Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor |OT| One Title to rule them all
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Played it again today at the local WB office. Don't know what you're expecting from the game, but I think LOTR is boring as fuck and I thoroughly enjoyed playing this game twice. As far as I can tell (still don't have the review copy in) it holds up.
Monochromaticx
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GOTY right here for me that can only be beaten by Dragon Age. I am still really torn on whether to get this on PS4 or PC :/
MyNameIsRye
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Is there a review embargo?
DaSorcerer7
Member
Yeah it gets lifted on the 26th. I think.
ChillbroSwagggins
Neo Member
I feel like I remember reading in the other hype thread there would be some reviews as early as Thursday. Never followed up with that though, so that could have changed
XANDER CAGE
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Everyone upset about this game playing a little fast and loose with established canon should look back at The Third Age (actually still quite a fun FFX clone) and Lord of the Rings: Conquest (a big pile of rubbish) and be thankful we're getting what we're getting.
Conquest had a mage class. A MAGE CLASS
Conquest had a mage class. A MAGE CLASS
The people at WB told me that the embargo lifts on the 30th.
Man, of all the Final Fantasy games to make a LOTR clone out of... they picked X. As baffling today as it was in 2004.
zkorejo
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IDK why they said that, from what I have seen and read about the game.. its absolutely nothing like Skyrim.
Ummm
CambriaRising
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It's the 26th, they might have gotten the release date mixed up with the embargo.
FunkyPajamas
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For some reason I thought this was current-gen only. Alright, still interested. Will wait for reviews and GAFfers' impressions.
The last gen versions are being ported by another developer and probably won't have all the functionality/features the current gen versions have.
DigitalDevil
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There was a tweet that Destructoid would go live early Thursday morning
keltickennedy
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Sorry, but if you're looking for this game to be similar to Skyrim I think you'll be disappointed.
Sorry, having a busy day at work and can't spend a ton of time answering questions.
It seems like the embargo is the 26th at 12:01 but the one Dtoid tweet said a day earlier.
I tried to make the pre-order /dlc mission type stuff pretty clear at the bottom of the OT. It's no Watch Dogs, but still a little messy. PS4 and PS3 (digital only?) preorders get two exclusive missions.
The last gen versions are made by a different developer all together and were significantly delayed, so I feel the current gen /pc versions aren't really compromised to a significant extent by a game being "cross gen". Though I suppose we'll see when we have all the versions to compare.
It seems like the embargo is the 26th at 12:01 but the one Dtoid tweet said a day earlier.
I tried to make the pre-order /dlc mission type stuff pretty clear at the bottom of the OT. It's no Watch Dogs, but still a little messy. PS4 and PS3 (digital only?) preorders get two exclusive missions.
The last gen versions are made by a different developer all together and were significantly delayed, so I feel the current gen /pc versions aren't really compromised to a significant extent by a game being "cross gen". Though I suppose we'll see when we have all the versions to compare.
Not to mention the final boss fight of The Third Age had you literally fighting the Eye of Sauron. Yeah, as in you ran up to the Eye and whacked it with your sword.
I think Assassin's Creed+ looks fairly apt.
I really don't like Assassin's Creed and this still looks absolutely fantastic to me, though.
That's completely badass.
bananafactory
Banned
Anyone else play The Two Towers on PS2? I actually really enjoyed that game
Oh yes. Return of the King was great as well.
That and Return of the King were excellent action games. Stormfront was a great dev.
Monochromaticx
Member
Hell yeah! Really enjoyed that game too.
FloppyDelux
Member
yes and Return of the king
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
Preordered this at Best Buy. I got the Gamers Club unlocked thing, so I may as well use it.
So long as the game garners fairly good reviews I'll bite on this.
Not the biggest Tolkien fan, but the game has promise and potential.
So long as the game garners fairly good reviews I'll bite on this.
Not the biggest Tolkien fan, but the game has promise and potential.
Outtrigger888
Member
Monolith developing this has me pretty excited about this, always enjoyed there games. Will probably bite when this releases.
Yeah, bad luck. I'm importing it from the UK so I'll get it even later ;'(
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I am excited.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
out 3rd in uk too, you may get it on release date
should of just bought it off us psn store mate
Death Metalist
Member
YES YES YES! I played both on co-op and alot of fun was had. Great games that were faithful to the movies.
I want a retail version, so my brother in law can enjoy the game as well.
I'm hoping this is actually as good as the hype is bearing out, the early previews showed more of a stealth approach but then the parts I watched in that long video was mostly just whacking dozens of dudes in an open field.
also Third Age was actually pretty good dumb fun, it was a huge loot fountain and you got to see you characters wearing it. Plus the FFX combat system is probably my favorite ever, I like figuring out optimum attack order and stun and haste/slow can swing combat a ton.
The plot was a mess and yeah the ending was cheesy but hitting Sauron with a sword was funny.
also Third Age was actually pretty good dumb fun, it was a huge loot fountain and you got to see you characters wearing it. Plus the FFX combat system is probably my favorite ever, I like figuring out optimum attack order and stun and haste/slow can swing combat a ton.
The plot was a mess and yeah the ending was cheesy but hitting Sauron with a sword was funny.
keltickennedy
Member
I think it would be wrong comparing it to Assassin's Creed too. Okay, there's an air stealth kill and towers. Combat is straight up Batman while the nemesis system seems pretty damn original. They really haven't shown much of the story.
TheGameChanger
Banned
I think Visceral games made Lord of the rings Return of the King. Excellent game.
