![]() Battles are engaging and require your full attention as Talion can’t take very many hits, especially from higher level foes. Borrowing heavily from the Arkham formula, the game’s combat focuses on timed counters, combo chains, and positioning. And yes, I know that is largely the point of Mordor, but with as much creative license they have taken with the lore (completely retconning it in spots), I feel that they could have done better.Ĭombat makes up the majority of this game, so it’s good that the combat system is fantastic. ![]() Unfortunately, there is little reason not to use these as much as possible because the environments are bland and uninteresting. I never felt this was necessary as the two hub areas in the game aren’t very large and you can unlock fast travel points at ruined towers on the map. You’ll traverse through the game on foot and eventually gain the ability to ride animals. To do this, Talion must make his way through the ranks of the Dark Army, and destroy it one beheading at a time. Due to possession by an Elvin Wraith, he is “banished from death.” Taking up the mantle of Gravewalker, Talion and the Wraith set out to avenge the killing of his family by the Black Hand of Sauron. In Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor you’ll play as Talion, a Gondorian Ranger who is killed moments into the game. "Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor is proof that lightning can strike twice. WB Games understood this when they made Arkham Asylum, and Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor is proof that lightning can strike twice. Last generation we saw a jump in quality for licensed games when the Batman Arkham series shook the industry to it’s core, proving that in spite of many failures throughout the years, movie, comic book, and TV show properties can be adapted to video games well when developers and publishers invest themselves in the IP. ![]() And while that much has largely been proven true when the sales data rolls in, it doesn’t always bode well for the quality of the game. They come from a time in gaming when marketers thought throwing a license on a product would sell it. Licensed games have had a rocky relationship with the industry, that is, up until recently. ![]()
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