Summed up in a line: wololo
Memorable quote: OCHEDIN VALANNOR!
Genre: Action | Beat ‘em Up
Online: Only for PS4 / X1; rubbish anyways
Open-world? Yes
Feels? Nah mate.
Platinum Hunt: Easy, super ez
Breakdown:
Gameplay: You are Talion, the Captain of the Black Gate. You are also Celebrimbor, a legendary elf who crafted 19(.5 technically) of the 20 Rings of Pawnage- I mean, Power. The game has Batman-esque combat, but where it really shines is the Nemesis System.
The Nemesis System
As an undead Ranger, every time you die, you respawn at the nearest Tower (who knew there were more than two? Outsidexbox reference!). That’s not it though, as the Uruk (read: Orc 2.0) that dealt the finishing blow is promoted to the position of Captain in this hierarchy-like system, the Nemesis System.
Each Uruk has his own fears and hates and personalized, randomized personality.
Mogg here has a weakness for my sword and bow.
I met an Uruk that talked like fricking Yoda: if that doesn’t get you stiff, I don’t know what could. Eventually, if you die to the same Uruk enough times, he gets SUPERDUPERULTRA promoted to a Warchief. Warchiefs are tougher… I think. They actually seem to be as tough as a captain.
Delicious fresh mint!
Now, my favourite part of the game is planning and plotting. Not every situation can be won by brute force (just like 99% of them). Sometimes, you can go after the personal bodyguards of a captain and turn them against him mid-combat. How? I hear you clicket-clack on your oily keyboards. Well, Celebrimbor, nice guy he is, can essentially “brainwash” the Uruk-hai into following his every whim (no not that way, get your mind of the gutter).
Obey my will!
Hol’ up. I almost forgot. *mutters* Crap I’m running out of space to write. Okay, so quick tidbit of information: you have a bow, a dagger and a sword. As you do.
Story: You are a guy. You are also another undead-ish guy. I think there’s something about revenge in there? I dunno really. I was too busy lopping off Uruk-hai heads to notice. Sorry.
Gollum’s in there, so that’s cool.
Oh, and the game is set in Mordor. Apparently, one does simply walk into Mordor. Sometimes, on a Caragor.
Graphics: The graphics on the PS3 and X360 are terrible. The game lags and feels extremely sluggish. On the newer generation consoles, though, the game is beautiful. Not Uncharted levels of beautiful, but more along the lines of “Hey that’s pretty gut”.
SHOULD YOU BUY IT FOR THE:
Graphics: No
Story: No
Gameplay: Yes
>Issue is about mental health.
>Writer is going to start a conversation with himself for keks.
>Inadvertently cheapening and minimizing the effect of entire issue which people worked hard for.
>Half-assed the article, whole-assed the comments.
Dude, you need to stop.
No, YOU stop!
Did I just make a conversation with myself awkward?
It’s alright Caitanya; we need your articles to add some light relief for our readers. But yes, you did manage to make a conversation with yourself incredibly awkward, only you :/
Thanks for the positive reinforcement, person who I assume is… Ananya G.?
The one and only 🙂
Cool game, but Doki Doki Literature Club for the Mental Health issue? Missed oppurtunity.
Oh god, I’ve heard that game’s name so much recently! But it’s quite disturbing I think (although I’m pretty sure it’s nothing to you gamers who’re habituated to violence and gore) and there’s a warning for people with actual mental disorders to not try playing it. Have you played it? Maybe you could write a review, there’s still time.
Why does this seem normal?
I haven’t played it first hand, and so didn’t want to write a review, but from what I’ve seen, for a dating sim-esque game, it does have many… disturbing moments. However, it has a pretty innovative and unexpected game mechanic (I won’t spoil it), and that’s what has made it so popular.
If someone does want to play it, though, be warned. It definitely isn’t for the faint of heart. It has some pretty dark elements. I definitely wouldn’t recommend it if you’re going through something.
PS Content warning
PPS It takes about an hour to get through the story bits and to the aforementioned mechanic.
(This is why I stick to watching gameplays.)
Torrented it, played it, regretted it. Writing a review would be hard because the story and the mechanics are what make it so good, and like Kushagra said, that’s spoiler territory. The review would basically be a person saying, “It’s good, trust me! I can’t tell you why, but it’s super good! Trust me!”