While i agree the gameplay is kinda repetitive, what exactly do you expect from this type of game? please tell me you wasnt expecting some totally new gameplay never seen before?
It was obvious from the moment this was basically an Assassins Creed / Batman clone set in LOTR universe it was going to be extremely similar in gameplay.
Anyone buying it then complaining its boring puzzles me, it was not hard to fathom what the gameplay was going to be like.
I played it for almsot 4hrs last night, i loved it, yes the combat is extremely repetative, but its fun, its fun jumping off buildings and 1 shotting orcs, yes a lot of the orcs look similar, riding on the back of the dog things is good fun, running up walls on them is even funnier.
the rune system is interesting, theres a ton of lore in there, the cinematic sequences are great and i dont feel like i want to just skip through them to carry on mashing away.
Graphics and gameplay are exquisite, the game is so fluid.
The nemisis system is brilliant, i died last night twice, and it made me just want to find the orcs that profited from my death and give them a right good kickin.
One thing i learnt from last night, Stealth is key in Stronghold areas if you dont want to get swamped by endless orcs and multiple captains.
While this game will not be everyones cup of tea, anyone who likes mindless mashing up monsters, bit of fantasy setting or even a Tolkiien fan, into the whole AC type game play will love this game.
I actually found myself plotting the best route through strongholds to avoid mass fights, running around collecting all the bits of lore to gain new skills and exp etc and actively looking for Captains to kill so i could get more runes.
Incidentally i died to a lvl14 Orc, i pummeled away at him for a good 20mins and his hp hardly moved lol, i was being swarmed at the time and the killing blow was from a spear thrower, he become a named Orc and the original orc i was trying to kill levelled up as well!!!
