The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

Playstation UniverseTimothy Nunes

4.5/10

Much like the namesake character himself, The Lord of The Rings: Gollum couldn't be saved from what it became. Frustrating platforming coupled with boring gameplay and cheap ways to die make any experience hard to play. Unfortunately, the intriguing setting and lore exploration can't come close to overshadowing the game's fundamental issues.

Gamers HeroesJohnny Hurricane

40/100

It is good to know that we already know the worst game of the year in May. Do yourself a favor and forget about The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - it is anything but precious.

WayTooManyGamesThomas Medina

3.5/10

I didn’t hate The Lord of the Rings: Gollum. There’s actually a few things the game does well. I believe that the premise is decent, and with the right execution, it could have been great. However, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is not that game, and fails at being a game on every level. It doesn’t just squander what it did well, but completely and utterly ruins it. I’m a huge Lord of the Rings fan, so a game like this should be within my wheelhouse. However, its total failure as a ga...

COGConnectedMark Steighner

35/100

When it comes to the Lord of the Rings, there are a few levels of fandom. Some people, of course, think the whole fantasy genre is a bunch of silly nonsense. We’ll ignore them. Then there are those who have read the books, maybe more than once. And seen the movies, too, it goes without saying. Finally, there are the super fans, who regard J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterpiece as fantasy’s Bible, Koran, and Upanishads all rolled into one, able to recite long passages by memory. if the developers of Lord of the Rings: Gollum don’t fit into the latter category, the experts they hired to advise the creator...

Press StartSteven Impson

3/10

I 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.

GameGrinBennett Perry

3/10

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a poorly designed, bug-ridden, untested game that’s only redeeming quality doesn’t matter in the whole picture.

SiliconeraStephanie Liu

3/10

Play as Gollum on his quest to retrieve his Precious. You will need to climb the mountains of Mordor, sneak around Mirkwood and make difficult choices. Who will gain the upper hand: the cunning Gollum or the innocent Smeagol? PC version reviewed.

MMORPGJoseph Bradford

3/10

The first time I really sat up and took an interest in a conversation happening in The Lord of the Rings: Gollum was when the Candle Man mentioned Eärnur and his struggle against The Witch-king of Angmar. Hearing the fate of Gondor's last King before Aragorn would ascend to the throne nearly a thousand years later was such a welcome treat. It also put into stark contrast how I have started to feel about The Lord of the Rings Gollum the game, and Gollum as a love letter to Tolkien.

GameTyrant Noah Cochrane

2/10

Lord of the Rings: Gollum is not a fun game and makes my eyes hurt a bit…

Digital TrendsGiovanni Colantonio

“The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is such a mess of barely formed ideas that it feels like a game still in its pre-alpha stage.”

VGChartzLee Mehr

1.5/10

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Analog Stick GamingJeff Young

Unscored

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a stealth platformer that follows the story of Gollum escaping his imprisonment within the walls of Barad-Dur. While the idea of playing as Gollum is an interesting one, this whole adventure is bland, often boring, and plagued with a host of technical issues.