Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 2699 Ratings

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  1. pawlu
    May 18, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. QUICK TIME EVENT COMO ÚLTIMO BOSS ISSO EH UMA PIADA RUIM RUIM RUIM RUIM QUICK TIME EVENT LAST BOSS QUICK TIME EVENT LAST BOSS



    fun game tho    … Expand
  2. gamer664
    Apr 23, 2023
    0
    What is the point of stealth when enemies instantly respawn after you walked only 10 feet away lol. Terrible game design.
  3. GRX3m0m
    Mar 8, 2023
    0
    How can you not add an invert X axis on a 2014 game? While not the majority, the number of gamers who can't play without it is still huge. Fastest 0 rating for a AAA game in my life.
  4. helloicool
    Oct 24, 2022
    0
    I hate to tell you, but this game just sucks. I got so board I quit the game. It is nothing like the Batman games. Batman is a 10.
  5. Dibalin
    Oct 24, 2021
    0
    Отсутствует полная русская локализация. Нет озвучки!
  6. Oleksandr_
    Feb 10, 2021
    0
    Patenting the nemesis system, despite your game being created base on others' ideas. The industry is built on innovating of existing ideas.
  7. NemesisBruh
    Feb 7, 2021
    0
    Imagine patenting the nemesis system, despite your game being an Assassin's Creed re-skin. Not to mention that nemesis system itself existed long before this game. The industry is built on innovating existing ideas. Everything is inspired by something that came before it. That's how games, art, music, writing, culture itself and everything else works. Patenting the nemesis system is likeImagine patenting the nemesis system, despite your game being an Assassin's Creed re-skin. Not to mention that nemesis system itself existed long before this game. The industry is built on innovating existing ideas. Everything is inspired by something that came before it. That's how games, art, music, writing, culture itself and everything else works. Patenting the nemesis system is like patenting a color blue, or like patenting an the idea of a powerful corrupting item in storytelling. WB Games needs to back down on this.… Expand
  8. Tru3_Canad1an
    Feb 6, 2021
    0
    **** you WB games **** you WB games **** you WB games **** you WB games **** you WB games **** you WB games **** you WB games
  9. Can170
    Dec 4, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Only good thing about this game is the combat system. However, I quit playing at the end of first hour. I hated the story. Basically, you are in Mordor, full of orcs and uruk-hais, trying to go mission to mission. The game wants you to move like an assassin in some points but the atmosphere doesn't allow. You are in Mordor, if they notice you, suddenly maybe 15 orc comes. It is annoying. Your movement capacity is so limited. You can't just climb over a rock. There are certain things you can climb. Instead of having a good time, I felt stressed when I was playing. The character starts the game very weak.… Expand
  10. Exilionus
    Dec 16, 2017
    0
    Not really sure what all praise is about with this game its complete trash. It’s unplayable because the camera will make you nauseated, it’s the same enemies and its the same area design throughout the game. It’s just one big hub not really an open world in my opinion, takes you literally less than a minute to run on the other side. It’s more like an arena... rather than an open worldNot really sure what all praise is about with this game its complete trash. It’s unplayable because the camera will make you nauseated, it’s the same enemies and its the same area design throughout the game. It’s just one big hub not really an open world in my opinion, takes you literally less than a minute to run on the other side. It’s more like an arena... rather than an open world with out any different locations to see.
    It doesnt feel completed, the world is empty devoid of anything interesting to see. The terrain looks like dinosaur poop and you’re surrounded by it all the time. The X button is used fore everything, running, dashing, jumping... Which creates a huge problem when trying to get away from enemies. Physics in this game doesnt exist... Almost nothing in the world gets destroyed by your arrow grenades or your weapons.
    Lets go back to the camera, you’re fixed to looking down towards the horizon. When trying to look around especially while running the camera wobbles instead of making a smooth transition. As you begin to run the camera centers itself on your character. A horrible design and concept... The fov is horrendous as well.
    The game is boring... It’s the same moves over and over again; granted you get special moves but they’re really not eye candy. Then theres this nemesis thing, I could care less abou it. The story is interesting and pretty gory. The voice acting is spite on and the fighting is crisp but the camera makes it nearly impossible to enjoy it.
    Stealth in this game is a big part of the game which can be stressful. We play games to have fun not take a lecture every five minutes on what to press. My God does this game have so many tutorial tips... The worst part you can disable it doing so and you’ll have no idea what to do or how to handle yourself. If you can put up with the camera great, but just a warning it’s not really open world and its the same boring bosses with different aesthetics. Still waiting for a good lots game, just seems its never going to happen.    … Expand
  11. Spedtastic
    Oct 6, 2017
    0
    Boring, sub par graphics, dreadful story, grindy nature, repetitive and houses Microtransactions/loot chests. Its soo generic it hurts, another triple A game found in the bargain bin in a few months.
  12. hypernewbie
    Aug 27, 2017
    0
    The fact that this is actually game of the year reflects the sad, sad, sad state of the games industry, its a bloody joke. I agree that this should be game of the year, but the game of the year scores 0.

