Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Best LoTR game I've played. Have only played one other single player LoTR game and I forgot what it was called, and it was on original XBOX. It was an RPG and it was good, but also hard for me and I never completed it. Then I played TLotR MMORPG and it didn't last long because I was heavily into World of Warcraft during The Burning Crusade expansion, so LotR Online didn't have a chance.

I'm happy to say Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor is a complete treat so far. I've owned this game via deep Steam sale years ago, and just never got around to it. And HOLY SMOKES, it is WONDERFUL!

I also have Shadow of War so eventually I will get to that one as well.

Shadow of Mordor has control issues so large you could drive a bus through them. Repeatedly attacking the enemy directly next to the one I need is not something that should be happening.

I remember this being a decent game for when it came out, not top tier but decent, however it's not worth going back to. The only thing slightly interesting here is the Nemesis system, but that's ultimately fairly shallow and a lot of the design counts on the game actually being able to defeat you. When you're going on a captain murder spree over and over again, it doesn't feel very impactful.

As a true Lord of the rings movie enjoyer, this game was the best thing i ever played & enjoyed full set. So, Non arguably this is my most favourite game.

That's not all. Game mechanics & graphics were really really good and the story... Yup, it was fkin amazing. Even that was non canon, i think it's the best way.

I think everyone should play this. But before that be sure to watch the lord of the rings movies. Or just read the books. (that I didn't. 😸)

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Ótima ambientação, traz toda aquela nostalgia do universo de Tolkien de volta, trilha sonora é legal, mas no end-game vai se tornar enjoativa e cansativa.

O jogo é uma mistura de Assassin's Creed e Batman, um sistema muito legal de stealth e combate, com elementos de RPG.

O ponto fraco são os chefes, o jogo base (vanilla) chega a decepcionar nesse aspecto, enquanto que o final da DLC do Mestre Brilhante é fantástico. O jogo em si é fácil e o ponto forte é o sistema de humanização dos Orcs, com classes, ranks, frases, interação com o mundo, com o MC e com os outros orcs. No segundo jogo da franquia o sistema foi evoluído para o "Nemesis".

O que faltou para ter 5 estrelas?

• Personagens melhores desenvolvidos (dos dois lados).
• Batalhas decentes contra chefes
• Cortar cena de apresentação dos Orcs, afinal depois de 50 vezes fica chato.

The time came for me to say goodbye to Shadow of Mordor. I had 100% completion, played through the DLC, even earned the Platinum. But before I left for good, there was one thing left for me to do.

Horza the Bloody had to die.

In all my 40 hours in Mordor, I met Horza exactly once - when he was about to be executed. His would-be killer was an Uruk I had been hunting, whose name has been lost among so many Captains fallen. As i killed him, Horza ran for his dear life.. and I let him.

The Bloody was only alive because of me. And I would've let him be - had he not become Warchief. While I was away in Nurn, Horza climbed through the ranks - occupying a power vacuum only possible because I opened it. I always knew that when my tasks were over, I would come back to finish my job.

Eliminating his bodyguards was easy. Rûg Lock-Jaw, my strongest Uruk, took care of that. The first he dueled as I rained down a storm of arrows; the second, he executed with his crossbow as I watched.

Now only Horza himself remained. Knowing the time had come, I summoned Rûg's Master: Môzfel the Dreamer. A long time ago, Môzfel had challenged me, spouting nonsense - but I made him mine, and made him Warchief. I gave him his two bodyguards, Rûg himself and Uthug Blade-Master. There was no warchief stronger than him. As Horza would soon learn, having been issued a challenge.

As soon as the fight started, I leapt from the top of a tower, Brutalizing the first Uruk I saw. The rest of Horza's followers fled in terror. The Bloody was alone against me and my strongest.

He never stood a chance. We took our time.

As I performed the final Execution on my enemy, the game seemed to oblige the narrative I was creating. The animation I got was nothing short of climactic! I cut the Captain to the ground, stabbed him to the back, and finally, chopped off his head. He was no more. My journey was over.

The Bonus? The next Warchief ended up being Rûg himself.

Thanks, Mordor. It was fun.