Hey all, thanks for a all the kind words! While at Monolith, I had the privilege of directing all of the cinematics in this video. It means a lot to still see people watching what we worked so hard to create!!
@@nathanhendrickson3868 It is easy to see the love, passion, and hardwork that you and your team pored into these cinematics. Thank you! And well done!
Is there anything you can say about the light that is clearly meant to be Celebrimbor escaping the death of Sauron? Is this a hint for a sequel still to come or have such plans fallen through? Anything you can say?
While this game is non canon it has more respect for Tolkiens work that the heresy I shall not name. Wish we got to see more of sauron, the nazgul, shelob, and Balrogs in general
Everything in the bar Shelob was great, idk why they decided to make her a mortal woman and not just her normal canon Giant Spider body;but the game was good. Also fuck these scamming bots in the comments
Even the amazing Peter Jackson films departed from Tolkien's work in some big ways but it was always honest. They made Aragorn reluctant to rule to help with the kind of character arc most movie goers like. But they never meddled to inject their own messages (like rings of power making numenor full of trump rallies) and agendas into it.
@@j.a.6310 true, while the Jackson films are not 1to1 perfect adaptations of the books they at least do a good job of conveying the messages and portraying the majority of the story. And like this game it also honored the lore of the series.
There used to be people there, in the books they are refered to as the slaves of Nurnen; at the end of the War of the Ring, Gonder gave them that land to keep for themselves.
It began with the forging of the great films. Threads were given by Tolkien, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Rights were granted to Jackson, great miner and craftsman of the mountain of lore. And nine, nine hours were gifted to the race of men, who above all, desire quality. But they were all of them deceived, for another show was made. In the land of Amazon, in the fires of Mount Prime, the Dark Lord Bezos forged in secret a master flop. And into this show he poured his money, his greed, and his will to dominate all film. One show to ruin them all.
Honestly this was a pretty amazing non-canon story, they made it almost fit perfectly into the narrative as an explanation of what was going on in mordor prior to the hobbit/fellowship timeline. That talion and celebrimbor's efforts had delayed sauron's plans by a number of years but both eventually fell to the dark lord as the story reached the start of lotr almost gave reason to why bilbo or gollum never got found by the eye when using the ring too. It basically used important characters well and made it work with the established lore thats all rings of power the show had to do but sticking to the given story was too much for their ego and they had so much more room to play with then this did. Hell some of the orc generals you could get had more personality then some characters in the show.
@@Pablojunior2006 that's true. calling it trash would be too nice. it's a soulless, money grabbing, pseudowoke shitfest with mostly terrible actors and even worse directing from start to finish
Not only that but Sauron also has a mind that has gazed at the Timeless Halls before the universe was made. Also, Sauron’s iron will is one of his greatest strengths, the notion that a man and an elf can _enslave_ that is quite ridiculous to be honest.
@@the1andonlytitch I think he was using humor but yeah, calling Melkor a mere anarchist is an over-simplification that I think comes from the notion of him spreading chaos (often associated with anarchy). Melkor’s whole philosophy towards basically everything is more closely tied to this: “if it can’t be bent to my will completely and utterly then it must be completely and utterly destroyed”.
Between Shadow of Mordor/War, War in the North, Battle for Middle Earth, LOTRO, and even the Total War mods the stories that various games have added to Tolkien's world are really high quality and fit in so well. I like them as much as the original books. Of course you get a few oddballs like The Third Age but overall remarkable and much more consistent than franchises like Star Wars or Marvel.
@@hitthetarget982 Actually the Black Numenorians and Mouth of Sauron parts were really greatly thought and designed showing how logistics, management and chain of command worked around in Mordor. We got to see the inside of Barad-dûr which was again great depiction. And lastly, the idea of saving the gollum orchestrated by the Black Numenorians high ranking officials instead of Nazgul and some random brainless orcs is plain clever.
War in the North was perfect. I will never forget how they took the movie aesthetic, made certain elements more book-friendly, and mashed it together into probably the best non-Tolkien treatment LotR has ever gotten.
I love this game and thought it was great despite the non-canon aspect, but I really was disappointed that after creating amazing backstories for the first three Nazgul, all we got for the Witch King was "You cannot see inside me, nothing of my soul remains." Since the story was already non-canon, I think this would have been an amazing addition to the story to see into the mind of the Witch King.
I think the point is that WK gave himself to Sauron completely - he was never anything more than a tool. This gave him great power but beyond that there was nothing left of him.
@@mooses44 I don't remember from what source, but there were some hints in the lore, that he wasn't a king (or chieftain) during his lifetime, unlike other Nazguls. But he became after the first war of the rings. He created powerful kingdom in the north Angmar and some considered him as a successor of Sauron. It makes even more interesting to understand his origin.
It's actually a great story, even with the retcons and while being a comlete non-canon fiction. I remember I enjoyed the story in my playthrough. Can't say the same about the series.
This is why fanfiction isn’t inherently bad, provided it is acknowledged as such. There can be bad fanfiction and good fanfiction. This is an example of the pretty good stuff.
@@Hadriantheemperorofrome And more true to Tolkien's theme. The movies and games turned it into a loud-style action thriller, but the books were written way more like fairy tales and myths. Tbh, Tolkien would have probably despised every adaptation of his work so far.
