Grissallia<p>Apr 23, 2023 - Day 113 - NewPlay Review<br>Total NewPlays: 124 </p><p>Game: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor</p><p>Platform: Steam PC<br>Release Date: Oct 1, 2014<br>Library Date: Mar 13, 2018<br>Unplayed: 1867d (5y1m10d)<br>Playtime: 74m</p><p>Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is a third-person open-world action-adventure (some light RPG elements) that is, surprisingly, set in Middle-earth, between The Hobbit and LotR.</p><p>However, the most surprising thing about this game for me, other than the ~20 minutes of introduction video, was how it does not feel like a game that's almost 9 years old.</p><p>You play as a Gondor Ranger that's been murdered and trapped between life and death, and... look, I'm not sure what the end-game is meant to be, but I was having a hell of a time just sneaking around and kill Uruk-hai.</p><p>Combat is fun (if a little counter-intuitive, being that space is "run" and left-shift is "sneak".)</p><p>Sneaking up behind an unaware Uruk and shanking them with the dagger is satisfying, as is straight-up swordplay. </p><p>You can also "stealth" into wraith mode, and put an arrow into into a distant orc, and watch them drop with a satisfying whistle-and-thunk.</p><p>This game feels like motivation to keep playing through library, to discover gems like this that I'd missed completely.</p><p>Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is:</p><p>4: Good</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/MiddleEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEarth</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ShadowOfMordor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShadowOfMordor</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ThirdPerson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThirdPerson</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/OpenWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWorld</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ActionAdventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActionAdventure</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MastodonGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonGaming</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Project365ONG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project365ONG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Project365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project365</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NewPlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewPlay</span></a></p>