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Aww Amazing!: 9.0/10 across 98.1k ratings. This score says: bump it to the top of your backlog.
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Aww Amazing!: 9.0/10 across 98.1k ratings. This score says: bump it to the top of your backlog.
Leans into Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and Slash, with a main story around 17.9h. Check if that style and time commitment fit you.
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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor's great action and dynamic enemies make both victory and defeat an amazing experience.
Read full review ↗Shadow of Mordor's political machinations and rambunctious action make it a cut above your everyday Lord of the Rings game.
Read full review ↗There's plenty to see and do in Mordor when you're dead; all that's left, in the words of a wise old wandering wizard, is to decide what to do with the time that is given to you.
Read full review ↗The tech specs are demanding, but this is the Middle-Earth game to rule them all.
Read full review ↗Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor tells a good story but provides the tools to discover even better tales
Read full review ↗By turning your every death into the start of a personal vendetta, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor makes you that much more invested in its open-world. The savage combat and satisfying stealth are just the means to exacting your ultimate revenge.
Read full review ↗A challenging and fascinating adventure in emergent gameplay, but not without growing pains
Read full review ↗Although saddled with an instantly forgettable title, Shadow of Mordor works hard to bring fun and life to the Tolkien universe – and manages both spectacularly
Read full review ↗Ultimately, like many ambitious projects, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor doesn't deliver on everything it sets out to do. Although Monolith's heart is in the right place and the studio honors the lore, it doesn't really add anything that's worth seeing outside of some solid open world gameplay. It isn't a bad game, it just feels far too repetitive for its own good.
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