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As the shadow of darkness spreads across Middle-earth, once again Talion and Celebrimbor - two parts of a whole, must come together and try to stop the Dark Lord Sauron and his Ringwraith hordes from spreading. If they cannot get a hold of the Ring of Power, perhaps they can forge their own to take control of his legions - but will the power be too strong to control? And can they mitigate its influence? A deeper Nemesis systems awaits - with more enemy types, more cunning strategy and knowing that even the lowliest soldier can one day rise to become your most powerful adversary.

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Middle-Earth’s Last Gasp

2017’s “Middle-Earth: Shadow of War” (“SoW”) is the not-entirely-unexpected sequel to 2014’s “Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor,” which marked the first Licensed game release based on the works of British linguist and mythologies, J.R.R. Tolkien, that didn’t completely suck. Warner Bros., the huge TV and movie studio, owns all visual media rights to adaptations of Tolkien’s original IP, and in an unsurprising move, decided to make a sequel to their one successful ‘Middle-Earth’ game, then cram it completely full of microtransactions, loot boxes, and poorly-balanced gameplay systems designed specifically to frustrate players and push them in the direction of making microtransactional purchases in order to make the experience more tolerable.

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