I always felt incredibly sad for Talion's end. He was a hero trying to survive and was betrayed multiple times. Idk why, but I find it wholesome that the Nazgul and witchking still called him brother and offered him to join despite clashing multiple times lol
I mean it doesnt seem impossible, only issue is making gameplay people would enjoy, especially if you played as someone like Frodo who was pretty weak. You cant make him exactly a Talion.
I think the consensus is that LOTR fans do not like the show for a variety of meaningful reasons and those who do like it have not read the books or were not children, teenagers or adults when the original trilogy came out. Fans of the show probably use alot of tumblr and write alot of fanfiction and thats how Amazon got the idea to give into fan service at the expense of great story telling
@Radical Centrist God Not just fight on physically either, but fight against the corrupting power of the direct link to sauron he carried on his finger for literal decades. The man sacrificed everything, including his soul, to protect a world that no longer held anyone he loved within it. If we want to extrapolate his situation with a deeper understanding of Tolkien lore, the fact that he fell body and soul to darkness in the end means he doesnt really know whether he would share the same fate as men of the light would. For all he knew he was sacrificing any chance of seeing his wife and son in whatever lay beyond death. My head Canon is that Eru himself stepped in at the moment of Talion's true death, and personally ripped his soul back from the darkness. No other man, and possibly no other living being of the light, had sacrificed so much and for so long to protect Eru's creation. Dude deserved a reward. Personally, Talion's story is Canon to me, because his story is just so damn good.
18 hours in and I'm not enjoying the story of the first game to be honest, apart from the unnecessary lore changes I'm having problems getting into it. Feels like memento + lord of the rings. You have no idea why you have those powers and who Celebrimbor is, why is he bound to you, what happened in the past, etc. I was constantly asking questions that were never answered. I'm going to skip the rest if things don't get better and just hack and slash straight to the endgame.
@@JesusProtects its not canon, so try not to think too much on it, and rather enjoy it as its own story! I do agree the story and characters in shadow of mordor are a bit dry, but you come to appreciate everything about the games, learning the lore, all will be answered the more you play through, cheers
@@elpsykoongro5379 if he had a body in Jackson's films why did we never see Sauron's physical form? The closest was when Aragon saw the projected future with Sauron wearing the ring when he used the Palantier (sp?) When Saruman is communicating with Sauron all we see is flames akin to the way he was also presented in the Hobbit movies (as a kind of ghost spirit) They also changed the final fight outside the black gate from Sauron into a troll. I thought it was pretty clear in the films that he needs to get the ring back to where his spirit is (in the tower) before he can become physical again. Feel free to argue of course
@@chrispekel5709 they don’t make it clear because just having the eye makes him more threatening because we don’t know how he actually looks, and I can see you have never read the books, that’s fair but Tolkien does say he had a physical form, he just didn’t wanted to get out from the tower mainly because he was afraid, also it took 4 years to get him out of the tower in the war of the last alliance
I like the idea how in the end Talion became part of the Nine and was part of the Nazguls that hunted Frodo. Tbh that would be my canon. I like the idea of Frodo being the only hero capable to defeat Sauron.
I can't get over the fact how they made the ring wraiths fly in smoke, like they're death eaters in harry potter. The ring wraiths could not fly with magic, only fell beasts.
As a fan of the books the the movies, I like this game. It fits well into the fold for me personally, and fills in some of the imagined in what I imagine to be a very accurate portrayal from Middle Earth. I know there were some controversies surrounding this game, but well, I got it later on, and it's a great game in so many ways. GG
The gameplay just by itself is amazing. Story was decent but nemesis system was what made it so replayable. The music/sound design was good too. The thing that makes it remotely a bad game was the horrendous microtransactions that ruined multiplayer and single player too when the gane released. Luckily it hasen't been like that for years so its a 8/10 game now imo.
@@hughjness2555 I prefer this non cannon adaptation than that 💩 show,that's showing on Prime. If I want true Tolkien storytelling,I'll read his book again.
@@grahamwillis585 Numenorians were part of human race, subspecies if you like (like Hobbits). They were Men (as opposed to Elves or Orcs), so he's not wrong.
That's what makes Sauron suck as a villain. Imagine how good lotr would have actually been if Sauron returned to form and they had to fight him. Not just a useless floating eyeball 😂
As a huge Tolkien fan I realize this is non canon and some things don't really fit, but the story and cinematics are awesome and if THE RINGS OF POWER had been on this level I would have been thrilled. These video games were ten times better than that TV show.
Not sure how I ended up here, but watched the whole video and even though I'm not much of a LotR fan and don't play the game... I found it fascinating and engrossing! Great job to the makers of it! =)
I really enjoyed the two shadoq of mordor games. The fombat was fun and fluid. The nemesis system was dope and I like how they incorporated characters from theblire in such a way that it doesnt beeak who they are.
You know, if you think about it, our favorite ranger/ghost duo can technically be classified as a death knight or revenant. Hes dead, but possessing his own body.
@@Fantasma98 At the moment shareholders and such seem to be in control of everything and they demand immediate quick payouts with the absolutely lowest amount of investment. I don't think there's any current publishers that actually have long term goals for the sustainability of any of their IP's. They've shifted everything to almost mimic mobile gaming models.
loved this game so much made me actually cry at the end cause all your hard work at being a hero ended just to shortly later boom dead not doing anything but running away and dead but glad through his hardships he got to see his family in the afterlife.
