The Lord of the Rings: Gollum- Review Thread

Game InformationGame Title: The Lord of the Rings: GollumPlatforms:PC (May 25, 2023)Xbox Series X/S (May 25, 2023)PlayStation 5 (May 25, 2023)PlayStation 4 (May 25, 2023)Xbox One (May 25, 2023)Nintendo Switch (May 25, 2023)Trailers:The Lord of the Rings: Gollum | A Split Personality - Cinematic TrailerThe Lord of the Rings: Gollum | A Unique PromiseThe Lord of the Rings: Gollum - Sneak Peek TrailerDeveloper: Daedalic EntertainmentPublisher: NaconReview Aggregator:OpenCritic - 39 average - 5% recommended - 20 reviewsCritic ReviewsBut Why Tho? - Kyle Foley - 5 / 10The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a love letter to a flawed character that shares some flaws of its own. The care and love of Tolkien lore are quite obvious, but it doesn’t always mesh well with the disappointing mechanics and less-than-stellar gameplay.GGRecon - Dani Cross - 2 / 5 It was always going to be tough to pull off a Gollum game, but there’s simply nothing precious about this amateur stealth adventure.A general lack of refinement lurks in every shadowy corner of LotR: Gollum, a game disappointingly barren of interesting ideas or substantial gameplay. Even the most loyal Lord of the Rings fans will struggle through it. If you value your time, do yourself a favour and avoid it like the Eye of Sauron.GameSpot - Sam Pape - 2 / 10Daedalic's long-delayed Tolkienian adventure is just as unlikeable and tragic as its namesake protagonist.Gamer Escape - Justin Mercer - 4 / 10Lord of the Rings: Gollum struggles under its own weight from the word go. Any benefit from a grimmer, more unvarnished look at the characters of Middle-earth from an atypical perspective is immediately undercut by a bevy of technical issues, clunky controls, unexciting game design, and stilted presentation at constant odds with the player.God is a Geek - Chris White - 5 / 10The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is littered with technical and gameplay issues that dampen the fact that there's a great story at its heart.IGN Spain - David Oña - Spanish - 4 / 10The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a stealth, action and platform adventure that has some interesting ideas, but lacks cooking. A video game of classic structure whose gaps are evident both in the narrative, as in the playable, technical and aesthetic.Inverse - Joseph Yaden - 3 / 10The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a messy and frustrating action platformer set in Middle-earth. ... Most of the gameplay involves platforming and stealth, though neither works very well. Gollum is full of technical problems that make an otherwise unpleasant experience even worse, and the game’s boring story makes it hard to recommend, even to the most hardcore Lord of the Rings fans.Nexus Hub - Ryan Pretorius - 6.5 / 10When I say I did not have a great time roaming around Middle-earth, it’s coming from a place of genuine disappointment and frustration – rather than as a result of any preconceived notions.PCGamesN - Anna Koselke - 3 / 10The Lord of the Rings: Gollum fails to live up to both the Tolkien name and its own potential. From exhausting, repetitive gameplay to a poorly constructed narrative, this is a piece of Middle-earth you should never explore.PowerUp! - Jam Walker - 2 / 10The Lord of The Rings - Gollum is every bit as twisted, nasty, broken and miserable as its protagonist. It is without doubt the most objectively poor and outright broken game that I have ever pushed through to completion. A patch has been promised for launch that may well alleviate some of the technical woes that plague the game, but no amount of fixes can pave over its utterly mediocre overall design. Spend your money on a second breakfast instead.Press Start - Steven Impson - 3 / 10I struggle to think of a positive experience over the thirteen-odd hours I spent playing this game. Gollum is uninspired and dated and The Lord of the Rings fans deserve better than this.Push Square - Aaron Bayne - 2 / 10The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a broken mess of a game. There are barely any redeeming qualities to be found amidst what can only be described as a massive missed opportunity. There is some serious potential in a single-player linear Lord of the Rings experience like this, but with outrageously dated level design, clunky controls, a severe lack of polish, muddy and unimpressive graphics, and a dull story, Gollum completely misses the mark. As massive fans of the books, films, and games, it's sad to see that there is nothing precious about this experience.Rock, Paper, Shotgun - UnscoredIt's unfortunate, but The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum fails to expand the world of Middle-earth in any meaningful way. There are glimmers of something good(ish) in there, but it's suffocated by a disjointed story, awkward controls and dull stealth.Shacknews - Donovan Erskine - 6 / 10Quote not yet availableSpaziogames - Italian - 5 / 10The Lord of the Rings: Gollum was a bad idea on paper and is an even worse as a game now that we can play it, with a dull and boring plot and a gameplay formula that feels too old to be real in 2023.TechRaptor - Brittany Alva - 6.5 / 10The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a great game for hardcore Middle-earth fans, but an experience that didn't do Gollum's character justice.Try Hard Guides - Christian Harrison - 5.5 / 10While LotR: Gollum seems to get all the important names and locations right, the feel and look of the Middle-Earth that many have come to expect isn’t there. The few short entertaining moments aren’t going to be enough to keep anyone’s interest beyond the first hour, with much of the game’s activities after that feeling like an ever-increasing chore.Twinfinite - Cameron Waldrop - 1.5 / 5Quote not yet availableWe Got This Covered - Dwayne Jenkins - 2 / 5 The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has the ghost of good ideas sprinkled throughout, but they're woefully hindered by dated graphics; stiff, wonky controls; endless bugs, glitches, and crashes; and in-game gimmicks that fail to live up to their lofty ambitions. King Theoden sums it up best: “You have no power here.”WellPlayed - Zach Jackson - 3 / 10With dated design, LotR: Gollum is a slow and tedious slog through Middle Earth that even the staunchest LotR fans will struggle to enjoy. via /r/Games https://ift.tt/xpLAoFy