10 Amazing Video Games With Terrible Open Worlds

10. Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor

When you think about it, Middle-earth: Shadow Of Mordor was a major achievement.

Using the extended lore of the books as source material, it gave us a view of Middle-earth that expanded the world even further. It combined various elements borrowed from other games - most notably, Assassin's Creed - and the revolutionary Nemesis System to create something more than the sum of its parts. And it provided two entire maps to act as playgrounds for Orc-hunting.

Unfortunately, that's about all its maps provided.

For one, it turns out that Mordor isn't the most diverse region - at least not for the fairly limited scope of this game when compared to its sequel. We get the Mordor we know from the films - black, ashy dirt pockmarked by barely-standing ruins.

As a plus, we also get another, greener area of Mordor by the sea, but on the down side, it's basically more of the same, except replace the black with green and add some trees.

Ultimately, there wasn't much to look at in the world, and even less to do except ride your Caragor from one Orc target to the next.