Worst Game of the Year So Far

[@Patterrz]

There's at least one developer that worked VERY hard on something in this game for years and I feel sorry for that one guy

[@matthewhaslam1045]

My favorite ginger KZbinr ❤❤❤

[@wundurr]

​@@matthewhaslam1045 I prefer soundsmith but we all have our opinions

[@rosekirk]

Gosh you’re so right :((

[@arsalananwari4377]

Probably the landscape/level designer. Was about the only enjoyable thing to look at in this "game"

[@thesnazzmaster]

It's such a shame that you can tell there's a lot of work that went into this game, but just some key places where it fell apart that makes the whole thing collapse. Makes you appreciate how good games have so many moving parts that all have to work nearly perfectly

[@hahanamegobrrr6667]

They said that in order to fully bring the character of Gollum to life, the entire studio acted like one during this game's production. Truly incredible

[@preyscalling]

And together they had around a 4th of a brain cell

[@devinmcgroot7560]

i guess making a good game was too "precious" for them

[@cephon6198]

You say that as though there are many Gollums... Gollum? Gollumii?

[@SuccMunkey]

This looks like a horrible remaster of a title from 2004

[@amirhusin3579]

Oh! So thats the reason why is game like that

[@CrizzyEyes]

That is the most unceremonious "Game Over" screen ever. No death scream, no theme, no nothing, just a menu. Even Doom (1993) had a dramatic death cry, red filter, and Doomguy's face melting.

[@Kaiji...]

Game companies should literally ask themselves: "would they rather play this, or Doom 1993?" before releasing anything. 😂

[@DajuSar]

looks like something made out of watching a youtube tutorial

[@spike5499]

​@@Kaiji... LMFAO FAX 🗣

[@KingDoopse]

I absolutely love how there's no music or even some sort of ambient sound effect. It just fades into the screen lol

[@lefishe5845]

The best part is a pit death just making you fall on the non existent floor.

[@stalkholm5227]

16:25 I love how Gollum does his death animation *before* the explosion went off, that's subverting expectations is what that is.

[@anyanyany7091]

My favourite part so far has been the fact that when you lose, and click "load checkpoint" the game asks you "are you sure you want to load last checkpoint?" as if it's saying "are you sure you still want to play this game?"

[@cornbread7263]

My exact thought lmao

[@MisterPancake778]

But were you really sure wanted to load that checkpoint to keep playing tho? 🤔

[@nahuelkid]

Instead of telling you you will lose unsaved progress it should say "You will continue to play this... "game". Are you REALLY sure?"

[@highTranscendant]

@@mutespeakerjack4668 Only if your options are "load checkpoint" and "continue", because loading a checkpoint instead of just continuing would cause you to lose progress. Here, "load checkpoint" is the choice that would mean losing the least amount of progress because the other choices are "restart level" and "main menu", so it feels strange for the game to ask for confirmation.

[@Goldmaaaaan]

@Mute SpeakerJack at a game over screen? None I can really think of. I’m pretty positive I’ve only ever seen it if trying to load a checkpoint during gameplay.

[@6athcat]

the game crashing before even starting is just a great representation of modern gaming

[@TrueTrickster2016]

Only in American video games

[@DarkStarCoreX]

Cyberpunk 2077 crashes less often than this shit

[@Cryotri]

That’s so depressing but true 💀😭

[@kartikahluwalia8356]

@@p-__ my potty is better than your potty

[@CharlesVDoktaur]

@@TrueTrickster2016the developers of this game are from Germany though?

[@AMan-xz7tx]

I love how they were able to recreate that childhood experience of playing a minimum effort movie tie-in game from the late 2000s, but now with that early 2010s level of fidelity that we already had ten years ago!

[@kimutone2970]

I was watching it live last night when Charlie played it on twitch and when I se tthe quality to 360p, it literally looked like a PS2 game. Like quite literally, and everyone was saying the same, that it looks like a xbox or ps2 game lmao

[@MarioMonte13]

​@@kimutone2970 except ps2 games didn't have the luxury of day 1 patches, so they had to function in order to be sold

[@kukuzi]

Ah the nostalgia. Over the Hedge on gamecube still slaps

[@The_Viktor_Reznov]

The game literally lacks ambient occlusion/ contact shadows lol At 7:10 Gollum has no shadows Starship Troopers Extermination, a 1st person game, has player shadows

[@vincentoconnor5640]

Same PFP image lol

[@DEADN8]

$50 for this is wild. Back in the day this would be a $20 indie game you’d buy on the Xbox 360 marketplace

[@burtreynolds8030]

The gaming market really died when the Xbox arcade game market ended, it actually incentivized devs to make smaller games to release for low cost in between their big games, not everything was $50 plus back in the good days

[@aspart2842]

20 is pushing it Id say 5

[@xJaaku]

​@@aspart2842 agreed

[@chinchilla415]

That you can get Diablo 4 for 60 or 70$ is fucking bonkers.

[@tellyg47]

@@chinchilla415 what’s even more crazy is some people actually had to spend 60-70 on this game 😂

[@ZeroNeedsCoffee]

The game over screen is so abrupt and anticlimactic that it just makes me almost laugh every time I see it 💀

[@littlelogan34]

The sponsor was less abrupt than the game over screen 😂

[@lilknox2225]

Ong i thought he pressed pause at first😂😂😂

[@trinitydraco4698]

It gives Xbox 360, y'know?

[@RedShirt00000]

I always think there’s a bunch of dust on the left side of my screen when I see it

[@bottyhammer]

Never buy a game day 1 Ever .....ever. Never pre order The industry has failed or misled repeatedly.

