Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Zero Punctuation)
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1:58
I just played the game and I DID hear an ork say somethin along thel ines of: "Im tired of hearing you talk about how tough you think you are!"
+LordDarthHarry I just recently came across that myself, then I laughed.
+ItsDangerousToGoAloneWatchThis The Urukh Hai is a tribe of orcs.
arent uruk hais an invention of saruman? im pretty sure this are orcs
No They aren't Urukh hai. They are specifically called Uruks. A much bigger, and stronger breed of orcs. It's explained by Talion in the tutorial.
Well orcording to the wiki Uruk-Hai is interchangable with Uruk and they are both basically a type of Orc overall.
"Don't forget to kill the whores"
"All right, stop fussing"
the best
I remember first time I died, I went to get revenge and killed the Orc, the guy survived had a massive scar on his face, killed him again, still survived this time with half his face gone, still survived now with just leather covering his non existent face, still ducking alive, I developed an emotional attachment and made him a war chief, he lived through the whole game as my slave until the big war chief fight at the black gate, he was permanently cut down by a random Orc. I still cry for leather head (we had nicknames).
+Ethan Rae I was gonna do that with one of my first opponents....but....alas; after I turned him ghostly white, I blew his brains a second time and....it was not to be. He was replaced by a little shit stain of a spear thrower who I delighted in torturing before I killed....who killed me twice through absolutely no effort of his own (literally; he was my own personal ratbag nemesis; fucker benefited from outside interference kills twice! Rose from nobody to just below Warchief)
@@JackSilver1410 I’ve seen movies with less character development than what you’ve wrote. That’s amazing. Lol I must ask though, where is Tumhorn? Is he alright?
@@JackSilver1410 Tumhorn the Foul, like Gary the Stormtrooper, has far better character development than Rey.
I went out of my way to never die in that game, its hard. Almost as hard as my dark souls 3 never die run.
I will never forget my first playthrough of the game with "Hûra Caragor Slayer" I killed that guy about 20 times, but he refused to stay dead. It was like every half hour he came back, but no matter how badly broken he was, he continued to fight.
I burned him, decapitated him, ripped him apart, destroyed him with a graug, and so on until he was basically immune to all damage. Our last fight at the end of the game assaulting the black hands fortress was one of the most satisfying fights I ever had.
_"Equipped with half a sword and most of a bear"_
- why i love Yahtzee
Yahztee's Orc voice is amazingly accurate to the voice in the game itself.
I laughed my ass off every extra time he said "Mooooorrrrr doooooorrorororor~!" xD
I remember actually getting a couple of laughs from this game. The chemistry between serious Talion and like, Ratbag the Coward, was pretty funny.
Like,
"Be sure to be there to take the Warchief's place."
"Ah, buwt, the wawrcheef snawt ded yet?"
"I'mgoingtogo *KILL HIM*." Talion says it so just, frustrated it was funny.
I laughed at that one too. Talion's voice actor did a great job at sounding fucking anoyed.
That was actually the one point where I was thinking "oh maybe Talion does display emotions sometimes, this is getting better" and then he never did it again.
Krombopulos Michael He also did some good banter with the Dwarf guy in the second half of the game (Torin, i think?).
Plus, even if it was mostly one-sided, his interactions with Gollum were pretty funny as well.
Besides, it's not like we can expect him to be anything other than serious. His family is dead, he's cursed, and now all he does is kill.
But that's just Talion, they could have made the Wraith a hell of a lot more interesting.
Nonuv Urbeeznus Torvin himself was good enough, but Talion was always a wet blanket of a character and so is the ghosty friend. It's a shame they couldn't have written them a little more interesting, although I guess to be fair, a lot of Lord of The Rings characters are pretty wooden like that. Aragorn is much the same and so is Elrond.
Aragorn was a well fleshed out character in the first movie, IMO Hell, all the characters in the first movie where very well fleshed out, and had personality. Then the other 2 happened and their personalities where shot.
Don't know how they where in the books though.
Lost it at "Mythical fantasy realm of New Zealand". It has to be my favorite Yahtzee line yet.
0:35
Well, sounds like the cops found out about Yhatzee's dwarf torture pit.
My house has 4 walls, a ceiling and a lot of windows, but I think something is missing?
+dmscimo MORRRRRRDORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRs
I guess you could say that your house could be described as.... GONNNNNNNNNDORRRRRRR
I guess you could say that your house could be described as.... GONNNNNNNNNDORRRRRRR
A floor, perhaps?
