Middle-Earth: Shadow of War vs My Time at Portia
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War offers an epic action packed RPG gameplay in which you play as Talion and raise an army to defeat the evil Sauron. The game features an exciting third person open-world gaming experience as you try to rally up your allies in Orcs, Uruks and Ologs. You get to complete challenging quests with the objective of defeating Sauron’s armies. Moreover, the game also includes a multiplayer mode featuring a Social Conquest mode in which players can invade each others’ fortresses in both friendly as well as ranked matches. Best yet, the game contains a much improved Nemesis system - the hallmark of Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor.Middle-earth: Shadow of War is a perfect pick for you if you are a fan of action packed RPG games with an immersive storyline and brilliant gameplay. It is not only incredibly fun to play; the game comes with absolutely stunning visuals and game physics that will drop your jaw in awe.
My Time at Portia
My Time at Portia is a charming fantasy-themed adventure RPG that is set on a gorgeous, revitalized world after a post-apocalyptic event wiped out the previous technologically-advanced civilization. In this game, you play as an up-and-coming Builder, a respected role in society, whose sole purpose is to help solve the town's problems by engineering a solution.With a gameplay which may fondly remind you of games like Harvest Moon, My Time at Portia may be grindy in an RPG sort of way (think repeated dungeon runs or resource-harvesting), but the game has a nice relaxing pace, where its quests (both main and side quests) are slowly revealed as you progress. Being a Builder, you can also complete a commission request daily to collect some cash. The game also features an elaborate gifting/relationship-building system, fun ruin-diving areas, tons of interesting characters to meet, and challenging dungeons. You can even romance and eventually marry an NPC (not all though) you like!
The best part of the game is definitely its in-depth crafting system. There are tons of machines you can build to help you generate a wide variety of materials to build other stuff. You can also unlock new machine technologies via the Research Center.
My Time at Portia feels a lot like an adorable MMORPG minus the MMO part. It has the grind, the dungeon runs... but of course, this game places a lot more emphasis on its resource-collecting, as well as crafting and building aspects. Sounds like a game you'd like to play? Well, despite still being in early access, the first chapter of the game is already ready and bugs-free, so if you do buy the game, know that you can at least get a good 40 hours or so out of it.