![]() Gollum is fundamentally flawed in ways that go way beyond its frame-rate, which isn't great. At least not since Shadow of Mordor way back in 2014 on PS3, an infamous porting disaster. Now on its latest 1.3 patch, I'm finally able to test the game on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S - but even with the extra attention, I haven't played a game in such a dire state for a tech review for a long time. Bilbo asked a bogus question and Gollum reneged on his promise to show Bilbo the way out if he lost.I think it's fair to say that The Lord of the Rings: Gollum captured the headlines for all the wrong reasons on its debut with bugs, performance issues, an erratic camera and unreliable controls. ![]() Still, neither Bilbo or Gollum strictly honored the rules. Perhaps the rules is just an outgrowth of that philosophy? Certainly much more than what our real world society does. On the other hand, there is a LOT of emphasis throughout the entire mythology on the honoring oaths and promises and keeping one's word. But they could also just as easily be rules that all peoples would be bound to honor. If the rules were a purely Hobbit tradition, they could have been established before the Shire Hobbbits started their migration from the vales of Anduin. So Inder, would these "ancient rules" of riddles be a product of purely Hobbit culture or would they have been equally honored by all the peoples of M-E? What I find interesting is that Gollum would feel compelled to honor those rules as well as Bilbo. Thanks guys for the feedback! The connection to Norse mythology is really interesting but I have some follow-up questions and observations based on the mythology of M-E.
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