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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Critic Reviews

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has been reviewed by 102 critics and currently has a 'Weak' rating. Read and browse them all to learn what the top critics in the video game industry are saying.

opencritic.com

36 OC

Scored Reviews​

TechRaptor

6.5 / 10


Nexus Hub

6.5 / 10


Shacknews

6 / 10


Try Hard Guides

5.5 / 10


But Why Tho?

5 / 10


We Got This Covered

2 / 5


Gamer Escape

4 / 10


GGRecon

2 / 5


Twinfinite

1.5 / 5


PCGamesN

3 / 10


Press Start

3 / 10


Inverse

3 / 10


WellPlayed

3 / 10


GameSpot

2 / 10


Push Square

2 / 10

The Lord of the Rings - Gollum

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! Athletic and agile, sneaky and cunning...

www.metacritic.com

36 MC

 

[Leo9]

 

[AV]

Incredible. Cannot wait to give this a go at some point.

Gotta play these games to remind yourself what a good game is, y'know?

 

[Skifi28]

Edit: damn, beaten.

 

[Tomi]

Omg
Poor developers

 

[tommycronin]

I called a 47 meta score. How generous I was.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Whoever scored this more than a 3 can rest assured that I won’t be looking at another review they put out again.

This game looks fucking awful. Absolutely no redeemable qualities and just boring.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Oh dear...

I can't wait for Matt McMuscle's to do a video on this, lol. It looks absolutely awful. Plus they have the balls to charge 70 bucks for it?

 

[FunkMiller]

Redfall devs sighing with relief that someone’s actually put something out this year worse than their game.

 

[skit_data]

Yikes, I did expect it to score low but 3/10 is just insane

 

[GHG]

Worse than Redfall.

 

[CortexVortex]

lol even worse than I expected. Guess my 40MC bet was too generous.

 

[darrylgorn]

 

[jm89]

 

[Sub_Level]

Gollum bros…we lost…

 

[FUBARx89]

Skillup review when? If his redfall vid is anything to go by, it's gonna be a bloodbath

 

[shaddam]

ugh

 

[GigaBowser]

Releasing this crud right after TOTK

 

[L*][*N*K]

My friend group is really excited about this game, we usually love very broken messed up games, we play them drunk and try to beat them in one night and it is always a hilarious time.

 

[Schmick]

Why does this game exist?

 

[feynoob]

Get out redfall, we have a title contender for the worst game.

 

[gokurho]

Redfall won

 

[Bonfires Down]

 

[ZehDon]

Arkane out here thanking the Good Lord that they no longer have the worst release of 2023.

 

[Banjo64]

Skillup review when? If his redfall vid is anything to go by, it's gonna be a bloodbath

It’s present at the bottom of the op.

 

[Moonjt9]

2/10 from game spot…

YIKES

 

[Beer Baelly]

 

[DavidGzz]

I watched the Skillup review and have no idea how this got a 6.5 from someone...

 

[CortexVortex]

From Gamespot:

Much like Gollum's quest for the One Ring, my quest to complete The Lord of the Rings: Gollum was full of endless setbacks, impossible odds, and ever-increasing levels of madness. And, like Gollum, my journey was doomed from the start. So if the developers' main goal was to really put you in the shoes of such a pitiful, unloveable character faced with constant pain and suffering at every turn, they were at least successful at that.

Oof.

 

[Roufianos]

How can it possibly be that bad?

 

[fermcr]

First it was Forspoken.
Then it was Redfall.
Now it's Gollum.

Anybody try to guess the next one?

 

[Cyborg]

First it was Forspoken.
Then it was Redfall.
Now it's Gollum.

Anybody try to guess the next one?

I mean everybody expected Gollum to score badly. Im not shocked

 

[GHG]

First it was Forspoken.
Then it was Redfall.
Now it's Gollum.

Anybody try to guess the next one?

 

[SaintALia]

Yeah someone decided to stream the entire game before release and I saw some of that footage, so pretty much the scores I'd expect. I don't think it looks (that) bad though, sorta reminds me of that goblin stealth game, Styx, but you know, worse.

 

[Ronin_7]

I told you all lmao

 

[Hydroxy]

Atleast now we have the top contender for the worst game of 2023 lists. Can't wait for Angry Joe review.

 

[FUBARx89]

It’s present at the bottom of the op.

Whoops I saw OC reviews. Went to MC & came back and it loaded me further down the topic.

Dis gon be good.

 

[BaneIsPain]

I’m quite surprised it was given greenlight after the first reveal. expected with zero disappointment.

 

[jm89]

First it was Forspoken.
Then it was Redfall.
Now it's Gollum.

Anybody try to guess the next one?

Starf.....

 

[Kamina]

How can it possibly be that bad?

Have you seen it?
Looks ancient, bad art direction, and gameplay seems boring.
Plus: are there really people who thought that playing Gollum would be fun?

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

I told you all lmao

Everyone knew lmao

 

[Hoppa]

I had no idea this was being sold for $60, I thought it was a $20 indie title. I’m in shock!

 

[amigastar]

I feel sorry for the Devs, honestly.

 

[SirKicksalot]

 

[kyussman]

Omg
Poor developers

That's your first take,really?.......how about poor customers,this piece of shit is full price with a bunch of egregious dlc's.Poor developers my arse,they all got paid.

 

[CortexVortex]

That's your first take,really?.......how about poor customers,this piece of shit is full price with a bunch of egregious dlc's.Poor developers my arse,they all got paid.

to be fair, knowing Daedalic most of the devs were probably just interns.

 

[BigbyTheSheriff]

In my roughly 11 hours of playtime on "Performance" mode on a PlayStation 5, the game crashed over 120 times (yes, I counted; masochist, remember?), averaging about one crash every five minutes. After my 20th-or-so crash, I got the dreaded "save data corrupted" message, only to realize I'd lost half a day's progress upon reloading. In multiple other instances, game-breaking bugs--such as a companion I was charged with protecting instantly dying over and over again for no discernible reason--forced me to restart entire levels, losing significant progress. Finally, during an especially tedious and time-consuming puzzle, the crashes became too frequent to possibly make it to the next checkpoint in time. Determined though I was to get through to the end and make these setbacks feel worthwhile, I threw in the towel at 40% completion, defeated.

 

[Burger]

I was going to mention the song and dance Edge Magazine made about this back then. Christ alive.

 

[Schmendrick]

yeah, this was written on the wall since the very first showing.

 

[hemo memo]

This bad and it still received 2. How bad a game must be to receive 1?