UKFB / Monster A door
I once had an uruk named tharak the swift, he was the first uruk captain I ever branded, he helped me obtain glory as he rose up the ranks, until one duel against a basterd named torhun sword master, I wasted all my arrows and still had ten guys left to fight, I was able to get them all except 2 guys, one of them hit me and brought me last chance but was then killed by a friendly uruk so torhun started dart towards me, he had the no chance thing so I knew I was done, but right before his animation started tharak hit him and I was able to get up, but just before I was about to shadow strike the uruk and brand torhun I saw it zoom up to tharak just to see him get stabbed in the back by torhun, I spent the the rest of the day building up a warchief and as his four bodyguards, then sent them out to get torhun and by God when I saw it it was beautiful, torhun was being passed around like a hot potato, just before he died I swooped In wrath flashed every one and dragged him away to a seaside cliff and said " THIS IS FOR THARAK YOU SHRAKH EATING SHRAKH" I then proceeded to explode his head and throw his body into the rocky shore and crashing waves below.
NO ONE GIVES A SINGLE FUCK
well some one's a sassy lassy, also very late to the party
I gave a fuck. Cool story bra.
Thanks mate
They would like you to believe that the internet is an uncaring place
So I've discovered that your reviews are infinitely better when I know and love the game in question. This was priceless. I'm actually crying I'm laughing so hard.
Ok, that was the BEST review I have ever seen! Still laughing..
It gets better when you realize Yahtzee doesn't so much REVIEW games as he does ROAST them.
Atticus Zed With a FLAMETHROWER no less.
Yahtzee seldom disappoints.
I laughed every time one of them came across a slain compatriot and exclaimed "A dead uruk!", because I would then say "No, TWO dead uruks" *stealth kill*
Taking great elements from AC and Batman to make a great game and adding it's own unique things, such as the innovative Nemesis sistem, I don't know why some people bitch about this, every game borrows elements from each other, it's part of the evolution of gaming. Besides they did add there own touch to make the game unique, so it definetely deserves praise gameplay wise.
And most importantly they borrowed good parts from games. They are the guys who suggested they should learn from other games (and got laughed at for being too smart). Go monolith!!!
Cam Miles Exactly, not every game can innovate, but they can improve what already innovated.
Harbinger_CR Open minded people are the ones who succeed most often. Plus, shadow of mordor was smart about it, venturing a little with the nemesis system but designing it so that it could still be a decent game if the nemesis system sucked.(which it didnt). Innovation plus replication of success.
Cam Miles Yep
Harbinger_CR STOP IT!!!!! I WILL HAVE THE LAST WORD!!!!
Change the speed to 0.5, it is the most amazing thing ever.
HOLY SHIT YOU'RE A GENIUS.
It's absolutely best when he's going on about describing Talion's "character", it makes him sound so much more bored and put upon than normal.
wastehzee
WHOO DRUNK YAHTZEE!!
when ever i change the speed my computer fucks up for some reason
Press X to kiss your wife.
Most adorable QTE ever.
F to pay respects
You know whats strange? I think this is the first time Yahtzee actually made me want to play a game.
He has that strange power. He did that to me with Spiritfarer. And I curse with every breath at him for making me go through such a wonder and heartbreaking tale.
My most memorable Orc isn't even my own, but TearofGrace's. You know which one.
Is it Giggles?
+GZLAnnihilation Prak is love
Prak is life
Yeah, I have been and always will be convinced that Prak was a one-in-a-million type nemesis. The system will never top him. Every trait aligned to form the perfect combination of challenge and infuriating hilarity.
For those who do not know, a RUclipsr named TearofGrace developed a nemesis that formed the perfect serial killer, but always left him alive. He oneshot him with throwing axes half the time, and it was hilarious.
"It's really hard to be intimidated by a man called Giggles. It's really fucking hard."
Yahtzee is probably the only game reviewer worth anything these days.
Angry joe
regan169 You mean that guy who gives popular games high scores?
Yeah, better trust a guy who shills harder than IGN.
Cataholic uh what? He himself has shit on IGN and contradicted their scores wholesale (Note Halo: ODST) he's honest if he believes a game is worth it he'll say so if not the same thing applies.
