I beat GOLLUM so no one else ever has to

Gollum is the new game from acclaimed developer Garbage Incorporated. In Gollum, play as Gollum as he struggles with his inner demons and bad platforming controls on a quest to accomplish nothing. If you like wandering a hallway trying to find the climbable ledge for 20 minutes, Gollum is the game for you!
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[@LooterPenguin]

I swear those "emotes" were just idle animations made to be in the game normally, but were ripped out to be sold

[@superscatboy]

That's how all the DLC seems to be. Charging extra for lore is outrageous. I hope Bethesda aren't taking notes.

[@mantrox]

@@superscatboy horse armor intensifies

[@straightoutacopenhagen1672]

​@@superscatboy Bethesda is a given but if not Bethesda ull always have rockstar to take the reigns on greed driven DLCs. it's as if rockstar and take 2 interactive saw how much hate Bethesda got. And asked how can I surpass them in the pissing match of being the biggest dick in he game industry. but at least rockstar has had success in recent years.

[@ryanm.8720]

Suddenly; the on-disk DLC of 'Street Fighter X Tekken' doesn't seem so bad in comparison.

[@LuNa-yd1fz]

I couldn't believe that some of those were emotes, I didn't even notice the emote at first I had to rewatch it smh

[@johnjuiceshipper4963]

Something about the term ‘Gollum speedrunning community’ is so funny to me

[@Lego_hq_21]

The biggest challenge isn’t the clock it’s staying awake

[@Der-Kleine]

Gollum speedruns are actually pretty popular, I've seen many entries in the "refund any%" category!

[@JustFollowingOrdersYT]

You joke, but for a couple games there's a category where you finish the game from launching the game before the Steam refund limit expires. It's a very niche and interesting category.

[@user-py4ek3vg3u]

It's a community of people running from this game in blinding speed.

[@donkeymcdoof6787]

Same. It broke me.

[@MarcAlcatraz]

Sméagol didn’t accidentally fall into Mt Doom, he did it on purpose to redeem himself for Gollum the game

[@terpsidance.]

They really wanted to emphasize in this game that dying was the best thing Gollum ever did

[@wuhhlfarg5578]

Holy molly xD

[@erickpoorbaugh6728]

You joke, but Tolkien said that if Gollum had turned good, he would have done just that---unable to drop the Ring into the fire, but still wanting to destroy it at any cost.

[@tomc4717]

Gollum is the sort of game that would get bundled with cereal boxes.

[@TehRainbowPandas]

RCT is the best game ever made, take that back!

[@AmyCherryLMAO]

you leave chex quest alone

[@TheReZisTLust]

Hey man as a 90s kid that is just rude 😢 we got some good stuff

[@wowdante]

@@AmyCherryLMAO God I miss those days.

[@LaCokaNostra81]

Gollum jumps so high that he could have just joined the NBA if he wanted a ring that bad.

[@haferstenproductions3515]

💀💀💀

[@nova_supreme8390]

It would fail when they realize Gollum would not let go off the ring amd try to murder anyone who tried to separate them.

[@JesuisParte]

comment of the year

[@myalienssuicide]

but instead his ass wanna simp over a ring

[@TheR6R6R]

underrated comment

[@gloomboy1639]

This game captured the endless pain of being gollum a little too well.

[@paufernandezboj5517]

And The painfull 2001 grafics and Gameplay 😂

[@matteodelapaz1698]

@@paufernandezboj5517 nah Deus Ex looks better than this

[@calamorta]

​@@paufernandezboj5517 I like these graphics 😔

[@LiberatedMind1]

Its high brow immersion, fools don't understand.

[@Icetea-2000]

Except I don’t think Gollum was constantly laughing at his experience

[@mordorimzrobimy]

I feel like the art designer didn't remember if they were supposed to make Dobby or Gollum and they were too afraid to ask, so they made something in between and hoped nobody would notice

[@codyvandal2860]

Gobby

[@Pyrodorah]

​@@codyvandal2860Dollum

[@andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780]

@@codyvandal2860 dollum

[@tetrofita1787]

@@codyvandal2860Dollum

[@seriousnorbo3838]

Ending is basically: - Gollum: Saves elf girl again - Elf girl: friendzones him again - Bird: *"Why do i hear boss music?"*

[@amirhb7531]

Gollum is if the gaming industry all of a sudden forgot 20 years of experience

[@miguelcondadoolivar5149]

20? 20 years ago, platforming was far more competent than this travesty. Make it 50.

[@honeybadger6275]

@@miguelcondadoolivar5149 Yup, thief 1 and 2 come to mind.

[@Max-kb4yb]

@@miguelcondadoolivar5149 make it 100

[@j-skullz]

Fr if you told me this was some forgotten shovelware game from 2004 I would believe you, it makes me think of a game my mum would buy me as a kid because she knew I loved LOTR

[@Azzie_S]

It's like the western Balan Wonderworld.

