This also gives the perfect plot device to experience Wraith powers, which are not only neat and pretty cool to use but become essential to survival once we start taking on Sauron’s would-be army. Our Ranger is bound to an ancient Elven spirit who has something to do with why Talion is singled out during the opening moments of the game. In fact it’s part of the story itself that Talion is denied his final rest, as cruelly as it was delivered by The Black Hand. It doesn’t take long to see how death in Monolith’s take on Mordor isn’t quite what we’re used to. Some captains are just plain vicious with little to exploit – they’re warchiefs in the making

We get a crash course in sneaking, basic combat and are then thrown into the open world of this pre-Lord of the Rings slice of Middle-Earth. The opening moments of the game are, as you’d expect, a tutorial in the guise of introducing you to the Shadow of Mordor. We take the role of Talion, a Ranger that’s soon thrust into the harsh reality that Mordor and Sauron’s forces aren’t quite as dormant and broken as Gondor has been led to believe all these years. WB Games and Monolith feel a Ranger from Gondor stuck with duty on Mordor’s border is the perfect place. It’s a rare thing among videogames to stay both faithful to such a rich universe as Tolkien’s, and also manage to weave a new story that’s got something for gamers to sink their teeth into.

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