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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor |OT| One Title to rule them all
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Sanctuary
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Games like this are also the kind of games that I'm the most at war with myself. I'm a power gamer, yet I also want a challenge. Can't have a challenge if I keep grabbing the most obvious "best" skills first can I? I may eventually replay this like I used to do the no upgrade god mode runs in the first and second God of War games. Aside what is given through the story anyway.
infiniteheteroskdasticity
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Are there any benefits to doing all of the weapon legend missions or is it purely cosmetic? Some of the missions are pretty good though.
Aaannnd roll credits.
Without a doubt my game of the year, Dragon Age will have to really impress me to beat it. Either way, I loved this game start-to-finish. And even though the implication(s) of the ending lead me to believe that the sequel will have an even more absurd story, bring it on. I really can't wait to see how Monolith expands the nemesis system going forward. Now to try and get myself every trophy and then wait for the DLC.
Without a doubt my game of the year, Dragon Age will have to really impress me to beat it. Either way, I loved this game start-to-finish. And even though the implication(s) of the ending lead me to believe that the sequel will have an even more absurd story, bring it on. I really can't wait to see how Monolith expands the nemesis system going forward. Now to try and get myself every trophy and then wait for the DLC.
Sanctuary
Member
I said before that there wasn't any benefit, but I might be wrong about that. There's only a cosmetic benefit for doing 10/10, but I think that for 5/10 you unlock a rune slot, but I'm not sure. And yeah, some of the best missions were the weapon missions I think. Some were stupidly easy, but some were pretty demanding too.
Or at least actually somewhat demanding, and fun.
What they really need to do is provide an option to the player to default to run and use X to walk instead of the other way around.
I dunno about Graugs, but it's almost instant with Caragors. I was hunting an orc called Hungrish the Graug Killer last night who had poisoned spears. He was a tough hombre. He killed about 5 Caragors in less than a minute.
MOTHER OF GOD
Oops, missed the beast killer part.
Can anyone confirm this?
Are you sure he didn't have the health regeneration ability? If you stop attacking him for even a little while, his health will quickly return to full if he has that ability. I doubt the devs would create a perk that renders your main form of attack null.
loaf of bread
Member
But he is a beast killer
No health regeneration ability. I also caught him alone after a beast hunt where all his guys ran away or got killed, and I used stun>flurry combo without finisher>stun>flurry combo,etc etc. Got a 180x combo and he didn't lose a single trace. Yeah, complete immunity to melee attacks is a thing
Hmm. I missed that when I read through.
Earn a combo on some minions, use the jump/stun on boss, then hit double wraith burn which will cause decent damage due to him being in stun condition, then after the double wraith burns he may still be on the ground and you can do a ground finisher. Double wraith burns on a boss that is stunned or on the ground I found to be faster damage than any other combat finishers.
Or does that count as "combat finisher" when it comes to his immunity?
2 and yes
shinobi602
Member
Looks like the Wii version. Goddamn...
I hope one day all of my warchiefs can be this way. Politeness shall rule Mordor.
No health regeneration ability. I also caught him alone after a beast hunt where all his guys ran away or got killed, and I used stun>flurry combo without finisher>stun>flurry combo,etc etc. Got a 180x combo and he didn't lose a single trace. Yeah, complete immunity to melee attacks is a thing
........I'm gonna assume it was a bug for now.
Did you eventually kill him?
infiniteheteroskdasticity
Member
MOTHER OF GOD
Wait... so how would you even harm him? Explosions?
Explode him off a cliff, duh
He has a hate of burning. Explosions would only make him stronger
Brian Griffin
Member
Same time. You have to kinda lay your thumb across both. Once you get the feel for it it's not an issue.
Brian Griffin
Member
I said god damn. You are going to need a bunch of branded captains or set off the alarm and just keep branding every orc that comes in to help you to kill that beast.
MOTHER OF GOD
EDIT: Ah shit double post.
Winterblink
Member
Best orc ever:
That hat. My god, I'd love a short story or some sort of lore about this guy and his backstory.
That hat. My god, I'd love a short story or some sort of lore about this guy and his backstory.
Thanks so much. Now I know what to try for. Game changer...
Net_Wrecker
Member
Stop it, mang. I haven't died to an orc in a while. Maybe you'll still be getting some old vendettas from before I was a demi-god, but nothing new.
MOTHER OF GOD
So, what in the fuck do you do? Motherfucker is made of gold
Going to have to disagree with you on GTAV.
