the fact that they misspelled the name of the game in their apology letter adds an extra layer of hilarity to this shitshow
@Nishy
Жыл бұрын
Oh I didn't even realise it until you mentioned it. Wow, that's a low 🫣🤭
@kevythekevlar
Жыл бұрын
Truly the mark of what will be a stellar and timeless piece of entertainment
@seanmacguire8148
Жыл бұрын
"yeah we're kinda sorry for that lord of ring game, oops, thanks for the money tho"
@thekillerdynamo
Жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ, they really did do that
@rydekk-4644
Жыл бұрын
Lord of the RING Yeah, forget all the other rings!
@matbirdmiddleton
Жыл бұрын
You know it’s bad when Balan Wonderworld is used as a positive example
@UndeadAlv
Жыл бұрын
For real, the fact that Dunkey made that comparison was what really made me think "damn, this game is so horrible my feeble mind can't even comprehend its horrors"
@mrpopo8537
Жыл бұрын
I've never heard of Balanwonderworld I've only heard of Balanwonderland(this is a joke)
@TheoHiggins
Жыл бұрын
"This reminds me of that time I committed fax fraud at Yuji Naka's house"
@UnspeakableFerret
Жыл бұрын
@@UndeadAlv well my mind can comprehend these horrors just fine so sounds like a skill issue
@markerikson7423
Жыл бұрын
only because it knew what it wanted to be
@superfalloutmario9642
7 ай бұрын
Update to the apology letter: they used chat gpt
@aheenobarbushenocied9880
2 ай бұрын
Nah this fr? 😂
@alargefarva4274
11 күн бұрын
They could at least have proofread it 🤦🏼♂️
@Questionable_Content
10 ай бұрын
"The premise of this game is you play as a starving little gremlin that can't even catch a beetle doing slave labor for orcs in hell where everyone is coughing and dying and nobody likes you because you're a little slimy rat bastard and everyone hits you and calls you names the whole game" Holy shit dunky sure knows how to sell me on a premise
@rundrop4858
4 ай бұрын
I laughed so hard I cried when he said this, what a fucking description
@Naev0w0
3 ай бұрын
Reminds me of my childhood
@lucasjohnson5733
7 күн бұрын
ngl this game would be kinda cool story wise if it was like a short novel
@Akursedtime
Жыл бұрын
This game makes you feel exactly like Gollum. Bitter, sad, broken, depressed and alone. It's a Gollum type game.
@GundamChao
Жыл бұрын
peak Gollumcore aesthetic
@malpheus4299
Жыл бұрын
Fuck strand games, gollum-type games are in.
@afr1canch13f5
Жыл бұрын
Ah yes, I’m quite the fan of Gollum-likes
@clintfischer1057
Жыл бұрын
Too little appreciation for this "man of culture" comment
@outlastingflame1614
Жыл бұрын
Truly makes feel like you dont have something precious.
@fivws
Жыл бұрын
Imagine spending 50 dollars on a game and upon opening it the developers say sorry
@Broken_Yugo
Жыл бұрын
Many do not offer that honesty! Edit:You are all replying to a fucking cheap joke like I'm serious, learn to read better, think before acting, remain calm, your life will improve.
@dumbidiot1119
Жыл бұрын
60*
@fivws
Жыл бұрын
True but then at least drop the price? Who cares about an apology, consumers want their money's worth.
@phylippezimmermannpaquin2062
Жыл бұрын
Its only 50 where you live?
@fivws
Жыл бұрын
🤓
@sengiko
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate the existence of games like this one, because it's a game that nobody asked for EVER. So when it turns out this game is bad I get free entertainment from KZitem. Keep it up devs!
@ericfelds6291
11 ай бұрын
Yeah, everything about this game is just so fucking baffling, I’m very glad it exists because it’s genuinely hilarious
@lucrussell9363
10 ай бұрын
I’m just sitting here praying for another shadow of war.
@stunterjeff
7 ай бұрын
The devs dont make any games no more the studio is dead right now
@alexm2889
Ай бұрын
the idea was so weird that I was CONVINCED they had some brilliant angle. Nope.
@bighatbondquo863
Жыл бұрын
"The graphics is the graphics" Gollum game is truly one of the games of all time
@aheenobarbushenocied9880
11 ай бұрын
Truly. A game was made and published.
@xnightshadyx
Жыл бұрын
"Like all high quality games, the Smeagol game comes with an apology from the developers" is just a 10/10.
@Oresix89
Жыл бұрын
Roasted them completely
@Claptain_Planet
Жыл бұрын
10/10 It has a little something for everyone
@galaxywizard8904
Жыл бұрын
They also misspelled the name of the game in the letter. 11/10 Edit: Apparently, Nacon used ChatGPT to write the apology without even telling Daedalic. 20/10
@blacksuitnotie
Жыл бұрын
@@galaxywizard8904 "The Lord of the Ring: Gollum" lmao I can't man... I didn't catch that until you mentioned it
@maurits4845
Жыл бұрын
It's just embarrassing at this point
@ynotsammy
Жыл бұрын
if their goal was to make you see how depressing gollums life was then this game really makes you feel like gollum
@Jimbro0o0o0
Жыл бұрын
I don't know about you, but this game actually made me feel like Spiderman.
@Ennar
Жыл бұрын
@Hybrid From Hell that comment of yours is somehow even more sad than the game.
@gradyjelly136
Жыл бұрын
I hope they can one day capture that in a Spiderman game.
@silenf519
Жыл бұрын
"this game really makes you feel like gollum" 9/10 - IGN
@deepdivedisco4779
Жыл бұрын
Depression simulator
@user-vr1zd5pj5n
Жыл бұрын
2:54 does it really say the next day in comic sans 😭
@fuzzydude64
11 ай бұрын
I feel like if maybe you took Gollum and placed him into the genre of horror inspired by Little Nightmares and Bramble King, you could potentially make this concept work. Treat Gollum's journey of harrowing self destruction like the horror it is and subtly tell the player that everything that happens to him is both self imposed or deserved yet beyond his control, rather than treating him like some kind of anti-hero or whatever they THOUGHT the fandom was thought of him.
