The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
PS4

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

(ESRB - Standard)

May 25, 2023
Offline play
Yes
Download required
Yes*
(*) Download required: Significant pieces of content are missing from this physical release or has major issues (more details bellow)
Comments:

Version 1.00

Mode/Progress/Completionist/Ex
-Played in English
-30% Trophies
-Good Ending
-17 or 35 collectibles

Bugs, Jank, Ex
- Audio desync for many cutscenes
- A few spots with no collision, making you walk/fall out of bounds if you explore off the beaten path.
- Gollum jumping to cliffs, ledges, poles, etc., is really odd as sometimes he will "lock on" like a magnet and other times this effect doesn't happen and you have a high chance of missing what you're trying grab.
- There many cases of graphics/textures popping in, still loading in and looking odd.
- Entering Companion Mode seems a bit janky/picky
- A few odd cases of the Guide Maker telling you to go to the wrong place
- Occasional cases of enemies grabbing you in strange buggy ways while not being right on top of you
- Major framedrops, lag and slow down when doing the Puzzle with Mell to escape the barrier. This also happens in other parts of the game, but is rarely with the same severity.

With that all said, we would like note the game didn't crash single time for us and it was beatable. Definitely recommend updating it for what would (hopefully) be a better time with this title.

Didn't encounter anything that prevented finishing the game and reaching the credits.

Tested by DoesItPlay on Base PS4