Some games should've just never seen the light of the day due to either the lack of polishing or that they're simply bad. In some cases, both apply to the same title. Case in point, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum.
Much like its titular lead character, Gollum, whose main shtick is that he spent too much time in the shadows with the One Ring, Daedalic Entertainment sure could've benefitted from lifting the curtains on the game early if only for preview to get feedback. The game, as it currently stands, doesn't look like it belongs on last-gen hardware let alone current-gen.
To no one's surprise, the reviews reflect the quality of Gollum.
As per Metacritic, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has a 40% score on the PS5 and a 43% score on the PC. Its scores on the Xbox Series S and X versions as well as the PS4 and Xbox One aren't out yet but we highly doubt that they're any better.
To put that into perspective, Redfall actually had better scores on Metacritic even though it's one of the worst-rated games on Steam.