@olliewilliams4325
Жыл бұрын
"Wait in the line of slaves" has to be the funniest objective. Literally virtual queuing, peak game design.
@adonissherlock
Жыл бұрын
The objectives are straight out of Postal 2 "get your welfare check" "wait in line for gary coleman's autograph" "piss on your dad's tomb"
@williamwade9779
Жыл бұрын
This is just what living in Chicago is
@mingyuhuang8944
Жыл бұрын
@@williamwade9779 You are all misunderstanding this game. It is actually a masterpiece which was coded by smeagle himself and also made to feel the twisted and depressing, brain-breaking life of smeagle 😢😢😢😂
@johnpenguinthe3rd13
Жыл бұрын
Well, to be fair, this game is actually very faithful to Tolkien's lore: Gollum's time in that prison was boring, horrible, abysmal, filled with crappy as hell objectives that either make no damn sense or are just ultra depressing, all taking place in a horrible looking environment. This game captured all of that accurately. LMAO.
@bobaflautist6241
Жыл бұрын
@@johnpenguinthe3rd13 "It's not supposed to be *fun*, it's a commentary on the horrors of slavery, the banality of evil, and the halfling condition through the lens of the most wretched, pathetic id-driven excuse for a hobbit. It's *art*. Now give me $60.00."
@coopercaller
Жыл бұрын
It's actually kind of a hard game. It took me an hour to complete the "Restrict bloodflow to Gollum's throat" objective
@SirspenStudios
Жыл бұрын
I never did find all the fingers.
@caffeine6956
Жыл бұрын
Anyone got any tips on how to convice gollum he is a little piss baby? Been stuck on this one for hours.
@Trisaaru
Жыл бұрын
I personally struggled with calling Gollum a "piss baby" because I kept doing weird Mario impressions.
@Demytrya
Жыл бұрын
Find the new diaper was much harder than I thought it would be
@Gregolas
Жыл бұрын
The piss baby objective is a bit of a tricky one, you just need to refer to him as a urine goblin and it actually convinces him
@TruddStuddlerucker
Жыл бұрын
My first impression hearing about this game was that it should have been a point and click adventure instead of a stealth action game, and then i found out that Daedalic specialized in point and click games before this! A baffling choice to have this be your first action game!
@SomeYouTubeTraveler
11 ай бұрын
Maybe they should've just gone the Emperor's New Groove route, abandoned all sense of seriousness and made it a Middle-Earth flavored Untitled Goose Game. In this infinitely better Gollum (let's call it Untitled Gollum Game), you just sneak around places like Rivendell or Moria and harass people for no reason. And instead of a dedicated "HONK!" button, you have a "PRECIOUS!" button you can mash to your heart's content while you cross off objectives like "put nasty Elves's bow in the well" or Make the Hobbitses eat raw fish." I'd play that game for a million hours straight.
@renemejias1842
11 ай бұрын
How does that have to do with emperors new groove? I'm so curious. I love that movie.
@SomeYouTubeTraveler
11 ай бұрын
@@renemejias1842 If you watch the behind the scenes video they made about making Emperor's New Groove, they explain how originally they set out to make a great big serious musical like their other animated movies, but the development got so troubled and dragged on and on, until they finally just said "screw it, we're making a ridiculous comedy and not holding back!"
@ano_nym
11 ай бұрын
@@SomeKZitemTraveler they did well with that. Loved that movie as a kid.
@kanthonyofficial
11 ай бұрын
i genuinely enjoy the fact that the state of game development is now just at “sorry for making this game” stage
@paultracey6740
Жыл бұрын
I’m genuinely convinced that the character designer got Gollum and Dobby mixed up on several occasions during the design process
@salazar7223
Жыл бұрын
Imagine playing as a fusion of the two most beautiful people in all of fiction. 60 dollars yes please
@HENRYPAN19
Жыл бұрын
Don't disrespect Dobby like that, house-elves can wield powerful magics they're just brainwashed.
@juiceekay7428
Жыл бұрын
Then they threw Bully Maguire’s hair ontop of the abomination. 💀
@elliottfehr4336
Жыл бұрын
And somehow failed at creating either one
@user-qw3xp2wu1m
Жыл бұрын
It’s annoying too because theses guys helped make Barotrauma
@vamperjr1376
Жыл бұрын
I like how when you fall to your death, the game makes sure Smeagol fucking lands on his head to make sure he's really dead.
@LavaCreeperPeople
Жыл бұрын
Is This the Worst Game Ever?
@fukase861
Жыл бұрын
LOL 💀
@dragon___
Жыл бұрын
probably because the mfs head is too heavy lol
@raredays2767
Жыл бұрын
@@LavaCreeperPeople well it’s certainly not getting GOTY that’s for sure
@trippinhard250
Жыл бұрын
@@LavaCreeperPeople I'd put it right up there with.... damn really can't think of a worse game.
@hoodedrain7925
10 ай бұрын
The subtle tone of a saxophone after every inconvenience is hilarious
@KitKatNisa
11 ай бұрын
My favorite part of the 'apology' is that they focus on the fact that they're working on fixing the bugs. People don't hate it for the bugs. They hate it because the core game is terrible.
@ashdog9235
6 ай бұрын
I hated the beetle
@kipdaedricartifact
Жыл бұрын
the fact that their game was so bad they had to apologise for the game itself is just incredible
@TheBanMan
Жыл бұрын
their game was so bad they couldnt spare the time to write an apology because they were still coding it after release so they let the AI do it
@williamhenning4700
Жыл бұрын
“Lord of Ring”
@skillethead15
Жыл бұрын
It’s an embarrassment. They should have cancelled this monstrosity before it even released.
