
Lord of the Rings Gollum Review: 73 Ratings, Pros and Cons
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Check all the 73 reviews find on Video Games Lord of the Rings Gollum, with the 61 ratings, comments, pros & cons from the reviewers.
Theses reviews and tests from Video Games magazines and websites give 61 ratings, we get this average rating to this Lord of the Rings product : 2/5.
Lord of the Rings Gollum review : Lord of the Rings Gollum seems to be very disappointing. Maybe he is late technologically or maybe he is bombarded in his production? Check in detail in the reviews & tests below the reasons in the "Cons" that earned him this ungraceful rating...
Lord of the Rings Gollum ratings
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70/100 Gaming Trend | 6.5/10 wccftech | 6.5/10 TechRaptor | 6.5/10 GameScore.it |
64/100 PCGamer | 6/10 Shacknews | 6/10 GamesVillage | 60/100 Games.ch |
6/10 TestingBuddies | 2.8/5 ImTest | 5.5/10 GamersGlobal | 11/20 GamerGen |
52/100 Fortress Of Solitude | 5.1/10 PixelCritics | 2.5/5 GodIsAGeek | 5/10 Tom’s Hardware (it) |
5/10 The Games Machine | 2.5/5 4WeAreGamers | 5/10 GamingBolt | 5/10 Game-eXperience.it |
5/10 Geeko | 2.5/5 TheXboxHub | 5/10 GameSoul | 5/10 SpazioGames |
4.5/10 Pizza Fria | 4.5/10 GeekNPlay | 2/5 PhonAndroid | 2/5 GamesRadar |
40/100 4players | 4/10 GameReactor | 2/5 Hardcore Gamer | 4/10 Gamer Escape |
4/10 GameKult.com | 4/10 Vandal | 2/5 Computer Bild | 4/10 PCGames |
4/10 GameCrater | 2/5 PXLBBQ | 2/5 Geeks By Girls | 4/10 Movies Games and Tech |
38/100 Generación Xbox | 3.5/10 GameInformer | 35/100 COGconnected | 3/10 Press Start |
3/10 Well Played | 1.5/5 Twinfinite | 3/10 Pixel | 2.5/10 ActuGaming |
2.4/10 3RD Strike | 1/5 Tom's Guide (US) | 2/10 Push Square | 1/5 EuroGamer.fr |
2/10 Checkpoint Gaming | 2/10 GameOver | 2/10 GamingGuardian | 1/5 N-Gamz |
2/10 Beyond Gaming | 2/10 PlaySense | 15/100 MeuPlayStation | 1/10 TheSixthAxis |
1/10 Niche Gamer |
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Great stealth sections
The world of LOTR
Good quality mode
Repetitive platforming
Bugs and glitches
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.


Great representation of Mirkwood and Mordor
Narrative was underwhelming more often than not


The choice of protagonist is exciting.
Wonderful soundtrack.
Easily stackable with others.
Technically fluctuating;
Repetitive and boring playful elements.
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.


Gollum's dual personalities make for a great story and gameplay mechanic
Solid score and sound design
Technical hiccups were frequent during the review period
Movement feels clunky


Well placed in the timeline of The Lord of the Rings.
Some exploration sequences were successful.
Moral choices just come and go.
Technically, graphically, and artistically well below average.


A lead actor who touches your heart.
A successful complement to the original story.
Beautiful level design with strong recognition value.
Many interesting viewpoints in the world of gaming...
Gameplay is quite insignificant and linear.
Test version with technical problems (PC) that need to be fixed urgently.


The back-and-forth between Gollum and Smeagol is successful.
Decisions and arguments between the two personalities as the only true distinctive characteristic.
Convincing German dubbing
High quality background music
In a distant view, extreme poverty of details.
Climbing and stealth elements too interchangeable and technically messy.
The gameplay is generally too monotonous.
Sometimes scary faces (Gandalf) and animations (Stealth-Kill)
Inaccurate control and difficulty in shooting, especially during climbing.
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.


Exquisite locations


Decisions influence gameplay and story.
Sometimes a good atmosphere.
Nazguls and dragons
Music from The Lord of the Rings
Occasional riddles
Poor synchronization (except for Gollum himself)
Muddy/wet textures.
Poor staging
Almost no feeling of Lord of the Rings.
Graphic error
Cropping error
Constant trial and error
Frustrating climbing passages with a shaky camera.


Voice acting is good
Lack of fluidity in gameplay
Poor transitioning
Weak enemy AI


... but we lose almost immediately.
Technically very heavy in an unjustified manner.
Graphically very disappointing.
Very old mechanics.
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.


Boring gameplay to death
An outdated AI
Low-end textures
Poorly designed level-design
Available only in English and German despite subtitles.
Why Gollum?
A rigid character
A consequential system, but little exploited and equally uninteresting.