[@LacTheWatcher]

My 3 favorite LOTR characters: 1. Aragorn 2. Sam 3. Girl Gollum

[@dimitriwarchief301]

W wat

[@CalamityCain]

It's "Girlum"

[@AC-hj9tv]

@@CalamityCain 😂

[@bemboing4338]

Smeagurl

[@CT-1311]

The girl gollum is actually a Elf

[@TheCrackingSpark]

Gollum is the Morbius of games.

[@nicolascabana-whiteley7843]

probably the most accurate description of this game i've seen, to anyone who doesnt know abt it.

[@LiterallyScarecrow]

Truly the game of all time.

[@ezequielrajoy5024]

It's precious time!

[@benjigoldstein8843]

Don’t insult Morbius like that

[@brunettebird57]

the audience cheered when gollum precioused all over the place

[@julias.6658]

Okay, but hear me out: a plotless Gollum simulator/survival game where you build makeshift huts, kill orcs for food, and wreak havoc on Middle Earth in the style of Untitled Goose Game would slap.

[@not_even_known_yet3167]

Yet again a KZbin Comment is better than a actual Game.

[@TheWitness1762]

even with the downright terrible starting idea this still had potential, i seriously don't know how any of the developers didnt see how bad this was

[@rhin9925]

I can imagine crawling through dark, orc infested tunnels at day and stealing crops of villages at night. The occasional murder and it would actually be a decent game. When I first saw Gollum Gameplay, I thought it was a joke, like a prank someone did for views. But it exists. Cant really blame the devs, as they did not have enough experience for the kind of game that could have been made, but why even make a Gollum Game in the first place when you got all of Middle Earth at your disposal. Am I the only one who wants to see the Ainur in action?

[@philipgood5041]

It's a beautiful day, and you are a nasty little hobbitses

[@MrMViceroy]

Or a game where you play as a new hobbit in the shire and you have to build and decorate your own hobbit hole, then grow gardens and raise animals to make wine, cheeses, preserves, and cured meats to trade with the other hobbits. Maybe sometimes you have to dodge parties of adventurers who want to take you on exciting quests

[@XMJ3904]

I cant believe they made a game with oboe in it.

[@Mr.Goat123]

Killian Darkwater, Tell Me About Your Bal-lsack.

[@cyclingzen]

💀

[@Loderyod]

It's every game featuring a default human model

[@Fillycheesecake]

Is this supposed to be an insult or something?

[@Tomdatruth]

​@@Mr.Goat123 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@AFGuidesHD]

The only time Oboe plays a new game is if it is universally panned 😂

[@operatchick6486]

He doesn't just play terrible games at launch. He played the best game in history, Dolmen, at launch.

[@petpen4537]

​@@operatchick6486 they might release a Dolmen dlc for Gollum

[@StudioHappyboy]

He played Dead Space

[@creed8712]

@@operatchick6486that’s a weird way to say Bionicles Heroes

[@janky477]

And God Bless for it, cause I found him through his Redfall video. I know, I know, it should have been through his DOLMEN playthrough, but......

[@Polaf3456]

This is a game of such high quality that you'd think it was put on steam by a single Bulgarian man for $6.99 after making it in a free and open source game engine.

[@luxinvictus9018]

nah, because those games tend to be fun and quirky, and the bugs and glitches make you laugh rather than mald.

[@weirddriew1511]

Why Bulgarian though 😂

[@jokers__playground]

Bro this comment got me rolling 😂😂😂😂

[@Iamwhoiamifiammyself]

Unreal engine is free and open source so it's half there

[@wowdante]

@@weirddriew1511 Why not? lol.

[@genesis4322]

No wonder Gollum went insane if he had to put up with all of this.

[@kiazuki5871]

Finally, the long-awaited GOLMEN playthrough.

[@thebible2hesback464]

Is somebody gonna tell him?

[@lolasdm6959]

I once believed that dolmen was the peak of human civilization, how wrong I was, how naive.

[@rickynordlund3507]

Bro I actually laughed out loud at this. Brilliant comment

[@Overneed-Belkan-Witch]

It solds Golmillions units

[@tomkrawec]

Are you a GOLMAN or a GOLBOY???

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

Can’t believe obo didn’t finish the quest to restrict the blood flow to Gollum’s throat

[@nunyabusiness7942]

Or convince Gollum he is a piss baby.

[@pianosnake7028]

Well yeah. First you need to collect the five fingers, *then* you can restrict the blood flow

[@samholdsworth420]

Can't believe he played this game

[@admiralpiett3055]

​@@pianosnake7028 but if you find the five fingers early it locks you out of completing the convince Gollum that he is a piss baby quest

[@DusterDan35]

He also didn't get the new diaper

[@deyedrah]

“Talk to the Candle Man in his office.” The writing in this game is truly inspirational, indistinguishable from Tolkien.