@pjdlol
Жыл бұрын
you really need to think, at any point during development did someone say 'hey this looks like trash' or were they all extremely proud of their product. If they were proud that is absolutely sad
@rorrim0
Жыл бұрын
Not my place to accept such an apology, though I will note they also need to apologize for charging 10$ for lore content to hide the fact this was not a 59$ game but a 69$ one.
@r0st3r07
Жыл бұрын
"like all high quality games, the smeagol game comes with an apology" truly the future is now
@themodfather9382
Жыл бұрын
Why the fuck are you all posting the same thing? Bots
@pauloricardo-wn6ps
Жыл бұрын
cp2077 was so ahead of it's time
@twitching_bot574
11 ай бұрын
2:10 New objective: Request a refund.
@ChuckYourself
9 ай бұрын
Smeagel always dies, but the sad saxaphone music implies that he cannot die, as if its his bad FORTUNE
@jamesschwab6672
Ай бұрын
I thought i was the only one
@poopfartlord9695
Жыл бұрын
The first "apology type game", truly revolutionary.
@Immadeus
Жыл бұрын
No that was redfall
@mollusckscramp4124
Жыл бұрын
@@Immadeus Don't forget Cyberpunk!
@karimitickaeloogreattemlor3486
Жыл бұрын
@@mollusckscramp4124yeah but Cyberpunk was actually good
they should make a speedrun any % apology game category, wins wichever developer apologies first
@JettyBootChamp
Жыл бұрын
It'll never cease to amaze me that games with tons of promise get cancelled half way through production all the time, yet games like this survive all the way to a release date.
@LispyJesus
Жыл бұрын
Being lord of the rings is the only reason it got to release. Think of it like a modern one of those shitty movie games they use to make tons of like ps1/2 time frame. It doesn’t matter if it’s good, enough people will likely buy it in the end anyways to turn a profit
@samh3048
Жыл бұрын
it always surprises me that they make a game to this extent and then just... don't polish it and release it broken? it's literally throwing away years of work and hundreds of thousands of dollars every time they release a broken game.
@emildegas4213
Жыл бұрын
Corpos, that's the answer
@wonthrice
Жыл бұрын
@@samh3048 It's not throwing aways years of hard work and millions of dollars if dumb people buy the game anyways. Then they are actually making a profit for selling an unfinished game. And then they are incentivized to keep selling unfinished games because dumb people still buy the game.
@UnclePhil1112
Жыл бұрын
The first game I immediately thought of when you said this, was Silent Hills. I still haven’t forgiven Konami for that
@omarmohtady3002
4 ай бұрын
This might be my favorite video on KZitem. I am convinced I have rewatched this video more than anyone else! Anytime I’m in a bad mood I’ll throw on some dunkey Smegle review
@Howlingburd19
7 ай бұрын
*When “Skull Island: Rise of Kong” releases* Gollum: “Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary!”
@rand0mati0n
Жыл бұрын
It’s very telling that I legitimately cannot tell if the Gollum death sound effects are genuine or just Dunkey memeing.
@Capin91
Жыл бұрын
There are no jokey edits in this, that’s just the game…😅
@TokumBeatbox
Жыл бұрын
@@Capin91 comic sans?? For real?
@Another_El_User
Жыл бұрын
@@TokumBeatboxdo you want to have a bad Tom?!
@TokumBeatbox
Жыл бұрын
@@Another_El_User what?
@lazerhosen
Жыл бұрын
@@TokumBeatbox they asked if you want to have a bad Tom?!
@youraftermyrobotbee
Жыл бұрын
This game is honestly such a throwback to the days when all licensed games blew beaver ass. Like it's giving Superman 64
@radio_obscura
Жыл бұрын
Okay, so since the '90s are back, when are we going to get cool skateboarding dogs with sunglasses?
@viscountrainbows2857
Жыл бұрын
Back when literally anything imaginable would be ported to the Commodore, SNES, or whatever at the time. Makes me miss PS2 shovelware licensed titles. At least some of those were funny.
@NetBattler
Жыл бұрын
E.T moment.
@joedorben3504
Жыл бұрын
@@radio_obscura "it's giving" 🤡
@zoogeographic396
Жыл бұрын
@@joedorben3504 lol “it’s giving” ☠️🤡
@MyL10Productions
Жыл бұрын
"The graphics are the graphics" that's my favorite line ever
@BigBoss15310
7 ай бұрын
Coming back to this after a few months. Dunkey NEEDS to play Skull Island: Rise of Kong now.
@tanaka1477
Жыл бұрын
it's amazing how Smeagol who can't take 5 steps without dying somehow managed to live hundreds of years
@thebillyd00
Жыл бұрын
That's just how hard his life has been. No wonder he's so crazy
@namethathasntbeentakenyetm3682
Жыл бұрын
@@thebillyd00 Smeagol had to play The Lord of the Rings: Gollum for hundreds of years. Can't believe the orcs would do this to him, sadistic bastards.
@Wertsir
Жыл бұрын
In canon, smeagol is pretty weak. Strong enough to wrestle a hobbit, but just barely. Aragorn could probably crush his windpipe with one hand tbh. His survival is not a matter of physical durability. But instead is a combination of three factors: 1) His own cunning and desire to avoid danger so he can spend more time with the ring. 2) The power of the ring itself, which smeagol wielded longer than anyone. 3) The personal intervention of Eru Illuvitar ensuring that Gollum survives long enough to play his pivotal role in destroying the one ring and finally ending the rebellion of sauron and morgoth. And if I had to pick, I'd say it was mostly the third one. Smeagol was literally chosen by god to play his accursed role, to be the sacrificial lamb. And thus he could not have been permitted to due a pointless death before his appointed time.
