Lord of the Rings: Gollum Video Game in Development

[Pennywise]

I also had no clue who they were.

 

[Drizzle]

I'm not usually one to complain much about graphics but that looks like a 15 year old game! Are you kidding me with this?

 

[Filmfreak]

Interesting. When I looked them up, I had no idea who they were. Knowing this, it makes sense people were actually hyped.

I also had no clue who they were.

They were indie developers, but had made some real gems in the past. Then around five years ago they decided to drop all that, change course and go big, which was clearly a mistake. They should have stayed with what they knew best.

 

[Snow Queen]

I just... what? Why? Also, it looks terrible.

Who says you can't play a PS3 game on the PS5?

 

[Pennywise]

Looks like the game was pulled from the past.

 

[Pennywise]

My friend’s surprisingly excited for this still:

 

[Iceman]

I'm not usually one to complain much about graphics but that looks like a 15 year old game! Are you kidding me with this?

Haha. Gears of War 1 is almost 16 years old. This looks like someone mucking about in an ancient engine, not a serious attempt at a game.

 

[Iceman]

My friend’s surprisingly excited for this still:

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I’m a massive LotR fan but I’d rather get my niece to play act as Gollum in the lounge and garden to get a more authentic experience.

 

[Pennywise]

I’m a massive LotR fan but I’d rather get my niece to play act as Gollum in the lounge and garden to get a more authentic experience.

That sounds like a lot of fun! up:

 

[Iceman]

That sounds like a lot of fun! up:

Actually it does! You’ve inspired me - that will be on the play schedule for the next session.

 

[Pennywise]

‘The Lord of the Rings: Gollum’ Delayed “By a Few Months” From September Release

I think it needs a lot more than a few months, or just shelve it!

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Drizzle]

Okay, I kinda want to play this just to see how bad it is.

 

[Iceman]

Okay, I kinda want to play this just to see how bad it is.

Haha, looks like a disaster but at least the reviews look fun. My inner LotR fan will probably force me to try it one day when it's down to about £2.

 

[Iceman]

Daedalic "deeply apologizes" for The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

 

[Drizzle]

 

[Iceman]

Feels kinda hilarious how these devs didn’t really even try and just dumped this out when it’s so obviously not up to par. Many games fail but there is usually a bit more effort and work gone into them.

 

[psylockolussus]

Its weird I don't think I've seen a recent game with a 35 metacritic score... like I'm not even into Lord of the Rings (Ive only seen the siX movies), but that is such a disastrous rating.

 

[Iceman]

It feels like a prank. It’s pretty hard to get below 50 on a metacritic, you have to be aggressively bad not just regular bad.

 

[Iceman]

Lord of the Rings: Gollum dev to shut down following bungled launch

 

[Mani-Man]

Lord of the Rings: Gollum dev to shut down following bungled launch

Always sad to see.
But looking at the games they did and then this...its clear they bit of far more than they could chew.
This was always a make or break game and break was more likely.