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Revision as of 13:03, 16 September 2021
Developers | |
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Monolith Productions | |
macOS (OS X) | Feral Interactive |
Linux | Feral Interactive |
Publishers | |
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | |
OS X, Linux | Feral Interactive |
Engines | |
Lithtech Jupiter EX | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 30, 2014 |
macOS (OS X) | July 30, 2015 |
Linux | July 30, 2015 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 84 |
OpenCritic | 85 |
IGDB | 84 |
Taxonomy | |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, RPG, Open world, Stealth |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Middle-earth: Shadow |
Middle-earth: Shadow | |
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Subseries of Middle-earth | |
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | 2014 |
Middle-earth: Shadow of War | 2017 |
Key points
- Servers shutdown on Dec. 31, 2020, making Nemesis Forge, Vendetta missions and Leaderboards no longer available.[1]
- Mouse sensitivity tied to frame rate, which may cause slow camera movement on certain configurations.
- Features an in-game benchmarking system.
General information
- PC Report
- Official wiki for Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Available on either 3-4 DVDs or 1 Blu-ray disc (in rare cases). | |||
Developer website | Game of the Year Edition | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
GamersGate | Game of the Year Edition | |||
Game of the Year Edition | ||||
Green Man Gaming | Game of the Year Edition | |||
Humble Store | Game of the Year Edition | |||
Mac App Store | Game of the Year Edition | |||
Steam | Game of the Year Edition |
- All Windows and Linux versions require Steam DRM.
- Some bonus content requires a WBPlay account.
Version differences
- Japanese language support is only available in the Japanese version of Shadow of Mordor which only contains Japanese and English languages.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Berserks Warband | ||
Blood Hunters Warband | ||
Captain of the Watch Character Skin | ||
Deadly Archer Rune | ||
Endless Challenge | ||
Flame of Anor Rune | ||
Flesh Burners Warband | ||
HD Content | Free. High-resolution texture pack. Available here. | |
Hidden Blade Rune | ||
Lord of the Hunters | ||
Orc Hunter | Available by registering for a WBPlay account. | |
Orc Slayer Rune | ||
Power of Shadow | Free. | |
Rising Storm Rune | ||
Season Pass | Sold on Steam as Upgrade to GOTY Edition. | |
Skull Crushers Warband | ||
Test of Power | Free. | |
Test of Speed | ||
Test of Wisdom | ||
The Bright Lord | ||
The Dark Ranger Character Skin |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files on Windows[citation needed] |
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intro.vib nvidia_splash.vib WBPlay.vib Notes
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Delete/rename video files on Linux/MacOS |
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feral.webm intro.webm nvidia_splash.webm WBPlay.webm Notes
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\WB Games\Shadow of Mordor\ |
macOS (OS X) | %USERPROFILE%/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/ShadowOfMordor/ |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/ShadowOfMordor/AppData/WB Games/Shadow of Mordor/ |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Steam | <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/241930/remote/gamedata.sav |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Resolution options are percentages of the monitor's native resolution (i.e. 70% of 1080p would be 1344 x 756), rather than a standard selection. This results in non-standard resolution options if selecting anything other than 100% of native resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | Use Flawless Widescreen. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Use Flawless Widescreen. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Disable the intro videos if the game exits during the intros.[3] | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). The Linux version with Vulkan Beta opted-in provides an FOV option. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA and resolution options with 150% and 200% scaling for SSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Game itself is capped at 100 FPS.[4] See High frame rate. Benchmark has no frame rate cap. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Field of view (FOV)
Use Flawless Widescreen[citation needed] |
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Cheat Engine[citation needed] |
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High frame rate
- The game is capped at 100 FPS without this fix.
Disable frame rate limit[5] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Keys such as Tab ↹ and other special characters cannot be remapped. | |
Mouse acceleration | Mouse sensitivity tied to the frame rate.[citation needed] | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | XInput controllers only. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | Only when aiming. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | (worked on Linux machine) | |
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PlayStation button prompts | (worked on Linux machine) | |
Light bar support | Use Aurora to add DS4 light bar support. | |
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sliders for music, effects and voices. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.1 output.[7] | |
Subtitles | Named as Captions under Video Options. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
- The Japan region version only includes Japanese and English languages.
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Italian | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Japanese | Japan region purchases only. | |||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish |
Issues fixed
No audio during cutscenes and cinematics
Redistributables[citation needed] |
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Download DirectX End User Runtime[citation needed] |
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Hard crashes and stutter
Set lighting quality to medium[citation needed] |
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In the advanced video options, change lighting quality to medium or lower. |
No branding sound
Set Listening Environment to another setting[citation needed] |
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In sound options, change Listening Environment to another setting, e.g TV. |
Floating Heads in Linux
Floating Heads in Linux[citation needed] |
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VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | Use HelixMod: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor | ||
vorpX | G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 | |
OpenGL | 4.1, 4.3 | 4.1 on OS X, 4.3 on Linux. Must be opted in to linux_last_gl for the latter |
Vulkan | 1.0 | Linux only. |
Shader Model support | 5 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | |
Audio | Wwise | |
Input | SDL2 | Only on OS X and Linux. |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Vista SP2 | 7 SP1, 8.1 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-750 2.67 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz |
Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 3 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 44 GB | 57 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ATI Radeon HD 5850 DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7950 |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.10.3 | 10.10.4 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 2.4 GHz | Intel 3.2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 80 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 650M AMD Radeon HD 7000 series Intel Iris Pro 1 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 780MX AMD FirePro D700 AMD Radeon R9 295X 4 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 14.04.2, SteamOS | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-750 2.67 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz |
Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 47 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 640 1 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 900 Series 4 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
- AMD and Intel GPUs are not officially supported.
References
- ↑ Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | Steam
- ↑ Verified by User:Merritt on 2021-09-03
- ↑ Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor | WSGF
- ↑ Monolith-Forgey comments on We are game developers for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Ask us anything.
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/241930/discussions/0/613937942889898323/
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/241930/discussions/0/613938693211811436/#c620700961062240148
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up