[@jr2904]

Wait, that's not a line from his notes?

[@chloroform2982]

This game looks like an indie game slapped together in unreal engine in like a week

[@GodOfWar05100]

nah bro even some indie devs that got into game developing 2 weeks ago would do a better job

[@erso_returned2530]

this feels like a mobile game

[@liyannah]

more like a psp game

[@chloroform2982]

@@GodOfWar05100 you've got a point lol

[@lastfullast8819]

@@erso_returned2530 Even for a mobile game it looks bad.

[@MrGonq]

I love how all the orcs in armour look like they're in really bad cosplay, why is the armour so comically big

[@ItsButterBean1020]

Better question Why does the Mouth of Sauron look like he’s in Dune

[@yannickgrignon2473]

To prevent Gollum throttling them, duh

[@1r0zz]

Everything in this game look bad… some characters look like they are from different games…

[@kelleroid]

It's so that the armor bits don't clip into the orc bodies all the time (as easily)

[@WobblesandBean]

​@@ItsButterBean1020 He doesn't even look like he's from DUNE. He looks like a bad DUNE cosplayer.

[@Toni_Kensa.]

"you're getting some lore, which you get in most games for free" made me laugh a little more than I should of

[@ginzoox]

also the gollum lore has been available for like 80 years

[@zephlodwick1009]

Or that you could just look up, seeing as it's a well known universe

[@Gnarfledarf]

*should have

[@WhiteKneeOnBlackNeck2]

*should have

[@JarOfPickles2]

@@zephlodwick1009right? There are pages upon pages written by Tolkien himself explaining gollum and his backstory, available online for free or in the books. Or you could pay a few bucks for it and get a half assed version with terrible grammar. Your choice

[@FlSKMASTER]

This feels like a game Gollum would make if he had a computer

[@zsjdajksdsajk3963]

"New objective, destroy the source." "If only i could destroy the source code for this game" had me dead

[@PwnySlaystation01]

"This is the world's first Gollum-type game" - Hideo Kojima

[@terpsidance.]

Salacious B Crumb the game will be a Gollum-lite game

[@Qwark909]

"Lets make Gollum a more relatable character by having him raise a cute? bird." Gollum is def a character I want to relate to teehee

[@terpsidance.]

Like it might be charming if you had no prior knowledge of who Gollum is and what he does.

[@trippy6183]

It was pity that stayed Bilbo’s hand.

[@prestonowens4594]

Isn’t it in the lore that Gollum actually eats children if the opportunity arises?

[@savannahs5439]

they should've made smeagol raise the bird and gollum kill it by the end. or depending on how much you chose gollum/smeagol the bird survives/dies.

[@YorigamiSisters]

Trust me relating to gollum is the last thing you'd want

[@NinusMaximus]

Drinking game: every time he says Gollum you stop and think about your life.

[@AstroTom]

I misread that as "stop and take your life"

[@kaykeunil]

@@AstroTomyou might be taking your life if you do the drinking game

[@eliavillhabrand]

WOULD NOT RECOMMEND! ALMOST COMITTED GOLLUM

[@iLegionaire3755]

There is no drinking game with LOTR Gollum, you are required by LAW to drink every moment of this abomination away.

[@Veldazandtea]

@@eliavillhabrand GOLLUM! GOLLUM!

[@danemillerhass831]

The first person I've seen to actually play the game past Mordor. That's an impressive feat.

[@randomperson2797]

I don’t think I’ve ever heard oboe so legitimately angry at a game before

[@okname5335]

except for the game amy

[@Izzy-la-vana]

And he even deemed worse than Amy 🤣

[@SolaceMcfly]

Ive only heard disappointment especially when he played borderlands

[@fabe61]

@@SolaceMcflyhat’s comical. This felt like it was really testing him. Like the game Amy.

[@SPM0717]

​@@okname5335 Has he not played Ride to Hell?

[@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r]

This is hands down the best chore simulation game ever made

[@Ebola-Jones]

Don't you talk about pressure washing simulator like that

[@manboy4720]

@@Ebola-Jones gollum/pressure washing simulator crossover, where gollum cleans a car.

[@Icetea-2000]

Which is still wrong

[@hazukichanx408]

*_Sad Death Stranding and Hardspace: Shipbreaker noises_*

[@stinksmcgee]

What about animal crossing

[@chesterstevens8870]

"I would rather play ten hours of bad combat than 'Uncharted' climbing." Somebody get this man a copy of _Ride to Hell._

[@3rdStreetAVolitionite]

I've actually beaten that and honestly, the combat isn't THAT bad. Hell, the whole game isn't as bad as some might have you think. I've played far worse.

