Quick run down of the game. It's Assassin's Creed and the Arkham games playstyle and mechanics, mixed with a dynamic mission and foe system in an open world environment set in Tolkien's Mordor. The writer is one of the guys who worked on Red Dead Redemption, CGI Trailer Spoiler First gameplay trailer (very scripted) Spoiler E3 stage live demonstration (very true to final product) Spoiler Overview of the nemesis system Spoiler Out of everything I saw at E3, this was the one I most wanted to see more from. And I did, and I'm more and more interested in this game. The Nemesis system which allows a fairly deep interaction between the player, the enemies and the world around them. You kill someone's boss, they'll be scared of you. You throw them into a fire and escape, they'll plan revenge. You use their minions to send a death threat to them, they'll train themselves up and get elite bodyguards, making a harder fight but one that drops better loot. All the enemies are randomly generated and unique enough to always have someone to fight that'll be distinct. And a maniac mechanic, but I love the idea, is that when you get killed you're always revived BUT the enemy that killed you gets stronger doing such. Effectively, dying is not a simple time sink, but an actual long term issue since the fights get harder each time. One does not simply walk into battle over and over till you get lucky, you actually have to plan and prepare how to take an enemy down, otherwise you could just make it even harder or near impossible for you in the future. The biggest worry I have is that since it seems so much like an AC game, I'll feel like I've played most of this sort of game before. And that the open world might not be that big or various as i'd want. Hopefully the combat, Nemesis system and the dynamic missions mean I'll have enough choice to vary things up. Apart from that, this is one of the few games this year I'm really looking forward to.
It's hard to keep promises. No matter how many times I keep telling myself, I always find the need to get into a hype. This is no exception. Unlike other open world games, this peaks my interest. It's like an MMO without the MMO in it. Random spawns. Leveled loot based on the enemy. And yea it sorta does look and feel like an AC game in a LoTR game, but why should that hinder my likes? Defiantly anxious waiting for more info about this game.
