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The Nemesis system, first introduced in Middle-earth Shadow of Mordor, is one of the most innovative gameplay systems in a modern open-world video game to date. Despite the mechanic featuring some really cool elements, it was never replicated by another developer, not at the same level as Monolith Productions and its Middle-earth games, that is.

While a few titles, such as Assassin's Creed Odyssey, tried to replicate the Nemesis system, they failed to deliver a similarly immersive or engaging experience like the Shadow of Mordor games. The last we got to see the mechanic in action, was in Shadow of War. Since then, both Shadow of War and Monolith have been on a long hiatus.

However, with Monolith recently announcing their next big AAA project, i.e., the Wonder Woman game that they've been working on for years now, it makes me wonder, how their upcoming new title will make use of the Nemesis system.

Note: This article is purely subjective and reflects the author's opinions.

For the uninitiated, the Nemesis system was a unique mechanic the Monolith Productions first developed to be used in their now scrapped open-world Batman game. The company later repurposed it for Middle-earth Shadow of Mordor and its sequel.

The Nemesis system was essentially what made the Shadow of Mordor games great. It essentially made it so that the enemies killed or injured during battle retained the memories of the encounter and returned later to exact revenge.

In Shadow of Mordor, whenever Talion, the protagonist, kills an Orc, either by cutting off its limbs or humiliating it, there is a chance that it might return. Not only do these enemies come back with much powerful weapons and armor, but if they manage to kill Talion, they also get their