GTAV was the most bloated open world filled with fire and forget and flaccid game mechanics. I find it so bizzare that almost every open world game (especially ubisoft ones) are criticized harshly on GAF for being bloated, but GTA V is heralded as one of the greatest open world games ever.
The GTA games never held my interest much. They were always dumb games I would play at a friends house or borrow for my PSP, turn on the cheat codes, kill everything in site, get bored after 30 minutes and abandon. 5 was the first one I bought and played straight because I bought into the hype, and man what a lackluster game.
I have only bought 3 R* games being RDR, GTAV and Max Payne 3... and I keep feeling RDR was a fluke.
That's the all-in-low version for you!
(although it doesn't look this bad normally, I went to the guy too fast and textures and such were still loading The guy could be hurt by ranged attacks but I didn't have any good ones the time I faced him. I went to the second part of the game, came back, and the guy had turned into a warchief. I just branded a few captain archers as bodyguards and then made them attack him and that was hit.
I don't think it's a bug at all btw, even the text clearly indicates that he is immune to combat attacks AND finishers.
infiniteheteroskdasticity
Member
I thought they'd still damage him.... if a bit slower. But yeah, captains with combat master are ridiculously hard to take down. I had a nemesis who I just couldn't shake. Unlike this guy though, he was vulnerable to stealth so I was able to lure him away from his guys and brutalize him.
Best orc ever:
That hat. My god, I'd love a short story or some sort of lore about this guy and his backstory.
I had a warchief just like that who pushed my shit in twice. So I decided fuck it. I branded all 3 of his body guards and added two more to be initiated and branded them.
Started a betrayl mission, and watched as he was bullied into a corner by all of his "bodyguards".
He even tried to run... and when he did I shadow striked to him and finished him off
infiniteheteroskdasticity
Member
MOTHER OF GOD
On second thoughts try poisoning him. I've been able to do that to a couple of captains (both were at a feast) and they die really quickly.
That's the all-in-low version for you!
The guy could be hurt by ranged attacks but I didn't have any good ones the time I faced him. I went to the second part of the game, came back, and the guy had turned into a warchief. I just branded a few captain archers as bodyguards and then made them attack him and that was hit.
I don't think it's a bug at all btw, even the text clearly indicates that he is immune to combat attacks AND finishers.
I must have been imaging things because I just tested two captains with Combat Master and my sword attacks couldn't damage them.
If anyone on Steam comes across another invincible orc, let me know. I'd like to add him to my collection.
mickcenary
Member
Fuck me. I've really played this game so wrong at times. You can bring Warchiefs and Captains with you to other fights? Howwwww?
Sanctuary
Member
Haha, no shit. I didn't want to say anything because maybe they are playing on a PC on the low setting or something, but my orcs certainly never looked like that.
I was just about to suggest that too. Although it really depends on where you're fighting this guy and if he decides to have a drink.
Fixed.
MOTHER OF GOD
Grats on finding Secret Sauron
Sanctuary
Member
Must be a GTA V thing, because I have no idea who that is.
I do this for most upgrade-driven games. How viable is a no-upgrade playthrough in this? Does the game allow for this, and if so, is it actually doable and fun that way? I'm waiting on my GTX 970 before diving in, but it would be good to know this stuff before I get too far in.
The_Inquisitor
Member
God dammit. I just got back from 1 business trip, and I'm going on a two week trip this Friday. I won't get to
Play this till the end of October.
Play this till the end of October.
tokyostomp
Banned
Nah poison will take maybe 20 percent off his bar. He won't drink enough poison to kill himself though. And he will slowly regen his health.
Not OP of picture but I have a similar enemy.
Apparently the only means of death is to
mount a Graug.
Sanctuary
Member
It seems like it would be very possible, although at the same time quite boring not having at least the Wraith Stun (tier 1 skill). The game would just revolve around you doing a bunch of standard sword slashes and then backing off or doing a ground kill. It also seems like it would make some of the captain fights needlessly long; which isn't the same as a challenge.
MOTHER OF GOD
Lure him onto a bridge and wraith blast him off it! he's not strong against that! (or poison his grog)
Aces&Eights
Member
This guy would have the most flirts on Orc E-Harmony.
So... I looked up the VA for Celebrimbor because he has an awesome voice.
Mind was blown when I realized he voiced the greatest character in a video game in 2013.
NO FUCKING WAY! I'll never be able to listen to that damn ghost the same way again. The Senator is probably my favorite Metal Gear character
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