[@robiiify]

the part were gollum said: "its gollum time" and gollumed all over the place was truly inspiring

[@erso_returned2530]

gollumed rofl

[@soundwave2481]

The game already made over 100 gollumion dollars and they call it a flop...

[@WobblesandBean]

This meme is getting old

[@terpsidance.]

​@@WobblesandBean c'mon, ya gotta admit this is probably the most appropriate use of this meme recently, being that this is definitely one of the games of all time!

[@erso_returned2530]

@@WobblesandBean They always overegg the pudding but this one is funny.

[@elijahtronti8574]

Not surprised!! Even when all the trailers for it first came out I was like, “and who asked for this game to exist? You’re telling me ‘gollum the game’ will exist before an open-world RPG set in middle earth will exist? Who’s the one who made that call?” The only reason I might’ve considered is if the art style/graphics were different and allowed for actual Andy Serkis to voice Gollum, but even then. I want a LOTR Skyrim game first

[@WhenDevilsDuel]

Careful what you ask for.

[@honeybadger6275]

Well, some modders tried to do that, the got C&D'd by warner brothers lawyers cause they were making the awful shadow of mordor batman reskin trash.

[@ABIGD0G]

shadow of mordor/war is probably the closest thing youre gonna get

[@elijahtronti8574]

@@ABIGD0G Yeeeeeah, now those are some actually great LOTR games with an awesome story 👌

[@faceless2302]

Personally I thought it was a refreshing concept in the sea of creative bankruptcy we're in. Gollum is such a weird choice to make as the main playable character that I had hopes they would've found something unique enough in the gameplay and perspective to make this worthwhile. Unfortunately it just looks like they successfully made a genuinely bad game. I have to assume it was rushed or driven by an inexperienced dev team because I still honestly think the concept could've worked.

[@dolly-chan]

"This isn't nice guy's adventures in the animal sanctuary" had me rolling omg

[@lolasdm6959]

Giving food to girls and then they fall in love with you is legit how nice guys think dating works.

[@crawlingchaos2811]

@@lolasdm6959 it does if you kill the bird in front of them

[@lolasdm6959]

@@crawlingchaos2811 True it 100% works better if you hunt the food you give to them. It worked on the two girls I have in the basement.

[@karthikkumar6861]

@@lolasdm6959 It won't if you look like gollum, lol. But if you are attractive enough, you can make anything work.

[@standardwhitejesus]

I can't believe we're witnessing the birth of the gollum-like genre

[@deepfried_stupidity]

into the gollumverse

[@Schattennebel]

I like it when he said "Its Gollum-ing time" and started golluming all over the place.

[@De721998]

The quest design, game-play, font and overall jank remind me of a game project I worked on at university. We were extremely proud of our accomplishment, even though it was rough and not necessarily fun to play, but for a student project with very limited time, experience and resources it was really impressive. Gollum is not a student project. It sells for 69,99. Using a Triple-A IP. How?

[@meropemessias]

So, my Sindarin is VERY rusty, but... The first one has a word that I've never seen, but it goes something like "A ghost, there is a ghost there" The second one is DEFINITELY making fun of you. It says basically "Oh, there is a stinky rat"

[@spacebarisntworking7530]

I know it was a small team but this game had 4 years of development. That's more than enough time to make a decent enough game. Maybe not a great game but one I won't mind buying on sale or something that also fucking works.

[@CalamityCain]

What's really weird is that they made quite a recognizable and respectable name for themselves developing beloved point & click adventures. They weren't my cup of tea, especially the humor, but I simply don't get the decision for them to make a Gollum game with a weird mixture of bad stealth and even worse Uncharted climbing. What's the f**king point? If at least they'd told a story worth telling. But like almost all games set in Middle-earth it's just sooo banal and uninspired...

[@TaoScribble]

This game REEKS of development hell born of higher-up meddling. I guarantee you this was more of a story-focused adventure game like Wolf Among Us or something (why else get Daedalic if _not_ to make an adventure game?) At first. But some higher-up midway through development said to change it to the nonsense it is now because they were afraid it wouldn't reach a big enough audience or something.

[@GiuseppeAngelino95]

​@@TaoScribble They still won't reach it now, not a good move

[@matteoziegler7632]

@@TaoScribble Yeah reading up on dev reviews of the studio paints a pretty bad picture of its current status. They basicly hire only people new to the industry for cheap labour and everyone who complains gets fired. Many devs describe the work enviroment as extremly toxic and ask for a complete restart of the company

[@Krossfyre]

​@@CalamityCain Team that made the point and click adventure games is no longer there though. They got bought out by Nacon (the publisher), and it's been changed for the worse. Also, even if it were the same team this game is a major departure from what they normally do, so I'd expect them to struggle too. 3D, stealth game, established franchise. None of them bode well.

