The best way to describe the game is to say you are playing ARKHAM CREED
it has combat system counter of ARKHAM games and parkour and environment transverse like ASSASSINS CREED
You do have to watch the LOTR trilogy to understand the game despite this game being a standalone story and non cannon to the LOTR universe
Now comes the main part,
I will say the main campaign is decent not perfect but its good enough, but the first half is boring and repetetive, in fact the whole gameplay is but its still fun, you soon discover and unlock more powers as you progress through the campaign and combat is pretty good and satisfying once you get used to it
Second half of the story picks up the pace and shows how epic CELEBRIMBOR is
THE LORE DROP IS CRAZY
but kind of short considering the fact that the end game is the best part of the game and its very short, I wish the boss battles were longer
NOTE: the combat can feel very frustrating as hordes of orc will gang up on you and trap you in a corner you cannot get out from, so tread carefull and better utilise your combo powers more and play a bit strategically even though its action focused
you can counter an enemy in many ways, you can even play politics and exploit the ORC heirarchy by controlling the minions and sabotage the warlords which is pretty epic to do and was the selling point for me
SO THE MAIN CAMPAIGN IS A SOLID 8/10 for me
GRAPHICS 9/10
FOR DLCS :
the LORD OF HUNT IS ABSOLUTE BLAST , it is short but I had way more fun than I expected you can basically control all kinds of monsters and kill ORCs and Ghuls with ease
The story with TORVIN was great, he is easily my favourite
RATING 9/10
BRIGHT LORD DLC was a nightmare to clear the ORCS are way stronger each with minimum 18 POWER and tougher to deal with
considering the story I thought it would be fun to plan as CELEBRIMBOR but it gets exhausting and completing mission are way tougher than CAMPAIGN, but you get to weild
the ONE RING TO RULE THEM ALL, ONE RING to FIND THEM,
ONE RING TO BRING THEM ALL AND IN THE DARKNESS BIND THEM
RATING 7/10
NOW WE ALL KNOW THE MAIN REASONS GAMERS WILL COME TO THIS GAME IS THE NEMESIS SYSTEM AND IT DID'NT DISSAPPOINT, IT WAS FREAKIN AMAZING
EVERY TIME YOU KILL AN ENEMY IT GENERATES A NEW ONE WITH DIFFERENT ATTRIBUTES AND SKILL
EVEN THE OLD ONES THAT COME BACK FROM DEAD REMEMBER THE PAST BATTLES AND WILL COUNTER YOU IMMEDIATELY IF U USE SAME TECHNIQUE
IT CHALLENGING AND ENGANGING FOR GAMERS AND ELEVATES GAMING TO A NEW LEVEL
