Shadow of Mordor was $4 let's kiss some wives

Literally the first thing you do after finishing the intro is activate a tower to uncover part of the map

The orcs are a metaphor for the developers, and the murderghost is the soul of Tolkien exacting vengeance for what they've done to his books

This is real sadistic and I still seriously don't understand AAA's obsession with that particular form of power fantasy

DOOM is like 10x more "violent" but its fantasy is one of speed and mastery and adrenaline, not "hurting people makes you a badass"

I probably shouldn't be playing this really

I knew going into it that I'd probably hate it and: yep

the combat isn't even good

Nemesis System but instead orcmurders it's procedural wives to kiss

Upgrade your abilities to kiss the most powerful wives

New skill unlocked: Ledge Kiss