

In many cases, for example, the player is forced to run away from combat encounters where they’re being overwhelmed. The Nemesis System takes the core mechanics of Shadow of Mordor and – to a greater extent – Shadow of War, and ingeniously uses them as the basis for returning NPCs and their dialogue throughout the rest of the player’s adventure. RELATED: How Playing an Argonian in The Elder Scrolls 6 Will Likely Differ From Skyrim Mechanics which create their own stories like Middle-Earth: Shadow of War’s Nemesis System could be exactly what the studio’s upcoming projects need to forge a path into the future.

Both Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6 need to figure out ways to take their open worlds to the next level while still focusing on the freedom that defined earlier Bethesda titles. Although the system was patented by Warner Bros, it hasn’t stopped the games' innovation from pushing other developers to find creative new ways to tell dynamic stories in their worlds.īethesda in particular could learn a lot from the Nemesis System as it embarks on two major projects which will determine its success in the 2020s. The Nemesis System was developed across Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor and Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, creating dynamic stories with otherwise procedurally generated orcs by factoring in their relationships to one another, their ever-changing loyalties, their fears, and their desire for revenge.