    The combat is **** complete nonsense. Swords don't work that way. 1v1 or 1v3 is pretty fun, and it looks like the entire kit is built around dispatching 3-4 groups of enemies. When do    The fact that this is actually game of the year reflects the sad, sad, sad state of the games industry, its a bloody joke. I agree that this should be game of the year, but the game of the year scores 0.

    The combat is **** complete nonsense. Swords don't work that way. 1v1 or 1v3 is pretty fun, and it looks like the entire kit is built around dispatching 3-4 groups of enemies. When do you EVER fight 3-4 groups of enemies in the game? 1% of the time. Almost never.

    It takes bloody ages to pick up your powerup in power struggles, and you have to do it or else 5000000000000000 other captains just happen to drive by. I've started a power struggle that went for 50 minutes straight because enemy captains just kept pouring in endlessly and endlessly and endlessly surrounded by more guys than dynasty warriors. I JUST WANT TO PICK UP MY DAMN LOOT FROM THE COUNTLESS I KILLED, GOD DAMN STOP SENDING IN ENEMIES.

    It's a set of finely combat mechanics that doesn't bloody work with each other. It's like someone made a very good car chassis and a very good engine but the engine has no hope of ever fitting in the chassis, so they just glued the two together. This is bad game design.    … Expand
  13. ItsAllOgre5
    Jul 6, 2017
    3
    I'm so lucky I bought this during a sale when it was like $5. The graphics are nice, but everything else just feels like a crappy version of Batman Arkham. You just hold up as the guy automatically vaults over obstacles, and then there is the braindead combat and constant cutscenes. The game is so shallow, I could not survive 2 hours.
  14. Peacen
    May 3, 2017
    4
    With Shadow of War rapidly approaching, many will choose to sate themselves with the first in the series, Shadow of Mordor. This review is for you guys, and hopefully you'll read it before buying. I'm not going to bog this down with credentials. Suffice, I've played enough for long enough, and know, above most things, objectivity is key.

    Shadow of Mordor is not a good game. It's not the    With Shadow of War rapidly approaching, many will choose to sate themselves with the first in the series, Shadow of Mordor. This review is for you guys, and hopefully you'll read it before buying. I'm not going to bog this down with credentials. Suffice, I've played enough for long enough, and know, above most things, objectivity is key.

    Shadow of Mordor is not a good game. It's not the steaming pile it's made out to be by its harsher critics, no, but it's also not very good. Breaking it down piecemeal:

    Fighting mechanics are stolen from Assassins Creed and the Batman series, fused into a simplistic three button counter dependent system that sits just slightly below AC's variety. Fighting bottlenecks in proportion to the number of enemies, meaning the more there are, the fewer options you have and the more you must comply with the game's ideal scripted fight scenario. It's all massively flashy, but also massively repetitive. Environmental attacks are possible, but often feel very scripted, thought there are quite a few varieties. The game is heavily inclined to sneaking, which it does passably, but not well, and being spotted is a common occurrence.

