VGChartz’s Lee Mehr: “Stripped of its worst technical flaws, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum would merely rank as a bad game, but in a saddened tone since it’s a case of fumbled aspirations instead of laziness. Given the inherently weird gremlin in the starring role, I can see it courting a niche audience as a meme-game too. But with said technical issues? I earnestly compare this to a Cyberpunk 2077 situation (at least on Xbox): it should be removed from physical & digital shelves until it can be finished without resorting to banging your skull against sheetrock. That patch may actually come sooner rather than later, but I can’t disregard all of my lost time. One does not simply get away with an apology letter.”
