How the Nemesis System Creates Stories

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• GM

  @GMTK · 1 year ago · pinned

  Monolith Productions, the developer behind the Shadow of Mordor games, was sadly closed down by parent company Warner Bros. Find out more, and why this studio mattered so much, in this video - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qywq_1GVIGI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qywq_1GVIGI</a>

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• BU

  @buggytheprophet1017 · 3 years ago

  The nemesis system being patented and not used is one of the greatest sins in gaming history

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• GU

  @Gutzielord · 5 years ago

  Imagine if a mafia or gang-related games use this kind of system for the hierarchy. So you climb up from the bottom, intimidate other members or enemy and eventually became the boss.

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• CH

  @chief664 · 5 years ago (edited)

  Broke an Immortal orc once and he got stuck in a loop. I shamed him so much he wanted to die but couldn’t. Then he developed a “fear of the Gravewalker”, so he would show up randomly, beg me to kill him then realize he is supposed to be scared of me and run away.

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• DI

  @DistinguishedDucc · 3 years ago

  Let&apos;s add to the fact that Overlords can get anxious to a spy in his ranks to the point he will kill a captain or warchief thinking he&apos;s a spy. The dialogue of one of your orc will be along the lines of &quot;We didn&apos;t put any spy there. He just killed one of his defenders.&quot;

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• PR

  @PR0MAN01 · 5 years ago

  SOW had one of my favorite gameplay moments to this date. I raided a fortress and the Orc Warchief taunted me with my &quot;spy&quot; held hostage and executed him in front of our army. Only I never put a spy in his fortress. He killed his own captain and made the takeover easier for ME. It was fantastic. The nemesis system rules

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• BL

  @blanketboi7472 · 5 years ago (edited)

  &quot;Small chance to cheat death&quot; Yeah well tell that Hoshu the Survivor, who has come back so many times I&apos;m convinced he&apos;s immortal

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• BI

  @BikoFactory · 5 years ago

  I guess the real treasure was the orcs we killed along the way.

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• AG

  @Agenteversnow · 3 years ago

  “Death cannot take you today! Just as it cannot take me…” I legitimately smiled from that

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• AI

  @aidanedwards8931 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Ar-Karo’s story sounds compelling, a rise in power, from a simple trooper, to a powerful captain, to an undying monster, to a faithful companion, to an immortal overlord

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• SM

  @smilemore7431 · 5 years ago

  Early on in the game I let a slave orc kill me just to see what would happen. He became a captain. I thought this was cool. The story took me away from this area for a really long time. When I came back he was overlord. I felt weirdly proud of him. It was the one fort I never took.

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• VI

  @vincenturquhart1370 · 5 years ago

  player interaction score: aka they turned plot armour into a gameplay stat

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