    Weapon selection is limited to three, all of which you gain from the start. Runes can be used to improve them and give attributes, which is a good mechanic that was unfortunately shallow. Damage upgrades are earned in tailored 'proving' quests. Application of these weapons is dictated by skill tree progression. There is a sense of achievement in the skill tree, making you feel like you're gaining strength with each notch, but there is no real versatility. It is obvious what you need, and what you'll upgrade early (ranged attacks are useless, early finishers are essential). If you fail to recognize this, later engagements become terribly long suffered and some downright impossible.

    Overland travel is limited, stunted and slow. An early game upgrade allows short dashes to be activated by leapfrogging rocks to get you where you need to be (yes, you read that right). Talion climbs well enough, but you'll begin to notice very clear passages and footholds to starkly defined second and third floors, which lifts the veil on what you considered to be a clever entry point.

    Enemies are varied, and kill animations are numerous. But SOM also sadly illustrates a very good idea gone wrong in a very thoughtless way: Immunities. Some Orc captains are immune to numerous damage types. You can't sneak stab, can't use arrows for headshots, etc. The problem is, instead of improving the actual fighting mechanics or skill of these tougher orcs, the game simply adds immunities. This is a broken mechanic, and once more forces a bottleneck. In addition, when an opponent can only be killed by aerial takedown, but the nearest chest high wall is four miles away, I can't exactly invite him with a phonecall. Resistances, not immunites, would've been the step back that completely fixed this issue.

    The story is shamefully weak for a Tolkien inspired game. Character roster is limited to about a dozen (including NPCs, excluding the procedurally generated orcs), and though these few are well realized (never let it be said the game lacks polish on character models) their backdrops, being the environments you find yourself in, are bland and feel very samey. It is understandable that the world has been ravaged, but that's not much of an excuse for the barren nature of it. You get the feeling that you're one of the last men on earth, and not in a good heroic ascension kind of way. As a character, Talion is strong and virtuous, but also very flat. There's no progression to his grief. And grief this man has (should have) much of.

    Lastly, the nemesis system is essentially pokemon without visual battles, gyms or a final boss. Before you're sold on the hype and bootlicking, know that there are no benefits to 'finishing' it. It's a collect-a-thon with no payout. And with Talion's abysmal walking speed, intervening when necessary to advance your chosen orc becomes a case of racing to keep in-game appointments you're essentially setting for yourself.

    I didn't enjoy SOM. It could've been much more and I think a lot of the love for it stems from the want for the old days of the intense LoTR games. But it isn't those games, and for an open world, it's surprisingly devoid of content. Everything is essential to your quest in becoming the greatest orc murderer there ever was, save for one or two Gollum missions added to break up the monotony. This is a shame, because it makes the world feel very dead.

    I can only conclude that many reviewers here seem to have been raised on less than excellent value, game wise, to give such shining reviews. Don't get me wrong, it's okay for it to not be good, to enjoy a game for inherent elements that appeal to you. But objectivity is vital to improvement. And improvement, in the case of SOM, is a necessity if games that follow it are to rise above this    … Expand
  15. LordMOrion
    Mar 21, 2017
    2
    This is a poor game. The combat is repetitious and the penalty for losing just one boss fight can be massive. The orcs try to have different personalities but they end up all sounding the same. I get the basis of the Nemesis system but its actual implementation in this game feels extremely forced. I'll be honest and say that I really did not enjoy this game, I cannot bring myself to finishThis is a poor game. The combat is repetitious and the penalty for losing just one boss fight can be massive. The orcs try to have different personalities but they end up all sounding the same. I get the basis of the Nemesis system but its actual implementation in this game feels extremely forced. I'll be honest and say that I really did not enjoy this game, I cannot bring myself to finish it. The colour palette just makes me think of an old quarry. Everything is just a chore and I don't find it particularly rewarding.… Expand
  16. PsychoShane123
    Feb 15, 2017
    2
    An ugly, boring world with no life or character, a story that's forgettable in every sense and combat you have seen elsewhere. Overrated for its "nemesis" system. .
  17. Resuaicata
    Dec 1, 2016
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How do I start this off... Simply don't buy it. I've spent 6 hours playing the game so far and I find the gaming boring/disinteresting.

