Yep. Taking
a hard stance on this one -- because I’m convinced that contrary to popular
belief, it’s not a dish best served cold.
Or at all. But let me back up a
little.
My friend and I both gave my brother trouble over Middle-Earth: Shadows of Mordor because
it just looked like a knockoff Assassin’s
Creed. Licensed game garbage, and
little else. But considering the
majority of the reviews and reactions, it looks like the two of us were wrong
-- and if nothing else, my bro’s been having a hell of a time with it. So yeah, I guess I can’t help but offer up my
blessing to those that enjoy it, and the game itself. To an extent.
I’ll concede that the gameplay and the Nemesis
system are (apparently) amazing, but there’s more to it than that. The question that was on my mind for a while
was “All right, so how’s the story?” And
the
answer I’ve gotten, more
or less, is “awful”. You play as
some guy whose wife and child get killed, and he strikes out with newfound
ghost powers to exact his revenge on those that wronged him, leaving a trail of
bodies in hizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…