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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

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What a letdown. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has some interesting ideas, but it’s a messy experience with dull stealth, bad controls, terrible AI, outdated visuals, performance issues, and an utterly pointless story. This is one of the worst mainstream games of 2023.
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What a letdown. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has some interesting ideas, but it's a messy experience with dull stealth, bad controls, terrible AI, outdated visuals, performance issues, and an utterly pointless story. This is one of the worst mainstream games of 2023.

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Average Score - 42/100
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1/10
GameCentral (Metro GameCentral)

Broken beyond belief but also a fundamentally bad idea for a video game, with inanely shallow and repetitive gameplay – Gollum is not only the worst mainstream game of the year but of the last two generations.

May 26, 2023 |

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a commendable game for Daedalic’s effort to tell a totally original story in Middle-earth mixing stealth mechanics and platforming, but it makes water on almost all sides: imprecise controls, terrible AI, insipid narrative, outdated level design and graphics from another generation.

May 25, 2023 |
55/100
Javier Escribano (Hobby Consolas)
1/5 stars
Nic Reuben (Guardian)

A derivative, uninteresting and fundamentally broken stealth action adventure that fails to capture anything interesting about Tolkien’s fiction.

May 25, 2023 |

GameCentral (Metro GameCentral)

1/10 - (Read Review)

Broken beyond belief but also a fundamentally bad idea for a video game, with inanely shallow and repetitive gameplay – Gollum is not only the worst mainstream game of the year but of the last two generations.

Javier Escribano (Hobby Consolas)

55/100 - (Read Review)

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a commendable game for Daedalic’s effort to tell a totally original story in Middle-earth mixing stealth mechanics and platforming, but it makes water on almost all sides: imprecise controls, terrible AI, insipid narrative, outdated level design and graphics from another generation.

Nic Reuben (Guardian)

1/5 stars - (Read Review)

A derivative, uninteresting and fundamentally broken stealth action adventure that fails to capture anything interesting about Tolkien’s fiction.

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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a story-driven action adventure. Take on a perilous journey as Gollum, chasing the only thing that is precious to him. Gollum is skillful and cunning, but also torn by his split personality. One mind, two egos – you decide!

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