Summary
A gamer has found a physical Xbox Series X copy ofThe Lord of the Rings: Gollumretailing at a ridiculously high price point. InThe Lord of the Rings: Gollum, players control Gollum as they stealthily journey through several set pieces, such as Barad-dur in Mordor, to locate the One Ring that is now in Bilbo Baggins’ possession. The title was released earlier this year in May by Daedalic Entertainment and has been mired in several controversies since before its launch. Fans were upset that the developers had essentiallylocked the elvish language behind a paywall, with the company releasing a statement saying that the reason for this decision was because the company hired voice actors for the conversations, which is why it was accessible through a paid DLC.
The game was then released and quickly became considered one of the worst games of 2023 for multiple reasons, including its terrible graphics and dull gameplay despite the power of theLord of the Ringsfranchise. As a result,The Lord of the Rings: Gollumquickly went viral online as players took to the internet to voice their displeasure with the state of the game. This prompted the developers atDaedalic Entertainment to issue an apologythe very next day after the game’s launch, with a vow to fix it in order to bring it up to standard.The Lord of the Rings: Gollumquietly received a pretty sizable patch at the end of July aimed at resolving several major bugs and camera issues, according to anupdate on Steam. However, there have been no additional fixes since then.
Now, months later, a gamer has found an Xbox Series X copy ofThe Lord of the Rings: Gollumretailing for a whopping $88 Australian dollars, which converts to around $60 USD. This is the regular price point of the base game, but what is shocking is that the copy the gamer found was not new but a preowned version of the game. According to the comments in the Reddit thread, this copy of the game was fromEB Games, a popular electronics store in Australia that GameStop owns.
The high price point is most likely an error on the individual store’s part, as a preowned copy of the game is currently selling for $58 AUD or around $40 USD in theEB Games online storefront. However, most commenters agreed that even at $58 AUD,The Lord of the Rings: Gollumis not worth it.
The Lord of the Rings: Gollumdisappointed many fans who were looking for another entry to the franchise that had theMiddle-earthseries with its revolutionary Nemesis System. However, gamers may not have to wait a long time to enter the world of Middle-earth again, as Amazon is currently working on aLord of the RingsMMORPG.
The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum
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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is an action-adventure game developed and published by Daedalic Entertainment and co-published with Nacon. The game, set in the fictional world of Middle-earth created by J. R. R. Tolkien, takes place in between the events of The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring.He’s got nothing more to lose… How far will he go to retrieve his Precious?Taking place in parallel to the events described in The Fellowship of the Ring ™, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is an action-adventure game and an epic interactive experience. You play as the enigmatic Gollum on his perilous journey and find out how he outwitted the most powerful characters in Middle-earth.Gollum is one of the most fascinating characters in The Lord of the Rings universe. In 500 years he has experienced events that would destroy the toughest of beings. But Gollum doesn’t break; he bends, he adapts…Tortured by his split personality, he can be vicious and wicked as Gollum, yet friendly and cautious as Smeagol. It’s up to you to decide which of his personalities will triumph in the difficult moral choices that will dictate the future of your precarious alliances.The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™ is an official adaptation based on the literary works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