[@EazyB90]

I have to admit, I'm kind of in awe of Gollum. It's been ages since we've had a game that wasn't just disappointing, wasn't just a mediocre 5/10 experience, didn't just have a rough launch that was ironed out with patches, but well and truly SUCKED with gusto in nearly every department - we're talking Ride to Hell territory here. And it's a bad licensed game too, something we mostly left in the 360/PS3 era. Why, it's almost nostalgic.

[@brunoarres1187]

this game really makes you feel like its 2007 not 2023

[@Phoebe5448]

Nah, even in 2002 games were better than... this.

[@Ozzymandius1]

The game peaked at gollum getting robbed by an orc for his lunch money

[@jackdaw3822]

I love how Oboe just sneaks in Bionicle memes every now and then

[@Sanguivore]

*Sneaks?* More like bashes in with a hammer.

[@hiddenshadow2105]

@@Sanguivore I am fine with Bionicle memes either way.

[@AstroTom]

I loved Bionicle as a kid so I'm cool with it

[@TheReZisTLust]

​@@SanguivoreBashes? More like lava surfs in 🎉

[@diabolicaldebacle]

Gollum is a game entirely made by AI. You cannot change my mind.

[@iLegionaire3755]

Nazi Satanist AI's powered by Cthulhu perhaps.

[@Psychedlia98]

Well it was made by Germans, and they are nothing but AI

[@vladlock]

You've convinced me sir.,

[@fourcgames7568]

Nah, even the AI would do a far better job than this.

[@williansnobre]

Replacing words with Gollum is the funiest thing to come out of this game

[@fl3us372]

Nobody knew, that He, He the slayer of bad single player games would ever be so brave and try his luck on Gollum…

[@StrikeWarlock]

His playthrough of Amy has both anger and misery.

[@jetflash32]

I almost bought gollum the other day because the cover looks cool glad I didn’t 😂

[@arkwrightdubstep]

You're very brave playing this ps2 game, I hadn't even heard of this, the graphics are pretty decent considering this was what, a 2005 release by the looks of it?

[@terpsidance.]

But it controls like a N64 launch title

[@skarmory93]

2005 is generous

[@doclewis8927]

Thank you! I've been wondering why they had made Gollum "kill the orc" and Smeagol "betray the elf". It just seems odd to me and you're the first reviewer that's even mentioned what an odd choice that is.

[@erickpoorbaugh6728]

I'm guessing it's because Smeagol likes the female elf and wants to eliminate the competition, whereas Gollum wants to keep Smeagol out of a relationship because it brings him closer to normalcy and distracts from his selfish obsession with the Ring.

[@quandrixtwincaster5738]

It just baffles me how this game ever came out as it was. It's like they had no playtesting done, and if they did, they outright ignored all the feedback. How even the devs put it out and said "This is fine" is beyond me.

[@ToMoJeKral]

This game is ahead of it's time, if it was early 2000s 😂

[@ATFADL]

YES. I was just thinking that this looks like someone re-released a PS2 game, but they chucked in some new lighting effects to justify a $60 price tag.

[@thegloriouswizard5270]

Maybe late 90's.

[@P_D-px6iv]

Nah even early 2000s games were far supperior. This game makes the Original Bloodrayne look good haha The gameplay reminds me of Pirates Legend of the black buccaneer on PS2 which was a budget platformer piggy backing on the success of Prince of Persia and Tomb Raider

[@realJimMarshall]

They had lots of the rings games in the early 2000's. Return of the king for PS2 and GameCube was light years more fun than this abomination.

[@paufernandezboj5517]

This Will be a peak Game if he where in The 80s

[@TheSouloftheDragon]

"This game is better than Dolmen." You better put those filthy words back in your mouth and wait for the Dolmen: Game of the Year edition.

[@jakitron890]

Wait, if it's better than Dolmen, but worse than Amy, then that means Dolmen is worse than Amy?! Inconceivable!

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

@TwinTurbo Ray I think "rock, paper, scissors" needs a reboot. How about "oboes, shoes, games"?

[@LocseryuOfficial]

@@plasmaoctopus1728 obeos, hoes, games

[@Markus_Andrew]

4:38 People in Middle Earth have offices? Do Orcs gossip around the water cooler when they're on a pillage break?

[@Phoebe5448]

The Dark Tower Of Barad-dur is just a huge office where shenanigans happen.

