The presentation at E3 focused on the gameвЂ™s Nemesis system in-depth, with the player going up against several orc chieftains and their bodyguards. InteractiveВ releases some longer, un-cut combat footage soon, as itвЂ™s something you really need to see for yourself to understand: You can get some idea of how fun the battles are in the following trailer, but IвЂ™m really hoping publisher Warner Bros. ItвЂ™s a combat system clearly influenced by games like AssassinвЂ™s CreedВ and the ArkhamВ Batman titles, and it looks like it captures everything that makes the combat in those titles so satisfying. In the E3 presentation the entire theater was cheering as he stabbed and dispatched his foes, cutting throats and slicing off heads with incredibly fluid and seamless animations.

Talion, the gameвЂ™s main character, is an absolute terror with his sword. A variety of techniques come into play, including shoulder-charges, dodges and escapes, and advanced moves where you try to trip or otherwise take down your opponents.В But of course, the real appeal is the slicing and dicing. The melee combat in Shadow of MordorВ is some of the most intense, violent, and visceral combat I have seen in any game outside of the Mortal KombatВ franchise. Here are five reasonsВ why Middle-earth: Shadow of MordorВ was the most exciting thing I saw at E3 2014. If thatвЂ™s the case, then read on and find out just how wrong you are. Maybe some of you out there feel the same way about Shadow of MordorВ as I felt before E3. The game had released some trailers in the past, but they had either seemed generic and unfocused or had been saddled with a not-very-enthusiastic narrator that made it hard to feel any sort of excitement about what I was seeing.

I expected it to be a little bit like The Witcher, which could be cool, and maybe a little bit like Bound by FlameВ (which, in my opinion, would be a bad thing). Before seeing the game in action, my impressions of Shadow of MordorВ were vague and unfocused. Middle-earth: Shadow of MordorВ wasnвЂ™t on that вЂњmost-anticipated gamesвЂќ listвЂ¦but it sure is now.Д«efore I get into the reasons why Shadow of MordorВ blew me away at E3, let me start by talking about why I hadnвЂ™t really been that excited about it prior to the show. I went into E3 2014 with a list of my most-anticipated games, so I could be sure to check out the latest info on the games I was the most excited about.

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