[@bloodydragon]

The fact that the falling deaths are more violently abrupt than randomly getting decked in the noggin with no audio kills me

[@BarontheBoss]

13:22 "oh hey! Heeeeeeey!"

[@Styphoryte]

@Anna.user723 GET REPOWTED

[@comradecatbug5289]

I only now realized how much potential there was for storytelling with Gollum talking to himself. Imagine if instead of right-click or left-click decisions the game made you choose between Smeagol and Gollum and then you could have fully fledged dialogue with the other personality inside you, with branching paths a la The Walking Dead. Imagine having to convince the other personality to make choices and having to do so by selecting the dialogue options quickly because the other personality grows impatient. And this is what we got.

[@mrgodzillaraptors8632]

Interesting

[@thanman6584]

I guess that'd be cool.

[@shoeofobama6091]

if you find that concept interesting, youd love disco elysium

[@coltonallan]

​@@shoeofobama6091 I need to go back and finish that game, but it's rough to play with the loading times on the Switch. Lol

[@comradecatbug5289]

@@shoeofobama6091 Yeah I was planning to buy it next time it goes on sale!

[@EC-mg4gb]

I can't believe this game came out 20 years ago already. Time does fly!

[@j01sonofsleazy]

yea it looks that old

[@Pokaroquai]

Nah bro it's going to be 25 years old

[@andrea.2102]

Lol

[@j01sonofsleazy]

@@Pokaroquai Nah it came out the same year as Toy Story

[@vanillabatcave5677]

Man, the nights playing this on my old wii...

[@Zarden02846]

This game is the literal definition of "Our expectations were low but holy shit"

[@bottyhammer]

What would Tolkein say? He wouldn't say anything because he's in his grave. However, if we got a turbine attached to his coffin, it would be spinning fast enough to rival cold fusion.

[@popshot8898]

😂😂😂

[@danm8004]

​@@bottyhammer*Tolkien

[@PalaceDude]

"You tricked me. I knew you was ass, but my word you stink." - Shaquille O'Neal.

[@jondoe7036]

If you wanna play a game about Gollum, you're better off just playing the sauna variant it seems...

[@softjasper543]

16:37 the way he just pathetically flops over like a sad wet noodle from an explosion miles away is so unintentionally hilarious to me

[@sandro327]

He also died before the explosion 🤣

[@bungofungus]

my fav moment too. This game looks so incredibly rushed

[@elitadream]

When it got to that part I wheezed and cried, it's so bad it's good! 🤣😂

[@taurinetrashmann259]

Family Guy death pose

[@ultimaxkom8728]

lmao

[@shadeitplease7383]

Such incredible character names like “frail man” and “cruel woman” this is truly one of the stories of all time

[@bobafett4265]

The Frail Man looks suspiciously like Gandalf, that can't be me right.

[@fakenamerealchungus9851]

"Oh middle aged man is in this? Oh they got Woman? I hate her"

[@MonticueGaming]

My only defense for this game is the naming convention is probably supposed to be how smeagol remembers them which personally I think is one of the few nice touches the game has.

[@Lucaz99]

An all time Tolkien _CLASSIC_

[@MattyP650]

Candle man 😂😂😂

[@culturalliberator9425]

What a great game with such interesting characters like, Cruel Woman and Frail Man.

[@benjamintin136]

To be fair, those names are not bad ideas since they're just names Gollum designates them as. Like how Sam's name was Stupid Fat Hobbit.

[@CalebTheOwlBoy]

o my god. 🤣🤣🤣😀

[@Surya112]

Gollum doesn't look like a man driven to insanity, he looks like the weird kid I went to elementary school with

[@badabingbing474]

Ate too much glue

[@ryanm.8720]

If you squint; Gollum also kinda looks like Edna Konrad (Edna & Harvey: The Breakout), if she went 80 years without eating or drinking. Humorously; ‘Keeping Up With The Daedalics’ shows that Edna doesn’t have a high opinion of Gollum - for obvious reasons.

[@irrationalreasoning6368]

Looks like the type that sniffed pritt sticks and drank hand sanitiser.

[@mariokartrom7829]

one doesn't exclude the other.

[@rehabV12]

surely youre from MA

[@Loregasmo]

The way Sméagol just flops to the ground after a lethal fall is absolute gold

[@tree_alone]

haha yeah. and its the same exact animation as when he dies to the invisible wall of the void

[@thejackal313]

​@Louis go to bed

[@DrCrazyEvil]

​​@Louis if so can he lead us to damnation? I already feel like it's hell on earth so why not speed up the progress.

[@jcnot9712]

He looks like Walter White in that one meme where he falls.

[@g.u.c5942]

Men

[@OodDoodelic]

Its crazy that as every month passes we somehow get the newest worst game.

[@stardasher]

Ikr

[@spitfire3311]

Ikr

[@complimentbot7015]

I wonder what the definitive worse will be

[@AirCatcher]

Ikr

[@idfk1012]

Ikr

[@michaeljeanrichard4]

how the fuck did they make Gollum look more demented than actual Gollum??

[@Yggdrasill8]

suppose to be a younger version of gollum i guess, before he turned more into a grey color and ork-like. It's easier to see him as a different creature as you do in the movies instead of seeing him have more human tones

[@michaeljeanrichard4]

@@Yggdrasill8 this game takes place actually during the fellowship of the ring, Gandalf finds Gollum after he escaped when Gandalf leaves frodo after Bilbo's 111st birthday

[@Lou-yf1jo]

nah he looks like a piss baby here, the real movie was way better.

