The Lord of the Rings: Gollum: What We Know So Far

Fecha de lanzamient from The Lord of the Rings Gollum

Thanks to a recent official statement The worst omens regarding the release of Lord of the Rings: Gollum have come true. The game based on the famous Lord of the Rings character will not arrive in 2021 and we will have to wait another year to put it back in our hands, as confirmed by the distributor himself.

On the other hand, it is announced that Daedalic has partnered with Nacon to distribute the video game in 2022 (for the moment without a more exact date) reconfirming its launch for Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch consoles and also on PC. The reasons for the delay have not been disclosed, but both companies agree the goal is to meet fan expectations, which takes time. The developers hope to share more information about the game in the near future.

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New trailer for Daedalic’s game

From Daedalic they published el primer tráiler from The Lord of the Rings: Gollum where they present their frame and aesthetic in a very short time. They also took the opportunity to talk about the video game for IGN support and, as we already know, Gollum will be the protagonist and the video game will have a lot of stealth. According to its developers “mix stealth and vertical climbing parkour“and included a compared to Prince of Persia: “This is not a fighting game, but Gollum will be able to take out enemies stealthily, although it will not be easy and there will be risks. We want the players to weigh these encounters; Gollum’s forces lie in his cunning, not in combat. “

Finally, they also cited that Gollum will be able to benefit from the “abilities of special allies” to avoid fighting, since the protagonist travels unarmed, so fighting poses a fatal risk for the bipolar character created by Tolkien.

Its developers assure that it will last more than 20 hours

The video game based on The Lord of the Rings It will last “at least 20 hoursOr that’s what its developers say about the adventure and action video game, which they also cited as exploration and stealth will be of great importance. In addition, they pointed out that there will be a greater number of storylines than those seen during the films and, it seems, will not be tagged with the story of Amazon’s new Lord of the Rings series. .

Another feature cited by Daedalic Entertainment was the lack of RPG elements in the title, as well as improving the character. Indeed, they consider that it would not make sense to evolve a character who has survived for over 300 years and whom many love as they have known him.

When it comes to their stages, the team promises that players will be able to enjoy some huge stages and who will be 100% based on Tolkien’s books. Of course, these will benefit from the power of future consoles, so we expect a world rich in details and, above all, which allows us to explore to learn and discover the secrets of these lands.

The story will take place before the character’s appearance in The Fellowship of the Ring

The ambitious project of Daedalic Entertainment, which will be published for the future generation, will take place before Gollum meets Frodo and his companions, while the disfigured hobbit desperately seeks the Single ring. In the words of its creators, the time space in which the game takes place is very interesting, as it is not known exactly what happened to Gollum at that point.

They also said that one of the most important parts of the video game will be the two faces of the character.The reason for this? During the game there will be decisions that may seem good or bad to either personality, then those decisions will go affecting the character and the development of the story. Because of this, the character will have a longer life in the story, giving us constant dialogue throughout the play.

Daedalic Entertainment trabaja en The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

The universe of Middle Earth has not received any video games for a few years, especially since 2017, when the title of Monolith known as Middle-earth: Shadow of War and it was released on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Despite this, it is expected that next year we will receive a new title based on the universe of Tolkien, this time from the hand of Daedalic Entertainment, a German company known for its work on the Deponia saga and the adaptation of the Pillars of the Earth.

This new project was presented as The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, and in this one we will control said character in a video game of narrative adventure and action, which so far has only been confirmed for PS5, Xbox Series X and PC.

According to statements by studio CEO Carsten Fichtelmann, they are not relying on Peter Jackson’s hit Lord of the Rings films to make the video game, but instead are seeking a new perspective that has not been seen before, by taking advantage of the duality of the personalities of Sméagol y Gollum and using books as the primary source. In addition, he cited that as a graphics engine they use Unreal Engine 4 and from the images already published, we can see a very colorful art style with a touch cartoon.