Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (GOTY 2014 - PS4, XOne & Overall)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor is an open world action role playing video game depicting events between The Hobbit  and Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien. The game was developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

The game is about a Ranger named Talion seeking revenge for the massacre of his family. As expected in an role playing game (RPG), an open world would mean lots of adventure, combat, side quest, etc, but what makes the game more interesting is the new system called Nemesis used in gameplay. Apart from character development, player's interaction with other characters in the game world are "remembered" and "carried forward". Thus having a direct impact or effect on their behaviour in their next encounter and throughout the game. For example, a defeated or humiliated character seeking revenge will interact in a more hostile manner in their next encounter.

Middle Erath: Shadow of Mordor emerged as the winner of the Game Of The Year 2014 for the PS4 category on Gamespot.com. The other nominees were Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, Destiny and Transistor.

The game also emerged as the winner for Xbox One category against these nominees; Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, Titanfall and Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes.

On December 18, 2014 Middle Erath: Shadow of Mordor was voted the overall winner for Game of the Year 2014 - Gamespot.com.

The game was released for PC (Windows), PS4 and Xbox One in September 2014 while the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in November 2014.

Game is rated Mature.

~ 17 Dec 2014 ~

Updated: Dec 18, 2014 - Overall winner Game of the Year 2014 (Gamespot.com).

Dragon Age: Inquisition (Game Awards 2014)

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Dragon Age: Inquisition is an action and adventure role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. This is the third instalment of the Dragon Age franchise after Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II.

The game received The Game of the Year Awards 2014 in the inaugural video game award show The Game Awards held on December 5, 2014 in Las Vegas.

Dragon Age: Inquisition features a massive gameplay map for exploration, adventures and side quests on several difficulty levels and takes than 100 hours to complete; even more if you are an achievement buff.

Dragon Age: Inquisition has two combat systems; first, the normal action third-person perspective and the second, a system that is quite similar to the old role-playing game which allows the player to pause the game, assign movement and action to characters in the group. The player controls the Inquisitor, the protagonist, who is also the leader of the Inquisition. The player also controls and is able to use the special abilities of the members in the group during combat as well as make decisions on the deployment of agents and troops of the Inquisition. Tactical view during combat returns on all platform.

Player's decision during gameplay will play a large role in Inquisition because players control the Inquisitor, the leader in the Inquisition. This means whatever choices made by the player may affect the opening of whole new areas and its contents. The destruction of an area such as a village will render an area of the map and its associated content inaccessible. Conversely, areas of the map which are unreachable will be opened for exploration by capturing enemy forts or keeps by establishing additional base and expand the Inquisitor's influence in that area. There is a lot of dialogue and manuals to read. The player's influence will be affected by the decision and action taken which will eventually dictates overall gameplay. It also has a co-op and multiplayer mode.

Game is rated Mature. Reviews on various gaming review site ranges from 85% to 95%.

(Platform: PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, XBox One and PC).

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Update: 14 Dec 2014:

Nominated for Game Of The Year 2014 for 5 categories; PS3, X360, PS4, XOne and PC.

- Dec 10,2014 (Gamespot.com)

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