[@Jimbo292]

@@michaeljeanrichard4111st

[@Godsecution]

@@michaeljeanrichard4 *111th

[@PastPositive]

There is literally nothing to do in this other than walk and fall off the map, truly the game of all time.

[@PatLadsChan99]

Climbing simulator 2023

[@PastPositive]

@@PatLadsChan99can’t forget that you throw a pebble, truly a goty experience.

[@ncrveteranranger4454]

I'm thinking Balan Wonderworld might be a better game than this, which is honestly shocking to me

[@fearlessgaming5877]

@@PastPositive I say we all vote for this game to be gotr just for the laughs and shock at the game awards

[@jondoe7036]

I'd rather play the sauna party game variant of Gollum honestly. That's always bound to be atleast somewhat eventful.

[@FatalKitsune]

Wow. Vinny from Vinesauce crashed the game about 10 seconds after getting control of Gollum and I thought "boy, that's the fastest I've ever seen anyone crash a game!" I'm astonished that Charlie got it to crash while just sitting at the menu. This is a real... fine piece of work.

[@soakmydeck]

Vinny playing this was too good

[@JordanU375]

@@soakmydeck Convince gollum to breed orc

[@MCisnotreal]

​@@JordanU375 Convince gollum to breed orc

[@DACrowley]

I think Charlie's game is glitched. He's missing his objectives

[@mythical_pizza]

Jedi survivor crashed before I even got to the main menu. It was in the middle of loading the logo sequence when it froze and I got the unreal engine critical error, it wasn't even the windows UI it was the UE one

[@MunchingOrange]

This has to be unfinished and they just decided to release it anyway

[@raburto8984]

Ayy MOO, what's good man

[@zaristophanes]

I mean it crashing in the tutorial definitely confirms it 😂

[@shevrett2658]

yet it was delayed multiple times oof

[@KT-ki6gz]

It was hopeless from day 1 when some delusional dev thought they could make a game around Gollum 😂

[@kobra6660]

That's the era where in rush it out patch it later

[@Ratsos12]

Playing a game about a dude that lives alone in a dark cave, his best friend is a bit of cursed metal, and his best story is that his grandma literally sucked eggs a very long time ago… honestly I’d be incredibly disappointed if the game wasn’t literally either a bobbing for fish mini game, jrpg grindfest, mindless quest simulator, or alternatively… I’d kinda be down for a Golum dating sim where the options are rocks, fish, the cave, the ring, smeagle, and a reflection on the water.

[@error-try-again-later]

DDLC but the player is Gollum and Monika is the One Ring.

[@FryingWater]

I'd like to know more about the grandma sucking eggs.

[@Ratsos12]

@@FryingWater I don’t know if the line made it to the movie or the game, but it was part of his story in The Hobbit book.

[@daybloomie3564]

The fact that the game launched with a DLC button is truly so much

[@JustBonesYT]

Thats so funny

[@lukasg4807]

The DLC is just a soundtrack, some Golem emotes, and making the elves all speak elvish

[@Omnischism]

@@lukasg4807 Back in my day the goddamn elves would have spoke Elvish by default, now it's a fuckin DLC.

[@juggernogsoda4515]

@@Omnischism like wtf 😭 it prolly was default but then they needed monezation

[@TheAdhdGaming]

the only good dlc for this game stands for deleteing little content, which is the entire game. the game is garbage

[@DonmenDragon]

The devs should have started the game as you being Smeagol and explain why he became Gollum by murdering his relative Deagol for the ring and getting an unnatural lifespan by it slowly changing the colorfull surroundings to grim and dark because of it.

[@donnyprocs]

Yeah but then the game might actually be good lmao

[@DracoHandsome]

That was the initial plan, but it needed 70GB of DDR9 RAM and 2TB of quantum drive space.

[@user-zm7zl9lc6j]

Too much work

[@al112v4]

It's funny how that never happened in the book.

[@Akgn_]

We have 3 4 hour films explaining that and 3 books

[@infinitsai]

Its unreal we've already experienced like 4 "worst game of 2023" and the year isn't even half way through

[@TheHipisterDeer]

To be fair to Jedi survivor it's not a bad game, it's just a horrible PC port with 0 optimization and bugs galore.... Once they fix all that I would imagine it would be pretty good.

[@seidious8798]

@@TheHipisterDeer key word is once

[@Evanz111]

It’s funny to me that people were so quick to label Forspoken as a terrible game, only for other broken pieces of shit to show what a bad game actually is.

[@fortyjarsOjello]

@@TheHipisterDeer games shouldn’t be released in that state period.

[@fighteraircraft4576]

​@@Evanz111 doesn't make for spoken good. That's a garbage game as well

[@War5aw]

Just figured out the lore, with Gollum slumping over dead a second before the explosion 16:36 clearly this is just a story about Gollum larping about

[@TheYodelingViking]

Just the fact it has emotes pack as DLC day one speaks volumes of the love they have for the fanbase.

[@Pekology]

"Iconic" emotes lmaoo

[@numbersbubble]

Why is there emotes in a single player game?

[@hand13932]

holy fuck i thought that was a joke

[@ghostguch1007]

@@hand13932 me too. That was real?

[@joefatso111]

What I love in games is paying for locked features. It is a good way for games to be, having a full complete functioning game is just a little overdone. I like my games half baked and double the cost. . . Luxury 😇

[@Kenosaurus]

As a lord of the rings fan even the first shot of gollum was a stab in my heart and then the game over screen showed and my soul officially left my body.

[@Gatorade69]

If I may ask what is so bad with how Gollum looks ? The quality is bad and it looks like a early PS3 title but is there any other reasons why LOTR fans hate the look so much ?

