So, spoilers, you play this guy whose wife and son are killed and he goes a bit crazy for revenge and starts thinking he can hear the voice of this dead elf that keeps telling him to kill everyone, but since he's in Mordor there's mostly just orcs around, but boy does he like killing them. Sneak up, stab, brand, chop head off, magic arrows to the face -- there's a lot of killing, is what I'm saying. It's a bit unbalanced, though, since they only killed TWO members of his family (and it wasn't even the orcs that did the killing!) and he kills like a million of them in response. I guess it's easy to get a bit carried away when you think a dead elf is telling you to kill everyone.
Whether you like the story depends a bit on whether you see it as the evolution and triumph of a hero (which is the main story of pretty much every game ever, and half of the movies), or as the corruption of a person giving up their humanity for power and revenge. Or if you really like killing orcs, and ESPECIALLY like it when they have names.
I've played the game through three times -- it's not very long -- and I'm not sure what that says about me as a person and my relationship with orcs and dead elves. Thankfully, I'm not reviewing me, I'm reviewing the game.
Shadow of Mordor: 10/10
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