Plus new screenshots and details revealed.
As part of a hands-off preview last week, I got to see some of this cunning in action.
That said, don’t go into the game expecting Gollum to get stronger as the story progresses.
Rather, the abilities Gollum has at its start are the same abilities he will have when it concludes.
“This makes sense in the context of the lore of the game,” said Daedalic.
This has inherently turned The Lord of the Rings: Gollum into one big puzzle.
In their confusion, the orc soon fell to their death without Gollum ever laying his fingers on them.
“[Gollum] has to deal with his Hobbit-self - Smeagol.
Gollum wanted to eat the beetle, suspecting it was a spy from Mordor.
On the other hand, Smeagol wanted to watch the beetle and felt it was simply an innocent creature.
During this example, the game presented no hard and fast push towards one personality over the other.
However, both of these endings will lead to the same epilogue.
This can break the overall immersion in a game.
Finally, I got to meet some of the other characters that will feature.
More interestingly though, I was also introduced to a new character - an imprisoned elf named Mell.
