Shadow of Mordor is the first game in the series that sees the protagonist Talion, a captain of Gondor, along with the elven spirit Celebrimbor, take up arms against Sauron and his forces in ...

Someone, Gollum practically slides through the air to the ledge. Other times, you can run and jump and fall short of something closer than a ledge Gollum slides to.

But Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is still a Lord of the Rings game, and it wears the franchise's lore proudly on its sleeves.Shadow of Mordor is set in the 60 years between The Hobbit and ...

Set after Bilbo steals Gollum’s ring, a little over the first half of the game tells the tale of Gollum’s survival in the slave pits beneath Mordor (he’s literally neurodivergent and a miner ...

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum reviewed by Justin Koreis on PC, also available on Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch. Why, of all the interesting characters in The Lord of the Rings lore, would anyone ...

The article was updated on July 6, 2024, by Christopher Raley: Gollum is one of the chief villains of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but he is also the most sympathetic ...

While The Lord of the Rings: Gollum turned out to be a miss in the grand scheme of LotR content, it still demonstrates a valuable, often joked-about aspect of the games industry and a lesson that ...

One of the best games of the mid-2010s, Shadow of Mordor, was an excellent addition to The Lord of the Rings mythology that was both easily accessible for those who aren’t familiar with the ...

One does not simply walk into Mordor; instead, one might opt to climb up a wall of vines or jump from platform to platform. That’s the crux of what The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is all about ...

Both Lego The Lord of the Rings and Middle-earth Shadow of Mordor are free to Amazon Prime subscribers until Monday September 30. You can also play Shadow of Mordor's sequel, Shadow of War, over ...

One of the best game mechanics in recent memory, the Nemesis system from Shadow of Mordor, is locked behind a patent until 2036. It was going to be used in a new Wonder Woman game, but that was ...

However, the books and of course, because this is J.R.R. Tolkien, the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings give a bit more detail. Gandalf tells Frodo that he has seen and spoken to Gollum, and ...