I don't recall it showing the witch king being made. I may have missed that part in my numerous play throughs lol he's always been in charge of the wraiths
As much as the movies portray Sauron as a flaming eye in the tower (with that ridiculous light effect during the third one) he absolutely had a body. Gollum mentioned, he only has four fingers in his black hand but he doesn't need more.
If there was every a live action series about any lord of the rings that deserves to be created it’s shadow of Mordor and this gripping story of war and justice; just imagine the scenes we could see with todays cgi
I love this story! When I heard Rings of Power had a budget of a billion doll hairs (excluding 250,000,000 they paid for the rights). I was expecting this level of epicness. Instead we got a nothing burger of nonsense!
its canonical he could shape shift and it was one of his appearance back in a day he used this form while i think his time in numenor, he was called "anatar"- gift master, it was his most beautifull shape, while looking like that it was easier for him to manipulate minds cause of beauty and might of this version
Although Sauron knew that Men were easier to sway, he sought to bring the Elves into his service, as they were far more powerful. By about SA 1500, Sauron put on a fair visage and called himself Annatar, the "Lord of Gifts". The Unfinished Tales tells us that Annatar assumed the guise of an emissary of the Valar "anticipating the Istari".[16] In other words, he said that he was a Maia who had been sent from Valinor had once been in the service of the Valar Aulë.
@@jakespacepiratee3740 I love the Middle Earth universe and follow the "rings of power" series. But while watching this short animation, I felt more excitement. Just my own opinion.
I noticed that little blue light that fled when the dark tower of Sauron fell after the eye pretty much went kaboom. I figure that was celebrimbor being free an making his escape from being trapped inside the Dark Lord's body/form. Though that does make me a bit curious on something where did he go, and therefore what basically becomes of celebrimbor?
When elves die, they actually turn to spirits. Their spirit are immortal, and several who died actually returned either reincarnated in babies or just in new bodies after a while. It is likely that now free of the Ring's corruption, Celebrimbor's spirit went West, toward Valinor, where the elves gather.
This may not be cannon but it's well written. I feel like Tolkien would approve with a lot of it and if Tolkien himself was to come up with this we wouldn't bat an eye lid which is a lot more than can be said for the Amazon series. Also goes to show that you can deviate from the official cannon of a story, use your creativity and still come up with something good if you have the talent.
@@arderon5 They did the best they could. Look a bit into the rights to Tolkien's work, there is a reason why this had to be non-canon and I'm sure that if they were able to get full rights then it would have made it fit into the canon a lot more.
I don't care about how much the storyline in this game is non - canon. This is one of the best LOTR games ever made In my opinion. The best thing about it is that you can replay it many times as you want and you will never get bored.
@@DerDarkKnight Like the simple fact that all the Nazgul are men. That Minas Ithil isn’t owned by Gondor post Hobbit. That Helm Hammer hand wasn’t alive in the 2nd age. Etc etc
If they release a third game I would hope there is one campaign where you could play as a new hero and one where you could continue playing as Talion being a Nazgûl if it was before his death
It's hard to believe that anybody hated the story in this game. Especially because it was classified as non-cannon in the first place. This is a masterpiece.
Once you get around the idea of stuff like Nazgul, trolls, dragons, and orcs.. it's essentially just another story of medieval warfare between different clans of people.
Well yeah, that's what any story on a grand scale is, when you get rid of all the things that make it unique. Star Wars? Well once you get around the idea of blasters, spaceships, the force, or rebelling against an evil empire it's just another warfare story between different clans of people.
![The Hobbit (2014) - Clash of Immortals [4K]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/KnD_NkGTEXo/mqdefault.jpg)
Hey all, thanks for a all the kind words! While at Monolith, I had the privilege of directing all of the cinematics in this video. It means a lot to still see people watching what we worked so hard to create!!
@@marcoslaureano5562 Middle Earth: Shadow of War
Absolutely fantastic work and I sometimes wish it was cannon cause it feels so much more Tolkien. Loved these cut scenes.
Its cannon for media imo
@@nathanhendrickson3868 It is easy to see the love, passion, and hardwork that you and your team pored into these cinematics. Thank you! And well done!
Is there anything you can say about the light that is clearly meant to be Celebrimbor escaping the death of Sauron? Is this a hint for a sequel still to come or have such plans fallen through? Anything you can say?
While this game is non canon it has more respect for Tolkiens work that the heresy I shall not name. Wish we got to see more of sauron, the nazgul, shelob, and Balrogs in general
Everything in the bar Shelob was great, idk why they decided to make her a mortal woman and not just her normal canon Giant Spider body;but the game was good. Also fuck these scamming bots in the comments
Well said
Even the amazing Peter Jackson films departed from Tolkien's work in some big ways but it was always honest. They made Aragorn reluctant to rule to help with the kind of character arc most movie goers like. But they never meddled to inject their own messages (like rings of power making numenor full of trump rallies) and agendas into it.
@@j.a.6310 true, while the Jackson films are not 1to1 perfect adaptations of the books they at least do a good job of conveying the messages and portraying the majority of the story. And like this game it also honored the lore of the series.
