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SHADOW OF MORDOR

REINSTALL OLD GAMES, NEW PERSPECTIVES

I got the itch to return to one of the previous decade’s golden children

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RELEASESeptember 30, 2014

PUBLISHERWarner Bros

DEVELOPERMonolith Productions

LINK warnerbrosgames.com

There are few gaming accomplishments more satisfying than the thrill of pulling off kills in stealth action games. The sweetest of feats can be achievements or timed runs or trick shots but there’s something extra special about a grudge kill. Shadow of Mordor, the Warner Bros. action game of 2014, was a factory for satisfying kills with its nemesis system that became the centre of any conversation about the game.

After recently working my way through other stealth romps like Styx: Master of Shadows and, I got the itch to return to one of the previous decade’s golden children to see if it’s everything thought.

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