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It wasn't particularly long but you can view that in full below: Publisher Nacon hosted a Nacon C o nnect (opens in new tab) presentation on July 7, giving us our first major gameplay reveal for Lord of the Rings: Gollum. It remains unclear as to how much these decisions will affect the overarching story, but we can imagine Gollum’s personality altering over time based on which side of him you choose to invest in more. It sounds like a clever system that makes a ton of sense for Gollum specifically, leading us to think that the game could end up being an interesting character study. From what we’ve seen, we can choose to suppress Gollum and select choices more in line with Smeagol (his original form before coming in contact with The One Ring).Ĭonversely, players can indulge the more feral Gollum with more cunning and aggressive choices. What we find interesting is that the choices will be split between Gollum’s own split personalities. Players will also have to make decisions at certain key points through choices and actions displayed in thought bubbles around the main character. This being a stealth-focused game, though, you'll spend more time surreptitiously slipping around them, instead of fighting the Dark Lord Sauron's soldiers head-on. You'll also run into King Thranduil and a whole bunch of orcs. The journey will see you encounter many familiar and famed characters of Middle-Earth, including Gandalf. Eventually, he'll arrive into the belly of Mirkwood. It picks up as the titular character is captured by the forces of Sauron in the dungeons of Barad-dûr, before he escapes and journeys across the Misty Mountains. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum takes place during the first few chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring. After all, Gollum’s strengths lie in cunning, not combat.” The Lord of the Rings Gollum story and setting We want players to carefully weigh these encounters. However, this will not be easy and always come with big risks. It is mostly a non-combat game, but Gollum will be able to stealthily take out enemies. “If you want a reference, you might think of it as similar to Prince of Persia. “Some levels are completely open in all three dimensions and can be explored freely, while others are more linear but often with alternative routes where players can, for example, decide if they’d rather sneak around some guards or take a risky parkour route in vertiginous heights to pass the next segment.” Speaking to IGN (opens in new tab) in August 2020, lead game designer Martin Wilkes explained more, advising there'll be a mixture of linear stages and open-world environments: As for Sméagol, his segments don't appear to be combat-based, taking the platforming approach instead. Your choices will have small effects on the story, though it doesn't affect the major story elements. Taking a stealth-driven approach, Gollum finds different locations to hide between, avoiding guards and sentries, before carrying out a stealth takedown. Within the Gollum segments, our protagonist can use "Gollum Vision" to highlight enemies, basically a Detective Mode. As much as we’d love to see the little guy suplex an Orc, that’s likely not going to happen.
True to his character, he’ll be small and relatively spry, making him a perfect choice for a stealth game, really. Gollum himself won’t get much in the way of actionable abilities. Gameplay will largely revolve around stealth and platforming. For one, you'll need to manage to both Gollum and Sméagol, his former self, and gameplay is split between these two aspects of his character. While we've not seen much beyond a short gameplay trailer, previews emerged back in May 2022 which gave us more details about our twisted protagonist. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a story-driven action RPG.
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