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22.6 hrs on record (20.8 hrs at review time)
Good
Posted November 30, 2022.
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2.0 hrs on record (0.6 hrs at review time)
I love that - don't stop, don't stop.
Posted May 2, 2021.
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81.0 hrs on record (69.4 hrs at review time)
Good.
Posted September 18, 2020.
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1 person found this review helpful
40.9 hrs on record (39.3 hrs at review time)
Its ok, but its not worth £50.


Posted July 30, 2020.
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43.8 hrs on record
Bugs that can force you to have to wipe 30 hour save files.
Posted July 6, 2019.
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1 person found this review helpful
33.0 hrs on record (32.7 hrs at review time)
EAC, the "Easy Anti Cheat" system that has been implemented (in a game where there is no problem with hackers or cheaters) can take screenshots of your PC at any time without your permission. It counts as spyware. For this unfornate reason, a negative review must be put in place.
Posted March 18, 2017. Last edited March 18, 2017.
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95 people found this review helpful
7 people found this review funny
62.0 hrs on record (17.4 hrs at review time)
Disclaimer: Mixed review. Didn't feel like it deserved a Recommendation.
Have actually read the books. Seen all the films. Im passionate about this, so criticism isn't done to "hate on" the game. I just want to see something like this but better done.

Positives
-Beautiful Setting
-Beautiful graphics
-World building is great through the collecteable artefacts which help flesh out Mordor as a once pure land.
-Planning assassinations. The game is perfect in terms of a sandbox. You have various ways to approach objectives (through climbing up to the tops of ruins or fighting through hordes of enemies with the combat system)

Neutrals / Negatives.
(Most of these are borderline negative)
-"Arkham" style combat. Some may enjoy this, but others will be sick of it. Having only ever had experience with it in this game, I hate it. Its love or hate really. I personally found it repetetive, dull and unengaging

-"Nemesis" system. As a selling point for the game, its really rather poorly done. The first few Uruk Hai who kill you will be memoreable. They'll make thay introductory experience great. The problem is the system loses its charm for various reasons...
1) A kill "Nemesis" can come back from the dead. This completley ruins the experience as it takes away that satisfaction of having killed that Nemesis. It makes them seem like a regular enemy.
2) Being constantly killed by one Nemesis can make him so strong that he literally becomes unkilleable. Throwing spears that kill you in 1 hit AND the enemy is invulnerable to being stealth killed OR an arrow to the head? The system needs some kind of limiter to make a nemesis seem challenging, but not the Lord of bloody Mordor.

-The map areas are split. The game has 2 separate open world areas. It would have been better to have 1 large one ; no loading times between zones, better game flow and itd make the Nemesi seem more... "Alive". Both map zones have different Nemesi ; the whole point of the system is to make enemies memoreable, yet all this does is make you forget them.

-Poor story. Generic "avenge your family" story. So much more could have been done based on the source material at hand.

-Bland main character. Why should I care about Talion? He isnt developed in any way. One could argue that this is to allow us to "impose ourselves onto him". Rubbish. If so, make him voiceless and fix the story. We're apparently meant to care about his family having been murdered.

-Repetetive. Some may like this. I certainly don't. The "challenges" arent challenging (dull if anything). The combat is samey, the Nemesis system loses value after a while.

-Huge download. It was at 42.1 GIGABYTES. Why? Prerendered cutscenes are included, inflating the file size. Why not just have in game ones? The graphics are already fantastic.

-Doesn't stay true to lore. Although the setting does stay true to the lore (not ALL of Mordor is a blasted hellscape), the insertion of some creatures (namely Ghuls) is not lore friendly.

Final Comments
It feels like an Assassins Creed game set in Arda. Thats probably the best way to sum it up honestly. I can't recommend a dull, repetetive game that has a "Novelty" system that wears thin after a while. Save your money for something of better quality.

EDIT 1: Clarity issues.
Posted September 16, 2016. Last edited September 17, 2016.
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51.7 hrs on record (24.3 hrs at review time)
Hey hey people, Sseth here.
Posted February 10, 2016. Last edited September 9, 2019.
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1 person found this review helpful
9 people found this review funny
3.1 hrs on record (2.5 hrs at review time)
Got banned for 2 days on the Multiplayer for driving on the wrong side of the road .

10/10
Posted June 14, 2015. Last edited June 14, 2015.
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0.0 hrs on record
If this was the 80s, I was born in the wrong generation.
Posted June 3, 2015.
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