The Lord of the Rings: Gollum (PS4)

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Avard, Alex (25 May 2023). "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum review: 'Not so much an unexpected journey as it is one to avoid altogether' ". GamesRadar+ . Retrieved 25 May 2023. Koselke, Anna (25 May 2023). "The Lord of the Rings Gollum review – far from precious". PCGamesN . Retrieved 25 May 2023. Gameplay largely revolves around stealth and platforming. Gollum himself doesn't have much in the way of actionable abilities. True to his character, he’s small, spry, and somewhat fragile, making him a perfect choice for a stealth game protagonist. McWhertor, Michael (30 June 2023). "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum developer to close after disastrous launch". Polygon . Retrieved 3 August 2023. The journey sees you encounter many familiar and famed characters of Middle-Earth, including Gandalf. You also run into King Thranduil and a whole bunch of orcs. This being a stealth-focused game, though, you spend more time surreptitiously slipping around them, instead of fighting the Dark Lord Sauron's soldiers head-on.

Tarason, Dominic (25 May 2023). "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum review". PC Gamer . Retrieved 25 May 2023.Miller, Matt (26 May 2023). "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Review". Game Informer . Retrieved 26 May 2023.

In June 2023, as a result of the game's poor reception, Daedalic Entertainment announced they would close their development division and focus solely on its publishing business, while cancelling plans for a second Lord of the Rings game. In a statement to Polygon, Daedalic said that Gollum "did not live up to the expectations we had for the game", but that they would continue to release another patch for it, and planned to appoint employees being laid off to other positions in their network. [40] [41] [42] The game's technical aspects and stability were criticized. Digital Trends could not initially score the game due to persistent crashes until a day-one patch was released, the first time in the publication's history. [26] Others faulted the user interface and perceived downgrading of Gollum's character model since the game's announcement. [38] Lord of the Rings: Gollum dev says it 'deeply regrets' delivering 'underwhelming' game". VGC. 26 May 2023 . Retrieved 8 October 2023.There is some potential replayability if you for some reason wanted to revisit Gollum’s lousy adventure instead of playing any of the many spectacular games that have come out recently. Hidden collectibles don’t offer any sort of rewards, you just spread them out on an old piece of cloth to look at while Gollum offers a line of dialogue for each. Even as someone with a natural compulsion to find everything in most games I couldn’t muster any enthusiasm to find the next bat wing or chunk of jar. It just felt pointless to add to his sad hoard of not-so-precious treasures. What’s it for, Precious? IGN (24 August 2020). "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - Official Teaser Trailer". YouTube. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023 . Retrieved 11 May 2023. Days before the game was set to release, on 23 May, full footage of the game was leaked onto YouTube before being taken down several hours later. [19] Additional content [ edit ] Gollum awakens in a slave pit beneath Barad-dûr. He begins life as a slave, where a frail man teaches him to do the work expected of him. Gollum is eventually tasked with helping the frail man steal tower plans and ultimately assists him with blowing up a bridge in a bid for freedom, but is caught by the orcs. Attempting to save himself from execution, Gollum blames either the frail man or an orc that steals his food, and is subsequently freed.