Middle- earth: Shadow of Mordor - Wikipedia. Middle- earth: Shadow of Mordor. Developer(s)Monolith Productions.
Publisher(s)Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Director(s)Michael de Plater. Producer(s)Michael Forgey. Designer(s)Bob Roberts. Chris Hoge. Artist(s)Phil Straub. Writer(s)Christian Cantamessa.
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Composer(s)Garry Schyman. Nathan Grigg. Engine. Lith. Tech. Platform(s)Linux.
Interactive Entertainment. An original adaptation of the legendarium created by J. Tolkien, the game is based on Tolkien's fantasy novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and is heavily influenced by director Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film adaptations. Officially announced in November 2.
Microsoft Windows, Play. Station 4, and Xbox One in September 2. Play. Station 3 and Xbox 3. November 2. 01. 4.
The story of the game takes place between the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The players control Talion, a ranger who was killed by the Black Hand of Sauron. The wraith of the Elf Lord Celebrimbor bonds with Talion's body, and together they set out to avenge the deaths of their loved ones. Players can engage in melee combat, and utilize wraith abilities to fight and manipulate enemies. The game introduces the Nemesis System, which allows the artificial intelligence of non- playable characters to remember the deaths of the game's protagonist and react accordingly. The game's development began in 2.
In order to create an accurate environment and be consistent with the books written by Tolkien, the developer consulted several people from Warner Bros., as well as Peter Jackson. In addition, the team received assistance from Weta Workshop, who gave advice to the team in creating special effects. Monolith focused on the development of the PC, Play. Station 4 and Xbox One versions, while the development of the Play. Station 3 and Xbox 3. Behaviour Interactive. The port to Linux and OS X was done by Feral Interactive.
Middle- earth: Shadow of Mordor received critical acclaim upon release. Most praise was directed at its combat, open- world design, the game's lore, and the Nemesis System, which most critics agreed was the best part of the game. Some criticism was aimed at the game's story and boss battles. Shadow of Mordor marked the biggest launch for a game based upon Tolkien's universe, and would go on to win several awards from video gaming publications. Two post- release downloadable content, Lord of the Hunt and The Bright Lord, were released in December 2. February 2. 01. 5 respectively. A sequel, Middle- earth: Shadow of War, is scheduled for release in August 2.
Gameplay. With the combat system, they can also counter and dodge attacks. The game can track any Uruk (A . These Uruk will be promoted into captains. Defeating these leaders will help to weaken Sauron's army, and these leaders will drop a rune which the player can install on Talion's weapons to provide additional buffs in battle. If the mission is successful the game will give rewards to both the original player and the victorious friend. The garrison is attacked by Sauron's Orc forces led by three Black N.
Blanc), and their leader, the Black Hand of Sauron (Nolan North). Talion, his wife Ioreth (Laura Bailey), and his adult son, Dirhael, are captured and ritually sacrificed by the Black Hand in an attempt to summon the wraith of the Elf Lord Celebrimbor. However, Celebrimbor (who suffers from amnesia due to his centuries as a wraith) instead merges with Talion, preventing him from dying alongside his family.
Talion and Celebrimbor then depart to both uncover Celebrimbor's identity—increasing his/their power—and avenge the death of Talion's family. Over the course of their travels, Talion and Celebrimbor encounter Gollum multiple times, who is wandering Mordor in search of his . Gollum possesses the ability to see and speak with Celebrimbor due to his prior contact with the One Ring, and pledges to serve the .
Hoping that Celebrimbor might lead him to the One Ring, Gollum leads Celebrimbor to relics of his past, each of which restore parts of his lost memories. Celebrimbor gradually recalls how Sauron, disguised as Annatar, the Lord of Gifts, deceived him into forging the Rings of Power. Celebrimbor ultimately assisted Sauron in forging the One Ring, but was able to steal it from him. Celebrimbor proclaimed himself the Bright Lord of Mordor and raised an army of Orcs against Sauron. However, the Ring ultimately betrayed Celebrimbor and returned to Sauron. A victorious Sauron then punished Celebrimbor by executing his wife and daughter before finally killing him with his own smithing hammer.
In his search for the Black Hand, Talion allies himself with Hirgon, a ranger deserter who leads a community of Gondorian outcasts choosing to settle in Mordor, and Ratbag the Coward (Phil La. Marr), an Orc who offers to bring Talion closer to the Black Hand in exchange for his assistance in climbing Mordor's military hierarchy.
