More Weapons
Talion in Shadow of Mordor is supposedly one of the best Rangers of Gondor to ever exist, but you wouldn’t really notice. Sure, he can lop heads off and kill like the best of them, but for some reason, he was never really equipped as such. All he had were his son’s broken swords, an actual sword, and a bow formed from his Wraith powers. And that was…kinda it. Shadow of War needs more.
Not to say that Talion should be lighting Orcs up with a rocket launcher or a lightsaber, as awesome as that sounds. But the box art for the Silver and Gold editions of the game show a ring of weapons in the background, from swords to axes and clubs. It’d make for some fun and variety in weapons if Talion had a larger array of sharp objects to work with as he blows his way through Mordor.
And then, of course, there’s the Ring that he and Celebrimbor have forged. Given that the latter personally made the Rings of Fire, Water, and Air, plus helping Sauron in making the One Ring, there’s no doubt that this new one has some tricks up its sleeve. Whether it means new Wraith abilities like complete possession of an Orc or whole new weapons, that Ring is going to be integral to Shadow of War the whole way through.