[@roryheaslip8260]

@@Gatorade69 He looks like Dobby

[@skyper8934]

​@@Gatorade69mate not even PS3. Search up "Gollum Shadow of Mordor", a 2017 LOTR based game. He looks perfect there, as he should look like a deformed psycho heremit, not like a goddamn tard Furby

[@candy-stars]

@Gwaihir the Windlord hardcore fans can be sticklers and all the little problems build up into just straight up hating the model. He’s just made poorly. I think the worst part is his models hair, it renders over the particles and smoke. In Vinny’s stream, he had to ‘turn off hair’ to get it to run for more than 10 seconds. Like another commenter said, he doesn’t look like Gollum, he looks like some weird kid you went to school with.

[@thanman6584]

​@Gwaihir the Windlord "not that bad" he looks terrible.

[@blueshit199]

it's amazing how in 2023 there are still game devs who think that unskippable stealth sections that you fail automatically when spotted are fun at all

[@nathanszatkowski3774]

Maybe just stealth better noob

[@VitalVampyr]

It's supposed to be a stealth game.

[@blueshit199]

@@VitalVampyr that doesn't mean you should get a game over screen every time an enemy notices your toe lmao

[@scr3am273]

@@VitalVampyr its supposed to be a boring game

[@namazu5976]

@@VitalVampyr stealth games are piss

[@maxhines5744]

The sound design team did an amazing job in this game, its unfortunate that their great work will be overlooked due to how the rest of the game is perceived.

[@elkathedeer]

Are you just referring to the music? The audio balancing is terrible and im hearing lots of odd, stock sfx (like the tea kettle).

[@chipmo]

There are some nice sound effects and okay music, but it seems overall an inconsistent and patchy experience sound design wise - at least from what I've seen. I think some reviewers were saying the sound is good just to seem like they had some positives to balance out the negatives

[@thomasvaillan8673]

non suspicious warner sound design employee

[@Leoplix-id5tu]

same thing for the environements look, it looks so cool

[@seekittycat]

I want to imagine some innocent newbie sound designer happily putting this on their linkedin only to frantically delete their whole profile after the game released

[@Shunieeez]

The state of the game helps the player get into the dwindling sanity of Gollum. Truly, modern gaming is such a wonder.

[@GravitasZero]

They really nailed making the players suffer like Gollum did! 10/10 realistic pain

[@miguelarnaldo8522]

​​​@@D0ctorf0ster1Couldn't agree more, good sir. Don't even get me started on the absolutely abominable excuse for a sequel they put out. Can't compare to the likes of Bubsy 3D or the original E.T.

[@Brother-Martell]

​@D0ctorf0ster awful bait

[@ElAchach]

💀

[@CJD8982]

I'm glad that Crazy Frog is finally getting the attention that he deserves. It took far too long for him to jump from music to the video game world though.

[@braydenlittlewind6278]

He had a racing game on the ps2 but this experience is far better

[@JessePinkman-JP]

oh thats where I know him from, I though thats roger from american dad

[@batmanonabike3119]

So glad that ringtones are no longer a thing

[@elijahmckenzie9207]

@@braydenlittlewind6278 that racing game was my childhood way better than this

[@richie404]

Agreed! Great to see him getting the recognition he deserves 👏

[@sosamma090]

This year is turning out to be a great year for videogames. Cant wait to see which studio is gonna post their apology tweet next.

[@izaruburs9389]

I mean blizzards lead for d4 just asked how someone who had early access has an unfair advantage in a day 1 race over non alpha/beta testers. These people have literally 0 clue on how a video game even works.

[@NigerianCrusader]

BUT WOLF TRACERS STUDIOS ISNT GOING TO MAKE AN APOLGOY TWEET

[@cheeks_of_the_boreal_valley]

​@@izaruburs9389they do, they just act stupid. At least i hope so

[@manyachievables]

This year has been both amazing and awful for video games at the same time. We've got some fantastic games already here or coming up, like RE4 Remake or Tears of the Kingdom, and then... we've got the Redfalls and Gollums.

[@NigerianCrusader]

@@cheeks_of_the_boreal_valley but WOLF TRACERS STUIDOS DOESNT ACT STUPID

[@Jesus_Christ_For_Real]

i salute the studio for being brave and not conforming to the high graphics standards that rock AAA games nowadays

[@macrons593]

Making 2012 graphics is stunning and brave.

[@wildudyr]

Charlie looks so crushed after some of these deaths and I can't blame him. You are a champion for stomaching as much of the game as you did for our entertainment.

[@darcy-99]

I mean, I wasn't expecting a full game about Gollum to NOT be the worst game of the year.

[@Dusty-69420]

Nobody was expecting it to be a good game lol.

[@thegodhoward8037]

It could have been good if they went more through the journey of a man losing his mind bit by bit until he inevitably becomes a repulsive monster that cannot even remember who he is

[@Anvent_not]

​@@p-__prove it

[@magolor152]

It could have been a cool survival story driven game where you have to travel, fish and survive your way as gollum slowly becomes more and more unhinged until he becomes who we know him well as halfway through the game, the only moderately interesting part of this game is the negotiations between gollum and smeagol

[@tonts5329]

@@thegodhoward8037 Yeah maybe do something like Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice with Gollum pursuing the ring in his head? Or maybe a Alice: Madness Returns style game transitioning from his crazed mind to the real world?