@kailynx2295
Жыл бұрын
It's amazing how far gaming has come! We used to get day 1 patches, now we get day 1 apologies
@Furufoo
Жыл бұрын
The devs banded together after the game was finished to preemptively write the letter, y'know, just to keep it on the ready
@digitalplayland
Жыл бұрын
😂
@mingyuhuang8944
Жыл бұрын
@@Furufoo You are all misunderstanding this game. It is actually a masterpiece which was coded by smeagle himself and also made to feel the twisted and depressing, brain-breaking life of smeagle 😢😢😢😢
@marconaples8114
Жыл бұрын
At least we have Pizza Tower to make us forget about this monstrosity.
@xcellentcreations3312
Жыл бұрын
Well at least it implies they regret making such a trashy game
@dikkekipgaming
9 ай бұрын
You know your game is bad when dunkey uses Balan Wonderland as a good example
@gotgunpowder
11 ай бұрын
I don't think the idea is bad. The mechanics of having to pick between Smeagol and Gollum could have been great if they were fleshed out and put on a game that wasn't awful.
@taurajpn4733
Жыл бұрын
This game really makes you feel like one of father’s rats
@quag311
Жыл бұрын
Had a feeling someone would write this.
@sovietdeathstroke6713
Жыл бұрын
K*ll him!
@he_was_a_skater_dog
Жыл бұрын
"New objective: Return to your cell in the barracks and end the day by the window." Finally a game I feel represented in
@philosophy_bot4171
Жыл бұрын
Beep bop... I'm the Philosophy Bot. Here, have a quote: "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration" ~ Frank Herbert
@electron6825
Жыл бұрын
@@philosophy_bot4171bots on yt? Nah, reported
@Eternal_Emerald
Жыл бұрын
@@electron6825This is better than the other bots I've seen. Better than the attention seekers and pron bots.
@roberthurst6064
Жыл бұрын
@@philosophy_bot4171 "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind" - also Frank Herbert. Let us get Butlerian on this bot
@Felix-dh9tl
Жыл бұрын
This is like playing some elderscrolls game, you start as a prisoner but this time you won’t leave the prison xD
@Wubwubfubfub12345
2 ай бұрын
This is the best homeless simulator I have ever played. I was actually homeless when I got this game, yet somehow playing Gollum was more painful
@whynologin
Жыл бұрын
I like how they tell you to press X to Accept Game Over as if there was a mechanic where you could dispute it but didn't make it to the final version of the game.
@thesafetycalzone4920
Жыл бұрын
I love the implication that Sméagol just standing up would be such a power move that the game can't allow it and gives you a Game Over screen
@k1cksforbra1ns
Жыл бұрын
😂 that’s the way I seen it too
@Shadest
Жыл бұрын
The character you play as in this game is actually based on Dunkey's brother escaping after years of being forced to play video games blindfolded with an unplugged steering wheel for Dunkey's channel
@GandalfsHashPipe
Жыл бұрын
And fed nothing but spaghetti
@bugglemagnum6213
Жыл бұрын
my little brother actually has the controller
@Nigmond
Жыл бұрын
@@GandalfsHashPipe Spagetti and Meatballs
@dinus574
Жыл бұрын
yes
@LiminalSpace00
Жыл бұрын
Seinfeld?
@willem6605
11 ай бұрын
All the gameplay footage I've seen of this looks like a barely-functioning crypto miner made in Unity.
@TheAlphaLegionnaire
Жыл бұрын
Who gets their own game next? C-3PO?
@jaydee2847
Жыл бұрын
5:47 We need to acknowledge that the apology begins by calling it "The Lord of Ring: Gollum"
@basilcook4280
Жыл бұрын
I’m confused, isn’t that the name of the game?
@MrMario995
Жыл бұрын
@@basilcook4280 It should be “The Lord of the Rings”, not “The Lord of Ring”. Two errors there: no “the” and “Ring” instead of “Rings”. The intern/AI did not double check their work lol
@Relixification
Жыл бұрын
@@MrMario995 shows how little they actually cared.
@latestcraze8398
Жыл бұрын
I didn’t even notice that. I love how little they care.😂
@captainlockes2344
Жыл бұрын
Probably written by Gollum
@TheGIJew.
Жыл бұрын
I love Balan Wonderworld finally being recognized for its innovative features, such as utilizing multiple colors and attempting on some level to invoke happiness
@AproposDare
Жыл бұрын
I remember the game being introduced at the very first Xbox Series X games showcase and some delusional commentator said he'd buy a Series X just to play Balan Wonderworld.
@Ivytheherbert
Жыл бұрын
Gollum would have been a much better experience if he'd been allowed to dress as a flower that intermittently illuminates the surroundings, or as a sunflower with Red Hot powers!
@mitchellhouser1572
Жыл бұрын
I prefer to live out my ultimate fantasy as a weak, wretched creature forced to perform slave labor in hell.
@MetFanMac
Жыл бұрын
*evoke
@ThatPianoNoob
Жыл бұрын
I've never heard of it and thought wtf is that.. it makes sense that it is merely a more enthusiastic piece of shit.
@haroldflower8008
11 ай бұрын
4:08 no im smeagol
@johannliebert2870
7 ай бұрын
Why does this translate to "I dont know everything"?
@stellarswine9488
Жыл бұрын
The concept of this game sounded great. As a weak and frail Sméagol you’re tasked with navigating through middle earth and it’s dangers. Also as a character his interactions with people could have been fun to see. Too bad they released this 😭
@horeckilarion3310
Жыл бұрын
I think the same, the concept itself is not that trash, but the execution..
@dimetrodon2250
Жыл бұрын
I actually liked the idea of playing as a feral goblin man running around in just my underwear and catching bugs and fish with my bare hands to eat. I was even willing to pay 70 dollars for such a game. And guess what, I did. And I do not regret my purchase of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom one bit.
