I'm aware of that, I've beaten the story and done a lot of the side missions. The recruitment mission in particular though, none of the others, I swear is glitched. At least for me.
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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor |OT| One Title to rule them all
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I'm aware of that, I've beaten the story and done a lot of the side missions. The recruitment mission in particular though, none of the others, I swear is glitched. At least for me.
Arrows. Lots of them. Currently, I have runes that fully restore my focus for a headshot kill and restore 4 arrows for a shadow strike kill... yeah, it makes clearing strongholds pretty easy.
Besides that, maybe just release a ton of caragors? They get the job done fairly well.
Spookyboogy
Neo Member
Hopefully my 9950 Phenom doesn't explode trying to run this.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
This would be quite difficult without a few power-ups. Assuming you don't have many upgrades, kill a few with your bow and then move to the outskirts of the mission area, even if a captain shows up you should be able to kill him. If it's an early warchief you should not start the mission without killing his bodyguards first
jim2point0
Banned
So this happened.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
"May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out".
hunchback
Member
You are not alone. I feel like the worst gamer in history. Here's my situation. Just restarted the game and finished the tutorial. I jump off the forge tower and sneak around to scope things out but never move farther than 30 feet. I get spotted and a scramble back up to the tower until everything quiets down again. I jump back off and am hiding 400 feet away from a Orc targeted. I'm in a bush in stealth. Some nasty dude named Unstoppable appears from behind and whoops on me until I scramble back up to the tower. All of this and I haven't killed a single Orc since the tutorial. What the hell? I love this game and will keep playing but I'm just not good at all.
TheStruggler
Report me for trolling ND/TLoU2 threads
one simply does not disco into mordor
whassupbun
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AusRoachman
Member
Finally started this up last night. The game is amazing. I'm not a huge lotr fan but i am a huge assassins/batman fan and they have nailed the best aspects of each.
3 hours in and i still haven't even started the first story mission. Having too much fun killing random captains and unlocking towers.
Imagine if assassins creed kept its amazing historic locations and cleaned up the game play systems to copy mordor.
That would bring me back to the assassins creed series.
3 hours in and i still haven't even started the first story mission. Having too much fun killing random captains and unlocking towers.
Imagine if assassins creed kept its amazing historic locations and cleaned up the game play systems to copy mordor.
That would bring me back to the assassins creed series.
Yeeah this game is so good. Almost 10 hours in, got shadow strike... that thing is awesome. I figured if I blasted through story quests I'd hate the game, and the captain killing system is so, so good. Game is surprisingly fantastic.
Also, the challenge is just perfect. I think getting the "5 hit to execution" skill and "Getting hit doesn't eliminate from your hit streak" skill kinda break the game since I just connect a few criticals and bam... orc down, but its so satisfying.
Also, the challenge is just perfect. I think getting the "5 hit to execution" skill and "Getting hit doesn't eliminate from your hit streak" skill kinda break the game since I just connect a few criticals and bam... orc down, but its so satisfying.
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
LOL. Just started an execution mission and right as it starts the executioner turns and runs in terror because the Uruk captain he was terrified of his rival, the captain he was supposed to be executing.
WheelHoss1
Member
I love this stuff.
I have one Captain who just refuses to kill me but won't stop showing up. He turns up in the middle of all my big fracases, gets me down to the killing blow, and says, "Nah, too easy." He's my absolute boy. Can't wait to brand him and send him up the ladder.
LurkerPrime
Member
Amazing. It's too good to be a bug.
Golgo 13
The Man With The Golden Dong
About 7 hours in and it's an enjoyable game but overwhelmingly derivative to the detriment of my enjoyment. I love the Arkham games and This game makes me realize how genius so many parts of that game are and how bored I am of the Assassins Creed franchise, more than anything.
Feel like it's a solid 7/10 at this point.
Feel like it's a solid 7/10 at this point.
http://www.twitch.tv/deeptopgaming
Streaming right now if anyone is interested. Killed like 8 captains and ignored story for most part lol.
Streaming right now if anyone is interested. Killed like 8 captains and ignored story for most part lol.
bodine1231
Member
Decided to spend my playtime tonight and collect all of the Ithildin marks. The reward is
such bullshit,just a damn picture,really!? I was expecting at least a cosmetic upgrade,new move or mission. What a waste of time.
Freezasaurus
Member
Just finished the game a little while ago. Man, the
Game was solid overall, if a little tedious at points. It relied too much on the captain/warchief gimmick and didn't provide enough story direction. A very good game, just not a great one. But this is still a much better result than movie/book licenses usually get.
fight against the Black Hand was a ton of fun. I just wish I could have taken more than two of them out myself. I finished off #2 and then my guys killed off the remaining three all within ten seconds of each other. XD
I really enjoyed it.. was there a post credit scene? I skipped the credits because they went on forever
Just finished the game and bothered to let the credits roll all the way to the end. No post-credits scene whatsoever.
OneEyeTwoHead
Banned
Game is amazing but the orcs that are Combat Masters in combination with immune to finishers and stuff are very very very difficult to bring down..like very hard.
Those are the ones that are usually vulnerable to stealth finishers. I even had one weak to ranged attacks which made it a helluva lot easier. It sucks because you want to do a sweet finished on these guys but in a lot of cases, you can't.
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
Yeah, I had one guy that was immune to finishers, ranged, stealth and combat master. I actually didn't end up killing him directly but what happened is that I caught him in a stronghold with a ton of Caragor bait and let loose a ton of Caragors on him that tore him to pieces.
Protip: if the game is too hard, focus on yellow story missions. You can easily run past everything, so just sprint/parkour your way to each of the forge towers until they're activated for fast travel; maybe hunt for collectables to give you easy points for levelling up your health, and focus on story missions which will unlock core abilities.
The game's balance is very weird. You're pretty underpowered to start with, but as you play you become so godlike that many people find the game too easy. Saints Row 3 and 4 suffered from this too, and Shadow is significantly better, but there ought to be a NG+ or a Death Threat+ that massively levels up the orcs.
That said, I'm still having a blast after 30+ hours. Just got a rune that ignites 15% of my throwing daggers. Feels closer to 33%. Never bothered with them before; now I use them all the time. Same will be true of Shadow Strike when I grab Shadow Strike chain.
For me, the combat is more than varied enough to hold ny interest, and I still die now and again because I'm not slick enough to breeze through combat with prompts turned off and no health upgrades. But I shouldn't have to gimp myself.
The sequel will benefit from better balanced difficulty (Death Threat is an excellent start) and more varied sub-missions that present players with different ways to play. Nevertheless, for a game as ambitious as this one, this first entry gets an enormous number of things right.
Haven't bought the season pass yet, but I will. Best new gen game I've played, just edging past Wolfenstein. The latter is the better game, but I'm having far more fun with Shadow of Mordor than I've had with all the new gen games I've played put together.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Yeah, I had two separate cases of this earlier today. One guy who was apparently SUPER weak to ranged 'cause he was a Captain and I just offed him with a charged arrow. Then another guy who healed quick as shit, couldn't be Wraith Stunned, couldn't be jumped over, and wasn't really taking battle damage...but as it turned out he was weak to stealth finishers.
I got my distance and it was over in seconds, lol.
Huevos de Oro
Member
This post deserves more love.Dance, you fools.
27 hours in. I decided, as my playthrough matured, that I was going to collect all Ithildin and artifacts, even though I usually dislike collectathons. I want to know what happens when all Ithildin is in place, and I find the small stories within artifacts too good to miss.
I just unlocked that dagger final skill. Now I am become death. the destroyer of orcs.
Freezasaurus
Member
I just fought some asshole tonight who kept regenerating bits of his life bar every 20 seconds or so. I had to stay on him, which isn't easy when he's a berserker-type with a bunch of goons hanging around him constantly. Had to call in some caragors for backup. XD
This reminds me of an avengers moment I had with a captain.