[@fantasywind3923]

I think they missed the chance of adding more locations and settings, other than Mordor and Mirkwood, Gollum visited the cities of Dale and Esgaroth searching for information on Bilbo, the urban setting to walk around on the streets at night avoiding the pedestrians and guards, thieving stuff, overhearing conversations, hunting for info, also other places like Dead Marshes (one could have even add a switching into Aragorn as he hunts and captures Gollum :) at least it would be fun....GTA character switching hahaha) the Dead Marshes would be fun, the "candles of corpses" with their mesmerizing effect, the ghost evil spirits to avoid and phantoms, flashbacks to Gollum/Smeagol origins, his live among river folk after murder of Deagol, using the power of the Ring, the flashbacsk to his life in the caves under Misty Mountains, near Goblin-town: "But from hints dropped among the snarls I even gathered that his padding feet had taken him at last to Esgaroth, and even to the streets of Dale, listening secretly and peering. Well, the news of the great events went far and wide in Wilderland, and many had heard Bilbo's name and knew where he came from.' ... 'Then why didn't he track Bilbo further?' asked Frodo. 'Why didn't he come to the Shire?' ... 'I think Gollum tried to. He set out and came back westward, as far as the Great River. But then he turned aside. He was not daunted by the distance.... No, something else drew him away. ... 'The Wood-elves tracked him first, an easy task for them, for his trail was still fresh then. Through Mirkwood and back again it led them.... The wood was full of the rumour of him, dreadful tales even among beasts and birds. The Woodmen said that there was some new terror abroad, a ghost that drank blood. It climbed trees to find nests; it crept into holes to find the young; it slipped through windows to find cradles." These nasty rumors would make a game much darker :) press x to kill and eat a newborn, maybe going too far, but still...hell if one wanted to and other studio was doing it, this could have been a sort of survival horror game :), there would be longer sections of his life underground with various creatures and monsters to avoid: "There are strange things living in the pools and lakes in the hearts of mountains: fish whose fathers swam in, goodness only knows how many years ago, and never swam out again, while their eyes grew bigger and bigger and bigger from trying to see in the blackness; also there are other things more slimy than fish. Even in the tunnels and caves the goblins have made for themselves there are other things living unbeknown to them that have sneaked in from outside to lie up in the dark. Some of these caves, too, go back in their beginnings to ages before the goblins, who only widened them and joined them up with passages, and the original owners are still there in odd comers, slinking and nosing about." The sneaking and thieving (Thief game series were nice stealth games :)) and Gollum IS an insane murderer and cannibal: "He liked meat too. Goblin he thought good, when he could get it; but he took care they never found him out. He just throttled them from behind, if they ever came down alone anywhere near the edge of the water, while he was prowling about. They very seldom did, for they had a feeling that something unpleasant was lurking down there, down at the very roots of the mountain. They had come on the lake, when they were tunnelling down long ago, and they found they could go no further; so there their road ended in that direction, and there was no reason to go that way-unless the Great Goblin sent them. Sometimes he took a fancy for fish from the lake, and sometimes neither goblin nor fish came back." Gollum in that time also murders and eats orc babies :). "Gollum used to wear it at first, till it tired him; and then he kept it in a pouch next his skin, till it galled him; and now usually he hid it in a hole in the rock on his island, and was always going back to look at it. And still sometimes he put it on, when he could not bear to be parted from it any longer, or when he was very, very, hungry, and tired of fish. Then he would creep along dark passages looking for stray goblins. He might even venture into places where the torches were lit and made his eyes blink and smart; for he would be safe. Oh yes, quite safe. No one would see him, no one would notice him, till he had his fingers on their throat. Only a few hours ago he had worn it, and caught a small goblin-imp. How it squeaked! He still had a bone or two left to gnaw, but he wanted something softer." ... "“My birthday-present! Curse it! How did we lose it, my precious? Yes, that's it. When we came this way last, when we twisted that nassty young squeaker. That's it. Curse it! It slipped from us, after all these ages and ages! It's gone, gollum.” The Shelob relationship should have also been more explored, him worshiping her, talking with her, her using her powers on him: "Already... Gollum had beheld her, Sméagol who pried into all dark holes, and in past days he had bowed and worshipped her, and the darkness of her evil will walked through all the ways of his weariness beside him, cutting him off from light and from regret. And he had promised to bring her food. But her lust was not his lust. Little she knew of or cared for towers, or rings, or anything devised by mind or hand, who only desired death for all others, mind and body, and for herself a glut of life, alone, swollen till the mountains could no longer hold her up and the darkness could not contain her." The Two Towers, LoTR Book 4, Ch 9, Shelob's Lair

[@Phoebe5448]

Thank you, mellon! This reminds me of that fan film, the hunt for Gollum I think it was called, that was way better than what Untitled Gollum Game turned out to be. I'd love to see an open world with Dale.

[@D3sToD3s]

The basic idea, stealth and climb shenanigans, reminded me of Styx. I believe thats what its called. You play a goblin assassin and it's leagues better developed.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

Yep, this is a Styx rip off with a LotR skin but worse. Imagine paying people money for things that are useful or wanted, nah fam. Let’s just dump millions into a bad game. People with the mindset of McDonald’s employees are working in our major international corporations. Our civilization is over fam

[@erso_returned2530]

@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 I hope it crashes

[@somebody2116]

@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 As a current McDonald's employee (u gotta get money in uni to stay alive), I can say that not even we would think of making such a bad game.

