Ignoring the horrible lore, i rather liked those games. Pity
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RIP I love the Mordor games and am still playing shadow of war to as close to 100% as I feel like.
There are two mechanics that I really like which integrate the fact that you are playing a game into the game world.
most obviously is you can't lose because dying just respawns you, it is explained in-story and the death only has very (mild) penalties
the environment is set up so that you can always run from a fight, outside of occasional set piece missions. However despite this you do end up dying a decent amount because you really want to get that captain and also you know it really doesn't cost much when it happens. The main penalty for dying is the orc taunting you which is compounded by the fact that you KNOW you could have just run away. But that just makes taking his head on the next go that much more satisfying.