Tight and intuitive controls
Engaging story.
Rough animations
Poor pacing caused by out-of-place sequences not typical of the majority of the game
Not much depth to the overall gameplay.
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.


Narrative choices
Faithful to the Lord of the Rings.
Blocking bugs
Uninspired passages
The exploration part
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.


True to the source of inspiration.
The gameplay is sometimes repetitive, sometimes frustrating.
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.


The internal questions of Gollum are an interesting point.
Physics on platform points is frustrating.
The game is very impolite.
The graphics do not do justice to the new generation.


A coherent scenario
Beautiful lighting effects.
A correct soundtrack
A game with French subtitles
Handling issues
Outdated graphics
Level design to be reviewed.
Disastrous NPC AI
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.


Some interesting embellishments to Middle-Earth lore
+
Unique exploration of Gollum's character
Flat, awkward visuals
-
Wooden performances
-
Shallow, buggy stealth gameplay
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.


No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.


AI is very lazy and problematic.
Technically, it is very poor.


Decision-making possibilities and ambivalent character as a dialogue function.
"The Lord of the Rings" ambiance bonus.
Fairly placed checkpoints.
Overall weak technical implementation.
Many programming errors.
Problematic camera staging
Not enough variety
Playing without pretension.
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.


Voice Acting
Poor Mechanics
Bad Graphics


Sméagol or Gollum?
The beauty of artistic direction.
Technically a little late.
Two real environments


A game centered around Gollum is a very good idea!
Graphically and technically outdated.
Uninteresting scenario


Great voice acting
Cohesive visual design
frequent crashes
Too many bugs and glitches
Game-breaking moments
Uninspired gameplay


The staging of Middle-earth
Bugs in the game.
Maybe Gollum is not the most appropriate character for such a game.
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.


Excellent music
Some decent voice acting
Bugs, crashes
Very dated graphics and mechanics
Dull story


Gollum?s voice acting is well done
Dull and lifeless environments
Inconsequential story
Lack of polish in controls and mechanics


Mechanics are half-baked
Longer than it should be
Checkpoint death loops


Gollum?s vision ability was useful.
Game-breaking bugs.
Basic, dull gameplay.
Control issues.
Quality mode doesn?t make a noticeable difference.


Gameplay
partially the sound of the environment
NPCs translates to "PNJ" (Non-Player Character) in French.
There is no exact translation for "BUUUUUUUUUUGS" as it is an English word that means "errors" or "problems". In German, it could be translated as "Fehler" or "Probleme".
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.


Unique premise
+
Morality system
Dull action
-
Charmless story
-
Poor visuals
-
Frequent disastrous bugs


Decent use of DualSense haptics
Muddy looking graphics
Uninspiring story
Riddled with bugs
Crashes and app restarts galore
Couldn't even finish due to bug
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.


Bugs and glitches abound
Outdated visuals and animations
Uninteresting gameplay
Constant crashes


Problematic, outdated, and boring game.
Middle-earth does not deserve to be represented as dull and dreary.
This offers a minimum of entertainment.
There are much better games in this genre.
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.


Very beautiful music and quality dubbing.
A camera in the west
No character progression.
Ultra repetitive
A disaster on Steam Deck
No finish.
A pale copy of Styx.
Not the translation by Francis Ledoux.
A shameful policy of expiration dates.
A Game Over as soon as we get caught.
Linear as hell
Some really ugly NPCs.


Abominable condition upon its release.
Bugs that break the game.


Gollum looks horrible.
Regularly confusing level design
Inappropriate music
Many very low-resolution textures.


Completely dysfunctional quality modes.
The optimization on PlayStation 5 is terrible.
Many problems with crashes and corrupted saves.
Linear and surprisingly repetitive game.
Poor narrative choices, with choice systems that add nothing.
Dark cards with low level progression accessibility.


Environments can sometimes look quite nice
Fumbles its most interesting mechanic
Character models look dated, especially Gollum
Feels...unfocused
Destroys any chance of a good Gollum game in future


Smeagol/Gollum's voice actor delivers a decent performance
Unnerving soundtrack
Shallow core mechanics and concept fails to deliver on promise
Situations that put Gollum/Smeagol out of character
Absurd highlighting on climbing surfaces
Antagonistic camera and mangled controls
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.
reviewed at 28/05/2023 - Plus - Test: Gollum im Test - Ja, es ist wirklich so schlimm [read the full review on GameStar]
Potentially interesting story but undervalued.
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.
Solid Gollum performance
Clumsy platforming
Underdeveloped stealth
Half-formed mechanics
Performance issues
Lifeless visuals and sound
Quality dubbing
Some successful environments
The AI of the enemies.
Platform phases are frustrating.
A Gollum who does not look like himself.
Disputes between Gollum and Sméagol, a good approach for a story.
imprecise control
Graphics often at the level of PS3.
Frequent bugs and AI malfunctions.
Insignificant story
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.
No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.
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