I Played The Gollum Game So You Don't Have To

[@blankityblankblank2321]

You know, I now see why a rating company decided to not even give it a rating because it was so broken.

[@rasianket7220]

Can't rate a game that isn't even a game

[@Kylel0519]

@@rasianket7220t’s even worse then That, they didn’t give it a rating because the copy they were given was so unplayable they didn’t deem it fair in good faith to give it a score

[@KintokiSan]

it's like they told them: "go to your room, think about what you've done! you can come back when you've made an effort!" though of course much nicer

[@bunny6820]

The game is very immersive because it turns you into a deranged creature of malnourishment and cavedwelling by the time you're done with a playthrough

[@lulukomadori9651]

I just love how the game over ask "Are you sure you want to continue?" Even they know it insane to keep playing the game

[@Nonexistentbystanderhere]

"Gollum won the argument" Has some meme potential

[@echo_ironside8006]

I really have to question why they thought it was a good idea to add a healthbar to game with no combat

[@Sir_Bucket]

because this game was probably done under a crunch with 0 respect for the game or the people making it

[@TheBIindReaper]

so that they have reason to add fall damage for when you overshoot the jump, duh

[@zakkymiftahurrahman1665]

Reminds me of old horror RPG maker games that have health points even though most hazards kill you in one hit (except when poisoning or bleeding)

[@MonteScarf]

​​​​@@zakkymiftahurrahman1665I mean, at least in RPG Maker you *have* to have those stats. Some of them just made the HP 1, but I remember a couple of games where there were puzzles that used poison or something like that to make the health bar into a time limit. Even if it got fully healed at each save point and it didn't matter for 99% of the game, some of them did make some good use of those arbitrary RPG Maker features! More than can be said for *this* game..

[@cd860viu]

This game belongs in the category of "Wouldn't even defile my harddrive by pirate it" -category.

[@Fuzzleberry]

I'm putting it in my "wouldn't defile my brain by remembering it" category

[@gman2570]

@@Fuzzleberry remember what?

[@Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart]

Kaif mate you really didn’t need to sacrifice your mental state playing this dumpster fire

[@DrFoggyPants]

Kaif started to develop his own Gollum the more he played

[@ikikaera3402]

AAA games have really stepped up to the competition of trying to be the worst game of the year. First Forspoken, then Redfall and now this absolute banger.

[@tehtroll1737]

wait for them to make a shitty attempt at horror next time, going to a garten of banban's level of bad

[@MrBahumut]

Ok next up on the cutting board Diablo 4 will it be great or......

[@alexzandercampbell5468]

​​@@tehtroll1737 at least garten of ban ban is a complete game lol

[@demonblade700]

@@MrBahumut ay the early alpha or w.e was pretty fun

[@blueflare3848]

I wonder what will be next.

[@AuthorMadican]

Kaif: "So I stuck with it, because I really wanted to see that ending." Game: "And I took that personally."

[@ScionStoneley]

Remember hearing about this game a while back whilst playing through shadow of war and ill be honest I had my doubts about it then. Id forgotten it was even in development till this video, thank you for suffering in our place Kaif

[@magolor152]

Not sure how much potential gollum had as a game but it certainly had more than this, the state of game I feel is partially due to the company which you can see why when you look at their games they developed, they basically didn't know how to create what this was originally supposed to be and it seems they barely can hold a platformer like this together even with duct tape and glue

[@hen6257]

I didn't even KNOW there was a game being made

[@tekalh7647]

I feel like some roblox games have more time/effort put into them than alot of big games in recent years, really a scary thought

[@Raghetiel]

Roblox games are actually EXTREMELY competitive between each other. Meanwhile, people just buy anything with big name attached to it

[@kingacrisius]

​@@Raghetiel Main issue with Roblox games is that even the really well made ones look and play like shit

[@Aureonw]

​@@kingacrisius depends on the one

[@PrimalKevYT]

@@kingacrisius And that it's tied to Roblox out of everything

[@extremearron]

@@kingacrisius objection, there's alot of really good roblox games, like forgotten memories.

