SoM received a lot of press leading up to its release. The Nemesis System and the fact that it is a stand-alone story set in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy universe garnered a lot of interests.

An excerpt from our official Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor review : Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is the best Lord of the Rings game I've ever played. It's that simple. It takes the gameplay of franchises like Assassin's Creed and Arkham City, throws new gameplay wrinkles into the fold, and adds a...

Exceptionally great game, was about time to as all of the other L.O.T.R games was lacking all of the fundamentals that this game has. I was very impressed with this game and will be playing the second,

The game was delivered very quickly and the game itself is excellent.to play.

Everyone who even remotely follows gaming knows that everyone is just raving about Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor , with the game itself gaining excellent reviews across the board. So, you can be damn sure that I wanted to try it for myself to see what the hype was all about.

Excellent Music; Engaging Vocal Performances; Satisfying Combat; Nemesis System Is Revolutionary; Takes A Lot Of Inspiration From Other Games & Builds Up On It; Photo Mode; Gollum

Only 20 Story Missions

While the novels and the films certainly had a high quality level, the actual games haven't been all that great, either in terms of stories, gameplay, or both, although the Lego ones from Traveller's Tales managed to transform the films into some pretty fun interactive experiences.

Amazing Nemesis system; Huge open world; Lots of varied activities

Can be difficult at first; Combat becomes frustrating when surrounded by enemies; A few animation glitches

Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis system is the most interesting thing about this game, and we've likely seen the last of systems of this type. Visual fidelity, frame rates, and resolution have been the top selling points for many games that follow identical, popular formulas, lately.

Despite a myriad of sources to draw from, few games have brought Tolkien's Middle-earth to life. There have been many attempts, from the ZX Spectrum text adventure The Hobbit to endless film tie-ins, but none have quite recreated the spectacle of steel sparking steel, nor the smell of blood and dirt...

With the big-screen adaptations of The Lord of the Rings at the beginning of the noughties, a slew of Middle-Earth-based games appeared, across various platforms and genres; most oriented around some interpretation of an action-adventure title.

Polishes familiar action/adventure gameplay mechanics; Expands on Tolkien's world with imagination whilst staying faithful; The Nemesis system is an exciting and promising feature for gaming

Skill tree doesn't branch in a meaningful way; More finisher animations wouldn't go amiss; Death by rampant Caragors; over and over again