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"To be brutally honest, we saw that [in testing]," he said. "The people who were the very end of the bell curve in terms of their coordination and skill--the people who found the game most easy, were also the ones who also found the Nemesis System least engaging."

"Actually, a hard mode is probably what we needed even some ways than an easy mode" -- Michael de Plater

De Plater went on to say that Monolith's aim for Shadow of Mordor was to create enemies and scenarios that appeared challenging, but at the same time were easy to take down if you took the right approach and discovered your foe's weaknesses. As such, Shadow of Mordor doesn't need an easy mode, but maybe an even tougher difficulty option, de Plater said.

"Actually, a hard mode is probably what we needed even some ways than an easy mode," he said.

Also in our interview, we asked de Plater how Monolith was able to ship Shadow of Mordor with no major technical hiccups. After all, technical struggles have been something of a common occurrence this year with other-big name games, including

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GamingLives takes a look at Arc System Works / Atlus' latest offering from the Persona universe. "Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is an infuriating game. Its not going to be for everyone, but when it clicks it is maddeningly, frustratingly brilliant. It makes you want to throw your controller across the room and then pick it up and try again. It makes you want to hit that insane combo that you saw once when a dude used it on you online, and when you finally do nail it the excitement is so out of control that you lose the round in pure joy."

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GamingLives takes a look at Arc System Works / Atlus' latest offering from the Persona universe. "Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is an infuriating game. Its not going to be for everyone, but when it clicks it is maddeningly, frustratingly brilliant. It makes you want to throw your controller across the room and then pick it up and try again. It makes you want to hit that insane combo that you saw once when a dude used it on you online, and when you finally do nail it the excitement is so out of control that you lose the round in pure joy."