Comments on: Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor Has No Co-op, Takes Place Entirely in Mordor https://gamingbolt.com/middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor-has-no-co-op-takes-place-entirely-in-mordor Get a Bolt of Gaming Now! Sun, 02 Feb 2014 02:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: heywan https://gamingbolt.com/middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor-has-no-co-op-takes-place-entirely-in-mordor#comment-212425 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 02:55:00 +0000 http://gamingbolt.com/?p=185698#comment-212425 In reply to Don’t_Be_Biased.

You stole the words clean out of my butt

]]> By: Don't_Be_Biased https://gamingbolt.com/middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor-has-no-co-op-takes-place-entirely-in-mordor#comment-212099 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:15:00 +0000 http://gamingbolt.com/?p=185698#comment-212099 Uninspired? Why, because it is set in The Lord of the Rings universe? Name one good LoTR action game since the PS2 era. War in the North was a disgrace and a total chore to play and was barely reminiscent of Middle Earth. The only enjoyable LoTR games of this generation have all been strategy games. I think the developers of this game saw a niche that needed filling and decided to fill it. On top of that, what LoTR game has ever let you explore Mordor in-depth? None. Sure it would have been nice to have the option to explore elsewhere, but Mordor is actually a rather vast and potentially very interesting area if you look at it in terms of open-world exploration. The storyline, too, is totally unique, instead of a copy-and-paste plot to stop Sauron and save all of Middle Earth. Instead it focuses on a totally new protagonist and his personal vendetta against the evil of Mordor. After all, this was before Mordor or Sauron were once again a threat to Middle Earth. I can understand why this game might look unappealing to a non-LoTR fan or someone without respect for the lore, or to a brainless and blind Assassin’s Creed fanboy whining about how this game is copying AC’s fighting style. If you watch the gameplay reveal you will see that the game is chock-full of interesting elements, such as the nemesis system and the ability to basically mind-control enemies into doing your bidding. Judging by how one-sided this post is, I highly doubt you have any interest in LoTR, or even good action games for that matter. Assassin’s Creed has never had co-op and has prospered, so why would you consider that a weak point of any open-world third-person action game? Hopefully you’ll consider at least some of what I said and make future posts at least somewhat less biased.

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