[@MrBurnieByrnes]

07:11 The backwards jump prompt is a visual bug, its actually displaying the Playstation Button Layout while you are using an XBox button layout. Only happens on wall runs when you need to reverse jump when you reach the top. I know cause it happened to me during every single one of these.

[@gyro3189]

"At least bad combat is combat" some warrior ancestor he has is looking down and 100% felt that fr 10:56

[@Tarkus_H]

It's astounding to me that even in the year of our Lord 2023, developers cobble together a game like this and say "Yep, this is ready to ship."

[@simplig1272]

Believe me, developers full well knew that the game needed at least one more year, but the execs were like "doesn't matter, just ship it broken". Video game industry became an multi billion dollar industry, where bean counters dictate everything. They calculate the budget for the game, see that if they spend 2 years developing a game, and release it as-is, the return is better, than if they spend 4-5 years and the game sells marginally better. So hard time limits on dev time, and release it as soon as the time is up. If you just want to see how rotten the whole thing is, some inside sources leaked that borderlands 3's marketing budget was 3 times more than the development budget. It's not about making a good game you can be proud of anymore, it's about investment and return, and making a quick profit then moving on for the next project.

[@TheReZisTLust]

Our Lord... of the Rings

[@kiriushlutsky1480]

I really don't know why, but saruman bit made me hysterically laughing for like ten minutes

[@AC-hj9tv]

So goo

[@rurihime4965]

Feels like a yt poop from the 2000s

[@christopherjones9547]

The illustrations they paired with the end credits are actually fantastic. Its a shame we didnt get that game instead. When this game was announced I was confused and a little sad. I desperately want more games set in Middle Earth and this...this is what we got. I had hoped that maybe it was a strange idea that would be well executed. Those hopes have been dashed. This game is exactly the game I thought it would be.

[@scorpioflameth2162]

The jumping in the white goo pit and seeing fish was clever reference to "hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy". It was "goodbye and thanks for all the fish". Such clever Gollum game!

[@thorstmixx]

8:36 - "Gordh nauthad, ae thosta be nar" looks like someone didn't do their research when they wrote the script for this game. As best as I can figure, he's making fun of the way Gollum smells. He's saying something along the lines of "I can hardly conceive of a stinkier rat".

[@fugyfruit]

This game feels like the only reason it exists is for KZbin videos about how stupid the idea was

[@paufernandezboj5517]

And to laugh at It for being a brand new "2004" PS2 Game

[@keithmichael112]

5:12 this is my kingdom come

[@davidthacker1571]

As a forest fire fighter in northern Canada right now, living in the dark, eating raw fish and not showering for days was extremely relatable 😂

[@BarryMcCawkiner]

The fact that you had enough patience to beat this game makes you a better man than most.

[@fauz6239]

Holy shit respect for slogging through that

[@renkinjutsushi2223]

Jesus Christ, why does Gollum look like Tak and the power of juju? 😂

[@GATES-KEEP]

Lmaoooo 😆

[@HorseyWorsey]

ong

[@fatrobin72]

Based on the thumbnail... I am surprised that many people completed the game... I also have now seen that they have a deathless achievement... which to me means that the true boss of the game is the controls...

[@sussyrat420]

Fun fact: Oboe says “Gollum” 102 times in this video

[@elijahwatjen9839]

102 shots...

[@jr2904]

Only a stoner could sit through this and count one word lol

[@TheMC1102]

This is truly a Dolmen of the LOTR-licensed games. Gollmen, if you will.

[@paufernandezboj5517]

This Game is what happens when The company was to lose The licence and they trow a shitty Game to retain that licence 😂

[@autisticgod3338]

before uncharted climbing bad games usually had really bad platforming like the section with the spider but like the entire game was like that where they just expected you to guess where you were supposed to jump, I have played a ton of games like that, and I swear it doesn't ever stop being absurdly frustrating.

[@mistertagomago7974]

Uncharted made shit worse yo.

[@mr.wassell7885]

Oboe is just too combat oriented to think about anything else

[@Yusuke_Denton]

Thank you for doing a lore-accurate playthrough.

[@pirusaogostoso741]

4:48 the infamous Shrek walk

[@spudmaphot]

When Oboe shows so many clips of himself being baffled by a game you know you have a winner.

[@smallfungus2675]

I swear, every time I see someone play this game, it feels like morbid car crash happening

[@lolasdm6959]

Morbius reference?

