8 minutes of Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor gameplay

The problem as I see it is, I was expecting something along the lines of the Witcher 3 or Dragon Age Inquisition--an open world RPG with real time combat. This looks like Assassins Creed: Middle Earth, and I seriously can't stand the Assassins Creed games. I find them to be horrendous--the one series whose popularity I just can't understand.

because of every other modern LOTR game

I'm a little curious about this "nemesis" system. It seems some people are just writing it off because it sort of resembles AC. Will need to see some more.

Consider me hyped.

Looks good.

Well, LotR RTS games (The Battle for Middle Earth) turned out pretty damn good.

I agree, it was ok. Sort of. Total War (and it has been modded) is best suited for it, not a small CnC type game.

Looks like garbage, honestly. I hate the Assassin's Creed series as well.

Yeah, the traversing mechanics look and awful lot like Assassin's Creed, but it still looks pretty damn cool.

This is a weird situation with regards to the Assassins creed similarities as it shares more in common mechanically with the Batman games than Assassins Creed which is no surprise as both devs are under the WB games brand. But then again, some of the mechanics it uses are actually or were present in the LOTR games on PS2 so there is some weird copycat circle going on here

Lego LOTR is awesome and I dont even like LOTR. You shut your whore mouth!

Looks really good.

Same here. I liked those games from EA, along with the hack & slash games based on the movies. They weren't the best, but they were still a lot of fun.

Haven't really played any WB LOTR games, though I still have to try them as I got them with the Humble WB Bundle. But sean is right in a way, I really hope this game can stand out. Because it's been a while since we've had a really great LOTR game (BFME 2)

Looks really interesting and i miss a good LotR game. I'm hyped now!

That whole system they mentioned sounds like something they have to actually be bothered to code. So it'll most likely be underwhelming

:Looks fucking awesome

ttli

I think it looks fantastic. The gameplay and narrative seem promising and the LithTech engine is quite impressive.

@zaraxius: Oh well this game is probably not the game for you then. Not sure why you think that makes it garbage exactly.

What do you mean?

Read the books again. There is ton of magic in the books.

Why does it seem that nearly every game now-a-days has some sort of mechanic/ability where you can see through walls? I can't fvcking stand it personally. Makes games way too easy.

I am now interested in this game, an AC LotR is a great idea.

My friend, it has read it 5 times. Perhaps it is you who should go back. We are talking about the books, not Peter Jacksons terrible Michael Bay movies.

So you forgot that there're plenty of magical creatures in the books like Ringwraiths, barrow-wights, the Maiar, ghosts, the Ainur. Or the number of magical items or constructions like the Ring, Sting and many other elven made weapons and armor, the door to Moria, the secret door to the Lonely Mountain, Orthanc, the staves of the Maiar, elven cloaks, most of the gifts Galadriel gave to the Fellowship had magical properties.

And there were also people with magical talents like Elrond's foresight and Aragorn's healing touch. There were prophecies like Glorfindel prophesied the fall of the Witchking. Several spells were cast during the books. Gandalf used spells to create fire and light, he tried to stop Balrog with spells and used spells to disarm Gimli and Aragorn, he cast spells to drive the Ringwraiths away and knocked Wormtongue down with a flash of light and many many more. Elrond summoned a flood to stop the Ringwraiths. The magic in the books were a little bit different than the nowadays so typical fireballs and lighting bolts, but still a crucial part of the story.

My friend, a magical creature doesn't count as magic. It counts as something with magical origins.

To me,it looked a lot like a DMC game set on middle earth.Because of the combat,mainly.

Anyway,just as a guy earlier said,this game doesn't capture the spirit of tolkien's creations.But if they can put together a good plot,nice background music and better combat mechanics(I saw many qte's,this must change IMO) I will consider buying it.

Definitely seeing some Batman and AC elements. I'll keep an eye out for this one.

@cfisher2833: Awesome of you to address my comment rather than raging at my little STFU seizure.

I can see wanting a more traditional RPG experience, but I only just heard of this game's existence in the GI cover article a month or two ago. That article made it pretty clear to me what kind of game it was going to be- right down to the A'sC and B:A comparisons. Did you have a reason to expect the game to resemble your examples, or were you just hoping?

Those damn lego games are more fun than they probably should be. I want some Lego James Bond.

They do count as magic because they're created with magic and they use magic. And in this particular game a magical creature (wraith) gives magical powers to the protagonist.

they were a brilliant developer, and 'ttli' deserve to be at the forefront once again

What is this crap ? Worse game in LOTR universe confirmed (by far)

At least give another name for christ, dont throw the LOTR name any lower than it has already gone

Poor Tolkien, if he only knew ...

I agree with this. The game looks great, though!

That covers how I feel about it. But unlike Darksiders, I think a lot more people are actually interested in the IP/setting of the game. If there was one weak point in Darksiders it was the source material it was drawing upon.

Be Nice! :P

Jesus, man. What's wrong with you? They're fucking games.

Be Nice! :P

I agree. I doubt it will improve much though.