I spent all of last night downloading Shadow of Mordor at my 800kb/s super speed internet. It only took me 12 hours. So yeah, been playing that all day. General impressions are good0, but I heard many reviewers saying that the game played something like the Arkham games, but I would like to say that is wrong. The game plays exactly like the Arkham games, namely Origins. X is attack, B is stun (you can then attack really quickly on a stunned enemy), A is dodge/ jump over an enemy, Y is counter, LT is to throw a "light dagger" (aka, Batarang), button combo finishers that do the exact same thing and are the same two buttons. There are enemies to interrogate, fast travel points to unlock, collectibles scattered around the map etc. YOU EVEN HAVE A FUCKING CAPE. All of this is great, because I love the Arkham games, but I guess I kinda expected something a little more adventurous.
The only real complaint is that the enemy spawning system is absolute poop. If you are in a stronghold, and the alarm goes off, what they tell you is "reinforcements are coming!". What they don't tell you is that by "reinforcements" they actually mean "the entire orcish horde is about to descend on your ass! Oh and by the way they are infinitely spawning.". Also, if you wipe out a squad of orcs, then round a corner, then go back round the corner that you just turned, the orcs will have respawned. I get that it really does evoke the feeling of facing the orcish horde, but you never really feel like you are making any progress. I get that it also wants to make sure that you will always have enemies to face, but Christ, at least give me some breathing room from time to time.
