The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is the title of the new video game based on the stories of JRR Tolkien that we will see soon for PS5 and Xbox Series X. A title that will surprisingly have as its main character the creature also known as Sméagol and where stealth and Decision-making will play a key role in your development. If everything related to Middle Earth catches your attention and you want to know what it is about, what its mechanics will be like and some other details, keep reading.
Gollum as the protagonist
The Lord of the Rings is once again at the center of today. On the one hand, because Amazon is preparing a series on Tolkien’s books. On the other, because the teaser for a new video game that will be available for both Xbox Series X and PS5 has just been shown: The Lord of the Rings: Gollum .
Yes, as you can imagine the creature Gollum will be the protagonist of this new adventure that among other things seeks to expand the stories of Middle-earth. An important and complicated challenge if you do not want to distort and get out of what the books already have. Although from what its developers have commented, it seems that it has a good chance of being liked by the most fans.
The story of this video game is going to parallel that seen in the first book of the Lord of the Rings, before Frodo had knowledge of the existence of the creature. Gollum, desperate for the loss of the ring, comes out of his hiding place in search of Bilbo Baggins. That search leads him to Mordor and there the servants of Sauron catch and torture him until he finally confesses who has the ring “Bilbo, Bolson, La Comarca”. That will be the starting point of a story that will show us how he escapes from his captors.
Stealth and decision making
Anyway, knowing that there will be time to learn more about the story, the important thing is to know how we are going to play with a character as particular as Gollum . The answer lies, in part, in what was seen in Prince of Persia. That is, the title will have a great stealth component, because this is not a character that is characterized by his strength and ability to fight but rather by his cunning.
Thus, with stealth as the protagonist, another of the elements that according to those in charge will have a lot of weight in the narrative will be the choices that you can make. As you may recall from books or movies, the Gollum creature is in constant struggle with its inner self (Sméagol). Therefore, there will be numerous occasions when you will have to choose what to do, whether what Gollum or Sméagol proposes. Each of these decisions will affect the course of the adventure.
In IGN they were able to interview its developers and the truth is that there are very interesting comments to get an idea of what we can expect from this title where each game can be different depending on the choices. Because, although Gollum seeks to escape and recover the ring, Sméagol will sow doubts and open doors to other outcomes.
With many questions about the game, what those in charge seem to have made clear is that they seek to expand the stories, but always in a respectful way with the original work. Will they succeed? It will take patience, but for Tolkien fans this is great news for now.