I set off the alarm in a fortress, and soon I had roughly 40 orcs, along with the captain, on my tail. I ran out of the fortress and lured them out as well. I was looking for some caragors, as there was no bait inside the fortress. Then I spotted something a little ways away, and left the orcs far behind to grab it. When I returned, the alarm was starting to go down, but I was quickly spotted and they all ran out after me.
I could practically hear the captain yelling, "I've got an army!"
And I respond: "I've got a Graug."
I pulled off a sweet ass Jason Bourne caliber assassination. Invading some captain's event, he was surrounded by about 30 orcs, many berserkers and shield-bearers. I decided to ace the orc he was planning on executing to save time. After doing so he took off and began climbing a rise with his goons in tow. I noticed one of those ropes you can use to slide down. I jumped and grabbed it, slid over to the far away rise, let go, and air assassinated the fleeing captain. A few well-timed executions opened up breathing room in his horde, allowing me to scramble atop a small structure. Just then a caragor happened by. I lept on, wrested control, and used it to beat my way through the crowd to freedom. I shot a random mean-looking goblin I saw as I fled, and he turned out to be a captain as well. Three captains down in less than 60 seconds.
Aquavelvaman
Banned
I got a rune that makes my fire arrows cause a big explosion and a rune that makes my unlimited fire-shot ability last an extra 10 seconds. It's pretty hilarious to just carpet-bomb a whole stronghold at once.
The Shogun
Banned
So just beat the game on PS4. First of all goodness is this game beautiful. Secondly god dang is the gameplay solid. Thirdly good god is the music amazing. This game is so damn good and we better get a sequel or two which should be happening as I know WB are looking at this as their next possible big franchise. Now ending story question from a LOTR fan.
Whats the deal with Talions eyes glowing at the end and hik mentioning a new rule? Is he turning evil? I kind of got a weird vibe the whole game that something was off with Celebrimbor but this is never addressed. And was the Black Hand supposed to actually be Sauron in a physical form? Sorry just lots of questions.
OnionPowder
Member
Same here. I found a warchief with an easy fear to exploit and just died over and over from him until he was level 20. He went from level 8 to level 20 so somebody out there thinks I'm shit.
EchoOneSix
Member
I spent about two hand a half hours leveling up my captain, helping him take out his rivals to prepare him for chiefdom. We had killed almost all the captains and I went to dominate him to send him on his next mission when I pressed X a second time and accidentally killed him :'( You will be remembered, Horhog the Complainer.
Freezasaurus
Member
Haha, it seems this game is at its best when you have completely random sandbox moments like that.
GringoSuave89
Banned
It's my understanding the game takes canon into consideration, but it branches off in its own direction. Take that how you will.
That's awesome. I knew it kept track of your brands for the regular orcs that weren't special "spawned because an alarm went off" orcs. I've fast traveled to older locations and seen the blue icon of info about my brands in the area so it definitely keeps track.
I didn't know it always promoted already existing orcs and that those already existing orcs could already be from your group of random branded orcs. I thought that unless it was promoting an Orc who killed you, it was just generating orcs to promote. This system is deeper than I thought. Really hope they can expand on it.
BananasWithGuns
Member
Ran into this guy randomly. Definitely one of my favorite captains so far.
http://gameclipscontent-d2005.xboxlive.com/asset-e5e75ea5-2e31-4dcd-b2e2-8accd8ebb370/GameClip-Original.MP4?sv=2012-02-12&st=2014-10-10T05%3A08%3A41Z&se=2014-10-10T06%3A13%3A41Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=opIwvlLRUGMzndyEpAYO3mEqI6djHi6KdroqPK%2Fx4DI%3D&__gda__=1412921621_725d1b397d86b120109130933baaf7ed
http://gameclipscontent-d2005.xboxlive.com/asset-e5e75ea5-2e31-4dcd-b2e2-8accd8ebb370/GameClip-Original.MP4?sv=2012-02-12&st=2014-10-10T05%3A08%3A41Z&se=2014-10-10T06%3A13%3A41Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=opIwvlLRUGMzndyEpAYO3mEqI6djHi6KdroqPK%2Fx4DI%3D&__gda__=1412921621_725d1b397d86b120109130933baaf7ed
i'm not a LOTR lore person at all so take what I say with a grain of salt. but my assumption was:
Celebrimdor was just using Talion the whole time. Talion thought he had to kill the black hand in order to be free and be with his family but that was wrong, Celeb was just keeping him alive for his own purposes (revenge and such). With the end and his eyes glowing I just assume, based on the ending and the conversation, that Talion decided he doesn't want to fully die until he does all in his power to stop the evil. Which in turns leads him to wanting to create a new ring of power...... that or maybe celeb is slowing fully taking over? ... I don't know. I played the game to kill orcs. XD
WheelHoss1
Member
I didn't feel that good at the game until I watched this Dev talk about all the ways to use the environment.