Respect to you Sir we should forget the heresy even exist
It is all completely non-canon but I like the idea that before he could conquer Middle-Earth, Sauron had to conquer Mordor first
There used to be people there, in the books they are refered to as the slaves of Nurnen; at the end of the War of the Ring, Gonder gave them that land to keep for themselves.
That's what Rings of Power is saying.
@@japhysnacks “the sea is always right” 🤓
Obviously. The Southlands became Mordor, of course he had to fight for it. That is canon.
for me is canon
"You have served me well. Minas Morgul is yours." "Aw, thanx a bunch...It's a fucking shit hole."
Sauron: And Who’s fault is that? You’re the one who rode in on a poison dragon.
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@MatthewTeachout-xj4yyThis dialog is canon
It began with the forging of the great films.
Threads were given by Tolkien, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings.
Rights were granted to Jackson, great miner and craftsman of the mountain of lore. And nine, nine hours were gifted to the race of men, who above all, desire quality.
But they were all of them deceived, for another show was made.
In the land of Amazon, in the fires of Mount Prime, the Dark Lord Bezos forged in secret a master flop. And into this show he poured his money, his greed, and his will to dominate all film.
One show to ruin them all.
lol
Kudos
Lmaooo this is the best comment ever
10/10
ROP ain't that bad
Honestly this was a pretty amazing non-canon story, they made it almost fit perfectly into the narrative as an explanation of what was going on in mordor prior to the hobbit/fellowship timeline. That talion and celebrimbor's efforts had delayed sauron's plans by a number of years but both eventually fell to the dark lord as the story reached the start of lotr almost gave reason to why bilbo or gollum never got found by the eye when using the ring too. It basically used important characters well and made it work with the established lore thats all rings of power the show had to do but sticking to the given story was too much for their ego and they had so much more room to play with then this did. Hell some of the orc generals you could get had more personality then some characters in the show.
Not really. Isildur and helm hammer hand being a Nazgûl, how Sauron became the flaming eye really put a dent on the story
Facts that Amazon show was TRASH.
@@Redditor6079 not really
@@Pablojunior2006 No really
@@Pablojunior2006 that's true. calling it trash would be too nice. it's a soulless, money grabbing, pseudowoke shitfest with mostly terrible actors and even worse directing from start to finish
I love how Sauron at the end is like: I was mentored by the worlds first Anarchist rebel child, and you think you can dominate ME?!?
Yes
Celebrimbor can. He is an anomaly. Would not doubt he is son of elf and a maia.
Not only that but Sauron also has a mind that has gazed at the Timeless Halls before the universe was made. Also, Sauron’s iron will is one of his greatest strengths, the notion that a man and an elf can _enslave_ that is quite ridiculous to be honest.
Morgorth was pretty far from an anarchist 🤣
@@the1andonlytitch I think he was using humor but yeah, calling Melkor a mere anarchist is an over-simplification that I think comes from the notion of him spreading chaos (often associated with anarchy). Melkor’s whole philosophy towards basically everything is more closely tied to this: “if it can’t be bent to my will completely and utterly then it must be completely and utterly destroyed”.
"Bright looord, dark loord same thing really"
Between Shadow of Mordor/War, War in the North, Battle for Middle Earth, LOTRO, and even the Total War mods the stories that various games have added to Tolkien's world are really high quality and fit in so well. I like them as much as the original books. Of course you get a few oddballs like The Third Age but overall remarkable and much more consistent than franchises like Star Wars or Marvel.
And then you get something like Lord of Ring: Gollum. That was most certainly not very high quality
@@hitthetarget982 Actually the Black Numenorians and Mouth of Sauron parts were really greatly thought and designed showing how logistics, management and chain of command worked around in Mordor. We got to see the inside of Barad-dûr which was again great depiction.
And lastly, the idea of saving the gollum orchestrated by the Black Numenorians high ranking officials instead of Nazgul and some random brainless orcs is plain clever.
War in the North was perfect. I will never forget how they took the movie aesthetic, made certain elements more book-friendly, and mashed it together into probably the best non-Tolkien treatment LotR has ever gotten.
I love this game and thought it was great despite the non-canon aspect, but I really was disappointed that after creating amazing backstories for the first three Nazgul, all we got for the Witch King was "You cannot see inside me, nothing of my soul remains." Since the story was already non-canon, I think this would have been an amazing addition to the story to see into the mind of the Witch King.
I think the point is that WK gave himself to Sauron completely - he was never anything more than a tool.
This gave him great power but beyond that there was nothing left of him.
That's actually the fact I like the most since we have no idea as to his origins while others we know they were kings/leaders of men.
@@mooses44 we know that he was king in the Angmar between wars of the ring
@@Fortify2030 I meant you don't know who he was or where he came from or what he did before he fell, others are hinted to be lords and kings.
@@mooses44 I don't remember from what source, but there were some hints in the lore, that he wasn't a king (or chieftain) during his lifetime, unlike other Nazguls. But he became after the first war of the rings. He created powerful kingdom in the north Angmar and some considered him as a successor of Sauron. It makes even more interesting to understand his origin.
It's actually a great story, even with the retcons and while being a comlete non-canon fiction. I remember I enjoyed the story in my playthrough. Can't say the same about the series.
