Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

[Azazel]

Buzz, on the one hand I really want to tell you to go fuck yourself after that, but on the other hand finding people who enjoy Prince of Nothing is rare.

 

[abnaxus]

In a Russian rip-off of Prince of Nothing, the wymyn would rape the men.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Holy shit look at dat Oliphant-thigh.

 

[Tom Selleck]

that knee has nostrils

 

[octavius]

Holy shit look at dat Oliphant-thigh.

Do you want to climb up it?

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Holy shit look at dat Oliphant-thigh.

Do you want to climb up it?

No, but this asks for a Photoshop with Legolas climbing up her meat-trunk.

 

[Tharkin2]

Is Celebrimbor mentioned outside of the Silmarillion?I thought the Silmarillion was off limits.

 

[mediocrepoet]

When will a LotR game allow me to live out my dream of running naked through torched Rohirrim settlements as a dick-in-hand-covered-in-shit Dunlending?

Sounds like a Skyrim mod.

 

[abnaxus]

Is Celebrimbor mentioned outside of the Silmarillion?I thought the Silmarillion was off limits.

He's mentioned quite a few times in the first LotR book.

 

[Tharkin2]

Is Celebrimbor mentioned outside of the Silmarillion?I thought the Silmarillion was off limits.

He's mentioned quite a few times in the first LotR book.

Spoiler

Thanks.Was wondering how they could use him as the wraith that helps Talion

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

"Orks"

Pure comedy.

 

[Zombra]

1) I don't care about Middle Earth.

2) I like Batman combat.

3) Ghost possessed super powers? Ugh. Oh well.
3a) They killed my family revenge story? Really? Eh. OK.

4) Jumping up the side of a stone tower and grabbing on with fingertips to climb looks stupid. I'll get used to it, but come on, this guy isn't Batman.

5) I love how in all the previews there are like 400 orcs around and usually the guy demoing it just sneaks past, or better yet just ignores them and runs past 'em. It's really cool to see a game like this where clear cutting all enemies doesn't even really seem to be an option.

6) Really like seeing guys get scared and run away, and if you're not paying attention they will actually get away.

7) Even if everything else is crap (and it isn't, I like a lot of what I've seen), I love everything about the Nemesis system. Hypnotizing your enemies and getting them to all kill each other, fantastic. Extending that model throughout an entire army, even better. There's just something about this basic premise that makes me laugh and really want to get into it. I guess there's kind of a Pokémon thrill to it, if Pokémon fought each other to the fucking death and vied for political power.

Plenty to gripe about, but overall I think I will have a blast with this thing. May even D1P.

 

[Cyberarmy]

Its more like Assassins Creed games than Batman actually. It looks like an AC mod most of the time.

 

[HumanTotemPole]

Goddamnit I was having a good fucking day till I looked this thread

 

[Zombra]

Live action trailer.

 

[buzz]

Better than the actual Lord of the Rings/Hobbit movies.

 

[abnaxus]

Ioreth is a character in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Talion’s wife. She was an intelligent, practical woman accustomed to living among the Black Gate’s austere conditions. Her focus was the welfare of her family and the rest of the garrison, all of whom she knew as friends. Her son becoming a Ranger was bittersweet to her. While proud to have raised a Ranger of Gondor, she mourned the “days of peace” she and her husband once planned to spend far from the gate once his days of duty were done. At the start of the game, she and Dirhael were killed in front of Talion, setting him off on his quest for vengeance.

http://shadowofmordor.wikia.com/wiki/Ioreth

They actually killed off a book character.

 

[shiteatingnippledick]

Looks like shitty Assassin Creed without good looking environments and parkour.

 

[taxalot]

3 hours gameplay video ? Who the fuck watches that ? WHO ?

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

It makes sense why the Monolith veterans have left and the stupid loud kidz have taken over.

 

[Akratus]

Holy shit look at dat Oliphant-thigh.

Probably the back of the knee . .

Anyway, fuck this game.

 

[Menckenstein]

Live action trailer.

Orcs just chillin' in the sunlight.

 

[SerratedBiz]

Ioreth is a character in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Talion’s wife. She was an intelligent, practical woman accustomed to living among the Black Gate’s austere conditions. Her focus was the welfare of her family and the rest of the garrison, all of whom she knew as friends. Her son becoming a Ranger was bittersweet to her. While proud to have raised a Ranger of Gondor, she mourned the “days of peace” she and her husband once planned to spend far from the gate once his days of duty were done. At the start of the game, she and Dirhael were killed in front of Talion, setting him off on his quest for vengeance.

http://shadowofmordor.wikia.com/wiki/Ioreth

They actually killed off a book character.

Ioreth means "old woman" in Sindarin; iaur "old" plus feminine ending -eth.

For the amount of effort that went into writing her, good riddance.

 

[Higher Animal]

"So cinematic right here man! I Love it!"

37:26-37:33 of that video

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-09-26-middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor-review
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/09/26/middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor-review-my-precioussss
http://kotaku.com/middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor-the-kotaku-review-1639361008
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/middle-earth_shadow_of_mordor/b/playstation4/archive/2014/09/25/middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor-game-informer-review.aspx
http://www.shacknews.com/article/86451/middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor-review-simply-walk-into-mordor

Sufficient bribe money is sufficient.

http://www.destructoid.com/review-middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor-281235.phtml

Ultimately, like many ambitious projects, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor doesn't deliver on everything it sets out to do. Although Monolith's heart is in the right place and the studio honors the lore, it doesn't really add anything that's worth seeing outside of some solid open world gameplay. It isn't a bad game, it just feels far too repetitive for its own good.

Only Destructoid wasn't quite happy with the size of the bribe yet.