We've reached the end of our month of coverage on Middle-earth: Shadow of War from Monolith Productions. To close things off, we've pulled dozens and dozens of questions from the community and in this podcast volley them toward VP of creative Michael de Plater. He answers questions about microtransactions in the game, how the story fits in with Tolkien's lore, and how the nemesis system has evolved for this sequel.

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