This is why fanfiction isn’t inherently bad, provided it is acknowledged as such. There can be bad fanfiction and good fanfiction. This is an example of the pretty good stuff.
its because of the visual looks and epicness is similar to lotr movies...costumes etc. while the Amazon series is pathetic and different
This is more like what rings of power could’ve or should’ve been….
Series so bad?
@@Hadriantheemperorofrome And more true to Tolkien's theme. The movies and games turned it into a loud-style action thriller, but the books were written way more like fairy tales and myths. Tbh, Tolkien would have probably despised every adaptation of his work so far.
This game has an awesome sense for the dark force. I wanna see more of sauron and the nazgul
Which game is this?
Middle Earth: Shadow of War (sequel to Shadow of Mordor)
@@nabskylegion9638 u should play this game, ngl.
Really? What give it away? It was Talion sith eyes and corruption?
@@yashabreslove8276
Why do they all say Skyrim?
Talion fought for so long and fought so hard before he finally fell.
In the end, it didn’t even matter.
Aragorn would have never b*tched out like that lol
@@whocaresthanks wel i buy us time against sauron, soooooo a little?
@@marcoflorian5182 Lol just an opportunity for a LP ref.
Why couldn’t ROP be as good?
Sauron walking out of the fire symbolising the eye is top notch
callback to the hobbit scene where theshape of a fire (dol guldur attack) is like the shape of Sauron with battle armor.
Well sauron is a fire spirit, so the eye symbolizes that
I always felt incredibly sad for Talion's end. He was a hero trying to survive and was betrayed multiple times.
Idk why, but I find it wholesome that the Nazgul and witchking still called him brother and offered him to join despite clashing multiple times lol
It is weird that even though I know how this is going to end (according to LOTR) I still cheer for our hero to win at the end…
i mean according to game our hero slowed Sauron for few hundred years thats got to count for something
@@caesarczech7920 Yeah, if for not Talion Sauron would've invaded much much earlier, winning the war pretty easily.
@@caesarczech7920 *decades
@@tylerellis9097 60 years, to be precise
60 years in the book continuity or the movie continuity. In the movies its the year 3019 so its 60 years from that correct?@NiCoNiCoNiCola
"The Fallen believe there are consequences without any rules. The Standing know there is both."
imagine a unreal engine lotr game that covered the whole timeline i swear i would empty my bank account for it😂
I mean it doesnt seem impossible, only issue is making gameplay people would enjoy, especially if you played as someone like Frodo who was pretty weak.
You cant make him exactly a Talion.
$3.78 isnt enough for a full fledged game bud :sadcat:
Yeah except it would be packed with modern diversity, equity and inclusion (antiwhitism) and frodo would be a gay trans
I would dedicate 1000 hours minimum and live in a trailer lol
@@jayc4019Libtards when they realize lotr doesn't have one non white character (it's a dream world)
So he has yellow eyes... two swords on his back... and fights evil monsters... since when was Geralt in LOTR?
HAHA!
the yellows are a result of corruption from the ring just like in star wars when a jedi turns to the dark side the iconic yellow eyes of sith show
@@alejandrochairez5134 nah its cos he was mutated to fite monstehr
A Witcher!
Game name
Basically we were playing the back story of one of the 9 Nazgûl the whole time 🔥 loved this game wish there was a 3rd one
A game where you play as a nazgul would be great!
@@bojangles4398i honestly think that’s what desolation of Mordor should have been Nazgûl talion fighting for Sauron
@@bojangles4398Elteriel dlc hinted for a sequel
This is better than Rings of Power.
That’s not difficult to be fair
I think the consensus is that LOTR fans do not like the show for a variety of meaningful reasons and those who do like it have not read the books or were not children, teenagers or adults when the original trilogy came out. Fans of the show probably use alot of tumblr and write alot of fanfiction and thats how Amazon got the idea to give into fan service at the expense of great story telling
Amen to That 😑😒.
Lol kind of a low bar 😂
🤣
The ending gives me gladiator vibes. Talion finally experienced Eru's gift to men. The halls of mandos.
According to Tolkien, Eru's Gift to Men wasn't in the Halls of Mandos. None of the Valar knew where the spirits of men when they died.
Talions character arc is probably one of the most depressing in game history.
@Radical Centrist God Not just fight on physically either, but fight against the corrupting power of the direct link to sauron he carried on his finger for literal decades.
The man sacrificed everything, including his soul, to protect a world that no longer held anyone he loved within it. If we want to extrapolate his situation with a deeper understanding of Tolkien lore, the fact that he fell body and soul to darkness in the end means he doesnt really know whether he would share the same fate as men of the light would. For all he knew he was sacrificing any chance of seeing his wife and son in whatever lay beyond death.
My head Canon is that Eru himself stepped in at the moment of Talion's true death, and personally ripped his soul back from the darkness. No other man, and possibly no other living being of the light, had sacrificed so much and for so long to protect Eru's creation. Dude deserved a reward.
Personally, Talion's story is Canon to me, because his story is just so damn good.
18 hours in and I'm not enjoying the story of the first game to be honest, apart from the unnecessary lore changes I'm having problems getting into it. Feels like memento + lord of the rings. You have no idea why you have those powers and who Celebrimbor is, why is he bound to you, what happened in the past, etc. I was constantly asking questions that were never answered. I'm going to skip the rest if things don't get better and just hack and slash straight to the endgame.
