I uh, okay. Action adventure? A stealth game where you play gollum is something i could see working, but how the hell are they gonna pull this off.
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"The Lord of the Rings: Gollum" announced by Daedalic (action-adventure, 2021)
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that sounds like one of the dumbest things you can make a lotr game about. this whole announcement is so weird, just a press release with no other info? not even a cg trailer? what for and why today? what have the devs worked on previously and who is publishing? WB? aren't they themselves probably working in a shadow of war sequel?
That's interesting, I did not know about them possibly getting HoME stuff. I thought that's something Christopher Tolkien would be able to keep locked down.
I can just see PRECIOUS flying onto the screen once a 100-hit combo has been achieved.
I want the final boss to be Samwise Gamgee.
A revisionist version where he ends up gnawing Sam's head off and then shoves eleven bread down his neck.
A revisionist version where he ends up gnawing Sam's head off and then shoves eleven bread down his neck.
Sounds like a fun action-adventure! (Though being true to those anecdotes would intrigue me.)Gandalf said:
Maybe it's one of those things: they announce they got a big license, make some headlines and pitch it to publishers to get more funding. Or maybe it's self-published. As many here said, it's probably an "AA" game, like Styx was.
The game is the cover story on EDGE this month:
Could be interesting to see Gollum's downward spiral into utter ruin.The game is the cover story on EDGE this month:
I must have missed this announcement!
Could be cool I guess, just make it primarily a stealth game and I'd probably like it.
Could be cool I guess, just make it primarily a stealth game and I'd probably like it.
It would be tough to design a game were you progress by becoming ruinned.
That said I could imagine a Gollum survival game being fun. Very odd thing to try though.
"No one ever found out what had become of Deagol; he was murdered far from home, and his body was cunningly hidden. But Smeagol returned alone; and he found that none of his family could see him, when he was wearing the ring. He was very pleased with his discovery and he concealed it; and he used it to find out secrets, and he put his knowledge to crooked and malicious uses. He became sharp-eyed and keen-eared for all that was hurtful. The ring had given him power according to his stature. It is not to be wondered at that he became very unpopular and was shunned (when visible) by all his relations. They kicked him, and he bit their feet. He took to thieving, and going about muttering to himself, and gurgling in his throat. So they called him Gollum, and cursed him, and told him to go far away; and his grandmother, desiring peace, expelled him from the family and turned him out of her hole." - Shadows of the Past
Playing as the antagonist would make for a cool concept.
Playing as the antagonist would make for a cool concept.
Err, to be honest, I can't say I have any interest whatsoever in playing as Gollum.
Best of luck, though. Could be truly unique—just hopefully not as disrespectful to the setting as certain other Middle Earth games.
Best of luck, though. Could be truly unique—just hopefully not as disrespectful to the setting as certain other Middle Earth games.
Interesting concept
Don't fuck it up with some bland design by committee AAA trash gameplay please
Don't fuck it up with some bland design by committee AAA trash gameplay please
anybody with a copy willing to do a breakdown of details? I'm very curious, even if I'm skeptical at understanding how this could possibly work. EDGE giving it a cover is probably encouraging though.
EDIT: just looked at the developer's pedigree. What an odd choice.
EDIT: just looked at the developer's pedigree. What an odd choice.
Don't see why he couldn't come back. He has a few gaming roles in his resume yet I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't reprise his role.
Yeah, I just think he might be too big/too expensive for this now, and he's pretty busy. Hopefully he does come back^^
I very strongly doubt this studio has Serkis money though. What was the last video game he did? Heavenly Sword? Or is there something more recent in his portfolio?
Odyssey to the west 2010 but I don't know if he stared in another game.
Kotaku.com/LOTR license. Maybe they were contracted by Warner Brothers to make it.
Oh my god what the hell? I'm like. Tentatively on board just because playing as Gollum is such a bonkers premise combined with a totally left field developer has me thinking that there's gotta be something interesting underlying it
I think this is super cool, the skepticism seems a bit cynical. Big budget games that try different, non obvious stuff is something to encourage
Well, would you look at that, 9 months later and I still have the exact same opinion. Mordor 3, please, thanks.
They were banging but only one of them could be sexy at a time.
Do you prefer sexy Gollum and Spider! Shelob or Sexy Shelob and Ugly! Gollum?
Yup yup. Not sure why so negative, it's an interesting concept in a game development world fairly devoid of interesting concepts. Reminds me of something that would've been made back in the late 80's/early 90's.
Exactly what I was thinking. We don't need to prove to each other how jaded we are about everything.
Could be a dragon, a fell-beast, a depiction of Shelob or how Gollum envisages Sauron in his mind.
It has shades of William Blake's Great Red Dragon paintings:
