Didn't like the character models , too cartoonish and not good looking at all, but the world looks good tho. Let's hope they can deliver a great game.
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First screenshots of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, coming to PC, PS5 and XSX
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Man these random time news drops are so wack, game looks okay. Never been the biggest LotR fan.
Some people don't care about context. The AC Valhalla threads are filled with "it looks like a current gen game" when it's not even a next-gen game. Some people won't be satisfied until they get the level of detail we saw in RDR2 despite that game being a massive outlier in regards to its visuals among the current generation.
Yes developed by two studios that had experience in AAA game development and Plague Tale was backed by Focus Home, not major, but they had a publsher compared to Gollum title.
The next gen only thing is likely just marketing. What gets more attention than saying hey we have this next gen only lotr game. Your going to get people who don't know any better and have a next gen console looking for stuff to play.
Hellblade was created by a tiny dev team of 20 and afaik Asobo have never shipped a AAA game before.
Look, I'm not saying circumstances are 1:1 but I don't understand your incredulity in this situation.
Agree to disagree.
Aww someones found out about Subsurface scattering <3 Getting flashbacks to bloom-fest in the 2000s
Yes Hellblade was developed by a team of 20 people with AAA experience
Asobo Studio never shipped an AAA game before, but they were a support studio for several titles, like The Crew 2 and they even had enough resources to make their own engine and have Focus Home backing their project.
On top of that, both these games were not "early PS4/Xbox One" titles, but they were released in the later years, 2017 and 2019.
Daedelic only made 2D hand-drawn titles
If you can't see the difference here, i can't help you.
II'm stupid i thought it was this project
Amazon Is Making a 'Lord of the Rings' MMO Game
Soon anyone will be able to play in J.R.R. Tolkien's world.
Hellblade is a laser-focused constrained story-driven game, which does not seem to be the case for Gollum.
And Asobo has shipped The Crew 1/2, ReCore, Quantum Break as a support studio, and FUEL on their own.
Interesting take on Tolkien's world. Not sure about the depiction of Gollum though, it seems rather generic considering the abundance of variety out there in the world of Tolkien fan art.
This may serve as a nice starter before the main course that is Amazon's LOTR Second Age TV show.
This may serve as a nice starter before the main course that is Amazon's LOTR Second Age TV show.
I can't play a game with a main character that look like that. I didn't even like Abe from oddworld.
I meant more along the lines of a fully animated kids movie. Gollums character model in particular has pretty detailed skin
I would have preferred something more unique.
This artwork from Peter Klúcik for example, for an unpublished illustrated version of The Hobbit in 1990.
This artwork from Peter Klúcik for example, for an unpublished illustrated version of The Hobbit in 1990.
At a guess, Daedalic, a relatively small indie developer/publisher, doesn't have the resources to support more than a few platforms, so it decided to go with those that didn't present any technological shortcomings.
Give the license to ACE-Team. They can pull that off.I would have preferred something more unique.
This artwork from Peter Klúcik for example, for an unpublished illustrated version of The Hobbit in 1990.
I'm well aware of the differences, I just don't think your argument has any weight to it for reasons explained.
That's all. You can ease up on the condescension.
Those screenshots look like how bullshots used to look back in the day. Are we finally getting to the point where we have realtime bullshots?
I like the concept art look...but it's not always coherent. Gollum's character model sticks weirdly out, as do the orks and some other objects.
Is this the first next gen (exluding cross gen game footage like AC Valhalla) screenshot footage we've seen so far? O:
Is this the first next gen (exluding cross gen game footage like AC Valhalla) screenshot footage we've seen so far? O:
This is a next-gen game? Wtf
Underwhelming is an understatement. Also, I don't really understand what's the point of playing as Gollum, seems like the least interesting character to be in thr LoTR universe
Underwhelming is an understatement. Also, I don't really understand what's the point of playing as Gollum, seems like the least interesting character to be in thr LoTR universe
I kinda think the art style might work? If it can balance whimsical fantasy with a wretched underbelly (you know, Gollum's whole existence and the whole nature vs. industry of LotR), it could be pretty interesting visually.
They're not the most polished shots but I think they look fine. Animations will make or break, e.g. that close-up shot of Gollum in the OP.
They're not the most polished shots but I think they look fine. Animations will make or break, e.g. that close-up shot of Gollum in the OP.
"condescension"? lol
I'm just explaining to you how things work and how flawed your comparison is, when you are expecting a studio known for 2D game to instantly make a cutting-edge title because Ninja Theory and Asobo (studios that have experience in AAA) made two AA titles with pretty graphics.