@@JesusProtects its not canon, so try not to think too much on it, and rather enjoy it as its own story! I do agree the story and characters in shadow of mordor are a bit dry, but you come to appreciate everything about the games, learning the lore, all will be answered the more you play through, cheers
I can name 5 more depressing. And I think a lot of it is actually quite inspiring.
@@JesusProtects shadow of mordor is shiet shadow of war is great
This ending made me cry amazing. thank you for making this universe even more adventurous.
They really nailed the appearance of all the characters in this game! The armor sets and character designs are brilliant.
hello which lotr's game is the clips from? thanks
@@petruis2 Shadow of War, the sequel to Shadow of mordor.
Bro, the NAzguls looks like SHIT tho...
I’ve never wanted something to be cannoned so much in my life and I mean that in the best way possible.
Same
Tbh the fact that talion could beat the witch King or that celebrimbor could rival sauron kinda dilutes the importance in the events of tlotr
@@finndevenny4564 5:34
@@finndevenny4564 fan fiction is like that
@@finndevenny4564 I mean it's not like the witch king has the best w/l ratio, he just has a habit of not dying
Such a game about the Silmarillion would be a real reason for me to buy it.
This is more like the best un-cannoned cannon of LOTR
I'd like to see another for this series, I absolutely loved both of these games!
What game titles are these?🙏
@@dantesos7564 shadow of Mordor and shadow of war
Me too, but theyre making a Wonder Woman game now. Which sounds dope, but I'd rather get a third Middle Earth game from them.
Shadow of Ratbag
I'll replay the whole series. I remember playing Shadow of Mordor on release date on the Xbox one it was glorious.
Is this the name of the game these extracts are taken from ? It is not fvcking mentioned anywhere
@@edwinivcylian9883 this game from the video is called middle earth shadow of war which is the second game of shadow of Mordor
I wish they included scenes like Sauron directing orders to his minions in the movies.
He didnt have a body
@@chrispekel5709 he did
@@elpsykoongro5379 if he had a body in Jackson's films why did we never see Sauron's physical form? The closest was when Aragon saw the projected future with Sauron wearing the ring when he used the Palantier (sp?)
When Saruman is communicating with Sauron all we see is flames akin to the way he was also presented in the Hobbit movies (as a kind of ghost spirit)
They also changed the final fight outside the black gate from Sauron into a troll.
I thought it was pretty clear in the films that he needs to get the ring back to where his spirit is (in the tower) before he can become physical again. Feel free to argue of course
@@chrispekel5709 he did have a body
@@chrispekel5709 they don’t make it clear because just having the eye makes him more threatening because we don’t know how he actually looks, and I can see you have never read the books, that’s fair but Tolkien does say he had a physical form, he just didn’t wanted to get out from the tower mainly because he was afraid, also it took 4 years to get him out of the tower in the war of the last alliance
Is it just me or do I sense a minuscule hint of regret when the witch king say “Nothing of my soul remains” 3:29
This is my favorite part of Skyrim.
Skyrim has an ending?
I like the idea how in the end Talion became part of the Nine and was part of the Nazguls that hunted Frodo. Tbh that would be my canon. I like the idea of Frodo being the only hero capable to defeat Sauron.
I really hope someday they'll make a Lord of the rings game like this again 👍
When I play the epilogue I always thought man Talion must have suffered greatly.
“as long as i have breath in my body, my faith is my own”
i liked it so much i got it tatooed on me
Thats awesome!
Too bad he says my fate is my own. No ragrets nah saying. 😂
@@tombowers6713😂😂😂
I can't get over the fact how they made the ring wraiths fly in smoke, like they're death eaters in harry potter. The ring wraiths could not fly with magic, only fell beasts.
Thank you!!
Oh get over it, it’s freaking awesome
Because it looks cool, quit being such a purist
@@dovahkiin7253hes just saying it's too harry potter-like to be
@@Ciipher5113 maybe they could do short hops, invisible to non-nazgul, but needed the beasts for long journeys through the material world
This would have been a much better show than Ring of Power
As a fan of the books the the movies, I like this game. It fits well into the fold for me personally, and fills in some of the imagined in what I imagine to be a very accurate portrayal from Middle Earth.
I know there were some controversies surrounding this game, but well, I got it later on, and it's a great game in so many ways.
GG
What’s the game called
@@lunar3313 seriously ? Shadow of War
The gameplay just by itself is amazing. Story was decent but nemesis system was what made it so replayable. The music/sound design was good too.
The thing that makes it remotely a bad game was the horrendous microtransactions that ruined multiplayer and single player too when the gane released. Luckily it hasen't been like that for years so its a 8/10 game now imo.
this video is by far the best we will see in the power rings series.
Power rings series? This is a video game.
@@adamlaouiti6415 He was making a joke due to the nature of the game.
@@ChristianProtossDragoon But the game is good and the Amazon show isn’t. Am I missing something here?
This looks more like a better Tolkien adaptation than Amazon's Rings of power
Dont do this game dirty like that.
You mean a worse adaptation because it’s very much non canon
@@hughjness2555 I prefer this non cannon adaptation than that 💩 show,that's showing on Prime.
If I want true Tolkien storytelling,I'll read his book again.
Agree
@@Oscar9tg This game and that show are no better, they are both non-canon.
