10 Video Games With Stealth Missions That Are Totally Out Of Place

10. Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor

Admittedly, the Monolith Productions version of Lord of the Rings is already quite stealthy in itself and makes us rather sneaky as a ranger Talion. As far as the game play is concerned, Monolith was clearly inspired by the stealth mechanics of Assassin's Creed and the open combat style of the Arkham games.

The former lets Talion sneak through the environment quietly, balance over ropes, hide in bushes and silently take down a number of Uruks without attracting attention. The latter extends his powers to plunge into open combat and fight with a free-flow system thus killing Orcs in seconds whilst raising his combo meter.

The only problem is that there are just too many damn Orcs everywhere, moving and spawning in unpredictable ways so that trying to be stealthy in the over world is almost impossible.

And while a few Captains have a weakness that will let you auto kill them with stealth, the vast majority don’t and at best you’ll get a bit of damage in before a full-on brawl breaks out immediately. Worst case scenario, if the Orcs turn out to be stealth immune or enraged, then you’re in the shithouse.