Status iguanaDitty Jan 20, 2017
Played some. Very ubistuff-ish, but fun despite that. I'm terrible at the combat sadly, but I want to give it at least one more try.
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)
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3.72 from 4527 ratings
11958 members have it in their collection · 417 playing now · 3561 backlogged · 999 wish listed
How long? Main story 21h · with extras 27h · 100% 31h (from 140 logged playthroughs)
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is a open world third-person action role-playing video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, which takes place in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium.
The game takes place in the 60-year gap between the events of Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings. It is a story of …
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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is a open world third-person action role-playing video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, which takes place in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium.
The game takes place in the 60-year gap between the events of Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings. It is a story of revenge, slaughter, and mystery set entirely in Mordor, the Land of Shadows. At its center is Talion, an ordinary man who loses everything, including his mortal life.
The game is set in a fully open world, and features various role-playing game elements such as experience points and skills. There are various ways the player can complete their main objective. Aside from the main storyline, there are various side quests and random events the player can complete within Mordor.
The melee system is inspired by that of the Batman Arkham series. Getting into a good fighting rhythm, using both regular attacks and counter-attacks will improve the player's combo multiplier.
A unique feature of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is the Nemesis system. Every enemy in the game has their own name, rank, and memory. These enemies will continue to do their own jobs and tasks even when they're off screen. If the player does not kill an enemy in an encounter, this enemy will remember the player and change their tactics and conversations based on the encounter.
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Details
- Developers
- Monolith Productions
- Publishers
- WB Games
- Genres
- Adventure, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Role-playing (RPG)
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy, Open world, Stealth
- Franchises
- The Lord of the Rings
- Series
- Middle-earth
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Sep 30, 2014 (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- Oct 03, 2014 (Europe) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- Oct 08, 2014 (Australia) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- Nov 18, 2014 (North_America) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
- Nov 21, 2014 (Europe) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
- Nov 26, 2014 (Australia) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
- Dec 25, 2014 (Japan) PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- Jul 30, 2015 (North_America) Linux
- Jul 30, 2015 (Worldwide) Linux, Mac
Also available on
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Legion Edition (2014) · PS3
Related
Bundled in
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Game of the Year Edition (May 2015) · MAC, PC, PS4, XONE
DLC
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Lord of the Hunt (Dec 2014) · LIN, MAC, PC, PS3, PS4, X360, XONE
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord (Feb 2015) · LIN, MAC, PC, PS3, PS4, X360, XONE
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Rating distribution
5 stars
819
4 stars
2016
3 stars
1354
2 stars
266
1 star
72
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status gabriel.gheorghiu Jan 14, 2017
I've had lots of fun with it for the first 15 hours or so. Unlocked all of the abilities and killed all of the big bad orcs in the Nemsis System. Then I entered the second part of the map. Very nice environment, have to admit, but it got boring fast. Couldn't be bothered to continue, especially since finishing the …
Read moreI've had lots of fun with it for the first 15 hours or so. Unlocked all of the abilities and killed all of the big bad orcs in the Nemsis System. Then I entered the second part of the map. Very nice environment, have to admit, but it got boring fast. Couldn't be bothered to continue, especially since finishing the story required me to kill 5 (or 4?) new big bad orcs again. It's kind of true what they say, it gets repetitive.
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Status TommyBoyThe3rd Feb 20, 2016
I've entered the game's second portion of the open-world, Udun. I'm suprised that I'm already about halfway done with the game's main story, but it's definitley been a fun ride.
Status TommyBoyThe3rd Feb 19, 2016
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor is so great. It's a dream come true for Tolkien fans.
Status TommyBoyThe3rd Feb 16, 2016
Just started Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor. I'm loving it. The gameplay is amazing. I really feel like I'm in Middle Earth. Also, gotta love Troy Baker as Talion.
Status andocommando33 Apr 13, 2015
Finally finished Shadow of Mordor over the weekend. It's a great play if you haven't tried it yet.
Status Jess Oct 9, 2014
Someone told me this game is harder than Dark Souls. Can someone who has played Dark Souls confirm this?
It is pretty tough. I'd rather have an ability bar than have to remember the combination of stuff to press to do certain things. Like interrogating, always forgetting how to do that,
I purposefully avoided any information about this game. I …
Someone told me this game is harder than Dark Souls. Can someone who has played Dark Souls confirm this?
It is pretty tough. I'd rather have an ability bar than have to remember the combination of stuff to press to do certain things. Like interrogating, always forgetting how to do that,
I purposefully avoided any information about this game. I never even watched the trailer. I went completely off the 'an open world game set in Middle Earth'. I created a whole world of expectations based off that, and now it's failing to live up to them. I'm sure it's a great game, but it's not the game I was expecting. It's open, but it's just Mordor, which I suppose makes sense. But of all the places in Middle Earth to finally put into an open world game, why Mordor? There are so many beautiful places to explore!
The whole concept of it is interesting though. I'm hesitant to say exactly what is is, in case that's a spoiler.But I think it's fairly obvious from the beginning?
Anyway, it is a very pretty game... even if they did pick the unprettiest place to set it in.