Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor

[the_mango55]

Could this actually be a good LotR game? Definitely looks ambitious.

Looks like a mix of Assassin's Creed, Witcher, and Dishonored. Seems like an open world assassination game set entirely in Mordor.

8 minutes of gameplay, enjoy

[Killerbee]

I actually kind of like what I'm seeing but I'm wondering if this isn't plain illegal what they're doing ?

[the_mango55]

You mean based on how much it copies Assassin's Creed?

[Killerbee]

Sure do

[Captain Jin]

Looks ok. I dunno. It's so uncharacteristically LOTR though.

[.Mitch.]

Looks pretty damn amazing to me.

[Adamwestisgod]

Im pretty pumped for it, its been awhile since we've had a good LOTR video game. Though I am worried they'll get in trouble for using AC2's engine.

[.Mitch.]

Get in trouble for what? What are you lot even on about? Some gameplay looks like another games, Oh Em Gee.

[Ciciro]

Get in trouble for what? What are you lot even on about? Some gameplay looks like another games, Oh Em Gee.

Apparently they might be using some code from AC2.

[.Mitch.]

Yeh one of the devs who'd worked on AC2 says it looks similar, after watching a few minutes of a gameplay trailer.

I'm pretty sure the publisher, a little company called Warner Brothers, aren't marketing games with 'stolen source code'.

People will really jump on any old bandwagon. I want to see proof, of which there will never be any.

[ivan_the_terrible]

I think I recognise some of the assets from Assassins Creed too. That could be a serious problem for them.

[Mhaedros]

I'm mostly disappointed in the plot and stuff like that, the gameplay might be good though.

[leviath]

I think I recognise some of the assets from Assassins Creed too. That could be a serious problem for them.

When he climbs on the bridge, it is exactly the same moves they use in AC 2. 100% identical. I think that anyone who completed AC2 noticed it immediatly. At least Warner understood the concept of AC far better than Ubisoft that has not been able to make a good AC since AC2.

[Comrade_Rory]

I think the concept etc is amazing. I just wish they chose some other lore to bastardise.
Middle Earth lore works because it's already had so much work and detail put into it and when you start changing things around to sell flashy games to the youth, it gets messy.

If Peter Jackson doesn't stop messing with and letting others mess with the stories, then The Tolkien Estate, who already hate what Peter Jackson has done, will NEVER let him have the rights to The Silmarillion.
I WANT A SILMARILLION MOVIE SERIES!

[Cold_Mac]

An Assassins Creed-clone when we already have a glutting amount of AC-games that haven't changed at all bar ship-mechanics? We've even had an abundance of LotR-based fighting games.

If it avoids the obnoxious story of AC II and the typical sleepwalking difficulty of AC, then it might be still worth a buy.

[irontaino]

An open world LotR game? I'm up for it.

[the_mango55]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...r-similarities

Assassin's Creed 2 combat designer Charles Randall called out the similarities on Twitter (picked up by IGN).

"Seriously, can someone tell me how Assassin's Creed 2 code and assets are in this Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor game?" he asked his followers. "This is *my* code in that game!" he exclaimed in a later response.

"I spent two years staring at AC2. I know it when I see it."

He suggested that Warner studio Monolith (F.E.A.R.), the developer of Shadows of Mordor, may have even licensed the Assassin's Creed engine. He wasn't, he later clarified, suggesting theft of any kind. Perhaps AC was just used "as heavy reference".

"For the record though, that Middle-earth game looks pretty damn awesome. And I love AC2 so it's kind of a double win."

The lead designer is denying any connection.

[Danny_K_1]

[Sir Adrian]

This on the lore so badly, but there aren't many LotR inspired open world games around.


Anyway, am I only one who is skeptical about that "generating unique bosses for each playthourgh" gimmick? I doubt they recorded lines for every single possible encounter and outcome. Methinks only the character model and name will be different.

[Soviet]

Anyway, am I only one who is skeptical about that "generating unique bosses for each playthourgh" gimmick?

Of course not. It's a shining example of a cool premise or a potentially-unique idea that will either fail to deliver or be incredibly underwhelming.

I don't know why they chose a grimdark setting for this game. It really seems to come out of nowhere. What's wrong with just creating your own character and having it be open world?