    Here is why, I've played WAY better games with a very similar set up. If you want an awesome game with similar game mechanics but with a more interesting story/more in depth gameplay, I recommend picking up Assassins Creed 2&3.

    Now to why I find this game boring, other than it being a poorly executed "Copy" of the Assassins Creed franchise it has very little to offer. ***SPOILERS AHEAD**** The game literally starts you off trying VERY hard to get you to care about a wife/child you barely have 10 minutes with and then brutally murders them infront of you. After that you are thrown into a "Free world" crawling with Orcs or "Orruks". Now the trailers may seem "Awesome" but in reality you end up in almost non stop Mob fights with laser accurate archers killing you constantly. The game (Much like Assassins creed) has a stealth system, but it sucks. You basically jump bush to bush hoping a random orc in the middle of nowhere spots you to avoid the "Mob" battle that will ensue if he does.

    Also enjoy creating MULTIPLE bosses from dying to mob attacks that you can't escape from. You basically mash the "SQUARE" button all through out the fight, constantly having to tap Triangle to block, and occasionally pulling off executions. Again this is exactly how Assassins Creed works so I have to draw comparisons here but this game tries to be like AC but it fails miserably with a clunky system.

    I honestly can't comprehend how this game got such good reviews when there are other games out there that just do it "Better". Save your money or try the two games I recommended at the start. This game is just frustration packaged in Lord of the Rings.    … Expand
  18. DrZomboid
    Nov 28, 2016
    2
    Ugly art and poor environment design powered by limited and wild camera behavior. Limitless amount of ork spawn to help a boss. Good idea with nemesis system, but total mess. QTE button mashing fest.
  19. GodHades100
    Jun 24, 2016
    4
    Shadow of Mordor is one of the best games i have ever played.Amazing grahpics , gameplay ,action.. Its really amazing BUT this game becomes really boring. I have spent approximately 25 hours playing this game and i seriously dont want to touch it again . The enemies are the same . The only thing you do is killing orks . The world is really small. if you like playing games for maximum 30Shadow of Mordor is one of the best games i have ever played.Amazing grahpics , gameplay ,action.. Its really amazing BUT this game becomes really boring. I have spent approximately 25 hours playing this game and i seriously dont want to touch it again . The enemies are the same . The only thing you do is killing orks . The world is really small. if you like playing games for maximum 30 hours then get it but if you want a game to spend over 30 hours then dont buy thi game… Expand
  20. AhmayVee
    Feb 22, 2016
    3
    This game has beautiful landscapes and is fun for the first several missions, but then turns into a very frustrating and defeating game. There are WAY too many enemies that spawn and it seems endless. I understand that in order to defeat specific enemies one has to achieve combos, but it becomes impossible with the amount of enemies that spawn. There is no real direction to the game. YouThis game has beautiful landscapes and is fun for the first several missions, but then turns into a very frustrating and defeating game. There are WAY too many enemies that spawn and it seems endless. I understand that in order to defeat specific enemies one has to achieve combos, but it becomes impossible with the amount of enemies that spawn. There is no real direction to the game. You are thrown into the world with too many options and every way you turn from the very beginning it seems that you are over matched and enemies are too strong. The mechanics are okay and the games explains moves well, but the game is overwhelming with the amount of enemies and small space on the map. This game turned from potentially fun to way too frustrating to finish.… Expand
  21. 3126235
    Jan 4, 2016
    2
    I have never played a game with such an unfair difficulty (at least not in the ps3/ps4 era). The game is terribly balanced in a way that makes it simply unfair to play. The game map is tiny and the story is incredibly boring
  22. devils3way
    Apr 7, 2015
    0
    Worst game ever made for this amount of money! If your going to spend a million dollars to produce a game give it a story to follow.Any story like the last of us or fallout not this running around with a sword god of war crap. Nobody want to play the same fight scene over and over! MY MONEY BACK PLEASE?
  23. tiagodantas
    Feb 24, 2015
    4
    Super repetitive! There are not another words to describe this game. You have to be a super patient person to complete it. Even for a Lord of The Rings based game, is dispensable.
  24. avirius
    Feb 10, 2015
    2
    This game is like so many other pretty things: it looks nice but that's the only good thing you can say.

