One of the bad guys, called the Black Hand, seems to have magical powers and he utters some language in the Black Speech as he slaughters Talion and his family. There’s a short scripted sequence introducing the ranger Talion, his son and his wife living atop the Black Gate and the lieutenants of Sauron that lead the attack against the Gondorians defending it. You enter the open world of Mordor practically immediately upon booting up the game. After so many staid adaptations and boring retellings, Shadow of Mordor is the first game set in Middle-earth that explores new themes and executes mechanics that allow you to interact with Tolkien-esque characters in a truly emergent way.
Games set in Tolkien’s world such as The War in the North and LOTRO are well-crafted but failed to spark the same love I felt reading The Fellowship of the Ring as a child. I liked the first Hobbit movie well enough, but I haven’t found the time to see the most recent one. Jackson’s film adaptations mean a lot to me too but I admit my everlasting love of Tolkien has begun to wear thin. I have read The Lord of Rings multiple times, and have delved (too deep) into the collected notes published by Christopher Tolkien after his father’s death. I have made no secret of the fact that I love the works of Tolkien.
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