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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor |OT| One Title to rule them all
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DualShadow
Member
Great OT! Too bad gotta wait till the 8th of October for this in Aus.
glad embargo is this week. gives me time to preorder!
You know, during e3 everyone kept on saying it's just batman combat, but it seems to be a bit more?
Curious if the Nemesis system will work out. For that kind of system to work really depends on how good the combat system is. needs to be hard but fair.
You know, during e3 everyone kept on saying it's just batman combat, but it seems to be a bit more?
Curious if the Nemesis system will work out. For that kind of system to work really depends on how good the combat system is. needs to be hard but fair.
It's the best time they could have released it, really. Not to mention that it looks like a great way to kick off the Fall rush.
Iced_Eagle
Member
Pre-ordered and ready to go!
Right. The most common example they give of a nemesis moving up in rank is for them to either survive an encounter with or defeat Talion. So ideally there is some difficulty.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
This is going to be hard to resist.
But given its SP only and the plethora of other titles coming, there's probably no rush to get this. Especially given ill be getting the PS4 version and my console already has Diablo in the disc drive.
But this looks sooooooooooo good.
But given its SP only and the plethora of other titles coming, there's probably no rush to get this. Especially given ill be getting the PS4 version and my console already has Diablo in the disc drive.
But this looks sooooooooooo good.
I'm wondering how much of a positive influence a Red Dead Redemption alumnus can be on this game's story. I know they've shown early bits of it in those promotional Twitch streams, but I've avoided those in favor of the (obviously very compelling) orc business because I'd rather have no prior knowledge. Christian Cantamessa's only other video game work is seemingly the Manhunt games, so I'm not exactly sold that he's bringing Red Dead's narrative pedigree with him.
Lord of the Rings has never been a franchise which holds an inherent value for me and all the marketing for the game does it no favors since the art looks like any other brooding, brown-haired white guy revenge story from the PlayStation 2 era onward. Barring a review meltdown, I'm planning on picking this up mostly as a result of the pretty tangible drought right now rather than being absolutely instilled with confidence.
Lord of the Rings has never been a franchise which holds an inherent value for me and all the marketing for the game does it no favors since the art looks like any other brooding, brown-haired white guy revenge story from the PlayStation 2 era onward. Barring a review meltdown, I'm planning on picking this up mostly as a result of the pretty tangible drought right now rather than being absolutely instilled with confidence.
The Dear Leader
Banned
Yo I ain't saying it should have been the thread title, but it should have been the thread title.
XANDER CAGE
Member
The first Manhunt was a pretty solid grindhouse narrative. I'm hopeful.
Yo I ain't saying it should have been the thread title, but it should have been the thread title.
LOL, not bad.
I care just enough about Lord of the Rings to hate the premise for this game. It sounds like the worst sort of Force Unleashed level bullshit.
I would imagine that Edmond Dantès shivers, without knowing why, any time someone within a five hundred mile radius mentions this game.
I still don't know if this game is going to turn out good enough for me to ignore the dumb fiction, but we'll see.
I would imagine that Edmond Dantès shivers, without knowing why, any time someone within a five hundred mile radius mentions this game.
I still don't know if this game is going to turn out good enough for me to ignore the dumb fiction, but we'll see.
Tinfoilhatsron
Banned
When does this release???
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Yo I ain't saying it should have been the thread title, but it should have been the thread title.
.... yes.
Justice_Bolt
Member
It's in the third image. Depends on pc/console and region.
Maybe I should have just made that text, sorry
I actually really liked Manhunt as well, but when you're advertising the writer of Red Dead Redemption I'd like to be more hopeful than for a grindhouse story.
I just don't know how much room for pathos there actually is in Middle-earth and that bugs me because I feel like 2014 has really paled to last year when it comes to stories in big budget studio games. And yeah, maybe I shouldn't be looking at Shadow of Mordor specifically to fix that, but me, personally, this will be the first new game I've gotten in a while and I'm feeling that damn thirst.
yep. this worries me because i can't think of any western developed games that has got that down.
I mean i like batman counter combat and others of that irk (ass creed, sleeping dogs) but those systems aren't really difficult. Deaths come really rarely.
if I kick everyone's ass, then the nemesis system would be kinda pointless then! Unless at the end everyone mobs you like a musou game lol.
Tinfoilhatsron
Banned
Sorry, lol on my phone on break right now. Will check later. Thanks! Excited for this one.It's in the third image. Depends on pc/console and region.
Maybe I should have just made that text, sorry
There's like a million games coming out in the next month. Why go for this one if you're not even all that excited about it?
BenHargrove
Member
I haven't watched that many gameplay videos of this game so I can go in as fresh as possible, but I really hope this is a good game. There's a chance that this might be the big underdog title of the year.
Well, it seems like uruk groups can also naturally have duels/ambushes against each other and specific Captains/Chiefs will rise to the top even if you don't have any influence on them. Or they will host hunts and such and increase in infamy if you don't interrupt them. So certain facets of the system will still play out.
Slammin_Hammon
Member
This game looks really good. From all the praise it gets from journalists I wouldn't be suprised if it was game of the year for some outlets.
but at that point it wouldn't really matter. Doesn't matter your name or rank if I can easily kick your ass!
Because this is one of the few that interests me at this point in time? I've still seen enough to tip the scales for the game, I'm just voicing my doubts.
When did the trust ever waver? The game got a good reception at its reveal (besides the whole "stealing AC animation" kerfuffle) and is coming from a well-respected veteran developer that hasn't had this much creative freedom in a long time.
An underdog would be something like Wolfenstein, from an untested, break-off developer. Especially since it showed fairly poorly at E3 2013 and had a somewhat remarkable turnaround by its release earlier this May.
Or The Evil Within, another game from an untested startup dev with a significant pedigree that demoed very poorly in its initial revealings, but has seemed to polish up a lot better in the past few months of crunch time.
I just don't really think it's fair to call a Lord of the Rings Action/Adventure game based on Assassin's Creed from a veteran developer with history in the license an underdog, but no big deal.
The pre-release review embargo shows further confidence from the publisher, I really don't think this game's quality was ever in question.
Fair enough. I read your post as you being less than interested in the game but needing something to play. So I was confused.
drotahorror
Member
Does anyone know if amazon will send me 2 different pre order codes for PS4? I bought the 2 games on one account (2 different credit cards) and was curious.
Luckily the reviews will be out a handful of days before the game so you'll have a window to pre-order with more information if you want.
Death Metalist
Member
Getting it as soon as it releases here!
the_firewithin
Member
I'm hyped. New 970 comes tomorrow. Mordor will be looking good
SJRB
Gold Member
Updated. Can't forget about the big dog.
Yo I ain't saying it should have been the thread title, but it should have been the thread title.
So good
Oh, shit son
Krappadizzle
Member
I RRRRREEAAALLLY hope the PC version is up to snuff. I have no issues picking it up on PS4, but it's so much cheaper on PC.
frothing demand indeed.
BenHargrove
Member
I was thinking more of people's lack of attention to SoM compared to other games this year rather than the pre-release reception itself. The impressions have been good for the game, but it seems that there isn't enough people talking about it (except these past few weeks, it seems to be building up heat).
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