I would pop out, dash up behind them, and off one with an arrow and another with a stealth kill before rinsing and repeating. Four or five orcs would follow me a short distance and stand staring into the distance, complaining about how they couldn't find me, then bugger off. Every time I encountered a dude I couldn't be bothered killing in melee, I just ran away and walked behind a rock. In general, enemies are very easy to evade, even when they've been fully alerted. But in the end, I just used the good old run-around-in-a-big-circle-keeping-out-of-enemy-sightlines tactic, then ran straight up a totally unguarded vertical wall to the very top of the structure, leaping down to take out my lonely target. In one mission I had to infiltrate a stronghold, and was excited to do some clever climbing and stealth. In general, I felt that level or perhaps mission design hadn't lived up to the promise inherent in Talion's polished parkour abilities. I didn't get out of the first environment, but I believe, from the map screen, that there is more to Shadows of Mordor than the dull intermittent ruins I was running around in the first few areas I hope they make better use of Talion's traversal abilities. So it's kind of a shame there were so few reasons to use it in the sections I played. Pause a moment to take in Talion's armour, for example. Animations are glorious to behold, and on PS4, character models are awash in beautifully detailed textures. The one-button run-climb-jump system is much more deliberate, giving you plenty of time to adjust which way you're facing and ensure you're on the right path.Īlthough the muddy, empty landscape of the first environment is disappointing, the graphics are in general superb. You know how Ezio and pals are so obsessed with keeping on a delicious parkour chain that they often leap off in entirely the wrong direction? Shadows of Mordor doesn't do that. On the other hand, there's a lot less of Assassin's Creed's navigational annoyances. This was just not as interesting to me as dashing over rooftops, swinging from poles, creeping through vents and other mainstays of the open-world genre. Just about the only climbing and leaping I did was to unlock fast travel towers, or to go straight up the vertical cliffs that seem to exist purely to inject some verticality into an otherwise entirely flat design. Maybe it's because the environments in the early stage of the game favour open landscapes rather than dense, built up cities, but I spent a lot of time running in large circles around baddies to keep out of their sight lines, on my way to the one obvious bit of cover near their patrol area. According to a number of critics, Shadows of Mordor takes the Assassin's Creed and Batman: Arkham formulae and refines them into pure gold, with immediately satisfying but customisable combat and a living, breathing open world.įor starters, I felt that navigation didn't have the crunch of Assassin's Creed.
Middle-earth: Shadows of Mordor has a lot of stuff going for it, and several people whose opinions I really trust have said it's one of the best games of the year so far. Came in a press kit with fancy presentation box, broken sword bottle opener, and glossy brochure. Better get your pitchforks.Ĭode: Supplied by Warner Bros. Everyone else loves Middle-earth Shadow of Mordor, and Brenna feels a bit left out.
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