Lord of the Rings: Gollum — Introduction
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum marks the fourth in a string of relatively bad PC game releases based on Unreal Engine 4. We've previously looked at Dead Island 2, Redfall, and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and found plenty of concerns. Jedi: Survivor is at least a decent game, especially if you're a fan of the Star Wars setting. The other two were lackluster, at best... and now we have Gollum joining the group. Even fans of the Lord of the Rings setting will likely have a tough time with this one.
PC Gamer scored it a 64, which is one of the higher scores we've seen. Metacritic has an overall average score of just 41. How bad is the game? Daedalic Entertainment went so far as to issue a public apology. Which, okay, that's certainly not the first time we've seen an apology after a dodgy release, but still.
