My local Kmart is (finally) going out of business. The sales aren't insane yet, but the deepest discount so far was 25% off all video games. They had a "Shadow of Mordor" that I couldn't resist.

So far I really like it. The Nemesis system of the orc that kills you getting promoted and leveling up does really add frustration/challenge to death in a game where your character is already dead. Then interrogating another orc to find out the other one's weakness then setting up a plan to get them is really great.

For example, one of the SOBs that killed me is having a recruitment event. I learned from another orc that this one is susceptible to ranged attacks and can be killed instantly by an arrow to the head. So I start the event, climb up to the top of a tower, wait for him to come by and start talking and shoot him in the head. The rest of the orcs run away without their leader and I fade back into the shadows.

It does feel a lot like Assassin's Creed, but that's not a bad thing at all.