Cataholic are you stupid? angryjoe actually has the best reviews on games nowadays.
angry joe and total biscuit
the'r honst and trust worthey
I got a guy named Thakrak the Cook. He holds plenty of feasts, but I don't ever poison the grog at them because he fucking slaughters everyone without me needing to. This was BEFORE the brainwashing, he just killed them all and then killed me in 2 hits when I tried to intervene because I felt bad for Joe, Bob, and Jim, the guys who were living off food stamps and just wanted a bite to eat.
Also, I learned I loved this game when I was able to convert half of a fortress to my cause, and then defend the area in such a way as to defend all possible entrances. The battle ended after about 20 minutes, when I had to run because our position was compromised, so I just threw three guys at the giant wave of enemies, shouted "Good luck!", and went to go do something else.
I remember having a captain betray a war chief in the middle of a fortress and a giant battle ensued. It lasted for 40 minutes because I kept converting orcs to combat the massive amount of reinforcements and couldn't reach the war chief. When I finally did, he fucking ran away.
I actually found Talion to have a good amount of personality, especially on the ratbag missions.
yeah i agree he gets a lot better the more you play and especially in shadow of war he gets funny
I'm a piece of wood with a smiley face drawn on it
Nicholas Cage?
Man... i thought you were a pie stuck inside a cooling vent *THE MORE YOU KNOW*
espadaxin2 Keanu Reeves?
Well, since the angry pieces of wood in the video are Calvin and Hobbes, Chillaxxinn must be Susie Derkins.
woah
The dry heave at 0:52 just made me fucking cry. Best now-running joke ever.
I think Talion was the main reason the story in this game fell a bit short... His character was awful and boring and bland but all the rest were done well enough to keep me invested in it. If he was... A regular guy who found a ring of power and it turned him into a ringwraith and he was forced by the elf ghost that inhabits him to bend to his will while he was trying his best to resist... There you go much better backstory for the main protagonist. It's not so hard. Don't get why games keep going with the disgruntled super-soldier family was killed thing.
good idea
lets just have another random find a ring again that hasnt been done 5 times lol
vVAstrAVv Other than Gollum and Bilbo finding the main ring no it hasn't. All the other rings that were made in the LOTR story line were given to various leaders.
munclesonkey But aren't those other leaders the nazgul?
DarkAngelEU the human ones are
either way i think soms approach was better
this isnt just someone who was given a ring
hes the badass that made them lol
vVAstrAVv Instead of a ring you can use...
... a magic sword
... someone forces him
... a curse
... an ancient seal that your hero broke
... an amulet
... nothing, your hero lives in the 21st century in an asylum, is just crazy and has hallucinations 24/7
... ....
one of the best games I've played in ages thank god I managed to get this on release just before the shop closed
At least he pronounces Mordor correctly. Unlike... everyone else.
More-door
How *does* everybody else pronounce it? I never heard anyone else say it.
Moar dore? Mahr dor? Morda? Moro?
Hi there from the future, Yahtzee just named Shadow of Mordor his 10th Best Game of the Decade
Wait Yahtzee didn't hate this game? Well, shit, I might have to check it out then.
Me too I was going to wait until I had an Xbox one but fuck it im going to get it for my 360
whyuhatan Don't bro... Wait until you have a One the game is much more enjoyable mainly because it looks very good!
JM_MKV I don't care at all about graphics I only care if the game is fun to play as long as I can see what I'm supposed to be stabbing or shooting I'm good I don't care about if I can see the moisture on a leaf if I want to look at pretty scenery then I step outside watch tv or go to the movies
It will probably locked at 30 fps then for a "more cinematic style which the does not do"
DeathDealer1997 Actually the last gen will get the Nemesis system but it won't be as detailed. Coarse we don't know since it isn't out for xbox360 and ps3 yet.
That "and gaaargle vlaarghle vlaaaah" fucking splits me every time.
That moment when celebrimbor had more personality (300 times more) than talion
it's more like 0,0001
"You and me, kid." and "Duck and weave!"
Those were the best parts of the video for me.
I'm calling it right now: Shadow of Mordor will be in his top five games of the year.
Also, spoiler alert, his review of Alien Isolation just went up on The Escapist, and he likes that even more than he likes this. So I'm putting bets on that one being in the top five too.
Will the universe implode if both are in his top five.
JediSpectre117 possibly
Probably one of the funniest reviews in recent history.
praise toothless!
Praise unto Toothless!
