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What You Need To Know About the Middle-earth Series' Nemesis System (& Why It May Never Return)

It's not very often that a new gaming mechanic system is introduced into the industry that acts as a revolutionary source of inspiration. However, there was one system that came into effect which ...
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The Next Batman: Arkham Game Could Use One Incredible Mechanic That Almost No Games Can

Story by Jorge A. Aguilar "Aggy" Rocksteady's possible return to making a Batman: Arkhamgame has people talking, but one ...
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Wonder Woman’s Cancelation Means One Mechanic May Never Return

LB Beistad is a writer and musician based in Nashville, TN. Her love of gaming began with her cousin introducing her to Banjo Kazooie and Jak and Daxter. It was love at first play. Since then, she has ...
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Monolith Was Reportedly Struggling To Integrate Its Nemesis System In Wonder Woman

Jason Schreier has revealed during an appearance on the Kinda Funny Games podcast that Monolith Production was struggling to implement the Nemesis System in the now-cancelled Wonder Woman game. The ...
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What if… The Last of Us Had Monolith and WB’s Nemesis System?

Jared is a writer, editor, and Communications Studies graduate who loves popular nerd culture (almost anything to do with Marvel, DC, Star Wars, or The Lord of the Rings) and the interactive ...
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How GameStop And Used Games Inspired Shadow Of Mordor's Nemesis System

Earlier this year, Warner Bros. closed down Monolith, the developer behind 2014's Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and its 2017 sequel, Middle-earth: Shadow of War. Those LOTR games were beloved by fans ...
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Shadow of Mordor's beloved nemesis system exists because the publisher threw a tantrum about second-hand sales

The Elder Scrolls Bethesda's former Elder Scrolls loremaster on why he left, Starfield's 'communication breakdowns', and how he wanted The Elder Scrolls 6 'to be The Empire Strikes Back' Action ...
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WB's push to curb second-hand sales led to groundbreaking Nemesis game mechanic

In brief: The Middle-Earth games from the recently closed studio Monolith are largely known for the unique Nemesis system, which procedurally generated new enemy behavior based on the player's actions ...
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WB Games' Nemesis System was designed to 'keep disks in libraries' and curb second-hand resales

TL;DR: After Monolith was folded into WB Games, new context from a former executive reveals how the Nemesis System was created to counter resale drop-offs in singleplayer titles. Since Monolith ...
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Not content with killing the Lord of the Rings and Wonder Woman studio, Warner Bros. may lock its brilliant Nemesis system away in patent jail for another 11 years

Third Person Shooters Arc Raiders devs had ambitions for "boss fights in that same arena of Dark Souls, Monster Hunter" but quickly realized the Arc are too unpredictable Horizon As Sony's lawsuit ...
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World of Warcraft: Midnight's riff on Monolith's The Lord of the Rings Nemesis System was spurred on by a War Within feature Blizzard doubted: "We weren't sure how people would ...

Third Person Shooters Take a bow, Arc Raiders players: your degeneracy surprised even Embark, which didn't expect all the wallhacking – "We have to continuously find ways to waterproof the experience" ...