In the land of Mordor, far from the dormant fires of Mnt. Doom a Ranger of Gondor sets out to take revenge upon the armies of Sauron... The story of Shadow of Mordor may not sit firmly in the lores roots, but man oh man does it tell it well!

Wonderful voice acting from Troy Baker (once again) and all of the Uruks sell this games setting and makes the story come to life. For the most part. What really gets everything going is the fantastically fascinating Nemesis system. It gives every Uruk in the game an identity and a memory. Giving deep meaning to the failure state (when you die) and makes every encounter more personal.

For example, I was fighting a War Chief, he called in his troops and he got my health down to bottom. Right when I get back up, and nobody Orc with a spear and shield impaled me, after his taunts he was then promoted to Captain. I learned his name, and later on—his weaknesses.

The first time I sought revenge, I tossed him into a pit of fire and then he proceeded to run away. I could not chase him, because I had another Captain that came up behind me... SO after all of that, I found him again—he recalled me burning him and almost dying. THAT. WAS. AWESOME!!!!!!

He died shorty after... With one arrow to the face.

The games combat is for lack of a better work—thrilling! In many cases it does a better job at replicating the Batman games than the Batman games do themselves. It is all so well done, that the Assassins Creed guys really need to get ahold of it! THIS is how you do sword combat!

It does not provide you with an always win button, it takes perseverance and cunning to survive in Mordor. Death is never a failure, its just the game making itself better!

Look for my Video Review soon!!!

Wow I didn't even notice it was Troy Baker, he voices so many gaming characters.

What console did you get it on?
I advise anyone here buying it for either xbox 360 and ps3 to wait, a lot was supposedly cut for them versions.

What console did you get it on?
I advise anyone here buying it for either xbox 360 and ps3 to wait, a lot was supposedly cut for them versions.

PS4. Runs at 60FPS.

Definitely picking this up when I get the chance.
That nemesis system looks great.

Edit: Broke. Downloading naow

I've only recently started to watch gameplay of it, and I have to say it looks fun. Unfortunately I don't have the money for it, but I would like to pick it up down the road when it's cheaper.

How does it feel in terms of repetitiveness? Assassin's Creed tends to be very repetitive in its mission style, though the settings add diversity. I was getting the vibe that it would have a few types of missions that would be used over and over.

How long do you see yourself continuing to play this game?

I can see myself playing again and again. The randomness of the Nemesis system makes encounter unique. A total nobody can become a War Chief, and the sort of bond you develop with ones that kill you over and over makes revenge all the more sweet. Mission styles are not like Assassins Creed for the most part, for sure not like Black Flag where lots of it involved following.

The whole game is based around killing Orcs, and it does it extremely well.

this game. i want it.

Trade in Destiny for the $40 credit to get Shadow?

Assassin's Creed: LotR edition

So much, but its fucking awesome. Also it doesnt take 5 hours to actually start murdering the shit out of everything.

The nemisis system is fantastic.

When I started the game I ended up getting killed by a random orc while trying to learn the combat. He was promoted to captain for defeating me. So, naturally I forgot about the main missions and side quests and hunted him down to exact my revenge. Killed him while riding a caragor-thing (mauled him to death). About an hour later I'm in the middle of hunting down another orc. I'm just about to kill this new captain when suddenly the guy I thought I killed previously came out of no where to cross blades with me. He was sporting some wicked scars this time and was a lot stronger. He ends up beating the shit out of me.

For the next few hours he proceeds to hunt me down everywhere I go and kill me. Getting more powerful and rising higher in rank each time. Eventually he's so strong I can't go near him. I'm furious at this point. I've completely forgotten about the game and its now my life goal to murder this random orc frack. So I work on leveling my character. Killing minor orcs collecting things. Eventually I get set up, plan out this epic raid of a fort the guy is hiding in. Stealth in and kill all the archers. Set of traps and distractions. Kill the guy's gang. Get him alone. Huge long epic fight and I finally kill this fracking bastard.

All that without barely touching the story. He's not even a main character. Was just some random NPC who turned into my arch-nemesis. This game is great.

gah. i want this game. that sounds awesome.

I have to decide whether to get a new graphics card for my PC or pick up a next gen console for this.

come to the dark side. we have Pisspoor connection.

Quote from: Comet on October 03, 2014, 03:56:38 PM

Quote from: Lord Commissar on October 03, 2014, 03:33:49 PM

I have to decide whether to get a new graphics card for my PC or pick up a next gen console for this.

come to the dark side. we have Pisspoor connection.

All the PS exclusives I was interested in are now multiplat or on PC as well now though.

eh. its whatever. im not sure i would recommend getting the PS4 tbh. PSN is acting fucked up and doesnt function as smoothly as Xbox Live did/does/used to.