Zero Punctuation: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Mordoooooor

[ZZoMBiE13]

Oh man, that's last little bit in the credits made me really belt out a laugh.

Now I'm off to find some Harry Belafonte on YouTube.

Great review Yahtzee!

EDIT: I just wanted to point out that Shadow of Mordor has a fantastic cast doing the VO. Troy Baker is the lead role and he always offers a great performance. But in addition to that there's Nolan (because of course he's in there) North, Phil Lamarr, and even Bender himself John Dimaggio.

 

[Jman1236]

Totally forgot about this between, Smash Bros, aliens, and now Borderlands.

 

[Casual Shinji]

And here I was ignoring this game as well as Alien: Isolation, and instead buying The Evil Within... Shows what I know.

 

[PunkRex]

I wish they'd put one orc with a dick van dyke accent in, I'd like to see if anyone would notice.

Also, why did they have to make us play as Talion? Was the ghost elf not good enough, he's at least different from grizzled honkey family man #whatevernumberwe'reupto.

 

[Mr Cwtchy]

As someone who's fairly knowledgeable about the books I found seeing where they intertwined little lore snippets into the game quite interesting(and of course where they deviated as well). That likely made me enjoy the story rather more than Yahtzee did. That said he nailed the big strengths of this game. Combat is solid, game world is large enough to be enjoyable and the Nemesis system adds your own personal touch to the experience(and allows for replayability, wooooo!).

 

[choren64]

I think we need a behind the scenes look at Yahtzee shouting "MOOOOORDOOOORRR"...

 

[Thaluikhain]

Heh, actually lolled 3 timed, both door jokes, and tallying bananas.

And, random enemies becoming important NPCs sounds sorta cool.

 

[Muspelheim]

Now I imagine Yatzhee playing with his toaster in the bath like a toy duck. Perhaps there weren't many teddies available in the Croshawian household.

 

[Fdzzaigl]

I quite like the gameplay, but "You never feel OP" doesn't apply for me tbh. Honestly, I felt OP from the first second I dropped down in the game, creeped up behind a marching column of 10 orcs and "stealth killed" them all one after the other.

It's not like I'm especially good either, the orcs in this game just have a case of tunnelvision equivalent to that of a closet pervert peeking through a keyhole while simultaneously wanking off. Unless you're standing almost right in front of them they don't react whatsoever.

The rest of the combat is also getting boring to me after a few hours, as I can literally engage 100 orcs and kill them all. I haven't even unlocked any of the truly OP powers either.

The Nemesis system is great, but the OPness of the boring Talion character sorta kills it for me tbh.

 

[Thunderous Cacophony]

Glad to see that Yahtzee can enjoy a game that does things basically right, even if it's not groundbreaking. Though I suppose that of MORRRDORRR had been made by Nintendo it would be a different sort of review.

 

[rembrandtqeinstein]

I haven't played arkham or any ass creed games but I think mordor is spectacular. I don't even care to advance the story missions, I just go on vendettas and figure out new ways to kill captains.

The orcs all have great personality and the captains are all unique. So far I haven't found a single captain repeat. And the fact that they comment on killing you if you come back for revenge is glorious.

Additionally the game is great for playing in 15 minute intervals which works for gamers with jobs/families. Start it up, run a mission, shutdown against.

 

[thanatos388]

Glad to see that Yahtzee can enjoy a game that does things basically right, even if it's not groundbreaking. Though I suppose that of MORRRDORRR had been made by Nintendo it would be a different sort of review.

It's strange, the only fanboys worse than Nintendo fanboys are Tolkien fanboys. Who to this day insist that the eagles are totally not bullshit.

 

[Evonisia]

It's great how when Middle Earth comes to video games the writing isn't praised, but it seems that to many people it succeeds in the whole game part so I won't dwell on it.

I also didn't know that this promotion affair was a thing, I am now more interested in this game.

 

[Thunderous Cacophony]

Glad to see that Yahtzee can enjoy a game that does things basically right, even if it's not groundbreaking. Though I suppose that of MORRRDORRR had been made by Nintendo it would be a different sort of review.

It's strange, the only fanboys worse than Nintendo fanboys are Tolkien fanboys. Who to this day insist that the eagles are totally not bullshit.

I don't even care for Nintendo, I haven't bought a product from them in years. It's just that recently I've noticed him taking more and more jabs at the company and it's fans for no very good reason, and it's starting to annoy me.

Also, the eagles aren't bullshit if you read the books, Peter Jackson just shit the bed repeatedly and with great gusto when it came to explaining them. Seriously, a 30-second conversation at the start of the second Hobbit movie could have done wonders.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

You never feel overpowered and the upgrades are good? Hmmm, may pick it up for killing orcs. I do like the series and I haven't had a LOTR game before.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Awesome, I was looking forward to buying this game before even having Yahtzee's seal of approval. Now I want it even more.

 

[FPLOON]

Oh, Mordor!

OT: Can I have a separate sound clip of just Yahtzee just saying "MORDOOOOR" over and over again?

Other than that, the fact that this game has better Orc-related stories than the game's main story made me giggle on the inside...
(I must know more about Alan the Orc...)

 

[josemlopes]

Glad to see that Yahtzee can enjoy a game that does things basically right, even if it's not groundbreaking. Though I suppose that of MORRRDORRR had been made by Nintendo it would be a different sort of review.

It's strange, the only fanboys worse than Nintendo fanboys are Tolkien fanboys. Who to this day insist that the eagles are totally not bullshit.

By the eagles do you mean why didnt they used them to get there? Because the problem wasnt how to get there, it was how to get there unnoticed.

I quite like the gameplay, but "You never feel OP" doesn't apply for me tbh. Honestly, I felt OP from the first second I dropped down in the game, creeped up behind a marching column of 10 orcs and "stealth killed" them all one after the other.

It's not like I'm especially good either, the orcs in this game just have a case of tunnelvision equivalent to that of a closet pervert peeking through a keyhole while simultaneously wanking off. Unless you're standing almost right in front of them they don't react whatsoever.

The rest of the combat is also getting boring to me after a few hours, as I can literally engage 100 orcs and kill them all. I haven't even unlocked any of the truly OP powers either.

The Nemesis system is great, but the OPness of the boring Talion character sorta kills it for me tbh.

This, I honestly dont understand how "You never fell OP" can show up in a review of this game, I still like it but damn, did they miss the mark in not having difficulty options.