Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

• Forge at the towers for fast travel.

• Normal orcs can still be interrogated - they will only reveal unidentified commanders, though.

• Each area tells you which plants grow for your gathering side quest.

• Get used to the parry system (it's Batman), and the dodge system. Harder enemies cannot be parried so you'll get the dodge prompt for those.

• Grab the talent that lets you explode campsites, it'll rack up easy kill and you can lure enemies/commanders to them. You cannot damage yourself in them.

• You can toggle Detective Mode while aiming with your bow.

• There's a Kill 100 Orcs in a coliseum side quest, you may want to hold off on this until you get some runes that siphon/restore life when conditions are met.

• When commanders are fleeing or when they are weakened (their outline will turn green) you can grab them.

• If you see places with 3 Elf-Arrows next to each other, this typically means to use your bow.

• Some world locations require you to squeeze between objects in order to get to objectives.

• Don't be afraid to die. This will create a Nemesis for you.

• The skill that lets you shoot an orc in the leg to immobilise them doesnt sound that useful in combat, but its super useful to pin down a fleeing enemy warchief so you can catch and kill/brand them. Sometimes trying to run them down on foot can be annoying.