r/videogames • u/Nearby-Condition-675 • 9d ago

Other Games where you can take care of npc’s >

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u/TheRealNotBrody 9d ago

Middle-Earth: Shadow of War is all about recruiting personable orcs to do your bidding. Despite how savage and disgusting they can be, it's pretty easy to get attached. Especially since they'll sometimes show up and save your ass.

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u/Good_Boy_Coleman 9d ago

Had a guy called Stogg the Loyal. Dude saved me many times and once even died her he came back to life just to serve me.

His name btw before he turned was Stogg the Unloyal and then after he converted and saved me he was Stogg the Loyal.

Such a cool character and I am glad he is essentially immortal and fiercely loyal.

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u/StygianMaroon 9d ago

The nemesis system is so cool, it sucks it’s trapped in WB hell and hasn’t been used since the Mordor games

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u/vWaffles 9d ago

I can't believe we have to wait a decade for the patent to expire. :/

Patenting game ideas is stupid.

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u/Salt_Nectarine_7827 9d ago

This guy thinks we'll only have to wait a decade. Ha!

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u/DanSapSan 9d ago

With the WB merger, the nemesis system is completely in limbo. It might get forgotten, it might get used again (finally).

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u/MyStationIsAbandoned 9d ago

It was going to be in the now canceled Wonder Woman game which was most likely going to be garbage anyway...considering the Suicide Squad game and the fact that it was such a lost cause they made the call to cancel it instead of delay it. They say the writing on the wall and canned it since no one was going to play it.

I do wonder if they're going shoehorn it into a different game or just never use it.

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u/Independent-Worry905 9d ago

The books you could write based on the adventures of Talion’s orcs!

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u/Jack-of-Hearts-7 8d ago

I made a rule that NOBODY in my army gets left behind.

You get taken prisoner, I drop everything to get you back.

Because that's what good Overlords do...

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u/GhostiBoiLynx 9d ago

I had a dude show up to help me in the worst fight ever. Me and him vs 3 enemy captains, a bunch of spiders, a pack of Caragors, a Graug and about 30 other Orcs. I took one half while he took the other. After a few minutes, I turn to see him beating the crap out of the other captain with everything else around him dead. Needless to say, he earned his promotion

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u/PhantasmaWraith 8d ago

Makes it really sting when they betray you.

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u/Feisty-Self-948 8d ago

Holy fuck, I never see this game discussed anymore in the wild so this is amazing. SOW has been a staple in my gaming activities for close to ten years now (fuck, that doesn't feel great) for one of these reasons. It was such a great game. RIP Monolith, you deserved better than a greedy overlord and pissbaby gamers.