Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Review - The Ring of Truth
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This sounds like the perfect game for me.
I hope people copy the Nemesis mechanic in this game like they did the fighting mechanic in the Arkham games...
I hope people copy the Nemesis mechanic in this game like they did the fighting mechanic in the Arkham games...
Well that is surprising. Thought the game looked pretty generic from the first gameplay demo and never followed up on it. But now...I might just have to check this out.
I am unbelievably excited for this game. The next 4 days are going to be like being promised something AWESOME...but I have to watch paint dry for 4 straight days before I can have said AWESOME.
I was pretty excited for this game. Glad to hear that it'll probably live up to my expectations. This is the first game that's given me a reason to pick up a next gen console (the devs said that the nemesis system wouldn't work as well on last gen).
I find myself disappointed you can only play the one character in this rather than, say, either Talion or his wife.
Not because it's such a bad thing to only have the one character choice. I just like options. (And what can I say, I like playing female characters.)
Still, I had been ignoring this game sorta assuming it'd just be yet another LotR game that wouldn't amount to much. Now I feel like I should at least check out some Let's Plays or something and give it some consideration.
Not because it's such a bad thing to only have the one character choice. I just like options. (And what can I say, I like playing female characters.)
Still, I had been ignoring this game sorta assuming it'd just be yet another LotR game that wouldn't amount to much. Now I feel like I should at least check out some Let's Plays or something and give it some consideration.
Hmmm, didnt know it was out now, hell, I thought it would be next year.
Sometimes its cool that these studios dont intruduce their games in their concept stage (looking at you Phantom Pain)
Sometimes its cool that these studios dont intruduce their games in their concept stage (looking at you Phantom Pain)
This one was kinda flying under my radar until very recently. Like a lot of people, I kind of had this one pegged as a crappy Assassin's Creed clone.
Now I realise it's more than that, and I'm genuinely looking forward to seeing the reviews on this one.
Now I realise it's more than that, and I'm genuinely looking forward to seeing the reviews on this one.
I still think this game would be a lot better if it were a new IP instead of LoTR. But I'm glad that it's good. It's been getting great reviews from a lot of websites.
I wonder how this game will fit in the lore. Probably won't end well for the protagonist, considering Sauron is still alive and his forces are firmly in control of Mordor during the prologue of Fellowship. Not sure how Gollum could be in it, that battle which Sauron lost the Ring was thousands of years before The Hobbit.
Finding out in game should be interesting.
Finding out in game should be interesting.
Yeah, I think all of the vitriol responses I've seen on youtube and stuff like "Tolkien is rolling in his grave! This shit rapes the lore!" and blah blah, is somewhat tiresome. I do think they put it in the Tolkien-verse for marketing purposes, and it was effective in that regard. But yeah, it doesn't feel like a Middle-Earth thing to me.Adam Jensen said:
Not that I mind really, I couldn't care less if they are making changes to the lore, as lore-purists are highly annoying to me. If the game is fun, then it's fun and I'm fine with that.
But I wouldn't have minded it being it's own IP, just so it could go wherever it liked with the stuff, without fan-rage.
My guess is it ends with him being killed, and he, and the shade possessing him will both find piece after their vengeance has been fulfilled. They will likely have to save somebody's life too, to show that they haven't been totally consumed by their thirst for vengeance, and can still help the world of the living. Then, the hero will probably see the shades of his family there to embrace him, and then fade to white, cue credits.008Zulu said:
Most vengeance stories where "My family is dead, and I barely survived death myself" end pretty much the same.
In the UK its out on 3rd October for PC/PS4/XB1 and 21st November for 360/PS3. This looks like a fun game, shocked about the length it can take to complete but i think it will also be a really fun time. Plus i like collecting stuff in games....as long as they add something like background story etc An the Nemesis system looks excellent, hopefully it will be used in other games.