SummaryIn Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, gamers saw Celebrimbor’s memories of being dragged back to Mordor, forging the Rings of Power, stealing the One Ring itself, and organizing an army to battle his greatest Nemesis, the Dark Lord Sauron. Players now have the chance to play these epic events, wield this power for themselves and learn the fate of Ce... Read More
Rated Mfor Mature
Developer:Monolith Productions
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - The Bright Lord
Released On:
Feb 24, 2015
Metascore
Mixed or Average
68
User score
Mixed or Average
6.4
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
68
25% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
75% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Mar 13, 2015
85
The Bright Lord is good extra content. It does not feel very renewing, but because it is a bit more about spectacular swordfighting this DLC is not forgettable. Using The Ring feels exactly how it is supposed to: epic and powerful. We totally get why Gollum loves that thing so much.
Feb 24, 2015
80
A more robust offering than last time, and a more essential addition this time around, The Bright Lord is a solid way to top off Shadow of Mordor's Season Pass.
User score
Mixed or Average
6.4
32% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
49% Mixed
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
19% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
Feb 9, 2025
7
While it's definitely an improvement over the first DLC, it still doesn't do enough to truly enhance the base game in a meaningful way.
Jan 23, 2016
5
The Bright Lord DLC is an arduous affair. Again, Monolith have employed the same "kill or dominate 5 warchiefs" objective as the main component of the expansion, with the same tiresome and uninspired side missions we've seen dozens of times already. If this hasn't become stale by now, I'm sure it will be by the time you're done with this. Several of these missions are also timed for no realistic reason other than for extra tedium and artificial difficulty. At least the game is able to shine a different light on Celebrimbor's motives that's not really displayed in the main game, thus adding a tiny amount of character depth. Otherwise though, it's a pretty subpar DLC and one I would not recommend unless you're a diehard fan of Shadow of Mordor. Overall rating - 5.4/10
Mar 18, 2015
70
Either way, it's more Shadow of Mordor with some slight twists, and that's still as good a reason as any to go there and back again with one of 2014's most triumphant titles.
Feb 26, 2015
70
An acceptable DLC to say goodbye to Shadow of Mordor. It's fun and challenging as long as it lasts, but in some areas it's below the level of the original adventure.
Mar 2, 2015
68
While it's great to have a climactic final battle with Sauron, the rest of the game feels like a watered down version of the original. Add to that some weak storytelling and lack of character development and it ends up feeling like an ill conceived DLC prequel.
Feb 26, 2015
55
An ill conceived try to introduce some new gameplay elements that don't mesh well with the Nemesis System.
Feb 28, 2015
50
There's a complete lack of ideas in these Shadow of Mordor DLCs, and that's a true wasted opportunity.
Mar 23, 2015
3
For some reason the DLC is never based on the campaign. So I have a 100% main story completion for nothing. I have so many runes I can't use on the DLC! And now I am stuck with an Elf who is underpowered, half HP, and keeps branding ORCS (which I hated). Why do they focus on **** Mechanics like Beasts or Brand in the DLC instead of improving executions and stuff is beyond me. The missions are All based on Time Counter! Yes! You fight Time not Uruks. That massively **** specially when they removed Focus. Fcn idiots. Such a shame cause the main story was so Awesome. 2 Complete failure of DLC.
Platforms:
- Xbox One
- PlayStation 4
- PC
Initial Release Date:Feb 24, 2015
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