![]() ![]() Instead, the game revolves around all things stealth. Being barely capable of lifting a metal spoon, let alone wielding a weapon, combat is not the focus, save for occasional opportunities to sneak up from behind for a strangle-kill, which he's somehow able to muster the energy for. ![]() You control Gollum in third person (except when swimming, weirdly). Taking place not long before the events laid out in The Fellowship of the Ring, the crux of the story is instantly recognizable to anyone even peripherally familiar with the series: Gollum must find Bilbo and take back his "precious" at any cost, while avoiding the wrath of Sauron along the way. The game begins in Cirith Ungol, the Orc-infested outskirts of Mordor, some 60 years after Bilbo Baggins stole the One Ring from our slimy, frail protagonist, Sméagol-or Gollum, as he's come to be known. Now Playing: The Lord of the Rings: Gollum | Gameplay Showcase Trailer ![]() Separately, Alex also tweeted a comparison of one of the game's pre-release screenshots to something from the shipping version, and the difference is astounding.By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's In our own Gollum review, Alex Avard calls the game "compromised, inelegant, and a bit of an eyesore," awarding it two stars out of five, smack in the middle of the game's review curve. In fairness to Gollum, a pretty limited number of games released every year generate enough critic reviews to even be ranked on Metacritic, and I'm sure you could find even worse if you trawl the bottom of Steam releases. (No reviews of the Xbox versions are tracked on the site.) For comparison, the maligned Redfall sits at a 54 on PC, and the absolutely inexplicable Crime Boss: Rockay City has a 52. On Metacritic, the PC version of Gollum has an aggregate score of 43, while the PS5 version sits at 40. Not only is this the worst-reviewed game of 2023, the final release has drawn some hilariously unflattering comparisons to its pre-release screenshots. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has finally gotten into the hands of players, and the results aren't pretty - in more ways than one. ![]()
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