When a few of these bad boys get together, they’re really quite deadly. Hordes of Uruk stand in Talion’s way, all chomping at the bit to beat him into submission. "You’ll stumble upon that same Uruk sometime later, having risen the ranks and bearing the scars of your earlier confrontation." Oh, and he’s accompanied by a ghostly Wraith Spirit too – which proves quite handy, as it happens! The brutal slaying of his family – and himself for that matter – after the return of evil old Sauron sees our hero resurrected and embark on his epic journey.
The plot sees our beardy protagonist, a Gondorian Ranger called Talion, roaming the wastelands of Mordor in search of revenge. They’re unique to every gameplay session! Rather than the brainless AI you sometimes find wandering round similar sandbox titles, enemies in Middle Earth actually evolve and grow into really dangerous adversaries during your playthrough. This is an innovation that succeeds in making the game feel truly special and proves to be an absolutely inspired idea. And the great thing is, every element links together brilliantly to create a compelling and enjoyable game (check out our official review for more information).īut what makes this game really special, the stand out feature that makes all that good stuff mentioned above pale in comparison, is Monolith’s new Nemesis System. Shadow of Mordor is a proverbial melting pot of ideas and feels reassuringly familiar as soon as you start playing. "Rather than the brainless AI you sometimes find wandering round similar sandbox titles, enemies in Middle Earth actually evolve and grow into really dangerous adversaries during your playthrough." There’s a little bit of the Batman Arkham games tucked in there and the exceedingly violent executions bring Ryse: Son of Rome to mind, for example. It oozes Assassin’s Creed from every pore, with our hero using his parkour skills to scale tall towers and subsequently swan-dive off them! And with the combat and stealth, the special vision that reveals enemies, and the map and side missions, there are clearly plenty of other influences too.
On paper, at least, Monolith’s Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor appears to be little more than a hybrid of past games wrapped in Tolkienesque packaging.
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