[@jtheconqueror121]

Jesus, I knew that game was bad but this is beyond my expectations. Did they not do any kind of quality analysis before shipping it out? At least Gollum falling to his death over and over was mildly entertaining

[@phoenixknight5208]

Yep I agree with it’s quality

[@luciferlich]

Kaif got his ending, just not one he was expecting...

[@ShiroKarasu120]

I'm sure by that point he was expecting nothing less.

[@D34DHUNT3R1]

Not gonna lie, when I first saw a screenshot of Golems model, I legit thought that it was a low polly, placeholder render for the actual model. Like there's no fucking way anyone can convince me that THAT is the final render. Hell, you can't even convince me that this is even the final 1.0 release!

[@ValkenOfAstora]

50 $ game btw ... And some features like Emotes and Sindarin (Elven Language) Voice Over, that other games would have as options, are day 1 paid DLCs.

[@conyo985]

I've been on a Gollum review video binge. I gotta say it's been entertaining so far.

[@lobodesade6780]

Yea me too, I just love hearing it being torn apart.

[@陳冠瑋-e9v]

You can tell this is a good game because it slowly turn it's player become more and more like the main character. And like the movie, only the one with the strong will can go through the entire game.

[@blu_berry4727]

When I went to watch this, I immediately got a add for the game kaif is playing. 😂

[@PhoenixDragon90]

Same

[@digitalfrog2822]

Same here mate

[@plasmasoldier3547]

Same

[@Daindan101]

18:23 "we're going up" and down we go!

[@unrealdraven6854]

18:25 This caught me so off guard that I almost spit my drink

[@FunkyFyreMunky]

This is some 2005 platformer-level shite, except 2005 platformers had the excuse of being released in 2005.

[@psivampire13]

I need a mod for this game that makes it so whenever Gollum gets choked by an orc, you hear Kaif’s “not so hard, daddy.”

[@adamcorv]

Fun fact: The devs said sorry for making the game no really they did you can google it rn

[@blueflare3848]

No, they apologized that it didn't meet people's expectations.

[@darklightningg]

Its shocking how often games release already broken and the devs think "oh we can just fix it in the following weeks no one will notice/care about a little jankiness or a few glitches." but seriously wtf was with that last part a whole chunk was just missing. How...

[@Kaiff2]

I dont think they can fix this haha

[@cartooncritique6625]

@@Kaiff2 Of course they can fix it. They just need a gallon of gasoline and some matches. 😆

[@LordDaret]

@@Kaiff2 the only way to fix this is to rebuild it from the ground up. Out of the many mildly interesting parts of Sméagol’s life, they pick the most boring part where he is suppose to sit in a prison being tortured until he confesses and is released anyway by Sauron. Talk about inconsequential…

[@meowkittymeowmeow2786]

I think if it were up to the devs, they wouldn't have shipped it in such a broken state.

[@trevorhaddox6884]

I love how Gollum falls after getting shot like a fly that just got swatted.

[@CaioVictor20101]

kaif the hero we asked and the hero we got

[@robertgilbert382]

Sauron himself created this himself to torture his enemies, both their mind and their wallet

[@matejsedlak7538]

Kaif is the real one for putting up with this for us!

[@WildcardGrey]

Thank you for your sacrifice kaif. I will pog inn your honor.

[@KingDJ524]

We don’t need to see the new LOTR movie. We have gollum at home Gollum at home- 0:10

[@mixednarwhal]

Damn I guess even during the process of making this game the developers were like *we don’t get paid enough to care or finish this, screw it, this is good enough.*

[@shatteredknight4211]

When games like this come out, it makes waiting for hytale so much easier.

