Gollum, in particular, is prevalent throughout your adventure and true to the form we have become familiar with throughout the film series (and books). While it is an original story, the game takes you across a variety of familiar territory and brings in a couple of familiar faces. Talion is now an immortal being sharing his body with a wraith determined to avenge his own death, and the two seek out both the truth behind their demises and to take down the evil that brought them together. However, things don’t go exactly as the Black Hand plans and the Elf Lord returns within Talion’s dying body, hell bent on revenge.
The sacrifice is an attempt to resurrect the Elf Lord Celebrimbor. Set between the Hobbit and the first installment of the Lord of the Rings, the game introduces you to Talion, a ranger who is sacrificed, along with his family, by the Black Hand of Sauron. This gives them a bit of freedom and also relieves some of the pressure of meeting specific expectations of fans. One of the smartest decisions that Monolith made in developing Shadow of Mordor was to construct a side story in Tolkien’s universe rather than tackling the main tale. What I found however was an incredibly pleasant surprise and one of the most memorable games of 2014. Walking into Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, I was admittedly hesitant because of my past experiences. You don’t have to worry about laying this groundwork, just focusing on the gameplay experience itself. They already have an established brand name and the public is already familiar with the characters and worlds ahead of time. It’s really sad that this happens because titles like this have all of the opportunity in the world set in place for their success with most of the legwork done ahead of time. I don’t know what it is, but for some reason a lot of these titles usually fall flat on their face. It is usually a scary thing when a developer brings out a licensed video game.
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