Flashback Friday: Those Middle Earth Games With the, "Nemesis," System Were Fun

I wrote about the video-game, "Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor," back in--lemme check my notes here--ah, yes, early 2015. Yes, over a decade ago we were introduced to a good game with an amazing concept. I am referring to the Nemesis System. You could run around a chunk of Middle Earth, fighting baddies who would remember you. You'd beat them up and they'd perhaps run away, only to return with some scars and a thirst for vengeance. Maybe you'd lose a fight, but instead of getting struck down they'd laugh and walk away, declaring you weren't worth slicing up. With that first game, there was a whole eheleon of Orc/Uruks/etc. fighting for power, and you could impact it all. A sequel game, "Middle Earth: Shadow of War," was released in 2017, with folks still loving the Nemesis system even if some other elements of the second game were weaker. The joke was that all the other games were going to start ripping off the Nemesis system, but nope.How come nobody else did the Nemesis system? The…