Daedalic Entertainment has just dropped the first gameplay video for The Lord of the Rings: Gollum. The game, which was announced in the spring of 2019, will be based on Tolkien’s famous books.
The game developers declared that the story will focus on Gollum and the adventures he goes through in search of his precious magic ring. However, Daedalic Entertainment underlined that the game will also feature new challenges and experiences, which are not part of the original books.
The CEO and co-founder of Daedalic Entertainment, Carsten Fichtelmann, stated for the Hollywood Reporter that
We have the story that we all know from the book, but everything that happens to him before he appears in the book are the main things we will see in our game.
According to Polygon, the developer described the game as follows:
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a story-driven action RPG where our twisted protagonist is on a quest to regain the only thing precious to him. Torn by his fractured psyche, players will have to manage both Sméagol and Gollum on a journey that will take him across famous locales, revealing more about his time as a slave below the Dark Tower and his stray with the Elves of Mirkwood, as he interacts with iconic characters from the series.
What we find out about the gameplay
While fans of Lord of the Rings expected to see exactly how the game will look and if it will manage to recreate the world of Tolkien’s imagination, the recently launched video gives an insight into the gameplay style. Thus, we can see the main character using stealth and parkour skills to advance through each level. At the same time, Gollum makes use of his hearing and nigh vision abilities to get across dark areas and evade his enemies.
The game was originally set to launch in 2021, but was delayed until September 2022, when it will be launched on PC, but also on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and later, on Nintendo Switch.