You can’t understand how mind-blowingly convincing that is until you've played Shadow of Mordor. Shadow of Mordor’s main gameplay mechanic is the Nemesis system, which aims - and mostly succeeds - in giving enemies personality, character and, more importantly, permanence.ĭid you injure an Uruk with a non-fatal explosion? If you run into him again (and you will), he's going to be covered in burns and he’ll remember how he got them.
The general narrative just didn't matter anymore. I stopped noticing the lacklustre story beyond the two-hour mark, when the gameplay hijacked the whole experience. Supporting characters, with the exception of Celebrimbor, are only there to push the story forward, and little is done to flesh them out into anything other than tutorial buddies or mission-givers. The motives of Talion, the main protagonist, aren’t in any way original or enticing. There’s nothing interesting or ground-breaking about it, being mainly a retelling of events from The Lord of the Rings pertaining to Celebrimbor.
The Nemesis system overrides weak plotting in the latest Lord of the Rings blockbuster, says Sherif Saed.Īfter days of Shadow of Mordor play, I can tell you this: the main storyline is nothing more than a progression spur.
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