Shadow of Mordor is kind of like Dishonored: at face value, they blatantly ripped off aspects from other games (Assassin's Creed and Batman: Arkham etc. for the former, BioShock and Thief for the latter). Rather than do a boring check the boxes job, however, they both took the pieces and created something original, polished, and fun. Now all we need is for SoM's donors to start ripping it off in weaker, more mediocre ways, and we'll have proof that history does, in fact, repeat itself.
+Francis Drake It's actually exactly like Dishonored. A game that's made out of the best parts from lesser games.
It even manages to do the same thing as Dishonored by introducing something new that make those parts even better in a seamless fashion, and it does one better by not being a game that incentivices stealth and then give you an instant death pocket shotgun, clockwork grenades, an entire adrenaline system unlockable and mines that shoot razor wire...
I mean, it's like furnishing your AA club with a wine cellar and fully stocked drinks cabinets...
That's what game companies should do now, take old properties and refurbish it to make it more enjoyable and creative. Nintendo should have more philosophical stories and more learning curves with gameplay. Also I think that Splatoon needs a better story that's more deep or at least have more individual Inklings be present in the story.
Somehow I get the Feeling that Yahtzee isn't quite happy when he has to give credit to a good game. He seems to enjoy destroying shitty games, but friendly words aren't his strong side. XD
At least he gives this one credit where it's due, now I know he is actually capable of liking a game :P
He even has some favorite games that he would protect with his life like the one Silent Hill part (can't remember wich one)
Martini shake Silent Hill 2 is the one you’re thinking of.
This is, by far, the funniest, and my favorite of the zero punctuation series.
Now I want Yahtzee to read the Lord of the Rings audiobook. Looking forward for the orc voices and every time Mordor is mentioned. ^^
"And Garggle larggle lar" -Yahtzee 2014
the way he says "MOORDOOOOOOOR" cracks me up every single time.
Yahtzee saying *MORDOR* with increasing aggressiveness brings me back to the one call of Juarez review he did where he also said Juarez aggressively
Yahtzee, likes an action adventure game? Maybe I should look out the window to see if the sky is falling and the oceans have turned to blood.
Don't forget to check Steam for Half-Life 3 and is on sale.
Revolvah44 As well as The World Ends With You 2 and Bravery Second.
Derpy guy Sorry, I don't get it the reference...
Braden Hamilton It's from "The World End With You" video.
Derpy guy TWEWY is the best fucking game ever!
0:37 Am I the only one who hears a police siren?
I had one nemesis that became present for the final level. That poor poor Uruk. He had an entire list of weaknesses and just Immunity To Stealth. I got into a habit of beheading him, I think I got a streak of 9 before he finally kicked the bucket. A day later and I found his son, Junior Weaks To Everything, whom had the exact same look, just without the horrific scars and dismembered limbs held on by ropes that looked like they were dragged from the sea. And he didn't even have the Immunity to Stealth.
Great! it's what I always wanted in a Batman Game, AND in a Assassins creed game!
"Less talky more stabby/ less puzzle more punching"
This obsession with creating epic stories every time a developer makes a video game fails to take into account the one feature that defines video games: They're supposed to be fun.
Legacy of Kain had an Ubestoryline and was fun. So it can be done. Then again I guess one swallow doesn't make a summer.
Couldnt have said it better myself
i think it can be done, i just think this sudden need to have the shiniest graphics on all AAA titles is taking the focus away from actually engrossing storyline. Most big developers seem to think that the storyline can be wank, but as long as you can see the oxygen in front of your face the game warrants at 6/10 at least and they are okay with that.
and it was, you brony heretic.
i dunno, i was pretty invested in kicking this one Uruk's ass, Zumug the Sword Master.
eventually i beat him down and converted him to my cause.
He killed me many times, so i forced him to bend knee.
that being said, your right.
But dammit is the Nemesis System fantastic.
To be honest Talion isn't the main character regardless of what any one says. Celebrimbor is the reason we are here.
I like the alliteration! Don't get rid of it, you're one of the few videos I watch where the speaker has a good depth of vocabulary!
One of my favourite reviews you have done
Great game but christ on a bike why can't we have interesting protagonists in videogames anymore? They're all the same mid to late 40s, troubled character with a tragic backstory causing them to want vengeance. And as if that wasn't enough, a lot of them seem to want to be Batman, because they all sound like they have throat cancer. I'm looking at you, Aiden Pearce.
