Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

79 2014-09-30 • RPG, Hack & Slash, Adventure • Monolith Productions

About the game

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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Time to beat

24 h 1 minAverage completion time
15 h 44 minMain
23 h 56 minMain + Sides
32 h 56 minCompletionist

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Genres
RPG • Hack & Slash • Adventure
Game Modes
Single player
Player Perspective
Third person
Platforms and release dates

PC

2014-10-08

X360

2014-11-26

PS3 • PS4 • XONE

2014-12-25

Linux • Mac

2015-07-30
Developers
Monolith Productions
Publishers
WB Games
Other companies
Feral Interactive • Behaviour Interactive
Game Engines
LithTech 6
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Ratings

84
Metacritic85 ratings
83
IGDB18 ratings

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Steam Xbox Marketplace PlayStation

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Description

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.

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 Batman Arkham series. Getting into a good fighting rhythm, using both regular attacks and counter-attacks will improve the player's combo multiplier. A unique feature of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is the Nemesis system. Every enemy in the game has their own name, rank, and memory. These enemies will continue to do their own jobs and tasks even when they're off screen. If the player does not kill an enemy in an encounter, this enemy will remember the player and change their tactics and conversations based on the encounter.

Details

Genres
RPG • Hack & Slash • Adventure
Game Modes
Single player
Player Perspective
Third person
Platforms and release dates

PC

2014-10-08

X360

2014-11-26

PS3 • PS4 • XONE

2014-12-25

Linux • Mac

2015-07-30
Developers
Monolith Productions
Publishers
WB Games
Other companies
Feral Interactive • Behaviour Interactive
Game Engines
LithTech 6