Middle-earth: Shadow of War Standard Edition

Middle-earth: Shadow of War puts Talion and the wraith of Celebrimbor back in Mordor with a new Ring of Power and a plan to build an army rather than fight one. The map spans Minas Ithil, Nurnen, Seregost and Gorgoroth, each with a fortress to take and hold. The Nemesis System is why the game is remembered. Orc captains are generated with their own names, voices, strengths, fears and grudges; one who kills you gets promoted and will bring it up next time. You can dominate them instead, turn them into followers, plant them as spies inside enemy fortresses, and then watch one of them betray you during a siege because he never really liked you. Combat is the freeflow system from Shadow of Mordor, widened with a mounted beast and the fortress assaults it builds toward. The launch loot-box economy was removed entirely by a 2018 update. Single-player only. The Standard Edition is the base game and its campaign, with none of the expansions. It is still sold separately alongside the Definitive Edition rather than replaced by it.