Never launch into battle with a tough enemy you know nothing about Go on the hunt for intel and then hunt for Captains. If you simply leave the area you were standing in when you set off a trap they won’t for a second consider that the perpetrator of it was Talion, and will simply carry on with their day after watching their fellow Uruks die in front of them. Their stupidity also means that you needn’t worry about distressing them with explosions, traps and such. What you must instead do is clamber up the nearest vantage point, wait until all of the icons above their head turn from red to yellow (which means that they’re still looking for you, but don’t really have a clue where you are) and then proceed to pick them off again. If you’ve got yourself into a particularly sticky situation and find yourself bombarded by multiple Uruks, standing around and taking them all on will inevitably lead to your death. Obviously, you should use their foolishness to your advantage. You can cause as much mayhem as you please, but if you drop hang from a wall that they’re on the other side of, then Talion’s reign of terror in their stronghold will be but a thing of the past. The stupidity of the enemy AI in Shadow of Mordor helps to make the game a whole bunch easier than it would be if they were as smart as a whip, with them completely forgetting they’d ever seen you if you run out of their line of sight for a few seconds. That doesn’t mean they’re any more intelligent, though. In the Lord of the Rings mythos, Uruks are essentially stronger and more competent Orcs. Take advantage of stupid Uruks Such a discrete hiding place… Each stronghold is littered with various traps you can use to your advantage, such as barrels you can explode, Morgai fly hives you can shoot down and bait you can drop to lure in beastly Caragors. “Attracting” enemies should also be high on your list of priorities, as Uruks are generally stupid (we’ll get to this later) and can be picked off easily without their comrades even knowing that you were the culprit.Īpproaching each scenario cautiously will immediately reduce your likelihood of dying, something which the game fails to explain in its opening hours despite it being absolutely crucial to progressing in its story. If you are required to launch into combat, then you should carefully form a plan of action. Shoot a hive of Morgai flies down and cause chaos. However, this isn’t the case with Talion, as trying to take down a group of enemies is surprisingly difficult given their differing attacks – some will throw spears forcing you to quickly dodge roll out of the way, some will have impenetrable shields while others require you to “Wraith punch” them in order to lower their defences. In other action/adventure game of its ilk this isn’t so much of an issue, as you’re often placed in the shoes of a one-man army who can swiftly kill enemies by the dozen. Unless you stumble upon a group of enemies who have strayed far away from a stronghold and therefore do not have the luxury of calling for backup, when you decide to face the vicious denizens of Mordor head-on you’ll often be alarmingly outnumbered. Shadow of Mordor‘s Batman Arkham-esque combat is a huge component of its gameplay, though you could be forgiven for thinking that every encounter you have with the enemy Uruks should devolve into fisticuffs and swordplay. Note: All screenshots are taken from the early stages of the game, so there are no spoilers here.ĭon’t always rely on head-to-head combat Stealth is made to seem like an afterthought in Shadow of Mordor, but in actuality it’s your greatest strength. As such, we’ve devised a guide to help prevent you from dying over and over again, which should hopefully ensure that you persevere and learn to appreciate perhaps the biggest sleeper hit of the year. While Shadow of Mordor is no Dark Souls, it is similarly obtuse when it comes to laying down the fundamentals of its gameplay.
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