Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord

Battle against Sauron as Celebrimbor, the great Elven Lord of the Second Age, to unlock powerful runes and the ability to wield the One Ring.

82 24 February 2015

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Action Fantasy Stealth

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord is an adventure developed by Monolith Productions, released 24 February 2015 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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What Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord is

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord is an adventure game developed by Monolith Productions and released in 2015. It was published by WB Games. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on LithTech 6.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is a 2014 action-adventure game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. An original story based on the legendarium created by J. R. R. Tolkien, the game takes place between the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings film trilogies. The player controls Talion, a Gondorian Ranger who bonds with the wraith of the Elf Lord Celebrimbor, as the two set out to avenge the deaths of their loved ones. Players can engage in melee combat, and use wraith abilities to fight and manipulate enemies. The game introduces the Nemesis System, which allows the artificial intelligence of non-playable characters to remember…

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the The Lord of the Rings series

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord is the 50th of 69 entries we hold in the The Lord of the Rings series. The next entry was Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Game of the Year Edition in 2015. Its critic score of 82 is 8 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring at 91.

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How it was received

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 13 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-750, 2.67 GHz | AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz, 3 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 | AMD Radeon HD 5850. At 3GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 25GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord launched on 24 February 2015, within three weeks of Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D and Cities: Skylines. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, Cities: Skylines.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Parents

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Quick answers

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord — frequently asked questions

When did Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord come out?

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord was released on 24 February 2015 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord?

At minimum, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord needs Intel Core i5-750, 2.67 GHz | AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz, 3 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 | AMD Radeon HD 5850 graphics, 25 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord?

The PC system requirements give two figures: the minimum line says "25 GB available space" and the recommended line says "40 GB available space". Plan for the larger one, since the developer has not said which is current. Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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