@LuvTonique
Жыл бұрын
I am amazed that Dunkey didn't point out the DLC for adding lore-objects to the game and the one that lets you say "My precious" on a 10 second cooldown for $3
@interestedinbread3634
Жыл бұрын
No fucking way 😂 you have to pay to be able to say “my precious”?! 🤣
@Guntfarm
Жыл бұрын
@@interestedinbread3634 It's advertised as "6 iconic emotes". One emote is "My precious" The other five emotes are him interacting with a bug.
@5PYZ3R
Жыл бұрын
@@Guntfarm are you serious about the other five emotes. you gotta be shitting me lmao
@LuvTonique
Жыл бұрын
@@5PYZ3R It gets better You do the emotes by pressing down on the d-pad and it plays a random one. You can't even pick which one plays.
@LuvTonique
Жыл бұрын
@@interestedinbread3634 You do, yep!
@graysonsander-olhoeft1731
4 ай бұрын
what this game was missing was Sméagol dancing at the end of every level to upbeat music with his girlfriend.
@fortune392
Жыл бұрын
I never thought "he's one of father's rats, kill him!" would be stuck in my head, but here we are.
@DoubleOSevan
Жыл бұрын
Reading the books and watching the movies, it's apparent that the developers were going for that truly authentic Gollum experience... which is to say a life of agony, pain, and crippling helplessness.
@user-bs1lr8nx1h
Жыл бұрын
yes -they want the experince for players so they succeded , they should charge more for this uniquehood
@tomcoulnd3686
Жыл бұрын
Which is weird, because the whole thing about Gollum in the books is that he is deceptively powerful. He can take out orcs and even trolls alone. He is twisted, and mutated, but not helpless at all.
@starman2995
Жыл бұрын
And also mind-numbing tedium.
@w415800
Жыл бұрын
I'd like to think that the ghost of Gollum is trapped in every iteration of the game's avatar, living out every pathetic lifespan as a mean of punishment, this game is literally Smeagol's afterlife.
@jackjacksonson8090
Жыл бұрын
I am genuinely flabbergasted that this was even released
@jimmymeridian5174
Жыл бұрын
I'm no Tolkien fan, but the idea for this at least sounded okay...I guess... Seems like they just went about it the wrong way though.
@terribletimmy2
Жыл бұрын
It's legitimately shocking... how in the hell did this get greenlit??????
@benfrese3573
Жыл бұрын
@@terribletimmy2 why wouldn't it get greenlit? It could work if it wasn't as bad as it is.
@skyanzes
Жыл бұрын
this game wasn't released. it escaped.
@TheBanana93
Жыл бұрын
@@terribletimmy2 Because these companies see their customers as complete and utter idiots who buy any old crap if it has a well known brand name attached too it.... and you know what? Half the time they are right. But they have no respect for us at all....
@raycraft001
Ай бұрын
Missed opportunity to not make the ending ‘more dor’
@safourgardpa5459
8 ай бұрын
2:31 "New objective: End Smeagol's suffering." I hadn't seen that before lmfao
@AMinibot
Жыл бұрын
I remember when there was first talk about this, someone summed up their hopes for it as 'it is a beautiful day in the Misty Mountains and you are a horrible Gollum' and I really wish that had been the concept behind it. Like, allow Gollum to cause as many problems as the goose got away with.
@FirEBeast
Жыл бұрын
Yes honestly that would be awesome. Like Untitled Goose Game or Goat Simulator, but this time in Middle Earth and as a slimy Sméagol nobody likes. Actually seems kinda fun
@adamstrong98
Жыл бұрын
I was hoping it would be more like the books imply where he's just kinda in the area while these massive, earth-shattering events are taking place but just eats fish and watches it go by. Figured it would lean more survival with the goal just being to mill about on a never-ending quest for fish while the ring gives us objectives that are all to get us killed so it can go back to Sauron but we keep living
@anthonya.jumelles7103
Жыл бұрын
Disaster Report w/ Gollum
@boomertiro1422
Жыл бұрын
I agree. In the books this is the sneaky little character that gained a taste for orc babies and the orcs couldn't stop him. He's evil on a level that makes Sauron look prudent and honorable, and maddeningly difficult to pin down with his only described capture in one of Mordor's most secure locations lasting a mere months at most.
@MasonMcLeodFilms
Жыл бұрын
The whole time this was being released I thought it was going to be a short Little Nightmares style game about Gollum moving from Mordor to Moria or maybe simply him escaping Mordor after being tortured. I am FLABBERGASTED that the whole game is him just doing slave work
@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii4222
Жыл бұрын
Is it? That sounds terrible. 😂 What a piece of shit. AVGN should review this.
@zbnmth
Жыл бұрын
I thought the same. At least that would have had some development, and lots of potential exploring and discovery. Edit: and it would have fit nicely in the canon
@lrizzard
Жыл бұрын
yeah why would they do that? who thought that was a good idea? that is actually depressing
@cube2fox
Жыл бұрын
Slave work is not the whole game? Gollum escapes eventually. Dunkey probably just played part of it.
@cosmicmunkee1628
Жыл бұрын
@@cube2fox seeing others play this (mostly my roommate and Charlie,) it's clear that at least half the game revolves around him being in slavery. At best that could have made for a nice intro sequence or tutorial section before his escape into the less linear world. It is very much a wasted opportunity.
@arthurguilherme3358
5 ай бұрын
impressive how Rise of Kong and The Walking Dead game came to take the spot of worst game of 2023 after Gollum
@C_Train74
11 ай бұрын
Balan Wonderland being an example of what a game could do better is horrifying.
@HenchGuyBlast
Жыл бұрын
This game really makes you FEEL like you’ve been cursed with unnaturally long life.
@Frogman1212
Жыл бұрын
So bad it gives you a suicidal crisis?
@riversart2030
Жыл бұрын
Yep. At least ET for the Atari was only ten minutes long.