[@mongomanproductions1049]

I love how Charlie just stares a hole into my soul as Matt sits there explaining the sponsor

[@mongomanproductions1049]

@@p-__ prove it buster

[@Turtleboi6000]

@@p-__prove it stinky

[@HogartHughes]

@@p-__ no

[@idk059]

@@p-__ prove it pooper

[@Supernov4]

You guys are replying to a bot

[@Ch1l1C0nCarnag3]

The character model looks like it was made back in the early 2000s and scrapped because of how bad it looked, and they finally brought it off the shelf, put it through an image sharpening program and called it a day.

[@ImmortalNaitsirhc]

This game genuinely feels and looks like it was made in the mid 2000's.

[@The-rr8ze]

Plus that game over screen.

[@dumbnuggetsw]

😃😐

[@tepigeon]

I can't believe it is a new game it looks horrible

[@BlueDrew10]

From the narrative, to the gameplay elements, to the graphics, it all sucks. They really didn't put the A-team on this one, huh?

[@juggernogsoda4515]

@@BlueDrew10 look at it 😂 it literally is shit. Theres no incentive to play it

[@JorgeF69]

Of all the things we wanted to do in the lotr universe, doing chores with gollum was probably the last

[@danielmccarthy2278]

😂😂😂

[@chistinelane]

I actually really loved gollum, but a GAME?? Seriously? The best option was what, a cave fishing simulator with advanced gore mechanics??

[@hunterprt1274]

Ah yes, slave labour, the greatest thing to do in the LOTR universe

[@alexkeeton2800]

Going prone and screaming *JUST THE WIND* is actually a peak stealth strat.

[@bassetts1899]

"Tony Lazutto? Bu-- hey what was that? Must have been my imagination. ... Tony Lazutto?"

[@Samagachi]

@@bassetts1899Joel Haver reference :D

[@EF-fc4du]

I always feel a little bad when this happens. I always imagine a team of developers working hard and making the best game they possibly can only to have everyone hate it.

[@Xadaj127]

I guess that's another way to look at it. I always imagine a team of developers being forced to put out a game on an unmovable deadline and getting tomatos tossed at them by the audience of gamers (actual players or not)... Or a team of morally dubious devs not caring if they put out a finished product because they're certain they can patch, update or just leave it as is without much problem.

[@REAPER3fitty]

Thats a soft as fuck way of looking at it. If you're a game developer you should be able to properly develop a fucking game. Especially after delays. Zero excuse.

[@amrealhuman4718]

@@REAPER3fitty I mean there is a lot more work behind the scenes that contribute to a game’s quality. It’s not always only because the devs are bad at their jobs. Time constraints, poor management and direction, lack of communication and dumb higher ups all could have contributed to the game being shitty.

[@Chillerll]

I don’t know man. That’s not some failed passion project of a few indie devs. This franchise has money, they decided to go ultra cheap on development. Maybe it was frustrating for some of the devs that love the franchise but they got their pay and move on to the next thing.

[@amaliosaenz23]

Not really dude some people work it's just a job not every developer wants to make the best game they can

[@greendoritoman2464]

i'm so glad that games made in Dreams are finally getting the respect and attention they deserve

[@gamerxshadow6480]

i think you meant nightmares

[@yheti3584]

Underrated comment 😭

[@ClavinZKL]

​@gamerxshadow6480 dreams is a ps4 game engine 💀 go look it up lol

[@gamerxshadow6480]

@@ClavinZKL it was a joke bro use your brain

[@ClavinZKL]

@@gamerxshadow6480 how am i supposed to know wether u know no need to be toxic..

[@TauCetiAurora]

I’m no game developer and have no idea how hard it is to animate characters, but it’s been really distracting to me recently when characters faces do that reset thing when they stop talking.

[@Jeren6924]

Holy shit, Hogwarts Legacy has that. It was so distracting.

[@TauCetiAurora]

@@Jeren6924 I think that’s the game I was thinking of that I played recently. Mainly because the rest of the graphics were very good, it stood out.

[@ginogatash4030]

​@@Jeren6924 at least Hogwarts Legacy has the excuse of being a big ass open world RPG kinda game with lots of side missions that require the use of limited real time dialogue cutscenes to actually come out on time, this game is like a linear 8/12 hour long game and they can't even make the fully scripted cutscenes look good, the scene where Gollum falls back after the explosion before seeing Sauron is embarrassingly amateur looking.

[@steamfeuver]

That or when the deliberately hide characters faces so they don't have to do lip syncing whatsoever. Or when they don't show the action being done, like putting text over, using freeze frames (Redfall/Babylon's fall), or move the camera so you can't see it. Or when they use a back and forth during a cutscenes with both characters awkwardly just standing there lifelessly. It's been really egregious how obvious a lot of these cheap-outs on animations have been in recent years.

[@Purplesquigglystripe]

Probably has more to do with bad technical animation. You usually automatically blend between expressions using code as you move from one to another, but they just aren’t blending it smoothly.

[@Populon993]

Gotta love this peak modern gameplay with exciting features like: - climbing around on yellow painted cliffs - holding forward while listening to dialogue - slogging through obligatory stealth sections - solving random "puzzles" once in a while Other games like this at least also include nice combat mechanics and rpg elements. Without this this game seems like a pure snooze fest. Also, the heck is up with the animations sometimes? Like when he climbs a ladder it looks like the animation skips a few frames all the time.

[@27Bayleefs]

Shadow's of morodor and war were fucking peak lord of the rings game. Fun combat. fun stealth. Interesting story and protagonists. And the orc system was awesome. I loved learning a warlords weakness and planning how would strike and kill him. This is just such a sad waste of a game in comparison.

[@tbonea1sauce]

Stamina also

[@hobi-wan]

We had shit games back then too.

