Destructoid: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Review

Ultimately, like many ambitious projects, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor doesn't deliver on everything it sets out to do. Although Monolith's heart is in the right place and the stuido honors the lore, it doesn't really add anything that's worth seeing outside of some solid open world gameplay. It isn't a bad game, it just feels far too repetitive for its own good.

[Chuk5]

damn

Edit:wonder how it'll all shake out

[slappy508]

6/10? This game doesn't look like a 6/10 to me from all the gameplay videos I've seen. *shrugs* , I'm buying this game , regardless of reviews

[Enemy]

Yep.

Most of the scores are 8's and 9's. This is the only 6 so far, you can ignore it.

Buy what looks good to you. Set your own opinion.

[DafunkyRebel]

No you should NOT ignore it if anything you should REALLY pay attention to these low reviews and read them to make sure there isn't anything wrong with the game that the other guys left out or neglected to take away from the score. For all you know the person at IGN loved batman games and the weird crow fighting combat style. What if you bought it and find out it sucked because its not your type of game? This is just another case of hype from review

[slappy508]

In my case, nothing will detract me from buying this. For one I'm a Lord of the. Rings fan so I'm genuinely interested in the storyline They have to tell here. Also I loved Arkham series so I think gameplay is covered. Obviously we have to see how well the. Nemesis system works here. general consensus so far is good. Repetitive gameplay even won't be a real risk for me as like I said I want to see the storyline, but I genuinely do think this is a great action stealth game. Perhaps the ones that should research as to whether or not this game is for them Is Non lord of the rings fans. But one of the critics that have reviewed it and claimed to be a non fan gave it over 9 so I just think this will be appealing to most people who are fans of action games

[mikeslemonade]

I never understood the hype for this game. Perhaps it's fan-fare favoritism since it's LotR. The gameplay videos look like the big and empty spaces in Destiny.

I pass. I don't think I will play this at all.

[monkeyDzoro]

@rebeljoe14

You're a bit mistaken. If he finds out that it's not his type of game, it won't be because the game SUCKED... but because the game doesn't fit his playstyle.
That's a current mistake. If you don't like a game, it doesn't mean the game SUCKS. It means it's not for you.

[morganfell]

My self induced hype could care less what some reviewer wrote. Come Tuesday everything takes a backburner for this game. destrctoid, one of the homes of gamersgate has an opinion that isn't worth the time of day.

[joab777]

I must say having not played it, if it does combat like batman but gorier, has a beautiful open world and Tolkien story, while also adding not only your progression bit ur enemies too, can ot be a 6 or are we being a tad to difficult on next gen games?

It has a pretty cool system with randomized enemies rising the ranks. Of one kills u, he gets promoted and next time u fight him, he remembers killing u the 1st time. Pretty crazy.

I think seeing batman, the Witcher 3 and bloodborne has made it impossible for these games to do well. Let's see if even the aforementioned games don't get crucified by reviewers and their lofty expectations.

Hell, i know Destiny isn't the sprawling epic single player adventure many thought it would be, but it's definitely the mist fun I've had this yr. I am sure Mordor will also be pretty good too.

[joel_c17]

Lol click bait

[weekev15]

I spose everyone is entitled to their own opinion, even when its wrong as in this case.

[Scrivlar]

Jesus...Pretty much every game this gen that's not been a remastering has been an average 7-8/10 let down. I'm a huge LOTR fan so I'm going to keep my hopes up but this doesn't bode well.

[matrixman92]

this is literally the only review so far below an 8

[Scrivlar]

That's good news :) It does look awesome actually. Just felt the likes of Watch Dogs and Infamous etc have all been shite compared to the hype

[Dudebro90]

Seems to be the odd one out. Everywhere else it's very positive.

[DafunkyRebel]

Read the freaking review before you start saying its click bait you. The IGN review is the real click bait, even the reviewer stated that the game has a terrible campaign structure so its pretty much a case of hypocrisy to where they give fun factor the president here and yet ignore it in Destiny.

[Natversion1]

Actually take your own advice and read the article on Ign instead of glancing over it. He said he stated to lose interest abit in the story towards the end, which is totally different to saying the campaign is terrible.

[Gamehard]

Except he never actually stated the campaign was terrible... and comparing it to Destiny reviews where that game got pretty much 7s all across the board while this gets 8-9s aside from this one site is a little bit different. Either way, people should stop trying to see these reviews as absolutes. A 6 doesn't mean the end of the world nor does it mean a game is total crap. It could just possibly be that it wasn't the reviewers cup of tea.

[edqe]

This review sounds most reliable so far. Those >90/100 reviews never mention about the problems.

If the game starts to feel very repetitive very fast it is a huge problem. If the games hyped features are just gimmick it is another huge problem. Can't be >90/100.

[solidboss]

As a Lotr fan i have to say this game looks like nothing more then a 7/10 or $20 purchase. From the very first reveal I was turned off buy how much monolith borrowed from other games. Don't get me wrong I enjoy ass creed and batman alike, but I wanted something unique to a lotr game. The nemesis system is nice but that's prob the only thing I can praise about this game. What annoys me is the reviews this is getting are way to high. I'm seeing a lot of 9's and I can't help but think how many reviewers criticized darksiders 1 because it "had no originality" or that it borrowed too much from Zelda and gow..the same exact complaints should be made about this game. Borrows many things from batman and ass creed and even some gow in the form of mountable enemies and qte yet it gets praised? Bullshit

[Gore-Content]

Guys, relax. 86 at metacritic right now.

[DarkOcelet]

13 positive , 1 mixed , thats actually pretty awesome if you ask . Day 1.

[Tex117]

Regardless of this score, there is a enough positive press out there to warrant a purchase for me.

[Rick_Ross_Boss]

Theres always at least one who likes to be different

[Einhert]

Loves A Dynasty warrriors game (famous for being repetitive) hates repetitiveness when it comes to this game.

Seems legit.

[urwifeminder]

Every time I see anything Lotr related I just think Monty Python runaway , describes the series for me the movies as well this score seems too much.

[Biohazard8860]

Don't base you're purchase on reviews play it for yourselfs cause you never know you can miss out on something great.