretty big differences.
Personally find stealth sequences to be kinda fun but yeah they are definitely used to pad things out and can become kinda tedious
Great video tho, would love one on shadow of war

Hunter of Hunters

I agree that the stealth in Shadow of Mordor is just there, but the stealth in the Arkham games is crucial and lots of fun. Stealth is needed in the Arkham games, and is my go to play style in them, though I dont mind the stealth in Shadow of Mordor.

StrayDog Bite

Please do a Shadow of War critique. I feel the game had some deserved blowback in release but after removal of microtransactions and updates it is a technical better experience, and the story of the game isn't that good admittedly but it is the story of a villain from the perspective of a villain. It deserves a good critique

Sayantan Biswas

5y↑6

Yeah one on shadow of war would be awesome :) also, I like the no beard look. Rock it

Punished Whispers

You didnt touch up on the fact that your combat effectiveness is tied directly to the combo counter, when it starts getting higher and higher you begin shattering enemies shields, knocking them around, and berserkers cant counter you. Pinning and stunning is to keep them alive long enough for you to build as much combo as possible off of them. The reason you can execute and murder drain allied uruks is to show Talion really, really doesn't care if they're on his side or not, its to encourage a level of cruelty to your own numbers.

Forgetful Fox

5y↑8

Ohhhhh I’m so excited to watch this, this is the video I didn’t know I wanted from you but I am so happy about it!!!

Forgetful Fox

TheRogueEight lit well have a nice day

Forgetful Fox

TheRogueEight How did you even come up with that XD

Forgetful Fox

TheRogueEight I don’t see the correlation??

GRGCompletionist

I hope we get an open world of the whole Middle Earth map in the future. That would be glorious!

Soumyadeep Banerjee

Please review Shadow of war too,it has it's flaws but I think this series as a whole deserves to be spoken about a lot more, the nemesis system could really become the future of gaming.

KnadsKnicklson

5y↑2

The real takeaway from this video is that Luke referred to a PS4 game as being from the "previous generation."

William Sanek

Decided to give this a chance. Can anyone tell me why I have 8 Captains chasing me? Am I expected to believe this is properly balanced?

Flork The Destroyer

Would love the shadow of war critique. Especially with the whole lootbox mess it had back on release

Ed H

Wild, I worked on SoM and SoW; I knew Mordor was well received, didn't think I'd see anyone talking about it over five years later.

Bailey Bearden

My best friend literally has over 500 hours in this game on Xbox One. When I asked him how he put so much time in it he just said “I just went around killing and dominating guys over and over again”

Savagebeast253

I love your opinions but I definitely disagree with you about the action RPG part. I think it is an action RPG and I like how they made you evenly distribute points so you don’t get too powerful in one area too early.

SimonEvo

4y↑1

Shadow of War makes the first game obsolete in every regard apart from graphics and story. But I would love to see your critique of it.

David G

Just recently started playing shadow of War on my new desktop. (I7 2080 16g). And it looks so good and expands on everything I've Loved about Mordor. But still don't understand why most people dislike shadow of War over Mordor. Would love to hear your thoughts on it.

Largentina

Do you seriously not know why?

GreenWolf2K

Yeah this game was too easy. I love it, but man I was so happy they added difficulty sliders in Shadow of War

Victor Vasconcellos

5y↑1

Shadow of War is low-key one of my favorite games this generation.

5 Suns

The director of Dragon Age and Baldur's gate that left Bioware recently, has just come out with his own studio; Summerfall Studios. And they're crowd funding their first game. And I was wondering if you've heard of it because, well the game is actually a choice based musical!
We've all heard before of your love for musicals, so I would actually love to hear your opinion about the concept.
So far it seems like a great start, but they need some backup. They got some amazing people working on it too!

Playstationer

4y↑2

I don't understand how you don't like stealth mechanics. Each to their own, I guess

super Jmanm

5y↑3

Mormog the crafty still haunts me to this day

Faris

2y↑1

It's a shame shadow of war had to launch the way it did it's one of the best games I have ever played

Sami de Jong

I didn’t care too much about the story but I loved the game because of the nemesis system

Tan Zolo

4y↑1

I like the review. But I strongly disagree about the stealth. I don’t know what kush you’re on (see what I did there) but you said you could complete an objective using combat in a couple of minutes what would take 30 minutes in stealth. For me it is the complete opposite. I would have these fights that lasted forever because they kept calling in reinforcements. So I prefered to pick them of 1 by 1. You have many tools, and the enemy awareness is forgiving enough that you can do this at a satisfying pace, much like the arkham games. In fact, the AC games that should allow stealth fail miserably at stealth compared to this game. Maybe it has to do with player skill at different types of gameplay mecanics ? (I suck at combat in this for example). Other than that I agree with you. would like to see a shadow of war retrospective. But preferably review the Definitive version in a vacuum. without the context of it being a rerelease & have microtransactions at it’s initial release. Just the full game as is right now.

I’m some body Ur nobody

5y↑1

I actually preferred war over Mordor it was one of the most if not the most addicting game I’ve ever played I just couldn’t of it I loved conquering regions and killing the ruler, shaming orcs and build a huge army the game to me at least was unique

Mathew Mason

Came for the content, stayed for that gosh dang intro!

Badass Dan the Power Man

I’m a big LOTR fan, but when I played this game I didn’t actually like it very much and felt it kind of annoying, should I start from the beginning again and give it another shot a few years later? Or is Shadow of War the way to go to now after they fixed it?

Shadow.TechIsTheFuture

Still kind of wish he chose another series, and I know these games aren't perfect

Jon Baxter

5y↑4

Cool, Luke's letting his little cousin get a video! Nice bloke, but hope to see Luke proper next time

Tim Page

I would love to see a critique of Shadow of War, because I loved that game, but it was definitely flawed.

T Brown

i do agree this game has a lot of soul and is a masterpiece due to that nemesis system, but the sequel seems to improve and discharge a lot of what made Mordor so awesome due to microstransactions and monitization, the only other game that comes close to something like this just with no microstranssactions was bioshock 2, first game masterpiece, second, discharges what made the original a masterpiece

karikatoora

Wet is a game I loved on my xbox 360, I would love to hear your thoughts on that game, because I feel like it's quite underrated.

Will Sheridan

Awesome vid as always Luke! Catch you soon on Twitch! Just waiting for my Khaleesi sticker in the mail!!

Shadow1124

5y↑1

Shadow of War is a complete improvement of Shadow of Mordor, in my opinion. It's much better now than it was at launch, it gets a bad rep because of how it launched

nomercy8989

I love this game. To bad they cocked it up so much with the sequel.

Steveo3420

3y↑1

I'm having an odd discovering of free flow combat games. It all started when I finally bought SpiderMan for the PS4, now I just played the Arkham series 👌 now this one is currently downloading