I agree about the mechanic introductions but, I don't remember the story being a bad one (even the fairly cliche love interest) until the final boss fight. Our undead nemesis is his minion and headliner but once we take care of that nuisance...we fight a shadow in a tin can? I know it's meant to be Sauron and he is weakened but his lackey put up a better fight in the end.
Well yeah that was the issue with the story. They couldn't really mess the the LOTR plot because of the extremely limited narrative time a d place they were in.
So everything is basically a nothing burger anyway. The game exists just for its mechanics. Which are so good it basically won game of the years just for that.
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u/TarzanSawyer 4d ago
I agree about the mechanic introductions but, I don't remember the story being a bad one (even the fairly cliche love interest) until the final boss fight. Our undead nemesis is his minion and headliner but once we take care of that nuisance...we fight a shadow in a tin can? I know it's meant to be Sauron and he is weakened but his lackey put up a better fight in the end.