It is amazing IMO. It is a mix of newer Assassin's Creed, Arkham City, and Dynasty Warriors. I feel that Middle Earth's combat system is better than any of those other series although it does borrow heavily from Batman. It is basically the most refined AC game ever. That being said if you dislike AC or Batman Arkham games, you will almost certainly dislike Mordor and vice versa. The way the game allows you to build your own side stories around characters via getting killed, their promotions, branding enemeis, etc. is AWESOME and does live up to the hype the Nemesis system received. The zooming in and discovering of Captians and Warcheifs as well as leaning how to exploit their fears and weaknesses is addicting also. Super cool finishers and decapitations going on constantly. Neck and neck with Wolfenstein for GOTY at this point in 2014.