@utubrGaming
Жыл бұрын
The game feels thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
@egretfx
Жыл бұрын
I like you😂
@SnuggsMcDuff
Жыл бұрын
I really felt like I was depressed and an abused slave and had no free will of my own playing this game. Thank you Daedalic, ive never been more immersed in a video game.
@EditUnivers75
Жыл бұрын
@Shitty Eugene not everyone buys a game every month
@chrismyers8613
Жыл бұрын
Why not just work at Walmart
@porkcutlet3920
Жыл бұрын
@@chrismyers8613 You get paid at Walmart, which ruins the experience.
@cheddarsunchipsyes8144
Жыл бұрын
@@porkcutlet3920lolll
@theyouth2000
7 ай бұрын
Nope, Rise of Kong takes the win for that title. 😅
@infernal-toad
7 ай бұрын
The Fall of Kong
@Howlingburd19
7 ай бұрын
Gollum: “Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary!”
@infernal-toad
7 ай бұрын
@@Howlingburd19 Gonna mention Skull Island Rise of Kong’s PC requirements are lower than Gollum’s requirements. Yet an 8GB RAM minimum requirement for a game with Awful graphics feels like a joke when you compare it to Crysis 2007 that only recommends 2GB RAM (as long as you don’t have Windows Vista) which has far better graphics than SIROK. This is why optimisation in pc games is VERY important.
@marahz
11 ай бұрын
6:14 the digimon world 3 music 😭😭😭 absolutely best game taste possible
@michaelkarim57
Жыл бұрын
This game really makes you feel like one of father’s rats being killed
@gogobebe3713
Жыл бұрын
This game makes you feel like you're experiencing smeagol's depression. Immersion 10/10
@vsevolodzubko
Жыл бұрын
10/10 This game has a little something for everyone
@Miles26545
Жыл бұрын
@Kiril's Armwrestling Show fax
@N0ahface
Жыл бұрын
Say what you whill about this game but it really makes you feel like Smeagol 7/10
@jakobhealey8608
Жыл бұрын
Nothing nicer then checking on a childhood KZitemr who has gone from a few thousand views to now millions. So we'll deserved dunk you are the goat
@CptFargals
11 ай бұрын
I think it's hilarious that in their official apology they even misspell the name of their own game. They say "The Lord of Ring: Gollum"
@dhalldrake
Жыл бұрын
This game really makes you FEEL like you are one of father's rats
@Joosher56
11 ай бұрын
*k i l l h i m*
@august1875
11 ай бұрын
STOOOOP
@the77don
10 ай бұрын
Thought I would get sick of this run down joke. Turns out it's still hilarious
@hyrumstephens2002
5 ай бұрын
😂😂
@alexlaurens
3 ай бұрын
This got me 😂
@RustyDruff
Жыл бұрын
I think the devs actually did a pretty good job to make the player experience the same torture Gollum had to endure.
@viscountrainbows2857
Жыл бұрын
On a meta angle, this would be brilliant. But the fact they had people pay AAA game price for it is unacceptable, unless we're dipping into some odd ARG territory here.
@riversart2030
Жыл бұрын
Similar to how ET for the Atari made you experience the desire to phone home.
@Eggyteevee
5 ай бұрын
Just remembering that they commited a typo on the Sorry Letter, they wrote "The Lord of the Ring", without the S in Ring
@Colo_12
Жыл бұрын
That Balan Wonderland comparison was brutal, this is the most ruthless thing I've ever seen dunkey do
@armintargaryen9216
Жыл бұрын
I don't know if you did it on purpose for the lols but just in case, it's actually Wonderworld xd
@stopreadingthisusername9528
Жыл бұрын
No, wrong. It’s Wonderworldland! Did you even watch the video?!
@anaveragefern
Жыл бұрын
Balan Wonderwall
@Naturelessfacts
Жыл бұрын
i spend so long editing, but get no views. I wuv you 💜
@thisisnotdan1
Жыл бұрын
I can't think of a worse way to pan a game than to compare it unfavorably to Balan Wonderworld/land/wall/whatever
@A-Duck
Жыл бұрын
You're all crazy, this game is an avant-garde masterpiece. The devs were so committed to authenticity they actually got Gollum to code it! Truly visionary.
@TheLudicrousLuv
Жыл бұрын
>they actually got gollum to code it! Doobus Goobus reference
@lucre113
Жыл бұрын
@@TheLudicrousLuv what
@TheLudicrousLuv
Жыл бұрын
@@lucre113 nothing
@lucre113
Жыл бұрын
@@TheLudicrousLuv what?
@ExtrnalSorce2
Жыл бұрын
@@TheLudicrousLuv real
@burniklover4705
5 ай бұрын
What's even more funnier is the fact that the apology letter is ai generated (chatgpt) hence the incorrect spelling of the game's name Truly a work of gollum.
@eponymous3784
5 ай бұрын
"Getting caught is an instant fail state" has to be the worst stealth trope of all time.
@Esty568
Жыл бұрын
I think the Smeagol game is a secret art of Daedalic Entertainment, which depicts the world of modern game-development. You slave away in a dark building, being yelled at by more aggresive and powerful people, who was given more power because they were more evil and aggressive than others. They force you to work on something you don’t want to. And at the end if you produce something worthwhile, you “get extra bread for that”.
@thesurvivorssanctuary6561
Жыл бұрын
TY, just... thank you,
@mingyuhuang8944
Жыл бұрын
You are all misunderstanding this game. It is actually a masterpiece which was coded by smeagle himself and also made to feel the twisted and depressing, brain-breaking life of smeagle 😢😢😢😢
@TheAxeaman
Жыл бұрын
People hate the game because it’s too real. They want to escape capitalism, not play it.
@timscott124
Жыл бұрын
you got extra bread?
@pedrochagas9903
Жыл бұрын
Not the bread 😭
@one_night_gaming
Жыл бұрын
The broken game was a metaphor for how broken Golleum is. In fact, the developers wanted to hone that message in by forcing players be stuck in a loop.
