The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - one does not simply expect technical competence

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I think it's fair to say that The Lord of the Rings: Gollum captured the headlines for all the wrong reasons on its debut with bugs, performance issues, an erratic camera and unreliable controls.Now on its latest 1.3 patch, I'm finally able to test the game on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S - but even with the extra attention, I haven't played a game in such a dire state for a tech review for a long time.

The game design is almost taken straight from the dark ages of PS2 movie license tie-ins - an era where movie franchises were invariably turned into 3D platformers with awkward controls, a disastrous camera, and in the worst cases, bugs, bugs and more bugs.

Daedelic Entertainment first announced Gollum in 2019 - an Unreal Engine project with some interesting ideas - a mixture of stealth, 3D platforming and a good versus evil judgement system.

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Written By: Thomas Morgan

Category: Gaming

Tags: Xbox One The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Xbox Series X/S PC PS4 Nacon Daedalic Entertainment PS5 Nintendo Switch Third person Action Adventure Digital Foundry Single Player

Date Published: 02 Jun, 2023 (3 months ago)

Publish Time: 1:57 PM (GMT +8:00)

Language: English

Story Length: 2461 words

Reading Time: 14 minutes read

Attachments: 4 Pictures

Story Rating: Rated #74 (out of 171 stories this day)

Estimated Value: $0.00

News Source URL: eurogamer.net

Copyright: © Eurogamer.net

Story ID: #906670

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