[@starvader6604]

​​@@27Bayleefs so shadow of mordor can be considered lotr's best games compared to gollum?

[@Agent-57]

​@@hobi-wan True. But not this bad

[@josephshepherd2351]

the fact you can actually see him fall asleep at 9:59 is unreasonably funny to me

[@frommi_]

the instant crash was way funnier than I think it was meant to be 😭

[@finleyrosebud5791]

@@p-__ and yet his bowel movements put yours to shame.

[@whyiwakeup6460]

@D0ctorf0ster bait moment

[@StrawberryShartCak3]

@@D0ctorf0ster1 You're trying too hard to get attention.

[@batmanonabike3119]

@@p-__no shit

[@liamblylod5954]

wdym "it was meant to be"💀

[@notrelatedbyblood7957]

The way Charlie’s hair gets more unruly as he fights to stay awake through this game is very cinematic

[@BamfIamone]

He's just a little guy

[@shmevan1641]

@@BamfIamone a small fella

[@harveydjent_]

the deaths are so sudden and anticlimactic it’s actually hilarious

[@Crikiit]

11:44 The pathetic death noise folllowed by the immediate Game Over screen is so funny

[@TheDahaka1]

Dying from fall damage and remaining in the air instead of falling in the abyss, that's the mark of a quality game XD

[@KaaneDragonShinobi]

Those damned invisible floors, they always get ya

[@thanman6584]

That's some skyrim level developer work.

[@precoius]

Reminds me of Action 52. Now THAT’S a game!

[@sleepisthecousinofdeath7395]

Reminds me of Skyrim horses and giants but Skyrim is flawless

[@johndoefpv]

Damn, the lord of the rings franchise can't take a break 😂

[@elguacamgio]

It's sadly getting the Star Wars treatment

[@randomperson093]

​@@elguacamgio good series i have fond memories of being drowned in shit media after shit media will never stop being painful

[@al112v4]

@@elguacamgio Funny how Tolkien and Lucas' work has dealt with garbage for a long time and it's nothing new.

[@ginogatash4030]

We're definitely deep into the dark ages of the LOTR franchise.

[@outlastingflame1614]

It's because of these untalented egostical writers that cant produce any vision for themselves so they try to hijack the success of real talent. So we just get bad fanfics with some budget.

[@nathanpalmer1568]

I love how Charlie just stares straight into our souls while Matt does the ad read

[@danskyder1564]

Really selling the held hostage for sponsorships vibe

[@thedudecalledalan9095]

I wonder if Matt is afraid Charlie might screw up a sponsorship Or if he just does it to be kind Or does Charlie just not want to read sponsorships

[@PlasticDoll.]

unrelated - but that guy is really cute lol

[@freddie_connor9202]

@@PlasticDoll. matt?

[@callumdobson8637]

@@freddie_connor9202or Jesus h crist?

[@ThaPugster]

the death to the explosion is one of the funniest things ive ever seen LMAO

[@Fagnarok]

Time stamp?

[@lolwutizit]

@@Fagnarok 16:37

[@bigblue207]

Watch the start of his second stream, has a great death as well

[@Mcsnickers_7]

Lmao dude had heart attack

[@magicalpenguin9360]

This is an insane depiction of what the latest hardware can get you nowadays! Truly amazing

[@Rosskles]

Didn't know they were still making mid games for the ps3 tbh.

[@berthamcdurtha8554]

@@p-__ merch when?

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

Can't wait to get my PS3 on my birthday with mw2

[@aerus3446]

I remember playing The "Up" and "Ice Age" games for the PS3 when I was a kid and having a lot of fun, then I look at this Gollum game and im like TrollDespair 2023 Aware

[@henrijs1733]

charlie is really the master of monetizing every second of his life. he's streaming, then uploading on youtube, then getting a sponsor for it.

[@steamfeuver]

Gotta afford to pay his esports team afterall

[@fuzzypeaches7625]

Genuinely if there was one person I’d love to see more of it’s gotta be Charlie

[@grusolosanyverse8279]

3:15 This makes me uncomfortable

[@g.u.c5942]

Why no men stream

[@IDoABitOfTrollin]

I wish i could live that way. Im nothing but jealous

[@GlassesnMouthplates]

I can't stop giggling at the Game Over screens. The shot where Gollum just decides to fall flat to the ground and die even before the blast goes off is downright hilarious.

[@NigerianCrusader]

BUT YOU CANT STOP GIGGLING AT THE WOLF TRACERS DINOSAUR ISLAND

[@arieldesjar]

it's so anti climatic that it's funny

[@DanielJoseMP]

Looks like a masterpiece after watching the Kong game

[@The8thblock]

1:32 fun fact, what they are actually asking is if you really want to keep playing. they are actually surprised that someone wants to load a checkpoint after playing.

[@T_Dude]

“Do you seriously want to keep playing? Your game definitely crashed by now, are you sure you want to suffer?

[@dr.deadpool5959]

The thing that I now expect from modern games is the developers apology letter for not having their game work immediately after taking our money

[@servit0r]

We should archive all the corpo letter with these apologies and let an AI generate another generic corpo letter but everything is made out of the archived letters. Like in those collages where when you zoom in you see that the pixels are actually Filthy Frank eating maccaroni.