He didn't create him.... The Witch King was human before becoming a Nazgul
Exactly
Semi human he was a Numenorian King.
The witch king was a great sorcerer or a great king of Numinor. His history is unknown to all.
@@grahamwillis585 Numenorians were part of human race, subspecies if you like (like Hobbits). They were Men (as opposed to Elves or Orcs), so he's not wrong.
3:08 Damn, I didn't know he was chill like that
Whomst of which would not accept such a vivacious offer.
Am I the only one who wants a Sauron game for next gen. Imagine playing as Sauron but with SOW gameplay and mechanics. Damn! ^_^
it won't be as fun, what would you do as Sauron? He's too powerful to be interesting to play as.
@@LeoStep93he wants sauron to use stealth and archery
Wouldn't work. Sauron basically just plots and schemes in the shadows while sending the Nazgul and orcs/uruks to do his bidding lol
@@anakinvader9120 true. But it looks badass in my imagination 😔
It's weird seing Sauron speak , I feel like one of the eeriest traits of him and the Nazgul is how little they actually do.
He speaks in the LOTR Movies and the Hobbit though.
@@jakespacepiratee3740 yeah just in as much length and not in person
That's what makes Sauron suck as a villain. Imagine how good lotr would have actually been if Sauron returned to form and they had to fight him. Not just a useless floating eyeball 😂
@LinkH-w5c that's what I thought was going to happen because I didnt read ROTK before the movie
As a huge Tolkien fan I realize this is non canon and some things don't really fit, but the story and cinematics are awesome and if THE RINGS OF POWER had been on this level I would have been thrilled. These video games were ten times better than that TV show.
Not sure how I ended up here, but watched the whole video and even though I'm not much of a LotR fan and don't play the game... I found it fascinating and engrossing! Great job to the makers of it! =)
It’s be so cool if you could keep playing as the witch king, even just as a skin. Fighting for Sauron, how awesome would that be
I really enjoyed the two shadoq of mordor games. The fombat was fun and fluid. The nemesis system was dope and I like how they incorporated characters from theblire in such a way that it doesnt beeak who they are.
"I am not of darkness yet" says the guy wearing a cowl with glowing yellow eyes with black markings on his face
His heart wasn't there yet.
We need a game where we would play out a life of Glorfindel, single most badass elf that was still around after fall of Sauron
Talion is an extremely tragic character. Glad he found peace at the very end of it all.
You know, if you think about it, our favorite ranger/ghost duo can technically be classified as a death knight or revenant. Hes dead, but possessing his own body.
That’s actually a really good point!
It's hurts to know we may not get a gem like this game again 🥺😭
Yeah and instead we got Gollum…….. seriously what happened??? 😑
@@Fantasma98don't give up hope
@@Fantasma98 At the moment shareholders and such seem to be in control of everything and they demand immediate quick payouts with the absolutely lowest amount of investment.
I don't think there's any current publishers that actually have long term goals for the sustainability of any of their IP's. They've shifted everything to almost mimic mobile gaming models.
better story than the rings of power
Far better
peak edgelord behaviour
5:35
"i hope no one pulls this move on me"
-sauron
Lol Sauron already fell for that move. This is still the third age
loved this game so much made me actually cry at the end cause all your hard work at being a hero ended just to shortly later boom dead not doing anything but running away and dead but glad through his hardships he got to see his family in the afterlife.
Can you tell me the name of this game 🎮? Is it play station 4
this was such a wonderful game. It's been a while since I've played but watching this makes me want to go back and enjoy it again
Which game?
@@jonkarst7336 shadow of war (lord of the rings game)
@@COOLS32401for ps5?
whats the name of the game?
Is this Shadow of War or Mordor and are they both worth playing?
This one is non canon and still miles better than Rings of Power. I enjoyed every moment of these 2 beautiful games.
I don't recall it showing the witch king being made. I may have missed that part in my numerous play throughs lol he's always been in charge of the wraiths
Actually it explicitly doesn't, when you try against the witch king you can't see into his mind
I love seeing sauron in the flesh, or should I say metal
I love how the Witch King always tried to show compassion toward Talion
As much as the movies portray Sauron as a flaming eye in the tower (with that ridiculous light effect during the third one) he absolutely had a body. Gollum mentioned, he only has four fingers in his black hand but he doesn't need more.
Makes me think Halbrand is either the witch king or Sauron himself
Witch King I think
@@lobbysoundz9253I hope so
Ha ha ha about that...
He is just sauron in a wig
If there was every a live action series about any lord of the rings that deserves to be created it’s shadow of Mordor and this gripping story of war and justice; just imagine the scenes we could see with todays cgi
Kkkkkkkkkkkk
This game is more lore-accurate than rings of power
100%
Lol no
I suppose you dropped your clown nose, here take it
@@tylerellis9097 Yes
Which game is il please ?
it's non canon, but the level of epicness is supreme
I absolutely love the thought of the nazgul battling Shelob for one of her catches xD Cool endscene, too.
This one clip is way better than both seaons of the rings od power
in those 10min i get more joy and attention than this foookin amazon abomilation in 5 ep
Yes you're right but all of this is non canon from the books but it's a lot more interesting than the borefest Amazon show
I love this story! When I heard Rings of Power had a budget of a billion doll hairs (excluding 250,000,000 they paid for the rights). I was expecting this level of epicness. Instead we got a nothing burger of nonsense!