+Emerald Alien A detective/adventure game featuring a retired cop with a bad hip in his sixties or seventies would be interesting no doubt.
+Avakadoman So basically we need Clint Eastwood to reprise his role as Dirty Harry?
You know. In that Dirty Harry game that was cancelled. That we'll never see.
...I'm just going to head off and cry in a corner over my shattered dreams.
+Avakadoman I'm too old for this shit!!
+Emerald Alien To be fair Talion did seem cool and charismatic and the beginning of the game but seeing your wife and son get brutally murdered in front of you can make you quite depressed. Some of the characters were cool like Torvin the Dwarf and Ratbag the Coward.
I love Aiden Pearce as a protagonist, because due to the actions of the player he's actually a psychopathic murderer thinking he's a good guy instead of actually being a good guy.
Dude runs around saving people from random crimes Person of Interest style and takes down human trafficking rings, but also runs over dozens of civilians and causes millions of dollars worth of property damage on his way to the next mission and during fixer contracts. And think about the amount of people killed whenever he fucks up the traffic lights or causes a black out.
I just picked this up the other day. specifically, the version with all the DLC, while it was on the steam summer sale, for $10. Absolutely worth it.
Honestly, it's probably worth paying full price, but I very rarely buy AAA games at full price because I don't have much disposable income.
0:37 sirens in the background.
The whole Orc Army was probably the best part of the game. There are some fights you'll remember for a long time there.
Take this one for example: I was going to try and complete a Sword Legend mission in the Durthang stronghold, but the problem was it was the territory of a certain captain who had a poison gas cloud attack. So he'd throw it at me, my vision would go green, I wouldn't see counter prompts anymore, and all the minions would swarm. Though that captain never killed me, a couple minions got promoted for doing the dirty deed. After getting killed the third time, I decided to put off that mission until I'd killed that captain. Fortunately, he then had a mission that occurred outside the stronghold, so I was able to hunt him down and murder him for fucking me up so many times.
I picked this game up on a sale (it was 90% off, great deal) and I've been loving it.
It's just fun. Pure, unadultured fun.
judging the comment section, this game is great for watercooler talk.
Subscribed!
Very entertaining and indepth review/narrative :)
Man, you are funny. I can't believe I have never come across your videos before. Subscribed.
Good, even though its about seven years later, I am still not the only one who wants Condemned 2 to get released on PC.
Yahtzee's alliteration was amazing.
Nicely done. Incredible, really. Your writing and honesty is as good as ever. You're most likely one of the only true reviewers left.
i love that in this review yahtzee used basically a picture of a bastard sword training waster as the main sword talion uses, as well as a broken version for his dagger XD
Probably the first triple A game I have enjoyed in a long time. Hats off to monolith. The game is gonna get accused of being a lot of things especially by people that haven't fucking played it but are willing to pass judgement.
The fact stands that EVERYTHING in the game is tied to the one mechanic of killing orcs. It doesn't muddy things down or pretend you are there for something else(Cough Assassin's creed, Cough Batman). It doesn't blow it's entire load right at the start making the pacing enjoyable and fucking fun as hell as you get new powers and it really does its best to be incredibly immersive. You will find yourself creating stories for each of the orcs you fight or gritting your teeth as one cocky motherfucker gets promoted off luckily killing you and then the game lets you get back at him or use his friends against him.
The combat system can get meditative and flows better than arykham with higher animation qualities and brutality. It really adds much needed flair to the system and it's own list of abilities that make it the superior version of the fighting system, If you are intent on calling it the same fighting system that is. I have no problems with that. Not every game should attempt to reinvent the wheel. That is how we get shitty shit from big companies claiming they will "Innovate" the game industry)
I feel like triple A games too often forget what it's like to build a game around one mechanic and focus on quality, Shadows simultaneously is an open world game while it manages it systems perfectly to empower you and make it feel good to play. No bowling with your cousin or animal hunting missions.
Shadows gets a solid 8 out of 10 from me and a recommendation for everyone to complete it.
I mostly agree, but no combat systems flow better than Arkham's. NONE
Sean Keller In a way the combat flow is almost "too" perfect. :P
One of your better reviews Yahtzee, legit had me laughing out loud for a bit
This is my favorite review you have done to date, your magnum opus.
great job, as usual. youre part of my weekly routine.
This reminds me of space marine, loved that game
You never feel too overpowered?