[@kobra6660]

And of course they say we'll fix it classic crap game era we're in rush it out patch it later

[@saycap]

what do you mean “our”? I’m not purchasing this shit

[@darcgibson5099]

Man you lot are really spoiled. You’d be lucky to have a game you bought at the local shop work on your computer any more than 50% of the time. Games are now almost guaranteed to work on whatever computer or console you run them on, even if they run badly on first release. At least you’re gonna be able to get a patch rolled out relatively easily and for free within a day or 2 after launch that you can download rather than having to send off for a CD or floppy disk with the patch, or having to shut down your home phone line for hours as you wait for a patch to download over the dial-up. The problem isn’t that of the developers, its a problem with the economic system and the financing of the game industry. They rely on pre-orders and release-day purchases to be able to keep up work operations to be able to fix the game, otherwise they’d lose so much money and confidence from investors just keeping the studio running day to day and development ongoing that there’d be no game released at all, let alone a future for the studio developing it.

[@centricthemedic1517]

@@darcgibson5099 This game was straight up unfinished though, even the worst games prior to the era of updates and patches over the internet were at least finished, with like, 2 exceptions from the top of my head.

[@archyzz]

I swear to god, it felt like this video lasted an hour. The realization it was only 23 minutes made me question my existence in this universe

[@NigerianCrusader]

BUT WOLF TRACERS DINOSAUR ISLAND IS ONLY 40 MINUTES

[@carolinecowan8702]

Gollum's little "Why?" had me rolling 😂10:24

[@chris_player2995]

14:32 😂

[@UnfunnE]

This game feels like a step back in every way possible.

[@StealthyDead]

It blows my mind how games keep devolving. Like this looks like it would be right at home in 2004

[@MegaChickenfish]

Not a chance. Half-Life 2 came out in 2004. I just rewatched some of its facial rigging for comparison.

[@Slaggedfire]

I believe this is their fird 3D high budget game. Until now they made beautifully drawn point and click games.

[@synrecho]

I was thinking the same thing bro not the graphics but the way the game plays feels like an early ‘00’s game

[@karthiktirumala1773]

@@synrecho fucking Spyro looks better than this and that was made in 1998

[@bouclechocolat]

​@Louis thank you Louis, very cool

[@Reflecter16]

This feels like one of those PS2 greatest hits games that no one ever talks about, you would always see it in a retail store display case (FULLY STOCKED) and grab it just because it was cheap.

[@Dalton_Boardman2000]

Inaccurate. In general PS2 games (especially Greatest Hits) are always finished products with rare exceptions. Even the shittiest games in it's library beat this game 10× over.

[@Zephyr_The_Robot]

Why is this so accurate?

[@Apollo-iq1vx]

Final Fantasy XII unironically looks better than this game does lmaoooooo

[@pukemaid54]

​@@Zephyr_The_Robot its the most inaccurate comment on this game

[@willchurch8376]

Name a single PS2 greatest hits game that isn't an absolute banger.

[@longlivejah7821]

Everytime i see gollums face i feel like its edited or something and then i realize its not... gets me everytime

[@squirrelthegamer8483]

10:24 Gollum’s face animation for this conversation knocked me off my feet. How do you make it that bad!? 🤣

[@ethank6406]

WHY DID THEY MAKE HIS PUPILS SO BIG FOR A SEC?!

[@ginogatash4030]

There isn't even any smoothing on the animation, but that's still not as bas as this 15:39

[@Manticorn]

My guess is that they programmed a pouting facial expression for the emotion conveyed in the question, but the question was also one word long.

[@manwhatdoiputhere]

Plus the way he says why too, its just so fucking perfect

[@augustbeck30]

17:17

[@Gungrave94]

This game was too ambitious for that small studio .. they usually make very good point and click adventures like Deponia. This was their first attempt for a AAA game and it definitely shows

[@DracoHandsome]

Deponia's shit even by point and click standards

[@crecs5362]

​@@DracoHandsome and why? Can you please give some arguments?

[@richardhunter9779]

​@@crecs5362 Chainlike lock-and-key puzzles, unlikable characters, boring stories? I mean, they are not the worst games I have played, but it's still a far cry from Monkey Island 2 or Grim Fandango.

[@jinx8624]

Point and click to tripple a isn't just a huge leap its an astronomical launch to another planet Which exains why they failed so miserably

[@crecs5362]

@@richardhunter9779 ah I can understand the point of view with the mini games. I think this game is more attached to me because it was a strong game in my childhood memories. Also some german youtuber played it, and this is one another reason. But I understand your arguments really good

[@Zephyn]

That was the longest 20 minutes of my year. Watching that game actually gave me a slight headache lol. Props to Charlie for giving it a whirl instead of immediately getting a refund.

[@Chizuru94]

And for around 3h at that also and without falling entirely asleep. I didn't think creating a game like this was at all possible.

[@avocado3-in-182]

@@Chizuru94 I’m honestly impressed. Watching the wet paint to dry is more entertaining than this game.

[@stopthecapp3067]

I was gonna workout after watching the vid but now i’m just gonna go to bed. it’s actually impressive and magical how this game can make you tired

[@danirfan5452]

Redfall was slightly worse imo but they’re both pretty shit

[@jajasking9652]

​@@danirfan5452 i think this Game is somehow even worst than redfall Both of them at release are a 0/10, which i don't put lighty at all, but at least redfall, if the Ia of the enemies is good and the map has more encounters, then It might be even less bad than forspoken, but this one is a catastrophe not only in a technical level, but on every single Game foundation

[@midgematic8659]

If anything, the team did a really good job at recreating an early 2000’s PS3 CGI game

[@hwpneon8801]

That "Why" at 10:24 is truly meme worthy.

[@the_bane_of_all_anti_furry]

game got self aware of his own existanced and poses that question

[@nehtia7996]

I am legit sad about how bad the game turned out. I do not care much about the game itself, but the studio behind it is dear to my heart for producing some of my childhood games. But love will never make me cope past this abomination

[@ArtistryofDebauchery]

On the other hand, the devs who made some of those older, beloved games likely were not a part of the team responsible for this trash.

