Gaining power in a video game is easy. But maintaining it? Now that’s the real challenge. Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor may have ended with Talion having the power to enslave an army of Orcs and then detonate their heads like a squishy fourth of July. Shadow of War pulls the ol’ switcheroo on Talion’s ability to raise hell, sending him back to square one as he rebuilds not only his army but also his personal taste for Orcish devastation.

I now have mixed feelings, because Shadow of War has spiders. Big ones. Attractive ones. Tolkien is probably spinning so furiously in his grave, that he’s about to drill his way into the mines of Moria when his spirit see’s how Shelob has been tweaked.

Middle-Earth: Shadow of War improves on its unique Nemesis System to makes your victories that much more personal. But your failures even more impactful too.

Shadow of Mordor held your nemesis in one contained battlefield. Shadow of War is breaking that idea in massive ways.

Find out who's who in the latest trailer for the Middle Earth adventure, Shadow Of Mordor.

Get to know the spirit who accompanies you in a quest for vengeance in Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor.

Here’s the latest trailer for Shadows of Mordor, which sets up the Lord of the Exposition and reveals how Talion got his wraith groove on.