What??? They had that kind of budget and din't bring some of the original LOTR actors and writers into the fold.
They should make a movie from this game. It’s just so good of a story.
The music cinematography voice acting and writing was beyond excellent to the point it could've rivaled the original movies
Theres nothing I want more in the gaming world than for them to release a third game of this series
Agreed lol🙏
Middle Earth: Shadow of Numenor
@@geraldsanchez1934
Is that the name of this game being shown up above?
@@Lover-of-Creative-Priorities No, I was just throwing out names.
@@geraldsanchez1934 yeah I was looking for the name of this in particular game is all ☺️
I found out after some research
*"Shadow of Mordor"*
I dont care if its non canon. I love “evil sexy elf” Sauron so so much
its canonical he could shape shift and it was one of his appearance back in a day he used this form while i think his time in numenor, he was called "anatar"- gift master, it was his most beautifull shape, while looking like that it was easier for him to manipulate minds cause of beauty and might of this version
Although Sauron knew that Men were easier to sway, he sought to bring the Elves into his service, as they were far more powerful. By about SA 1500, Sauron put on a fair visage and called himself Annatar, the "Lord of Gifts". The Unfinished Tales tells us that Annatar assumed the guise of an emissary of the Valar "anticipating the Istari".[16] In other words, he said that he was a Maia who had been sent from Valinor had once been in the service of the Valar Aulë.
Down bad?
It's definitely more exciting than the "rings of power" serie.
Why?
@@jakespacepiratee3740 I love the Middle Earth universe and follow the "rings of power" series. But while watching this short animation, I felt more excitement. Just my own opinion.
@@tinkabb I felt excited watching this video too but i had no idea what is going on.
@@jakespacepiratee3740 The serie is a bit silly.
3:13 the middle earth equivalent of “You’re excused…and I’m not your brah”
This, despite being a non-canon story (and never tried to be) portrayed Middle-Earth better than the 1B$ show.
I noticed that little blue light that fled when the dark tower of Sauron fell after the eye pretty much went kaboom. I figure that was celebrimbor being free an making his escape from being trapped inside the Dark Lord's body/form. Though that does make me a bit curious on something where did he go, and therefore what basically becomes of celebrimbor?
When elves die, they actually turn to spirits. Their spirit are immortal, and several who died actually returned either reincarnated in babies or just in new bodies after a while. It is likely that now free of the Ring's corruption, Celebrimbor's spirit went West, toward Valinor, where the elves gather.
Holy shit, its Mimir
The ending was absolutely amazing
Muy buen trabajo. Una historia alterna con mucho estilo excelentes gráficos y con la esencia del universo Tolkien y su lado oscuro. Gracias
So good. We’ve played this game so many times.
what is the name of this game?
@@joaooliveira-ct8gn shadow of war and shadow of Mordor. Incredible games.
I wish Sauron would use black speech when talking to all his servants just like in the books.
This is far better than "rangz of power"😂
This may not be cannon but it's well written. I feel like Tolkien would approve with a lot of it and if Tolkien himself was to come up with this we wouldn't bat an eye lid which is a lot more than can be said for the Amazon series. Also goes to show that you can deviate from the official cannon of a story, use your creativity and still come up with something good if you have the talent.
Tolkien would not approve anything kind of adaptation!
@@arderon5 They did the best they could. Look a bit into the rights to Tolkien's work, there is a reason why this had to be non-canon and I'm sure that if they were able to get full rights then it would have made it fit into the canon a lot more.
I don't care about how much the storyline in this game is non - canon. This is one of the best LOTR games ever made In my opinion. The best thing about it is that you can replay it many times as you want and you will never get bored.
Loved this story, and I wish it could have become cannon.
It can’t because Tolkien ain’t alive
I believe it's canon for the Movieverse.
@@0predaking0 Impossible it contradicts the movies too
@Orcaluv26 Like What?
@@DerDarkKnight Like the simple fact that all the Nazgul are men. That Minas Ithil isn’t owned by Gondor post Hobbit. That Helm Hammer hand wasn’t alive in the 2nd age. Etc etc
I wish they wood make a movie of this
If they release a third game I would hope there is one campaign where you could play as a new hero and one where you could continue playing as Talion being a Nazgûl if it was before his death
I'll take this non canon event over Ring Of Power circus show
It's hard to believe that anybody hated the story in this game. Especially because it was classified as non-cannon in the first place. This is a masterpiece.
Such a beautiful ending
MILLION TIMES better than The Rings of Power TV show
Once you get around the idea of stuff like Nazgul, trolls, dragons, and orcs.. it's essentially just another story of medieval warfare between different clans of people.
I bet you're a real hoot at parties.
Well yeah, that's what any story on a grand scale is, when you get rid of all the things that make it unique. Star Wars? Well once you get around the idea of blasters, spaceships, the force, or rebelling against an evil empire it's just another warfare story between different clans of people.
After hours of playing of Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War, i had cried :) thanks for the awesome game.
Lady in the trailer of the game "friendship, rivalry, betrayal, and revenge"
Im not crazy about the Nazgul acting like Death Eaters, but I love their armor
This making is way better than the TV series!
Wow this looks way better than rings of power and it anime
This game is western, not Anime.