![]() ![]() “Interrogation” to reach into your enemy’s mind and see what he (this game is a real sausage fest, honestly) has seen. The world of the wraiths also comes with several unique skills, and one of those is the ability to use the Vulcan Mind Meld-oh, that’s copyrighted? Ummm. Wraith World! Coming soon to a town near you! Remember when Frodo and Bilbo put on the One Ring in the movies? They enter this shadowy plane where they are significantly less visible but also inhabit the same realm as the Ring Wraiths. You’re able to easily switch back and forth between being a flesh incarnation of Talion that’s in what we would call the “real world” of the game and being the wraith in a separate level of reality. Bonded together, you team up to figure out why people are being stuck between the world of the living and the dead. No, that’s not a new theme park where you can meet someone dressed up as the Witch King.Ī mysterious wraith brings a Ranger named Talion back from the dead, and your new friend makes himself at home-in your body. So how do you listen in on all of this without getting brutally murdered?įunny you should ask, because that’s the next reason. This game is highly customizable in that your actions directly affect all of your enemies. There was someone who had him labeled as “Beastmaster,” while someone else saw him as “Blood-Hunter”-and neither of those matched mine! There were several results, but they didn’t match the name exactly. I was curious about one of the Uruk captains, so I looked him up. If you love to feel your blood pumping and the nerd rage rising, then have fun taking on the Uruks who have killed you a hundred times over because they’re directly blocking your pathway to wherever you’re going and you can’t go around them. It will sometimes even make snide remarks about your previous death. The Uruk challenges an officer, and if it wins, then it will kill that officer and take its place.Īnd if you keep dying to the same Uruk? It remembers you. In many games, you get pulled back to your latest save point. The Uruks look right into your eyes as a player and talk about how your death will help them in the ranks. What’s really cool about this is that the Uruk-hai are actually affected by your death. You’re just coming back as a wraith again-and they remember you. In Shadow of Mordor, it’s not that you’re dying and have additional lives saved up. Of course, we have our own personal story as Talion, and all of that is good, but what I like is what happens when you die.īecause you aren’t mortal, dying and coming back to life makes a lot more sense than, say, Mario having additional lives. ![]() One surefire way to get my interest in a game is to make what I do actually matter. It’s easy to look at an Uruk-hai captain and say, “Oh, that’s Mâku the Torturous.”Īnd that leads me to one of my other favorite things. Peek into the plot and stunning character designs. Each character is completely distinct from each other, and as the story progresses, they become even more so. In some games and movies, it’s easy to say that there are multiple characters who look similar to each other. Most Uruk-hai have names and their own agendas-but more on that in a bit. Shadow of Mordor doesn’t fail to impress in the same regard. Remember how the Orcs and Uruk-hai each had individualized armor and design in Peter Jackson’s version of the Lord of the Rings trilogy? Its Cool Character Designs-As Unique and Vivid as the Peter Jackson Movies Some images and videos in this article reflect this rating.) 1. (Note: This is an incredibly violent and bloody game and has been rated M (for Mature) by the ESRB. Let’s take a look at the top 10 reasons you should check it out. If you said “yes” to any of those questions, then Shadow of Mordor may be the game for you. ![]() After all, I loved The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age and love LotR, on the whole, to the point of being really annoying about it.Īre you the kind of person who would refresh just so you could hear the actors welcoming you to the site? Does your family refuse to play Trivial Pursuit: The Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy, Collector’s Edition, with you? Do you wish you could go slice up a bunch of Orcs in a good ol’ hack-and-slash? As a long-time fan of the Lord of the Rings series, I was cautiously optimistic when I heard about Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. It can often be disappointing to step into the worlds of your favorite movies and books through video games. Do you have what it takes to simply walk into Mordor? ![]()
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