[@Claire.sterling]

“There’s ‘Renegade’, there’s ‘Paragon’ and there’s ‘a’. You want Renegade you’re gonna have to watch someone else” that got me 🤣🤣🤣

[@AldiePezeh]

What a time to be alive! This is truly one of the games. My favorite part was when the main character yelled: "It's Gollum time."

[@bulutcagdas1071]

Worse than Amy is quite an achievement

[@nicholasfoong3866]

Who's Amy?

[@lolasdm6959]

@@nicholasfoong3866 Amy des nuts hahahahahaha

[@DavidJCobb]

@@nicholasfoong3866 amy is another awful game oboe played way back

[@paufernandezboj5517]

Its impresive

[@carlosdgutierrez6570]

I can't decide which is worse, amy, redfall, Gollum or forkspoken. Truly this year has given us some of the most cursed games in decades.

[@Dmitry_Medvedev]

These youtubers videos are going to end up making this game actually financially successful

[@djm.o.d.9376]

Gollum has inspired me to the core, when AAA games can come out not only broken or unfinished, but you also don't have to put anything interesting at all, no longer do designers need to worry about things like "is this fun", but instead can focus more on "what can I lock behind the pre-order" to make sure to LOCK IN those sells numbers before its even released. The future truly is now!

[@WolfBiteX]

„If you buy Gollum, i come to your House and beat you up“ Best Line 😂

[@rutabega8348]

A gollum game would be really cool if it was a strand-like where you just walk around and observe shit and do some dastardly gollum stuff, that would be cool

[@RonaldMcJuicy]

“ITS GOLLUM” should be the next oboe catchphrase

[@lilirouxxx]

Just came across your channel for the first time, I'm only at the three minute mark but I'm laughing myself to tears at the Bohrok bit. Please never stop making videos.

[@WobblesandBean]

13:38 Desolation of SmauOOOOOOOOG"

[@BigManJapan298]

Why would they think people wanted a gollum game

[@ATFADL]

And why would they want it to be this dull mess?

[@erso_returned2530]

@@ATFADL This is what new gen gamers deserve, and you got what you deserve.

[@silasskirata]

I can't imagine how excited you were when the game soft lobbed the Bionicle reference to you with the Borocs.

[@ciphergarden8281]

That bionicle joke was top tier lmao

[@nunyabizness6376]

Dude the tommy wisaeu reference was spot on and perfectly timed

[@superbtrilogy5049]

Only 2 people I know that aren't full playthrough channels that have fully finished Gollum (2023). Penguinz0 and Oboeshoes

[@bulgarianreaper6587]

I still don't know who thought that making a game about Gollum Is a good idea

[@lolasdm6959]

Yeah I wasn't to against it until I realized who the hell want to play as Gollum

[@accidentalmadness1708]

A suit

[@paufernandezboj5517]

Simple a desk full of suit guys that only want money OVER quality that's why all the shitty games came out

[@guilleperez7493]

This game as a telltale story with real options could be rad, instead we have this. Its sad

[@richardsanchez5444]

The adventures of gollum in the book are never really talked about in detail. But if you know the lore it would make for a good game. I mean his story after being allowed to leave (cuz he was allowed to think he escaped) is pretty cool. He traveled a lot afterwards, lake town, up n down the wilderness, mirkwood, and eventually getting caught in Moria. They had a lot of material to work with, but for whatever reason just didn't pan out.

[@aaronsheldon8649]

You got a new sub my friend! I love this!!

[@cobaltbuster4907]

I love how the end credit slides depict a way more interesting game that you would've rather played.

[@dawgwiddaglasses]

Gollum is the Dark Souls of games nobody asked for.

[@dannerhoinowski9520]

It’s the dark souls of games for all the wrong reasons

[@Progress_Tyrant]

GOLLUM, BREEDING CHAMBERS NOW

[@heikkint]

Thank you stranger. You took one for the team.

[@matthewstahler6525]

The Gollum speedrunning community will have my undying respect

[@shirtycurty8068]

I love how the second he said "I'm going to award this game with something I've never done before" i IMMEDIATELY knew he was going to say something about Amy

[@OmniscientSloth]

I’m so excited to play a game about Gollum! Said no one ever… Who the hell thought this was a good idea?!?

[@paufernandezboj5517]

Simple a pepole with a suite

[@Streetcleanergaming]

Gollum wanted the game so he programed it himself cause nobody else wanted to.

[@psygreg]

I mean, it could work (like Stray did) if it was made with actual care and priced more modestly

[@LordofFullmetal]

I wanted a game about Gollum. But I wanted it to be GOOD, you know?

[@Aurum458]

This is the first vid ive seen from this channel. Subbed instantly at the bohrok reference.

[@Pixis1]

As a big Lord of the Rings fan, I was curious about this game but saw so many bad reviews. Thanks for taking one for the team and playing through this to give us an overview. (Also, I nearly lost it at "Girlum." LOL)