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Based on 1055 ratings
8.1
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Score Breakdown Based on 1055 ratings
  1. 10 (137)
  2. 9 (343)
  3. 8 (344)
  4. 7 (131)
  5. 6 (47)
  6. 5 (23)
  7. 4 (10)
  8. 3 (6)
  9. 2 (5)
  10. 1 (9)

Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

  • Rating:8

    Great from Start to ... not the finish alas

    I am a huge fan of all things Tolkien and LOTR. That being said, I found that this game relates to the source lore on a very minimum level, despite featuring the ring, sauron, gollum, a song about Durin yada yada yada, ... Read Full Review

    7 of 7 users found the following review helpful

What Gamespot Users have to say about Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

  • Rating:8

    Good entertaining game

    Solid game, with beautiful gameplay that tries hard not to feel repetitive. The world is big and beautiful enough, the story is relatively good, the characters are rather boring (not the orcs though).Graphics: 8 Beautifu... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7

    The lore is incredible. The villains are awesome. The hack and slash grows repetitive

    Pros:FightingKill movesNemesis system (army building) *Vendettas/Personal touchFast pacedAmazing villainsEnvironmentCons:RepetitiveStory gets sidetrackedButton mashing is not fun forever *Rating:Story ******* 7/10Gamepla... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8

    Great Combat & Nemesis System Makes For A Lot Of Fun

    I’m not a huge LOTR fan so the lore didn’t really grab hold of me and make me want to run out and buy Shadow of Mordor. I thought the movies were decent but nothing more. When my buddy described to me the &l... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8

    A game which the fans of the universe will love.

    Lord of the Rings was the premier medieval fantasy growing up. It had a wonderful world, Middle Earth, filled with different races having striking characters who all had a moment when they were the most important part o... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8

    THATS THE WAY I LIKE IT!

    The developers created a super cool game, the textures are awesome, but at the same time that's not a good thing when you focus only in the ORC FACES! WTF! is like every time you cross swords with an orc, you are about t... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8

    Shadows Of Mordor

    In Shadows Of Mordor, you play as a Ranger called Talion. In the introduction, you see him and his family are killed in a ritual by “The Black Hand of Sauron”. However, Talion finds himself left in limbo and ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6

    Very repetative and requires little skill, if you haven't died once

    I'm just going to the main point of it. If you haven't died once in the game (or died only twice or so), the game is not challenging at all. If you do all the side quests or just kill random orcs along the way to your m... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:4

    Repetitive, Copycat of a game that needs a difficulty setting..

    Dark Souls came to my mind while playing this game. So did the parkour movement mechanics of Assassins Creed.. The combat felt heavily borrowed from The Witcher. But as far as difficulty goes then its like Dark Souls (Ok... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8

    Tolkien works in games sometimes work.

    Game adaptations of Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit have always been questionable, unfortunately there are more bad games than good games, so even with a certain Hype, Shadow of Mordor was also worrisome to be more weak, ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8

    Great Game for people who are a fan of batman mixed with assassins creed

    This game does not have the best story and the final boss does suck.But the gameplay is absolutely amazing.With the nemesis system,brutal combat,and the ability to control Orcs and rise them from grunts to warchiefs it i... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful