It was originally unveiled in 2019, and even then wasn't expected to arrive until 2021. To say Gollum has taken a while to finish would be an understatement. While this is an original tale based on the books, you'll run into familiar characters and navigate a world heavily inspired by Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies. You have to choose between giving into Gollum's darker impulses or hanging on to the shreds of kindness from Smeagol.

And crucially, the battle inside his corrupted mind plays a key role. He's clearly not a brawler, so he has to sneak and climb to survive. You play Gollum in a previously unrecorded story of his search for (what else?) the Precious during the first few chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring. While the mechanics of the game are by now familiar, this still promises to be a fresh take if you weren't enthused with the hack-and-slash of Monolith's Middle-earth games. A Switch version is due later in the year.

Daedalic has revealed that its stealth action take on JRR Tolkien's fantasy world will be available May 25th on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. After a particularly long incubation process, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is almost ready to ship.

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