Worse still, those meagre stealth mechanics aren't even well implemented: guards won't necessarily go where you fling a pebble, or they'll detect Gollum even when out of view. Gollum himself moves like the worst Spider-sona you can possibly imagine Across The Spider-Verse introducing, an overly springy bundle of withered Hobbit flesh who can simultaneously leap over vast chasms and clamber up (very specifically marked) walls, but can't out-run an orc guard. It's a ‘stealth’ game with despairingly few stealth sections, and where the mechanics to enable it – hide in shadows, throw rocks to distract guards, occasionally choke an orc from behind – are insultingly basic. This is a spectacularly awful release, and not one that even the most dedicated of Tolkien fans should be tempted by.īeyond that faintest of hopeful glimmers, everything about Gollum fails. Could the studio, best known for point-and-click adventures, really deliver something of note with Gollum?
Yet with early previews teasing a character-appropriate emphasis on stealth and a potentially interesting approach to the dual nature of the central figure, where key choices lean towards either Gollum or Sméagol's personalities, developer Daedalic Entertainment somehow managed to pique the curiosity of Lord Of The Rings fans. Gollum was always an unlikely candidate for a video game starring role – no-one was exactly crying out for an adventure centred on Tolkien's fish-fancier, no matter how compelling Andy Serkis' performance in the Peter Jackson cinematic outings. To be fair, The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum may also leave you awestruck, but only at how such a broken piece of software ever saw release. That game is The Legend of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom. Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PCĮvery so often, a game comes along that makes you put the controller down, dumbstruck in awe at its sheer majesty.
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