Bullshit it is hard as hell to die. You can left click your way through the game, and if you dodge you become invincible, allowing you to effectively be at your strongest at the beginning.
Have you ever attacked a huge hoard. Ya they will overpower your ass and you will die.
Joe Wright Not if you keep spamming the space button.
Well they won't kill you but you won't kill anyone. It will take about 4 counters to kill one person. So you must have a lot of patience my friend.
Joe Wright That doesn't make it hard, it makes it time-consuming.
What its trying to do is make it so that you actually have to attack to avoid button spamming. I didn't say it made it harder. You sentiently can play the game like that it's just boring. I'm not saying your bad at the game I'm just saying the way you play the game is boring.
0:35 - 0:40 people with headphones will like this subtle background surprise.
Ah, it seemed like so long ago I started playing Shadow of Mordor. I know that Shadow of Mordor wasn't released too long ago but after all the hours I sunk into it and Shadow of War (The latter of which I just completed) I can still remember my first most personal nemesis. His name was "(Insert first name) the Manstalker" and he practically followed me everywhere when I was just starting out my first game of SoM. He certainly was a stalker, showing up several times and even killing me to the point where I worried about him showing up suddenly. I was incapable of killing him since I was so new to the game however as time progressed and I killed a few captains myself while learning the game mechanics that I eventually tracked him down, killing him at a Caragor hunt of all things thus signally the tide turning against the orcs in my own story. I do love how the Nemesis System really lets every player have their own unique experience that they can experience and share for the whole world to see.
I've always wondered what a positive review sounded like on this channel. Its still funny.
hahaha best comment man, I also had the same wondering thought..
This was a pretty begrudgingly positive review. I think the most genuinely positive review I've seen was for Portal.
You probably haven't seen his Portal review.
PSyCHoHaMSTeRza
I am working my way through the older ones. I'm up to PIKMAN 3. Still a long way to go.
Ledabot
Yeah I did that too when I first discovered the show.
So in other words. Fun to play, but story... yeah. Seems like all I have seen of the game. I really like the Nemesis system. I cannot say I really have seen a game with such a system before. Correct me if Im wrong.
Hey, at least it's telling a story you can pay attention to, unlike Destiny.
Hive Mind yes but that story is untristing and bland ,unlike fire emblem awanking.
Hive Mind Shots fired.
Aragorn195 well its a stupid comparrision to make personaly lol
fangk12345 Hey, I didnt make the comparison. I just said "Shots fired". Tahts all. :D
0:32
I can't get over the sirens in the background...
They should make a spin-off or expandalone or something with the sleeper agent stuff. I found it fun to just brainwash an orc captain and make him a warchief.
This must be a paid promotion; Yahtzee is never this positive xD
Go watch his Saints Row 2 video.
richard1701able I was joking.
lyingpancake95 lol. I think some one must have thrown out Yahtzee's Morrissey albums, because he's been definitely getting more pleasant. I miss the old cynical Yahtzee.
richard1701able If you've seen his recent "Let's Drown Out" videos he says he has a lady friend. That could be part of it.
Axle Steel I'm not really a fan of 'Let's play' videos unless I need a walkthrough. Good for Yahtzee, let's hope his "lady friend" doesn't turn out to be a financial advisor from Dunstable called Alan.
Dat siren at 0:38.
Loved the style of review, subed... keep up the epic reviews *insert thumbs up*
You should watch judging by the cover. I fear of having a drink when I watch it case I will laugh and they drink will splatter everywhere.
TheGAMINGemoji
I've been watching judging by the cover after your recommendation, brilliant, this guy is hilarious
That's was brilliant! one of your best!
0:35
Can anyone else hear the siren?
It sounds like an amberlamps siren
You know,
It almost sounds like Yahtzee is a little disappointed that SoM turned out to be good. For what it's worth, I found this review more entertaining and showing considerably more creativity than the ones that are geared toward blasting the questionable efforts and motivations of everyone involved in creating, designing, and hell, boxing up the games.
Not that I don't like those. I do. I watch them all, but it's a nice break in the flame.