Now, when I'm in a stronghold, before I make my move, I unlock all the tigers, shoot all the meat, brand some archers, shoot some bee hives, mount a tiger, and things feel a lot easier.
Also, reducing the hit streak from 8 to 5 and being able to take and not interrupt the chain really help. I heaven't focused on runes, don't have that many unlocked, and I still haven't died in quite a while.
Before you have the hit streak to 5, stun a dude, unleash a bunch of attacks, and start decapitating.
And unlocking the perk to stun dudes when you flip over their shields really helps, too,
Basically, combat upgrades first. Hope that helps anyone having trouble.
I can't love this game enough. Being the biggest Tolkien fan on earth helps, but I seriously might Platinum my first game here. I just want to see everything, every unlock, every mission. I barely use my bow, and I'm going to start working on that once I finish reforging the sword. Oh, and I'm about to unlock the 20 sec unlimited execution upgrade. Can't wait to use this one when I'm surrounded by baddies.
My GOTY by a mile. Dragon Age doesn't stand a chance (well, maybe a chance xD).
Now, when I'm in a stronghold, before I make my move, I unlock all the tigers, shoot all the meat, brand some archers, shoot some bee hives, mount a tiger, and things feel a lot easier.
Also, reducing the hit streak from 8 to 5 and being able to take and not interrupt the chain really help. I heaven't focused on runes, don't have that many unlocked, and I still haven't died in quite a while.
Before you have the hit streak to 5, stun a dude, unleash a bunch of attacks, and start decapitating.
And unlocking the perk to stun dudes when you flip over their shields really helps, too,
Basically, combat upgrades first. Hope that helps anyone having trouble.
I can't love this game enough. Being the biggest Tolkien fan on earth helps, but I seriously might Platinum my first game here. I just want to see everything, every unlock, every mission. I barely use my bow, and I'm going to start working on that once I finish reforging the sword. Oh, and I'm about to unlock the 20 sec unlimited execution upgrade. Can't wait to use this one when I'm surrounded by baddies.
My GOTY by a mile. Dragon Age doesn't stand a chance (well, maybe a chance xD).
GustyGardens
Banned
Just started the game on PS4 tonight. It's so good! I've just met and helped
, so I'm not too far in to the game. I kind of ran off doing my own thing. Hell, at one point I was fighting 3 Captains at one time!
Ratbag
The Shogun
Banned
Gotta agree. Probably my GOTY so far. I actually loved the plot and was worried as a big LOTR fan how they would do. Monolith did Tolkien lore amazing justice.
WheelHoss1
Member
Although it's structure is totally different, it reminds me of Elder Scrolls/Fallout in the way you can completely ignore the main missions and just bliss out in the beautiful 1080p sandbox. You're in for a treat. Wait until you get to
the second map.
Also, feel free to add me for Vendetta missions. Been really enjoying taking out everyone's nemeses.
PSN: WheelHoss1
What are Vendetta missions, are they also present for the PC (steam) version of the game?
VaultBoy101
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The
forging of the rings
uncleniccius
Member
My issue was that they made some enemies near impossible to defeat on your own. Once you had the ability to brand you could utilise another warchief, but its just too hard up until that point IMO.
Thanks Guastavoh!
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