
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Monolith Productions
Taste attributes: actionadventurefantasyanimalsmonster/alien/supernaturalfastfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evilinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunlikely connections
Boxlist takeA fantastical, sweeping hack-and-slash game: breakneck and original. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: very fast · Originality: very fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score
IGDB rating
82 / 100
1,416 ratings
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About This Game
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is a open world third-person action role-playing video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, which takes place in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium. The game takes place in the 60-year gap between the events of Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings. It is a story of revenge, slaughter, and mystery set entirely in Mordor, the Land of Shadows. At its center is Talion, an ordinary man who loses everything, including his mortal life. The game is set in a fully open world, and features various role-playing game elements such as experience points and skills. There are various ways the player can complete their main objective. Aside from the main storyline, there are various side quests and random events the player can complete within Mordor. The melee system is inspired by that of the...
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Story
You are Talion, a Ranger of the Black Gate, keeping watch over Mordor which has remained undisturbed for ages. In the blink of an eye, everything is taken from you – your friends, your family, and even your own life. Resurrected by a mysterious vengeful spirit, you must now embark on a relentless vendetta against those who have wronged you.
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- Developer
- Monolith Productions
- Publisher
- WB Games
- Released
- 30 September 2014
- Series
- The Lord of the Rings
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Time to beat
- 18h normally, 57h complete
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
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- IGDB
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