"...insert fucking sleeper agents." Oh, is that what you're supposed to do? I just brainwashed every orc I could get my magical hand on until I had fifteen captains and five warchiefs under my control, in addition to an unknown number of mooks. You can get pretty overpowered, especially when you get the ability to brand orcs during combat after just a few uninterrupted hits. The points he makes are really good points, but there's one huge negative I'd like to bring up: the final boss is piss-easy and really, really anti-climactic. Also, and this might be different for others, but the last couple of scenes when you're storming the final fortress with your mind-controlled armies got REALLY slow and stutter-y. I couldn't even fight because I would get hit in between frames with no chance to block. I ended up having to just run away from the fights to let my forces fight for me.
It takes everything I have not to bust out laughing while secretly watching your videos at work. Moar plz.
Did anybody else hear police sirens in the background at the beginning of the video?
johnnyboy2537 Is through the whole video or a specific part?
+Diego Rojas 30 seconds in.
Holy shit I never noticed that.
+johnnyboy2537 How did you even notice that?
DanTheMan I don't know my hearing's pretty bad.
Quick, someone add this to his 'games i like' list
So much love for the ending line :)
I personally didn't see Talion as an alienating character: rather, it was a combination of him helping to solve their problems, accidentally bringing hell down on them for associating with them, and him not wanting to form any new major personal connections because he ought to be and intends to become fucking dead.
I also remember that in my first playthrough, there was one randomly generated captain who was the first RNG captain to kill me outright and give me major amounts of trouble. I eventually came back and seemed to put him in the ground, but he must have come back for more (or at least wandered around within the bounds of a story mission keep well after I'd shoved a sword through his spinal column and got my boots covered in his guts) at least half-a-dozen times within the starting map alone.
In the last mission, where your nemesis, the one captain who has in theory given you the most grief throughout the game leads the defending orcs against your warchief brigade, is revealed, take a guess which orc was my nemesis?
The guy who came back over half-a-dozen times, that's right. And because he'd come back so many times, I had to stop and smile when I realized he was back a-fucking-gain for one last showdown before the credits rolled.
My nemesis in my second playthrough, contrastingly, was some guy I didn't know at all. I literally looked at him and wondered to myself "who the hell is this guy?"
This pretty much sums up my own opinion. I find the main character repulsive, but a lot of things he's capable of very nice
Yahtzee you silly git, were the police coming for you around 00:30 for saying mean things again?
I do love the mechanic that every time i die the entire orc army undergoes restructuring
0:32 huh somethings you never notice in these videos unless you put on headphones
Just finished this game last night. On point review (as always), but I wish Yahtzee had touched on the disappointing final boss fight.
Tell me about it. Both the tower and the hand of Sauron went went down like a total wuss.
This is like the fifth time I've watched this video. Without having even played the game. It's hilarious. I'm tempted to buy it, just fort that.
It's awesome, do it, especially since the GOTY edition is like $20.
I love it when I can clearly hear him running out of breath
you always make me laugh. not a lot of people can do that. respect dude
Honestly, this was probably GOTY for me. If nothing else, the fact that the game is incredibly polished is astonishing enough in the current gaming market.
I agree, isn't it sad that a game that doesn't do anything really new (nemesis system aside) and doesn't run horribly or require uplay or origin to run is praised so much...
Best game 2014 so far.
unfortunately... thats not saying much, if anything.
Soon to be beat by bayonetta 2 which already has over a 90 critic score on metacritic....fuck i hate you metacritic...
Sir Douchenic von Bag
whats worse is people wont buy it. platinum games games don't sell relatively well.
It ain't really a competition when we got overhyped games this year like Watchdogs and Destiny. Still, best game of 2014 so far.
KingOfTheWorld163 Is that why you have no brain cells to judge how bad it is?
i listen to this while I study and do homework and it works very well.
I actually liked Calebrimbor. He was practical, blunt, and sometimes snarky. That's a hell of a lot more than Talion.
1:05 Sauron isn't a big flaming eye on a stick though. Rather, he's essentially a ghost, some sort of half-solid darkness wielding evil magic, being a Maiar like Gandalf. The eye is a corrupted Palantir, that he uses like a magical telescope, Sauron himself is holed up in the stick
Orc1: Grrr! I just love killing stuff
Orc2: All the alive things better watch out, cuz I'm the best at killing stuff.
Never a truer observation was made about the orcs in Shadow of Mordor.
Imp 3: Could we talk about somethin’ else for one bleedin’ second?
Awesome review yahtzee funny as always keep doing your review.
I think "and gaaargle blaargle vlaah" is the hardest I've ever laughed at ZP, and that's saying something. I've seen this episode dozens of time and I still giggle.