Based on its movement system being quite similar to Ubisoft’s famed title, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor was often compared to Assassin’s Creed. It seems Monolith had a little bit of fun with this comparison for the sequel, throwing in a small reference to Assassin’s Creed with this Shadow of War Easter egg.
You can see (or rather, hear) the Easter egg in the video above. While wandering through an orc outpost, I overheard one of them say, “I’m an assassin!” to which another replied, “We all are! It’s like a creed!” There’s a staggering amount of dialog around Mordor, and I’d be curious what other Easter eggs are hiding within idle voice lines like this one.
Our Middle-earth: Shadow of War review published today, calling it the best Lord of the Rings game to date. If you’re worried about the microtransactions, we never felt that they were unfairly pushed on players. The game was balanced to never feel overly grindy when earning gear or leveling up. The ability to purchase these loot boxes may be controversial, but the system never felt balanced in a way that encouraged me to. I always had a good supply of gear otherwise. With so much else resonating player freedom in Shadow of War, it makes sense that players willing to spend money are free to do so in order to save some time that would otherwise be spent grinding out the same rewards. I personally felt like earning an orc or piece of gear in bat...