Based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s most famous work, although greatly diverging from it in tone and message, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor is a game that fails to harness its own potential. While its main story is shallow, repetitive, and contrived (hopeless both in its suffocating atmosphere and overall quality), when it comes to gameplay, the game actually presents a …
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It’s great when things make sense. And it’s even greater when they also come together nicely, harmoniously. Charles, the snob, likes to call this a matter of “coherence” and “cohesion”, but you can call it whatever you want if you still pay your taxes and sometimes stop to take the time to see if all elements in a piece of …
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“You’ve met with a terrible fate, haven’t you?” the Happy Mask Salesman – his name both mocking and reinforcing his creepy disposition – asks Link, when we meet him in a strange world, cursed, spooked, and incredibly lost. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask remains to this day the most narratively ambitious game in the franchise: establishing an oppressive atmosphere …
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