@mollusckscramp4124
Жыл бұрын
LMFAO
@lavender_oni
Жыл бұрын
The metaphor really works seeing as how the only fitting end for this game is to cast every copy into the fiery chasm of Mt. Doom
@f145hr3831jr
Жыл бұрын
This game reminds me of a AA stealth game I played a few years ago: Styx: Master of Shadows. It's like LOTR: Gollum went for a similar game with a similar premise (small and weak protagonist who cannot win a fair fight, dark fastasy setting, dark and brooding atmosphere, focus on stealth and acrobatics to avoid confrontations, even the way stealth kills are handled is extremely similar), except Styx did it better because the game was less glitchy (it was still janky but not in a game-ruining way), the story was more interesting to follow, the protagonist was more ressourceful, and the brooding atmosphere was tempered by bits of black comedy.
@Aethereality
9 ай бұрын
I didn't realize until today that Dunkey added that troll objective at 2:33
@mjr_schneider
Жыл бұрын
I have to commend the developers for making the first truly Kafkaesque gaming experience. I look forward to their next game, wherein you play as a giant cockroach trying to get off its back and avoid being stepped on by your abusive father.
@looker999997
Жыл бұрын
Bad Mojo already exists.
@yungyosef
Жыл бұрын
this one made me laugh so hard! thank you
@brennangoldman6661
Жыл бұрын
I think there are some experimental games that might fit the bill. Balan Wonderland may be it too. The problem people have with that game is having to constantly traverse levels to get the powerups again. And of course the bizarre presentation and gimmicky powerups Shenmue is another example that comes to mind. Maybe you could play it with a guide, but I struggle to think of the demographic for that game. And somehow 3 of them were made
@Burner-wb6pf
Жыл бұрын
Kafkaesque?.. do you know what that means or where you just trying to sound smart? If this game was about the mundanity and redundancy of modern day bureaucracy, then sure. But I don’t recall Gollum wearing a suit and tie on his way to a 9-5 accountant job lmao Maybe devving this game was somewhat kafkaesque, but the game experience is not.
@LtCdrXander
Жыл бұрын
Final Fantasy 6 is pretty Kafkaesque since Kafka is the main antagonist
@GeorgeCowsert
Жыл бұрын
The sad thing is they literally had an easy-in for a Gollum story. Literally just have a band of adventurers discover him, then find out about the Ring, and then it devolves into a free-for-all where Gollum has to manipulate the adventurers into killing eachother so he can get the Ring back. Literally Gollum's entire character is that he is obsessed with the Ring. He wouldn't give a damn about some slave tasks; he'd sneak out the first chance he had and move far away from the slavers so he doesn't risk being separated from the Ring again. So when you have a character that simpleminded, you need to play with the scenario to make their true strengths shine.
@thestartoyou
Жыл бұрын
this idea would work so well as a choice based game
@fishmonger__
Жыл бұрын
wow an actual fun and good idea! wouldnt want that to be made into a game!
@millerrepin4452
Жыл бұрын
@@thestartoyou No it wouldn't. Gollum is a simple character where there is only ever going to be one choice, get the ring in the fastest way possible. Morality just doesn't fit his character despite his split personality. There just isn't room for player input of choices.
@dankerbell
Жыл бұрын
still mid, who wants to play as gollum
@irvancrocs1753
Жыл бұрын
@@thestartoyou Honestly this game probably would fit better into that category or perhaps point and click instead forcing it into boring broken platformer like this, and fun fact the developer is actually very good when it comes to that genre, idk why they wanted to make it this way..
@j0s3ph61
3 ай бұрын
0:40 Split second of hairless Gollum.
@TheOnlyKujoe
8 ай бұрын
That digimon world 3 music at the end really bringin me back thanks dunko
@ipadipaidipeed3805
Жыл бұрын
This is like if insomniac made an entire 60 dollar game based around those mj missions in the first spiderman game
@radio_obscura
Жыл бұрын
Why was Michael Jackson in the Spiderman game?
@thepixalwizard873
Жыл бұрын
Just summed up pain in one sentence. It's the only part of replaying the game I can't stand
@dequasont1063
Жыл бұрын
Those were so terrible
@jackmcjelly8858
Жыл бұрын
@@radio_obscura Bc he asked Stan Lee to be spiderman in a movie and he said no
@baddiemcbadbad9231
Жыл бұрын
They did such an amazing job with this game. They wanted to make a dark, depressing, gritty experience. Not only is the atmosphere dark, depressing, and gritty. But so are the mechanics and gameplay. What a success
@vailingshadow5030
Жыл бұрын
Good troll
@purplebatdragon
Жыл бұрын
It reminds me of Agony, except with less soul. Ironic.
@philovidya8567
Жыл бұрын
I mean as a hobbyist game developer the point of game dev is to make the player feel a certain way. They seem to have made the player feel exactly how gollum feels so in that regard this game is a success.
@xHeigoux
Жыл бұрын
reminds me of agony. I got to the second area before I couldn't take it anymore.
@d00gz_
Жыл бұрын
Truly this is the modern day’s Kane & Lynch 2
@HoorayMeee
Жыл бұрын
Imagine waiting in line in a video game
@Bowers_Inside_Story
Ай бұрын
@1:15 Dunkey's monologue about Smeagol being a slimy rat bastard is comedic poetry
@Fluffyudders
Жыл бұрын
Just imagine that there is probably someone out there who had $70 to spend on a game, had to decide between this and Tears of the Kingdom, and went with this.
@WaffleShortage
11 ай бұрын
for the price of this game, you could get Deep Rock Galactic, Project Zomboid, and then still be able to buy most of the DLC for Vermintide 2 during a sale.