    The Controls) The controls for this game are without doubt the most atrocious, ill-conceived random mishmash of nonsense that I have ever seen in a game. Button definitions are contextual, nothing new there, but the context changes so often that there is no way to memorize the    This game is like so many other pretty things: it looks nice but that's the only good thing you can say.

    The Controls)

    The controls for this game are without doubt the most atrocious, ill-conceived random mishmash of nonsense that I have ever seen in a game. Button definitions are contextual, nothing new there, but the context changes so often that there is no way to memorize the controls. The Square attacks, but if you hold down the stealth and tap some other button then it drops down from a ledge. I count 15 button type controls on my PS4 stick, not counting the system control/option buttons. As a game designer, if you have to resort to 3 button combinations to achieve your goals then you need to step back and reconsider your mappings and whether this game is really going to be playable.

    I can't stress this enough. This game is so complicated to play that I just eject the disc after 10 minutes or so and put it away for another month hopping it will improve with age. It doesn't.

    The Gameplay)

    Poor control layout aside, the game does look very nice which just serves to antagonize me since I know I will never see very much of it. So far, I have seen Orcs, slaves, and some cat-like thing. The Orcs are easy enough to fight in 1s and 2s but they tend to come in packs once you get them riled up. Good luck there. My ranger gets beaten nearly to death (probably since I can't remember to R1+tap R2 while pressing X or some nonsense) and then the game pauses momentarily to give me some chance to do something. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do but it draws a circle on the screen and puts an arrow and I think it wants me to do something with the left or right stick. Who knows. I see that a lot and it's my warning that I'm going to die in about 5 seconds. Time to get a sandwich and wait for the silly Nemesis system to promote and Orc. I read a lot about what a wonderful thing the nemesis system is. Maybe, but I see a lot of Orcs getting promoted (read more powerful) and I don't seem to be getting any better with these game mechanics.

    The camera and the stealth (and the camera while stealthed) are also troubling. The camera wants to re-center as I move and I find myself constantly fighting with he right stick. This has the effect of making the movement a little sickening around corners and it makes the game feel numb. That's a shame but wouldn't keep me from playing the game.

    Stealth is darned handy but darned difficult to maintain. You have to hold down a button constantly to stealth. Wow, who thought that was a good idea. Stealth is a necessity in this game since the wild array of randomly assigned controls is useless, kills mostly come from sneaking up on something and hitting it. So I stealth a lot. However, to stay stealthed, you must hold down R2 (I think it's R2) all the time. That's amazing, though in a very bad way.

    The Story)

    Honestly, I can't say much about the story. I can't get far enough into the game to really know if there is a story or not. I'm playing in Story Mode, though I don't know if there is a free exploration mode or not. Regardless, all I have seen are Orcs, slaves, and cat-like things.

    Conclusion)

    I've played games with marginal graphics and great controls that were fun but I can't say that I have ever played a game with great graphics and poor controls that was anything but a waste of money and time. Shadow of Mordor is a fine example of a pretty game with ill-thought, poorly implemented controls.

