Just finished it on PS4, got my first Platinum trophy, fairly easy but time consuming. Great game and now that I'm done I've finally read the entirety of this thread.
I don't care about lore all too much in video games just as long as they don't break away from it by a huge distance that it becomes pretty obvious that they stamp Lord of the Rings on the cover to grab a quick buck. Games are just games, they're non-canon. I'm just happy to play in a Middle-Earth setting and it was pretty decent. Not sure if coast lines surrounding Nurn are lush and green in Mordor, I don't read Middle-Earth Atlas.
I agree with Creaky, first half was very challenging, where second half it was cool and different to brand orc captains, but it did lower the difficulty.
The biggest problem with this game, and most other players agree, are the last two boss battles. They were a joke and a let down. Overall though a great fun Arkham/Assassins game.
In game pics, heavy
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