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The combat flow and the skill usage were better in the first one. In the sequel they removed a lot of head cutting and the blood is opaque black with no texture, the big blood splatters are gone and the trails are very rare and it has ridiculously small mists that seem like a bad joke but most of the time nothing is even visible and it has worst graphics. The textures, the violence as well as the gore were better in the first one. It's a dumbed down version of the first game in every aspect. I tried it at release but couldn't finish it.
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Story driven open world RPG in style of Witcher 3 or Elder Scrolls, Gothic or even Dragon Age. War in the north had many elements that would make an amazing open world RPG set in Midle-earth, truth be told THAT is a game that we should get some day. It's a shame though that we don't get to see actual great battles in the northern war, like war i land of Beornings, battle and siege of Dale and Erebor, battle in Woodland Realm, though that would require a quite larger scale and ambitious game :). So cheer up, Frodo! You will probably make quite a long stay here.'"Īnd we are even send on such mission to Ettenmoors and Gundabad :). We shall have to scour the lands all round for many long leagues before any move is made. Elrond is sending Elves, and they will get in touch with the Rangers, and maybe with Thranduil's folk in Mirkwood. `Some of the scouts have been sent out already. But if you ask me, Elrond will send out a fair number, when the reports come in. I was afraid all the time that it might come to that, if I was let off. "Well, anyway,' said Bilbo, 'nothing was decided beyond choosing poor Frodo and Sam. Seamlessly connects with source material story, in the book we hear about Rivendell sending out scouts far and wide to prepare intel for Fellowship: Yeah War in the North despite having original story is nicely fitting within existing Lotr story and lore of the world.
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