    Don't waste your time or your money unless your idea of a fun game is figuring out esoteric controls that are nearly impossible to remember and require vast dexterity (think hold down two buttons while tapping a third).    … Expand
  25. that_paulrus
    Jan 12, 2015
    4
    The Nemesis system is a great mechanic but the rest of the game is a big miss for me. The plot is at sub-Destiny levels, and the main story can be finished in about 6 hours without rushing. The small supporting cast is comprised of throw-away stereotypes and although Troy Baker is always good, Talion is just another boring white bread protagonist. Others have mentioned camera issues,The Nemesis system is a great mechanic but the rest of the game is a big miss for me. The plot is at sub-Destiny levels, and the main story can be finished in about 6 hours without rushing. The small supporting cast is comprised of throw-away stereotypes and although Troy Baker is always good, Talion is just another boring white bread protagonist. Others have mentioned camera issues, which I also agree with. The combat is deeply unsatisfying and devolves into a button masher pretty quickly. Ranged combat can be fun but is overpowered, and the stealth mechanic is horribly broken; most of the time you can "stealth" kill an enemy right in front of their pals and no one notices. I played this directly after finishing DA:I and the entirety of the SoM area is about the size of the starting area in DA:I.

    The problem for me is that there's nothing to do once you beat the very short "story." Running from stronghold to stronghold fighting the same two enemy types by button mashing gets old quickly, especially given the insane respawn rate of enemies after you clear an area out. Picked it up at a good discount so it was still worth the money, but overall this is a forgettable, mediocre experience hiding behind its fun Nemesis system.    … Expand
  26. AylanChaos
    Jan 5, 2015
    4
    I really wanted this game to be good. I tried playing it on three different occasions (thinking it was just me), but each time I played it - the game went completely flat after a couple of hours.

    The gameplay mechanics are downright ripped off from Assassin's Creed and Batman Arkam - yet they aren't done as well. The open world could not be more boring and disappointing. In the end,    I really wanted this game to be good. I tried playing it on three different occasions (thinking it was just me), but each time I played it - the game went completely flat after a couple of hours.

    The gameplay mechanics are downright ripped off from Assassin's Creed and Batman Arkam - yet they aren't done as well. The open world could not be more boring and disappointing. In the end, this is a fighting game disguised as an open world adventure.

    At it's very best, it's fun to hit the buttons for an hour to see some cool animations. Without that single component, I would have rated this game a 1. The graphics and sound are last generation polished up with stale overused voice acting. The story, well, there is none. Just an intro cliche revenge setup style cutscene and a "go get em tiger." Everything after that will put you to sleep.

    The gameplay I would only recommend to someone entirely new to the gaming scene or a child who is easily entertained. Every single thing this game does has been done (years ago) and done much better. The nemesis system is a cool concept, but only leads to the same repetitive "kill this guy, kill that guy" scenario.

    My gut told me that this game was going to be iffy, but it got so many good reviews from review sites. IGN gave this garbage a 9.3 and it's what led me to wasting 40 U.S. dollars on a game that I had to force myself to play multiple times only to come to the same conclusion that other negative reviews on metacritic have.

    Ultimately, this is the 2014 version of an old school hack and slash that goes nowhere in the end.    … Expand
  27. jedi5diah
    Jan 4, 2015
    3
    Going past the hype and many so called "true, unpaid reviewers" recommended this game i went ahead to try it. i couldn't believe that anyone could actually complete this game. its extremely repetitive since the very beginning, esp the raved nemesis system. it just pops out anywhere and everywhere interrupting and was extremely irritating. Making the system redundant to have any realGoing past the hype and many so called "true, unpaid reviewers" recommended this game i went ahead to try it. i couldn't believe that anyone could actually complete this game. its extremely repetitive since the very beginning, esp the raved nemesis system. it just pops out anywhere and everywhere interrupting and was extremely irritating. Making the system redundant to have any real meaning because another one will spawn over n over again.

    Graphics
    Seriously just a better old gen version. it just look like any other game i played on PS3 esp on big led tv it just look pathetic.

