12/27/2023 0 Comments Gollum -lord of the rings -preciousI’m all for diversity in video games, but I’ve never thought to myself: ‘You know what? You don’t get to play as many dudes who look like starved frogs these days and I’m sick of it.’ The Hobbit describes Gollum as, ‘rather like a spider himself, or perhaps like a starved frog’. You’re not going to pull out that scrap of bat wing and use it as a hang glider. But it’s not like he has a bunch of interesting tools to use. In other words, you’ll probably be throwing wet shells to distract guards. He stalks people and fights only when he has to, and only ever from an advantage. Let’s talk about the gameplay for a minute. He’s like a low-level mob you kill in an RPG so you can craft some lockpicks out of his bones. Wet shells and a scrap of bat wing! My god. Īccording to The Hobbit, Sméagol (that’s Gollum before people started calling him a cough) has deep pockets and always carries a tooth sharpening rock, goblin teeth, wet shells, and a scrap of bat wing. Then there are items that humanize characters and deepen our connections with them, like Joel’s broken watch in The Last of Us. Lara Croft might have been in an entirely new trilogy, but she’s a dual pistol wielder in our collective conscience. When we think about Master Chief, we imagine him holding an iconic assault rifle. Lightsabers will always be associated with Jedi. You can tell a lot about a character from what they carry around.
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