Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Game of the Year Edition)
About the Game
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is an action role-playing game. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings . You play as Talion, a ranger of Gondor guarding Black Gate. Talion and his family are killed by Sauron's armies led by Black Hand, but Talion is possessed by a mysterious wraith and is transferred to Mordor.
Story & Setting
Even though there are many fighting sequences, a large amount of stealth is encouraged to avoid overwhelming confrontations until many new weapons and abilities provide a wider range of tackling large groups.
Gameplay & Core Systems
The game combines elements of the Assassin's Creed series in terms of freely roaming the world and the Batman: Arkham series in terms of the combat system with complex combinations of offensive and defensive moves, and finishers. The game uses a Nemesis system that remembers Talion's interactions with enemies, adapting their behavior at a later time. The Nemesis system also generates the bodyguards, captains and war chiefs of Sauron's armies. That way you can exercise control over them and have them fight by your side, but as it can be applied to all stages of the orc hierarchy it can also be used to influence the system from the inside. players can develop the abilities of Talion both as a ranger and as a wraith.
Standout Features
- Assassin's Creed: The game combines elements of the Assassin's Creed series in terms of freely roaming the world and the Batman: Arkham series in terms of the combat system with complex combinations of offensive and defensive moves, and finishers.
- Nemesis: The game uses a Nemesis system that remembers Talion's interactions with enemies, adapting their behavior at a later time.
- Sauron's: The Nemesis system also generates the bodyguards, captains and war chiefs of Sauron's armies.
- Even though there are many fighting sequences, a large amount of stealth is encouraged to avoid overwhelming confrontations until many new weapons and abilities provide a wider range of tackling large groups.
- Captains can be killed permanently (usually by beheading them with a finisher), or you can choose to have them return at a later time through a regular kill.
- That way you can exercise control over them and have them fight by your side, but as it can be applied to all stages of the orc hierarchy it can also be used to influence the system from the inside.
- You can order a captain to kill his fellow captains and help determine their replacements.
- Talion: players can develop the abilities of Talion both as a ranger and as a wraith.
Presentation & Atmosphere
The game combines elements of the Assassin's Creed series in terms of freely roaming the world and the Batman: Arkham series in terms of the combat system with complex combinations of offensive and defensive moves, and finishers. Ranger abilities enhance stealth and make moving through the world unnoticed easier, while wraith abilities allow him to influence minds of enemies, allowing for example obtain information about captains and spreading unrest in enemy's ranks. The later released Xbox 360 and PS3 versions have reduced graphics.