[@Prilor]

i didn't know this game existed but thank you for suffering in my behalf

[@mushman3744]

Did they not hear about playtesting? No way someone sat through this game and thought it was okay to release

[@UnicornKnight25]

The fact that developers thought that this was okay to ship out, just shows how bad the gaming industry is atm... its so sad

[@tallyikroe2476]

why does it seem like indie games are more reliable then big publishers

[@zyrage]

​@@tallyikroe2476 Because Indie developer but love into there games. Big Publishers just want money money and money

[@remainideal]

Ya know the moment Kaif said, "I played 10 hours of Gollum game", I immediately thought, "oh the game must've broke somewhere and looks like I'm right

[@reye9162]

hello, kaif. i've heard the game was bad. but holy fuck, i felt pain and i was just watching. good thing i have your wonderful shirt to give me comfort and that's why i like it so much by the way, thank you for your sacrifice.

[@Torauth]

This is £43?!?!?!? Even at a £10 price point I think this is going on everyone's Worst Game 2023 Top 10 lists

[@bugmoon1939]

I doubt people would play this for free. Hell, I personally wouldn't go through the torture of playing it even if I got paid 2x the game's actual price to do so.

[@cartooncritique6625]

It's going to be hard to top this as "The Worst Game of the Year".

[@Ninosai]

"They want me to use my cocker" *Is brought to baby bird* Kaif... Yikes :D

[@TheUnholybringer]

Yea when I heard about this game I was curious about it. I was thinking it'd be like another game called Styx Master of shadows but what a dumpster fire 😂

[@SulfuricDrop3]

18:24 “we are going up” as he plummets to his death

[@Justafella523]

0:10 The final boss: When you unlock him as a playable character:

[@brettnause5411]

You know at least with Forspoken and Redfall you could actually finish the game on release, that's where we are with triple A games. It's a blessing if you get the entire game at this point. And hell to call any of these "games" is generous, as shit as Cyberpunk was on launch at least there were like actual gameplay elements and things to do. I'm desperately holding out hope that AC Mirage will be good because I have heavy nostalgia for that series but it seems like a pipe dream at this point.

[@marvinhubregtse5776]

when this was announced it seemd like it might be a somewhat fun game when it was released and i saw actual models i went HMMM NO and then You playing definatly solidified that

[@sigvardr7682]

Feels like a discount bin gamecube era licensed title not something that would conceivably recieve funding in 2020's

[@redhunter9669]

I thought this game was gonna be a “thing that nobody asked for but still a pretty neat thing” but yeah it’s apparently pretty bad

[@brandontucker6958]

This looks like a flash game they kept in the oven too long

[@C.J.Kristel]

I'm just astounded that they thought $50 for this dumpster fire was a fair price. Not to mention paid DLC emotes in a single player game!

[@supersoldierx40]

I think this game can be a guilty pleasure of mine like the movie samurai cop

[@damjandrnozg1585]

Amazing! Keep making videos on this chanel!

[@derpionderpson1424]

I heard people say the game was trash, actually seeing how much it breaks in a single play through… yikes…

[@daturner4211990]

This looked like a dumpster fire on wheels... Thank you kaif for preventing us from playing it.

[@spacebearcadet746]

This game cost $60, and that doesn't include dlc which adds what should have already been in the game.

[@microwave.6193]

W MANS! fav youtuber cause of how much you put out videos

[@goingcracysfan]

"we are going up" *jumps out of tower* ah yes the up to heaven

[@Not_Laci]

At least we got to see the sunlight once

[@Vault_tec10]

The fact the Lego games mastered climbing and what not is funny as shit

[@mistamemewide]

reminder that vinny vinesauce literally softlocked the game in the first 5 minutes

[@carriejerkins6929]

I feel like this game was just SO F*CKING BAD that they couldn’t convince anyone to play test it, hence the swarm of bugs.

[@imperialspacemarine1539]

discribe gollums jumping in 1 word: *inhales* YEET!!!!!!!!!!

[@fazz523]

Im Sorry For Your Loss Of Time Kaif!

[@raikocaesar]

What were they doing? Using the money they spent on this as toilet paper? Frankly, I don't see any other way to achieve this result.