    Art Direction
    its LOTR well, there's anything fresh or interesting anymore. so where are your companions? A ghostly elf is not!

    Gameplay
    i have no idea that pple can actually enjoy this, i cannot fathom. they simply swarm you with enemies and pops out a captain out of nowhere and one hit you again n again n again...    … Expand
  28. Derringer
    Dec 27, 2014
    1
    Its a reproachable behavior to buy good reviews for an awful game. This is a copy of Assassins Creed and its not Lord of the Rings anymore. They Ignore the Whole Story. I mean its so generic that even any other pseudo-epical plot (like narnia or hunger games, i dont know) will work with the same game mechanic. And one more thing: Its not an Open World Game anymore when the only thingIts a reproachable behavior to buy good reviews for an awful game. This is a copy of Assassins Creed and its not Lord of the Rings anymore. They Ignore the Whole Story. I mean its so generic that even any other pseudo-epical plot (like narnia or hunger games, i dont know) will work with the same game mechanic. And one more thing: Its not an Open World Game anymore when the only thing available to do is killing orcs and all the environment around you looks the same: Just rock, dust & orcs & rock & dust & orcs.… Expand
  29. dazerb
    Dec 2, 2014
    0
    Awful.
    Imagine mashing Batman and Assassins but doing it all far worse. Sound is the worst, bad, inconsistent - after guys are dead on the ground and you've walked away, you hear them scream in death. sound never seems to match gameplay.
    Story line is nonexistent. You can only figure out what's going on by reading ALL the little background pieces. the awful "save" moments - even a    Awful.
    Imagine mashing Batman and Assassins but doing it all far worse. Sound is the worst, bad, inconsistent - after guys are dead on the ground and you've walked away, you hear them scream in death. sound never seems to match gameplay.
    Story line is nonexistent. You can only figure out what's going on by reading ALL the little background pieces.
    the awful "save" moments - even a quick look at the map takes 10-15s to get into the map and another 10-15 s to get OUT of the map. You really have to decide how much time you want to stare at a black screen to review boss weaknesses.
    the 'nod' toward strategy play is about a complete farce.
    graphics are really bad. FAR worse than Bman or Assa, I get the limitations of open environment, but you never even get visual 'treat' in the lame cut scenes.
    My game froze several times over the weekend mid - mission, causing me to have to reboot and lose progress.
    The overall play is repetive and boring. After fooling with it a lot over the holiday, I am bored and don't care if I pick it up again.
    I feel like a fool for paying $59.99 for this TURD! Maybe I can sell the game now and get some $ back for ANYTHING else!    … Expand
  30. NoiNorac
    Nov 19, 2014
    2
    Don't buy it.

    The gameplay is horrendously lazy and the narrative rapes Tolkien's vision. If you want something to waste time with and don't care about Lord of the Rings, then buy something else.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 85 Critic Reviews

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  2. Mixed: 8 out of 85
  3. Negative: 0 out of 85
  1. Thunderbolt
    Jun 12, 2015
    90
    For people who are alright with playing fifteen hours or so of Helm’s Deep-style carnage, Shadow of Mordor is a delight – and even for people who couldn’t care less about Lord of the Rings, the exciting combat and unique Nemesis System are more than enough to make the experience worthwhile.
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  2. The Digital Fix
    Dec 24, 2014
    90
    As a gamer you owe it to yourself to experience Shadow of Mordor if not for anything else other than the Nemesis system because playing a single-player game never made you feel less alone.
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  3. CD-Action
    Dec 13, 2014
    75
    Batman’s Creed: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith’s inspirations are so obvious that you could call their game a rip-off. Its greatest sin though is the fact that it fails to vary gameplay the way Assassin’s Creed or Batman do and offers almost nothing apart from killing stuff and playing with the Nemesis system (which, I admit, has its moments). I got so tired with its repetitiveness that I wouldn’t have finished the game if I didn’t have to. [Dec 2014, p.48]
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