Games to get instead of Shadow Of Mordor

If you haven't (not that it really goes with the medieval theme) you should try out Star Wars: Knights of the old Republic I. Now that I think about it, the game isn't exactly openworld.. moreso it just lets to go places and to different planets once your far enough into the game.

EDIT: I'm an idiot for not suggesting Oblivion.

Dragon Age: Inquisition.

You could try out the Risen Games, I strangely enjoyed the first quite a bit, however I've yet to try its sequels.
And I hear they're inspired by the Gothic series, which I got around Christmas, but I've still not played any of them.

Amalur maybe? You can easily find a cheap copy on steamtrades
I really enjoyed playing it

I do not think it failed to live up to the hype. May I know what makes you think this game failed.

Two Worlds 2, Mount & Blade: Warband, Fallout 3&New Vegas, Divinity II: Developer's Cut

How can you NOT like SoM ? I'm practically in love with that game,I'm working my ass off to get enough money to buy it right now.

Also try Witcher 2,M&B Warband,Fallout 3-New Vegas.

The Witcher 2. For me - one of best games EVAH!

Divinity Original Sin is pretty damn good.

Lol all the review sites are giving the game an 8/10 or more. I'm personally looking forward to it.

How many anti-Mordor threads are you going to start?

Show us on the doll where Gandalf touched you.

I fully expected SoM to be awful and terrible, but the reviews are surprisingly glowing.

Got it for 15€ on Steamtrades, a good deal imo.

If you liked Skyrim I recommend Morrowind for sure. In your own library...I'm guessing you haven't played more DA:O because it's not open-world, otherwise I'd recommend that game in a heartbeat. Still one of my favorite rpgs, and I come from the generation that played the Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale series on release.

Mount and Blade:Warband is probably the most rewarding open-world game I've ever played, but a lot of that has to do with the dozens of amazing mods. MP is a lot of fun too.

Fallout:New Vegas if you're looking for another good open-world experience. I've played it a lot offline (I wonder once more why steam cannot manage to figure out offline tracking) and plan to pick it back up again soon

You don't own Fallout New Vegas, basically you don't own imo one of the best open worlds ever created.

What's with the spam though?

Life is Feudal: your own

AMALUR AMALUR AMALUR NOW!! Very underrated game, but I loved it. Also, something similar to Mordor would be Lords of the Fallen

Fallout: New Vegas for sure, even on it's own it's great but much like Oblivion and Skyrim there's so many mods available that you'll never run out of new stuff to add.

There's also Starpoint Gemini 2. Basically an open world RPG in space, freeroam mode is the same vein as Freelancer and such, plus mod support.

Life is Feudal. lol

I'm just waiting for the scores, if it's a good game, I'll get it for store credit on GMG. The game doesn't have a % off for pre-purchase so just wait for the reviews instead of spending the money you have elsewhere. I mean if you spend what you have now, and in 3 days a 90/100 metascore game comes out, you'll bang your head against the wall. :)

Try Borderlands, Fallout 3 or New Vegas, Grand Theft Auto or Lord of the Rings: War in the North.

If you like some LEGOS you can try Marvel or LOTR ones, those are open world and very fun ^.^
Hope you find the game. Cheers!

You can get it for $20+ from traders. Try Steamtrades.

Gothic series