Talion helps Ratbag ascend the ranks to the level of warchief by killing each of his immediate superiors, finally becoming Warchief himself. Talion then goes after the other Warchiefs in Udun, weakening Sauron's forces in that area.
Soon enough, Hirgon has a plan to draw out the Black Captains. Using acquired grog and blasting powder, Talion helps the Outcasts destroy a statue dedicated to Sauron. Instead of the Black Hand answering the . Talion and The Hammer then face off, with packs of Uruk joining the fight. Eventually, Talion manages to kill The Hammer.
Talion is then sought out by the warrior Lithariel, the daughter of Queen Marwen (Claudia Black), who claims to be able to assist Celebrimbor with his mission. Marwen is the ruler of N. She uses her powers to guide Talion and Celebrimbor to another of Celebrimbor's relics. Talion also gets help from a Dwarf hunter named Torvin, teaching Talion the ways of the hunt to dominate Caragors and Graugs (beasts native to Mordor), eventually fighting a massive Graug from Torvin's past who killed Torvin's hunting partner, later revealed to be his brother. Later, Marwen advises them to use Celebrimbor's powers to take control of an army of orcs and other beasts, using them to lead an assault against Sauron. Talion eventually realizes that the wizard Saruman is possessing Marwen, and assists Lithariel in freeing her from his control. Talion, however, still carries out Saruman's plan, leading an army of mind- controlled orcs in an assault against the Black Hand's stronghold at Ered Glamhoth.
However, rather than the Black Hand, Talion finds the Tower of Sauron waiting for him. The Tower mockingly taunts Talion that Celebrimbor chose him as a host and can free him at any time and offers the elf a place at Sauron's side. Refusing the offer, the two battle and Talion emerges victorious after viciously stabbing the Tower to death with his son's sword. Afterwards, Celebrimbor confesses that the Tower told the truth and promises to let Talion join his family in death if he wishes, once the Black Hand is slain.
Talion then travels to the Black Gate for a final confrontation with the Black Hand. The Black Hand quickly incapacitates him with a spell that also restores the last of Celebrimbor's memories. He then kills himself as part of a ritual that forces Celebrimbor to depart from Talion and merge with himself. This allows Sauron to possess the Black Hand's body and incarnate in physical form. However, Celebrimbor is able to briefly paralyze Sauron from within, allowing Talion to destroy Sauron's physical form. With the Black Hand dead, Celebrimbor wishes to depart for Valinor. Talion instead convinces him to stay and attempt to overthrow Sauron.
Gazing at Mount Doom, Talion declares his intention to forge a new Ring of Power. Development. According to design director Michael de Plater, Shadow of Mordor was developed in parallel with Guardians of Middle- earth but handled by a separate team. It was published by Warner Bros.
Interactive Entertainment, who had published the Batman: Arkham game series. The Monolith team considered themselves experts in artificial intelligence, and wanted to push its boundaries. Allowing players to choose their story (a sandbox- game pillar). The developers hoped that with the system, orcs could be memorable for players. It was made more complex during the game's early development, incorporating personal relationships among orcs, but was later pared down when the studio considered it too complicated. The Nemesis system was also inspired by pen- and- paper role- playing games. Although most orcs are similar, some were designed with distinctive behavior patterns.
These orcs have dialogue written by Dan Abnett, and the team hoped the special orcs would surprise players. The studio was inspired by sports games, where the narrative continues when players lose a match. Art director Phil Straub considered consistency with the lore and presenting .
Early in development the team consulted Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, who advised them against a film tie- in. The team created a dark atmosphere with humor, reflected in dialogue and voice acting. This was handled by Dan Abnett, who previously worked on books related to Warhammer's .
The team hired David Salo, a linguist who worked on the Tolkien's languages for the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, to develop the Orcs' Black Speech. According to the game's developer, the Nemesis system was too large for older consoles. Its storyline revolved around Torvin, and it included new runes, skins and bosses. The review aggregator websites Game.
Rankings and Metacritic gave the Microsoft Windows version scores of 8. According to Lucas Sullivan of Games. Radar, the system elevated Shadow of Mordor to excellence by making its villains memorable and adding personality to its protagonist. Shoemaker and Sliwinski compared it to the rhythm- based combat system of the Batman: Arkham game series; both found it engaging and fluid. Although Shoemaker and Sliwinski praised its .