Pros: [Great Combat] , as soon as i got this game i spent about 5 hours killing orcs and not bothering with the missions or story line which is rather entertaining and keeps you playing to see the next cut scene. Due to [Great Optimisation] , you don't need a fantastic space ship rocket box of a computer to run this game. You can run this game nicely with a relatively old computer, a [GTX 1060] and a mediocore cpu = [Steady 60-70fps[ whilst at [max graphics[. The physics alone, fantastic work from the devs will keep you playing for hours on end , forgetting that you have to eat food. The loot box aspect of it is great. Earning coins and earning [lootboxes] for challenges and then to have a "chance" at getting a legendary orc or a legendary weapon (which btw rarely happens so you'll probably be grinding for a very long time) ; oh and did i mention it's not a pay to win game? They're removing the in game store completely soon enough and if it matters, they've already removed a lot of stuff from the store to make it as free to play as possible (that is of course once you've bought the game :). Each orc also has a unique voice and a large variety of different voice lines to make the game seem less repetitive. Over all, a great game , would definitely play more of it if more content for it was released. Dlc's are worth picking up during, especially during the steam summer sale, mainly for the desolation of mordor and blade of galadriel as the new faction expansions barely have any new impact on the game . Overall 8/10


Cons: Very short base game. Completed the game in about [26 hours] along with all of the [secret collectibles and side missions]. Losing a fortress takes away hours of work as it can take [several hours to get prepared for a castle siege] which only takes a few minutes to complete and all of that can be [undone with one single death]. Losing a point means a load more [orc warlords are summoned out of thin air]. Feel like the difficulty could be raised a little, [normal orcs are still far too easy to kill] on the highest difficulty. Way [too many abilities] which can be very difficult to remember and use effectively , i'd be more understanding if the game had 100+ hours of content but for barely a quarter of that to have so many abilities that you have to remember to get the most out of the game, it's absurd - [half the time you spend looking at your skills], remembering which ones are which and on the highest difficulties it may be a huge pain - and due to the fact that [different abilities require you to press the same button] ,say run (spacebar) you want to change it to shift but along with that u have to go through a drooling process of [changing several binds along with it] which can be quite tedious and not a very fun experience.