[@brandongomez4417]

This is gonna be interesting

[@Densire]

Thank you for your sacrifice

[@hush6149]

This is what happens you don’t involve Peter Jackson in anything Middle Earth related

[@specter324thefallen6]

The ending reminded me of what happened to my Kong game for the Xbox. Stuff didn't load

[@afishyfishh]

I tried to look this game up on steam and now my steam store page is broken. Never thought a game could be so buggy it breaks the things around it

[@rainin8956]

Man, I really wanna play this game now

[@siromnoms]

Thank you my gamer, for your sacrifice.

[@tekalh7647]

I just gotta say that thumbnail is really awesome

[@AronSilverwind]

Smeagol seeks the sweet release of death

[@courier6856]

0:56 This is the only good thing in this game because it’s a really cool concept. In order to make decisions you have to convince the other split personalities to do that choice.

[@implottinghere9776]

I didn’t think anything could be worse then security breach xD

[@Sov.Beowulf]

who'd even want to play gollum as an mc lol. I just want a shadow of war sequel.

[@RePp3252]

This feels like that Finland sauna

[@Viridye]

game of the year :D

[@josh4601]

someone played Styx and said, "fuck this game is janky, but people love it! let's make it again but lotr"

[@ZzZzLiW]

poor kaif suffering through all this so we don't have to

[@gerburgerhamger1404]

I really didn't think this game would be so bad... Holy shit I was so wrong. I went through the five stages of grief watching this

[@Aghross]

thank you kaiff for suffering for us

[@mrsnikeersneerph4nt0m13]

Genuinely confused as to why they added a health bar when enemies fail you instantly and the parkour is almost always above a death pit it's like they wanted to add fall damage to the non instant death sections just to fuck with the player

[@lilharm]

they just want you to know what it’s like to go insane

[@2Eil]

This somehow reminded me of the original Jak & Daxter. Was great when it came out, but if you play it now....

[@Sumsar97]

F for our boy Kiaf on the front, taking the shit so we dont have to xD

[@mykolask]

this is a game that exemplifies my thought that it's still possible to make a garbage game, even when the graphics are somewhat decent

[@dimitriwarchief301]

I think there was always that

[@mykolask]

@@dimitriwarchief301 yeah tho not in such vivid examples

[@sergeidragunov5625]

Question mr kaiffu. Did you stream the 10 hours or did you record it and snip it down to 20 minutes?

[@paing06]

Right before I opened this video I got an ad for this game lol

[@rainbowblood5646]

Imagine being a orc or a human and dying to gollum... Thats a BRICKING kid Just kick it. When i first time learn that they Will making this game i was like "why...like why would anyone want to make a game about gollum?" And it turn out Just as we expecting. (I am saying we becuse everyone on the internet was the same)

[@trueursnac1917]

Man he's testing his statement of "I love trash games"

[@spoopyboi1882]

Didn't enjoy it, but did enjoy your suffering and commentary

[@Papa.D.Pumpkin2]

I got the ad for the game when starting the video then watching this had me 💀

[@dragoneclipsed]

Am I the only person who didnt know this game existed? Where did this game spawn from 💀

[@battlefrontgaming2072]

I remember seeing an ad for this so long ago

[@connorworsnopquirkcardcast4703]

o7 for your sacrifice Kaif

[@Crab...]

I got an ad for gollum as I was pressed on this

[@connorholt6965]

no shot this is a real finished game? this makes Bethesda fall out 76 launch look good.

[@Spamkromite]

lol this is more broken than Bethesda's Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth. They never patched a game-breaking bug so if you had the unlucky chance to stumble with it, you can't progress your game because you need to start a new game. Eh, at least you tried! 😅

[@terrified057t4]

Love the state of gaming. Release a half-finished pile of shit, sell it for $60 US and then release a "from the developers" statement with all corporate speech when people get angry.

[@MrSkillns]

They asked 60 bucks for this.