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Topic	David ranks his top 100 games of all time, with write-ups
davidponte 02/20/17 11:23:19 AM #30:	92. Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS4) This game seems to get lost in the shuffle for a lot of people. It topped many best of lists in 2014, but seems entirely forgettable otherwise. The universe drew me to the game, and the nemesis system is what got me to stay. The Lord of The Rings is my second favourite movie franchise, behind Star Wars. I haven't read the books (yet) other than The Hobbit, but everything about the world and its characters is the pinnacle of the fantasy genre for me. Shadow of Mordor is only tangentially related to the series, but it was still enough to get me interested. The story is lacking overall, but the combat is where this game shines. I've seen it best described as taking the best parts of Assassin's Creed and Batman and combining them, and I'd agree with that. The nemesis system is something I've yet to see done in any other game, and it's what kept me playing even after I had finished the story. Essentially, there is a hierarchy of enemies, and they can climb up their own ranks and become more powerful in a variety of ways, including when they kill your character. Leaders are the most powerful, and they can continue to get more powerful if you do not kill them, potentially leading to them being immune to nearly all types of combat. Overall, the system was a great way of keeping the player interested and willing to come back for things other than the story. 91. Assassin's Creed II (PS3) I briefly mentioned my thoughts on the series as a whole in the Brotherhood write up, so I won't get into them again. As for why I enjoy the game, everything I said about Brotherhood and my enjoyment of Ezio, the supporting cast, and the setting also applies here, but there are two small reasons why I have 2 a few spots ahead of it on the list. The first is simply because I found the gameplay to be more novel in 2, considering I hadn't really gone through an entire Assassin's Creed game beforehand. This isn't Brotherhood's fault, and the placement of the two could potentially have been switched if I had played it first. The other reason, though, is that with 2 I felt the Ezio and Desmond story were still two separate things, for the most part. The ending of 2 changed all of that and we seen some of how their stories merged in subsequent games, which I wasn't extremely fond of. The overarching plot of Assassin's Creed has been kind of a s* show forever, so my enjoyment of it has come out of the events that occur in the past. --- https://psnprofiles.com/Simmons-94 <cite>davidponte posted [p:873455782] in David rank... [t:75004138]...</cite> <quote>92. Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS4) This game seems to get lost in the shuffle for a lot of people. It topped many best of lists in 2014, but seems entirely forgettable otherwise. The universe drew me to the game, and the nemesis system is what got me to stay. The Lord of The Rings is my second favourite movie franchise, behind Star Wars. I haven't read the books (yet) other than The Hobbit, but everything about the world and its characters is the pinnacle of the fantasy genre for me. Shadow of Mordor is only tangentially related to the series, but it was still enough to get me interested. The story is lacking overall, but the combat is where this game shines. I've seen it best described as taking the best parts of Assassin's Creed and Batman and combining them, and I'd agree with that. The nemesis system is something I've yet to see done in any other game, and it's what kept me playing even after I had finished the story. Essentially, there is a hierarchy of enemies, and they can climb up their own ranks and become more powerful in a variety of ways, including when they kill your character. Leaders are the most powerful, and they can continue to get more powerful if you do not kill them, potentially leading to them being immune to nearly all types of combat. Overall, the system was a great way of keeping the player interested and willing to come back for things other than the story. 91. Assassin's Creed II (PS3) I briefly mentioned my thoughts on the series as a whole in the Brotherhood write up, so I won't get into them again. As for why I enjoy the game, everything I said about Brotherhood and my enjoyment of Ezio, the supporting cast, and the setting also applies here, but there are two small reasons why I have 2 a few spots ahead of it on the list. The first is simply because I found the gameplay to be more novel in 2, considering I hadn't really gone through an entire Assassin's Creed game beforehand. This isn't Brotherhood's fault, and the placement of the two could potentially have been switched if I had played it first. The other reason, though, is that with 2 I felt the Ezio and Desmond story were still two separate things, for the most part. The ending of 2 changed all of that and we seen some of how their stories merged in subsequent games, which I wasn't extremely fond of. The overarching plot of Assassin's Creed has been kind of a s* show forever, so my enjoyment of it has come out of the events that occur in the past. --- https://psnprofiles.com/Simmons-94</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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