History YMMV / MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Uruks are the poster child for this trope.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: This game not only has rain as a dynamic weather effect, but also ''hail''. It even bounces on impact.

* AnticlimaxBoss: Whether through the intervention of an outside force or simply from lacking the traits to make them ThatOneBoss, some Uruks are significantly easier to defeat than others. Some can even be a OneHitKill or immediately grabbed for branding and otherwise.
** [[spoiler: '''''Sauron himself''''' is taken out in only a few QuickTimeEvents.]]

* [[AntagonistInMourning Protagonist in Mourning]]: Several players have reported feeling a sense of loss when they finally decapitated an especially tough Nemesis.

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: Received wide spread critical acclaim upon release by both Gamers and Critics. It's considered by most, to be one of, if not the best, video game adaption's of J.R.R Tolkien's work. It's being expressly compared to what the Arkham series did to Batman. (It [[TropesAreNotBad doesn't hurt]] that the combat system is an [[FollowTheLeader almost exact cut-and-paste]] of Arkham's, albeit with [[YourHeadAsplode exploding heads]] and ResurrectiveImmortality mechanics.)

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: Received wide spread critical acclaim upon release by both Gamers and Critics. It's considered by most, to be one of, if not the best, video game adaption's of J.R.R Tolkien's work. It's being expressly compared to what the Arkham series did to Batman. (It [[TropesAreNotBad doesn't hurt]] that the combat system is an [[FollowTheLeader almost exact cut-and-paste]] of Arkham's, albeit with [[YourHeadAsplode exploding heads]] and no ThouShaltNotKill mechanics whatsoever.)

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: Received wide spread critical acclaim upon release by both Gamers and Critics. It's considered by most, to be one of, if not the best, video game adaption's of J.R.R Tolkien's work. It's being expressly compared to what the Arkham series did to Batman. (It [[TropesAreNotBad doesn't hurt]] that the combat system is an [[FollowTheLeader almost exact cut-and-paste]] of Arkham's, albeit with [[YourHeadAsplode exploding heads]].)

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The nemesis system can engineer these when you've had trouble with a captain and finally take him down.
** Not to mention the system easily being able to make one for the ''Orc captain himself''.

* {{Narm}}: Sometimes the chorus music gets a bit over the top with the endless repetition of the One Ring's words. It gets silly eventually, as clear-voiced tenors chant: "burzum-ishi krimpatul", over and over again.
** Certain Nemesis Uruk names can invoke this as well, with certain FailOSuckyname selections.
--> '''War Chant''': ''DUSH! DUSH! DUSH!''

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: Received wide spread critical acclaim upon release by both Gamers and Critics. It's considered by most, to be one of, if not the best, video game adaption's of J.R.R Tolkien's work. It's being expressly compared to what the Arkham series did to Batman.

* AnticlimaxBoss: Whether through the intervention of an outside force or simply from lacking the traits to make them ThatOneBoss, some Uruks are significantly easier to defeat than others.

* ThatOneBoss: In a unique example (for now), this game's Nemesis System will probably (depending on your luck and skill) result in the creation of ''several'' of these each time it's played, and they will be different for each player as well. Some of the special challenge bosses count as this, since there seems to be no way to learn their individual strengths or weaknesses, and they also get more powerful each time they kill you.

* EvilIsCool: Many fans appreciated the mixture of Tolkien's and Peter Jackson' Sauron, resulting in a BadAss, yet equally smart and cunning antagonist.

* ThatOneBoss: In a unique example (for now), this game's Nemesis System will probably (depending on your luck and skill) result in the creation of ''several'' of these each time it's played, and they will be different for each player as well. Some of the special challenge bosses count as this, since there seems to be no way to learn their special strengths or weaknesses, and they also get more powerful each time they kill you.

* ThatOneBoss: In a unique example (for now), this game's Nemesis System will probably (depending on your luck and skill) result in the creation of ''several'' of these each time it's played, and they will be different for each player as well.

* ScrappyMechanic: There are certain Orcs who can be interrogated to discover the Captains' and Chiefs' strengths and weaknesses. When one is found in a crowd of orcs, it can be ''seriously'' annoying trying to keep him alive until the end of the combat so you can interrogate him. Worst of all, it is possible for a wild caragor to be attracted by the battle, show up, and eat him at the last moment before you can perform your questioning.

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: Received wide spread critical acclaim upon release by both Gamers and Critics. It's considered by most, to be one of, if not the best, video game adaption's of J.R.R Tolkien's work. It's being expressly compared to what the Arkham series did to Batman.

** Not to mention the system easily being able to make one for the ''Orc captain himself''.

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: Received wide spread critical acclaim upon release by both Gamers and Critics. It's considered by most, to be one of, if not the best, video game adaption of J.R.R Tolkien's work. It's being expressly compared to what the Arkham series did to Batman.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The nemesis system can engineer these when you've had trouble with a captain and finally take him down.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Dynamic instances with some uruks can feel this way. For example, having an uruk captain react to a fear when you're ''just'' close enough have it register on camera, but far enough away that he promptly "escapes" from you and disappears.