Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor ?

[W8taminute]

Admittedly a great Titanosaurus quote; but why not a MechaG1 quote?

"He has transformed himself into a magnetic form!" -- wait, that's about Godzilla, not about MG1.

"Mechagodzilla! Beat Godzilla to death! {clickoff}"

Yeah!  That's the quote I was trying to remember but couldn't for some reason.  A classic.  I remember when I saw that scene that's all my brother and I kept saying to each other.  Good memories.  Thanks for reminding me.   O0

The Titanosaurus quote is the one I liked because as a junior high school student I was picked on quite a lot by the bullies of the school.  I would fantasize about bringing Titanosaurus to school and unleashing him on those bullies.  I guess you aren't allowed to do things like that now a days though. 

[Gusington]

^You got picked on? That makes me sad.

Hug?

[W8taminute]

^ Thanks Gus!  I'm good now though as I never let them scar or scare me.  But I'll still take the hug! 

[Gusington]

Everyone can.

[JasonPratt]

Awww... yes, they don't allow kids to bring Titanosauruses to school anymore; but I recall in kindergarten wishing I could run over the school with a triceratops after receiving my very first (and very unfair) spanking from a teacher. (To be fair, she realized it was unfair and wept hard over it herself though I didn't know that at the time -- it was her first spanking, too.)

There's probably a moral here about how Godzilla movies and dinosaurs contribute to school shootings... (not entirely kidding. ;) )


ANYWAY! -- back to the kitten. I mean Shadow of Mordor. I mean the kitten loving Shadow of Mordor. Her first experience with a computer game, or even a television that close up really. Didn't pay much attention until the game started and I loaded in.

Then
she
was
rapt.

Walked out on the edge of my legs (on the chair footstool) and perched there, watching not-Aragorn run around Udun.

When I jumped him on the big not-Battle-Cat, she was even more rapt! Held out her paw to the screen several feet away. Meowed a couple of times. Forgot to purr.

I've had cats a long time, though not much inside and even less while playing games, and I've never seen that response before.

(Also she likes the mouse-pointer on the screen, but that didn't surprise me.)

[Gusington]

That story disturbs me.

[JasonPratt]

It looked a lot like a kitten having a religious experience. Not something I ever thought I would see. Or words that I ever would type.  :))

[Gusington]

If I would have to guess who here would type those words, you would top that list.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

My Siamese used to do the same thing (raise a paw out, reaching for the TV screen from a few metres away) whenever Fozzy Bear was on TV.  He did it once when Alf was on too. I always thought it was hilarious. 

[Gusington]

New free-LC released today, word on the street says...

[JasonPratt]

Orly? Hm! I took the opportunity of a daily sale to pick up the version with the season pass, too. I'll be curious what they're adding. They put in a fairly large patch or update or something last night -- I don't know what as I was busy playing the Mordheim early access and getting the parents started on nu-Who.

If I would have to guess who here would type those words, you would top that list.

Heh, looking at it like that I guess I'd agree!  :)

[JudgeDredd]

So I bought this in the sale and I'm lost with Elf Shot. I've used my 4 and apparently I can hold "E" and drain more. The E is flashing down the side but I can't see to drain a thing...and anytime I try, I just end up fighting.

Any ideas?

[JudgeDredd]

lol - I don't get it. There's so much going on! Different missions coming up...different targets...different abilities. And I really, really don't get being beaten by a Captain as making him stronger. I mean...that's a "fair" mechanic...but if you are beaten by him, and he increases strength, doesn't the game get slowly harder?

I'm actually totally lost in the game. I have no idea about story or what I'm meant to be doing and that's mainly because so much is happening at once.

I think I'll start again...one of the Captains has increased from 10 to 15 in the short time I've been playing!

[Jarhead0331]

its not that big of a deal. you're going to lose on occasion and they will get stronger, but you get stronger too. also, keep in mind that they are fighting and losing to each other too. don't get overwhelmed by all the missions. just focus on one at a time. i was lost at first too and kept getting my ass kicked. i was picking fights with everyone at first. you have to use stealth. sneak around and be selective about who you engage. try not to get distracted by all the side missions. do a few of the story missions at first because they unlock some of your special powers and abilities, some of which tip the balance in your favor!

[W8taminute]

Don't give up hope JD.  Yes the game is very overwhelming at first because there is a lot going on all at once.  Here are some tips that should hopefully orient you in the right direction.

1.  On the map of the world look for yellow icon's.  Those denote the missions to complete in order to advance the story.  The story is purposely fuzzy at first but as it develops you'll learn more.

2.  The red icon missions are meant to weaken Sauron's army by targeting individual captains.  Don't worry about them leveling up to 15 or more.  At first you are going to be weak and not have much skill so to defeat these bad guys try a stealth approach or try shooting them from afar with your bow.

3.  To use drain you must be near a target.  The target can be either an Uruk or a Caragor.  Stealth is key here because if they see you you'll have to fight them and any of their buddies making draining a tough job to do.  As you drain your target is helpless but so are you.

4.  You have two skill trees to take care of.  One where you need to earn points that you get by killing captains and warchiefs the other tree that needs you to earn 'money points' to spend on the skills.  The first tree where you spend points on to level up deals with combat skills mostly.  The second tree is mostly attributes that passively work for you during battle. 

In the beginning the first batch of story missions are fairly easy to get out of the way.  Then you must spend some time roaming the map looking for random things to do in order to level yourself up a bit before taking on your first story driven major mission which you will learn about fairly soon.  Hope this helps.  Trust me, once you figure the game out it becomes addictive very fast.  You'll want to race through and finish the story which is definitely entertaining like Farcry 3 was but not memorable like the Bioshock series of stories.