The combat mechanics have similarities reminiscent of the Batman Arkham series and the Assassin's Creed series, but in my opinion it is not striving to compete with these games. During combat, time seamlessly shifts into slow motion for special attacks and finishing moves. The landscape got pretty repetitive but is very detailed and the rendering scaled super smooth into the distance.Ĭombat in Shadow of Mordor is in my opinion rivaled by few to date and extremely fun to play. I thought the textures were super high quality, the lighting was interesting and dynamic, and the enemies and characters were awesome. The graphics in Shadow are very impressive, granted you have a decent PC. Both the in game graphics and cut scene graphics were totally awesome. Once in a while I got the slightest bit of frame drop when the graphics were maxed all the way up – but it played with a perfect FPS with just a few of the graphics settings on High instead of Ultra.

I played this on my PC and the graphics were breathtaking. Shadow is exactly as it should be and where it shines it really shines. It wasn't striving to be anything it isn't. It was an excellent and really solid game. Personally I didn't find much not like about Shadow of Mordor. If you didn't like it then I guess nothing is for everyone, and I get that. I don't understand those who choose to knock this game. I loved that it took place prior to the story we all know and love and I'm okay with the fact that it only loosely fits into the history of Middle Earth. I'm a huge Lord of the Rings fan and this game didn't let me down. Its got a narrative that completely sucked me into J.R.R. I completed with 100% and loved absolutely every minute of it.

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