@spac3dout320
11 ай бұрын
@@WaffleShortage Or even 20ish cheeseburgers, now thats the steal
@rafaellago172
11 ай бұрын
There are some crazy ass LOTR fans out there. Trust me on this. But no, not even I fell for this. I can understand folks who bought, for example, Anthem day one because they thought it looked like a cool concept, but this? Nah.
@lafireteamplx3400
11 ай бұрын
I mean this would probably be better than those nintendo switch zelda games though
@Crypted112
11 ай бұрын
@@lafireteamplx3400 lmao funny joke
@Danmarinja
Жыл бұрын
I nearly cried when I had to do the mission where smeargle had to fight baby seals, but the seals beat him instead
@tarantulamadness6191
Жыл бұрын
That twist fkin threw me off guard man.
@dmclsl03
Жыл бұрын
That was fucking peak I swear
@patt5085
Жыл бұрын
Smarmgle
@webwallaballa944
Жыл бұрын
Sneedgle
@unfunnysenrirenposter
Жыл бұрын
smeargle???
@ESTalesTyrone
Жыл бұрын
The fact that they actually released this in 2023 is wild. This looks like a game from 2008 💀 like why did they waste time on this hot trash?
@Frank_Pods
Жыл бұрын
2008, yeah does have a PS3 / 360 vibe
@vezrien
9 ай бұрын
The shadow of mordor orc intro absolutely destroyed me lol
@ridalger16
Жыл бұрын
I know it's sad bad but it's absolutely hilarious that they released a game about Smeagle in this state. It just makes sense somehow.
@thalesv5973
Жыл бұрын
There are no good games possible with this smegma character
@koboldengineering7687
Жыл бұрын
It's hilarious they released a game about smeagle at *all* Like, who wanted this? Any lord of the rings fan wants to play a game as like, an adventurer or warrior not the fucking meth addict who eats raw fish in caves
@missbelled6700
Жыл бұрын
@@thalesv5973 what about a power fantasy game where he is the villain and you play as a beetle
@tortoiseoflegends4466
Жыл бұрын
I feel sorry for the devs, they've only ever made good, small 2D point and click games before this. Then their owners, a book publishing company, dumped making Gollum into their laps. And in the middle of production, shut down one of the studios working on the game and later sold the devs to a different company.
@IamBrixTM
Жыл бұрын
The game's quality was intentionally made to reflect the inadequacy of Smeagol as a character. It's genius.
@ziwuri
Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate how Dunkey never explicitly says that the game is hard to control and the platforming sections are unrewarding. It's shown through all the clips of him unfairly falling to his death that are sprinkled throughout the video.
@bluedistortions
Жыл бұрын
He somehow did that in Zelda as much as humanely possibly too though, so that doesn't mean much. He does it in every game.
@TheGuardDuck
Жыл бұрын
Skill issue?
@FirEBeast
Жыл бұрын
@@TheGuardDuck damn bro you’re so good at Sméagol game. Here’s your prize 🥇🍪
@cyjanek7818
Жыл бұрын
@@bluedistortions exactly, some people just love to make stuff up
@ziwuri
Жыл бұрын
@@TheGuardDuck I haven't played the game. I just have a decent level of media literacy.
@dujep5327
Жыл бұрын
Damn, that digimon 3 east station tune at the end hit me hard with nostalgia
@nilbog972
8 ай бұрын
Who thought people would want to play as Gollum? Like Gandalf or Aragorn would be too fun?
@MK-cm6xo
8 ай бұрын
I'm looking forward to the sequel where you get to play as one of the orcs guarding the Black Gate and do all the daily tasks that guard duty entails.
@theintunity
Жыл бұрын
Even if this was a 15 dollar indie game, this would've been unacceptable.
@leonardvilliers5858
Жыл бұрын
If they gave this game to me for free, I will ask for a refund 🤣🤣
@brzodroid
Жыл бұрын
No it wouldnt stop bandwagoning
@maiden5427
Жыл бұрын
@@leonardvilliers5858 😂😂😂 and an apology
@Alex-bw6yd
Жыл бұрын
@@brzodroid the game is utter shit, in every conceivable aspect. I’ve watched people play it, it’s not bandwagoning what he said it’s absolute garbage, ugly, poorly made and executed, uninteresting garbage. This game is going to be 20 bucks in 2 months and probably like 8 during a Steam sale within a few more months, that’s how awful it is.
@ardour1587
Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure even anyone would need it for free
@jogonyachickennugget4911
Жыл бұрын
The fact Gollum literally looks nothing like Gollum is crazy
@DuffmanOhNo
Жыл бұрын
Should have called it Colin
@SurrealLeaf
Жыл бұрын
One major about that: It's because games license from BOOKS not Jackson's movies. The movies likeness is "copyrighted" or they cant easily copy it. Mordor games were movie-licensed so they could copy the likeness easily. However, the model is kinda bad in the end..
@jogonyachickennugget4911
Жыл бұрын
@@SurrealLeaf ahhh thanks for explanation tho
@Th3UprightMan
Жыл бұрын
@@SurrealLeaf Oh I just thought it was because he was like a younger Gollum, still partly Smeagol, not yet wholly physically corrupted by the ring. I guess I gave them too much credit.
@SurrealLeaf
Жыл бұрын
@@Th3UprightMan I mean I guess they could've done that as well. It's still bit awkward looking, I agree. Real shame too. The devs are actually really good at making some point and click games and not bad at 3D. Look at their ken follett's the pillars of the earth game. That artstyle is really amazing in it too and games not bad. But supposedly their publisher is super shady and probably big part of the plunder.
@BadgerOfTheSea
6 ай бұрын
The npc quotes are pretty accurate to how people reacted to the game
@Alucario64
7 күн бұрын
The fact that Dunkey uses Fortune's theme from MGS2 in this video adds another layer of genius humor
@mortazahaidary9695
Жыл бұрын
If gollum was a real person and he made this game it’s exactly how I’d imagine it to look like.
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