![]() All of these things and more make Shadow of Mordor a tremendous game, but the best way for you to find out just how good the game is, is for you to play it. It creates emergent storytelling in the best way possible. There’s always that one Orc who you encounter over and over again, the bane of your existence. The encounters become dynamic, you make actual nemeses throughout your rampage through Mordor. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor bore a significant. Orcs remember you, and remember the encounters you’ve had, and how they ended. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor's franchise deserves to have a third entry, whether it is a direct threequel or its own, non-canon narrative. It takes what would have otherwise been a fairly static, generic open world and made it come alive. ![]() I’ve spent a lot of time, and words, trying to describe just how fantastic the Nemesis system is. Not only is the Nemesis system absolutely brilliant but it is also makes Shadow of Mordor one of the few games to feel a truly “next gen” game. Switching between stealth and running is effortless, and there are few things as satisfying as some of the stealth kills in Shadow of Mordor.īut it’s the much talked about Nemesis system that makes Shadow of Mordor stand out as one of the very best games of 2014. Combat is as free flowing as the best that the Arkham series can manage, starting with basic moves before unlocking more complex, and powerful, abilities as the game goes on, which allows you to go from taking on a few Orcs at a time to fighting dozens (just like the heroes in the movies). That’s not to say there’s anything wrong with that, in fact the core gameplay is quite brilliant. ![]() In truth Shadow of Mordor’s core gameplay is a fairly by-the-numbers, if extremely highly polished, mashup of Assassin’s Creed style movement and Arkham style combat. That it’s developed by Monolith, a developer seemingly incapable of making a bad game, didn’t hurt either. I’m not claiming to have special psychic game prediction abilities (or do I?), but I had been eagerly following the development of Shadow of Mordor for a long while. Shadow of Mordor is excellent, but to me (and by extension anyone who follows me on Twitter or reads this blog) the fact that it’s excellent never came as a surprise. Interactive EntertainmentĪ lot of people will be telling you that Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor is one of the most surprisingly excellent games of 2014, and they’re kind of right. ![]()
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