Most of it is just attacking enemies and countering their attacks to keep your hitstreak up to do executions on the Uruk-hai around you. The combat is also where the game shines, it may not be the single most exciting combat experience around, but it’s incredibly accessible. Gathering intel about the captains either by interrogating other Uruks or by stealing documents is vital to your success if you want to take them on. Some are completely invulnerable to ranged attacks, others have poisoned weapons and some are even scared to death of the local wildlife. Each of the Uruk captains has their own strengths and weaknesses. However, you cannot just go barging in and expecting to win the fight. This involves assassination attempts, making servants betray their masters, invading feasts, hunts and executions and using a form of magic to turn Uruks into your own servants. This means that in order to progress you must kill certain captains and even warchiefs and replace them with your less powerful Uruks or ones that are loyal to you. I use the term “politics” very loosely, since the Uruk usually use their swords rather than their words. A big part of the game is actually about messing with the internal “politics” of Mordor. We mentioned Uruk’s getting promoted and those are quite important in Shadow of Mordor. This is what’s called the “Nemesis” system, and it rocks. They also might get promotions and you could potentially see a grunt turn into a warchief’s bodyguard. If you’re killed, the Uruk that killed you will become more powerful, and harder to defeat the next time. One of the best things in Shadow of Mordor is the fear and annoyance that comes with being killed, as it really isn’t a laughing matter. It lulls you into a false sense of security, as you are playing happy families one minute, and being brutally executed in a sacrifice shortly after. The game is pretty bleak, as can be expected fighting through the hordes of Mordor, and the opening scene is especially savage. It’s pretty rare for Linux to have such a high quality open-world game, and Shadow of Mordor has delivered something pretty special. What we think - Spoilers will be plentiful! We are working on getting AMD hardware too, but supporting us on Patreon will speed up that effort.ĭisclosure: This review is co-written by Samsai, Liam’s key was provided by Feral Interactive.
If you haven’t already, be sure to check out our benchmarking of Shadow of Mordor on Nvidia hardware. View cookie preferences.Īccept Cookies & Show Direct LinkFeral Interactive sure do know their stuff with their porting, so it’s time we took a proper look at Shadow of Mordor on Linux. YouTube videos require cookies, you must accept their cookies to view.
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