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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor review
Meh
by Kaimynas

Playing this game in 2018, when it seems every game is open world, is not that exciting. It has all the necessary ingredients for this kind of game, collectibles, various mini-missions, towers to uncover new map parts, but we saw this already in countless other games. What differentiates this game from the crowd is its nemesis system. But the catch is that I didn't like it that much, it's an interesting idea, but not executed too well. The most infuriating thing that it forces to use this system in order to progress the story, one time you have to kill 5 different war chiefs and other time you have to brand them. This is when you can see various design fails of the nemesis system and I almost deleted the game due to these parts.
Serge Ulankin
I kinda hate the game and find it one of the most boring games I have played, but I also kinda want to finish it to see what all the hype was about. The combat system is the only thing that keeps me engaged (although it's a direct rip-off from the Batman: Arkham series).
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Kaimynas
I wouldn't go that far with being one of the most boring games I played (I am a sucker to torture myself with old Assassins Creed games), but yes, this was a very underwhelming game after I heard so many buzz around it when it came out. I finished it for similar reasons, but I believe I won't touch it's sequel.
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Superb Combat. 
«Blew my mind»
I expected more from this game, but honestly I felt like I was on any map with touches of the Lord of the Rings. The nemesis and substitution system really tired me out. Yes, there is a challenge and room to improve your skill and strategy, i wish i could recommended  to much better games 
Very fun. Too similar to Assassin's Creed mechanics.
A great time. Screw WB for patenting the Nemesis system
«Blew my mind»
This is how you make a good assassins creed game ubisoft 8/10. 
Hey, Warner Brothers, you got a bunch of properties, right? and a pretty successful track record making games, right? So, let's talk about other games where you could implement the nemesis system.
A solid mix of gameplay styled oeppered with a really good invention in the Nemesis system
Solid experience. Very fun building up armies of mind controlled orcs. Combat was fun although I remember this game being a bit too easy. I didn’t care about the story. The second builds upon this game and improves it in many ways but this one was still a solid experience.

Final Score: A-