1. Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition (Xbox One)
This is the first Lord of the Rings game that I have played and it is certainly a good one. I picked it up for $20 during all the holiday sales and it was worth every penny. For those that are unfamiliar, it is hack and slash game with many RPG and stealth elements. When you start out, your character is fairly weak and can't take on numerous enemies at once - forcing your mainly rely on stealth maneuvers.
As you level up and earn more abilities, your offensive capabilities become quite complex. There are several 2-button combinations that fire off different abilities, many of which only become active after reach a hit-streak. Eventually you are even able to force orcs to serve you in battle through the Brand ability. Once you aquire the Brand ability (and quite possibly before), you are able to take on a constant influx of enemies.
There are some critters that you can ride: Caragors, Caragaths, Graugs, and Wretched Graugs. Caragaths and Wretched Graugs are only in the Lord of the Hunt DLC (the GotY version includes all the DLC). The havoc that you can wreak with them (whether you ride them or not) makes for a lot of fun. Some of the orc captains fear them and you can occasionally split up a pack of captains just by attracting a Caragor or Graug.
If found the story very intriguing as it fleshes out a bit of Tolkien lore that I knew little about. The two DLC campaigns add some to the story. The Bright Master campaign much more so than the Lord of the Hunt. The ending of the main campaign allows plenty of room sequel which I am certainly looking forward to.