Tolkien’s sagas aren’t exactly short of heroes, so there’s something endearingly twisted about focusing a game on one of its more ambiguous figures, Gollum. Caught between darkness and redemption, hope and the corruption of the ring, he’s a fascinating subject for a tale that spans the time between The Hobbit and its epic sequel.
Sadly, Daedelic Entertainment’s game struggles with knowing what to do with Gollum, and with making what ideas it has work. What’s left is as tiresome and tricksy as any schlep across the swamps and wastes to Mordor.