[@EveTheRaviolo]

Agreed! I cherish Daedalic so much, their Deponia series and The night of the rabbits are games that I still cherish deeply, I only wish this little studio to succeed

[@macrons593]

Can you give some examples?

[@willvrtist]

Nearly fell asleep watching this, Charlie's humour was the only thing keeping me going through this😂

[@lauren9284]

charlie DID fall asleep playing it! LMAO 😭

[@keineken_3281]

It's like watching LOTR again!

[@mikael5079]

Well I did fall asleep watching this. Oh my

[@willvrtist]

@lauren9284 well yeah but he seemingly kept me awake regardless😂

[@willvrtist]

@keineken_3281 facts bro 😂😂

[@wesleyward5901]

Idk what's worse, the art style, the gameplay, the bugs or the fact they couldn't bring back the original VA for Gollum.

[@ShaquilleOatmeal849]

Charging $60 for this game should be a criminal record for Daedalic Entertainment

[@maskedlucario]

I thought it was 50

[@skimmedmilk5520]

God damnit I bought RDR2 for less, this is outrageous

[@pranavjayanthi]

@@maskedlucario Looks like it was 60 dollars but they changed the price due to the backlash

[@saninorochimaru2]

Daedalic Entertainment? More like Icaric

[@hinasakukimi]

@@pranavjayanthi LMAO

[@rezzoflansch2936]

Daedalic Entertainment, a German developer with a strong focus on adventure games, is responsible for the game. While they have produced notable titles such as the "Deponia" series and "Edna & Harvey," it's worth noting that they are not a AAA studio. They have often worked with IPs like "The Dark Eye," a German pen and paper role-playing game. However, it seems that tackling the Lord of the Rings IP might have been too big of an IP for them.

[@evilcow2114]

They have made some seriously amazing games, sad that a majority of people will associate Daedalic with this game now.

[@rezzoflansch2936]

@@evilcow2114 Daedalic Entertainment's greatest accomplishment undoubtedly lies in their Deponia series, where their storytelling prowess shines. However, since the departure of their Creative Director, Poki (Jan Müller-Michaelis, now Baumann), there has been a noticeable decline in their creative output.s took a downfall for sure.

[@themurmeli88]

Holy crap, I actually recognized the "Edna & Harvey" from that list. It was pretty good.

[@Logan-zp8bi]

I didn't even know they made Deponia, it makes a lot of sense. Although the only thing notable about that game was its fixation on a certain Goal...

[@nomit4hd552]

@@rezzoflansch2936 I can't describe how much i love deponia, it's so so so great

[@cosmickal9920]

This is a great proof-of-concept! I'm hyped for the actual game

[@tellyg47]

@@AnmolMishra946 they aren’t the same company

[@CalebTheOwlBoy]

Who's gonna tell him? 🤣🤣

[@AppleGamer258]

That moment when the amount of grafts on Gollum’s thinning hairline is way more than the actual effort put into the game itself.

[@the_arma]

this feels like an old obscure discount store video game that my parents would buy for me to play when I was a child. I have no idea what is happening with the gaming industry.

[@leaauh]

I like that you put "So Far" in the title, gotta keep those expectations low so the disappointment doesn't hit as hard

[@bluenited9524]

Yeah Starfield is next.

[@baraness24]

@BlueNITED95 I'm neutral about Starfield. Its a new IP, and they seem passionate about it. Plus, anywhere they slack, the modding community will pick up the pieces. It's the great thing about Bethesda games tbh. Even an okay game becomes amazing thanks solely to community passion. Like even if it's trash, modders make it good.

[@Stormwolf1O1x]

I mean the way it's been going, it would not be surprising if this year shits out some even stinkier games moving forward. That seems to be the trend.

[@Rhagzom]

@@baraness24 They are using a 12 yo game engine for Starfield, there is absolutely no chance its going to be good.

[@corbinwitz9073]

@@Rhagzom I honestly feel like that's what it has going for it. Rather a 12 year old game engine than something like the garbage we're currently watching

[@elpolodiablo5486]

I like how you have to put "so far" in the title. The game companies are surely on a competition to make the worst game possible.

[@paintspot1509]

Throne and liberty took the crown lol

[@WinxJedi]

We all knew a kid in elementary school who looked exactly like this version of Gollum.

[@caitlinwithacbt3]

I like how one of the objectives is to "wait in the cage" 🤣

[@adamzientek2154]

"Why'd they make him look so silly" "He's just a silly little guy" That exchange was better than the entirety of the game itself.

[@FrostConner]

Charlies ad read felt like a forgotten about school project done in the hallway right before class. Fits right in with the quality of the game.

[@thekamotodragon]

Honestly it looked like both of them were being held at gunpoint lol, like it even had the perspective of a kidnapping ransom video, where they force the captives to talk into the camera.

[@maxsanchez764]

My favorite part of the game is when Gollum said “ its gollumin’ time” and just gollumed all over the place. One of the most games ever of 2023!

[@mahmood481]

I wish they did it more in the game

[@xJaaku]

Damn people are still keeping up with that meme? I just cringed all over the place.

[@benjamindantuene7388]

It's 2023 dude, the morbius meme is dead

[@JuanAntonioGarciaHeredia]

​@@benjamindantuene7388Its not.

[@lazylemon9877]

Never have I struggled to watch a Charlie video without sleeping up until now. Charlie is a brave man for torturing himself to play this game.

[@michaelmartin1532]

I know the feeling man the game looks really boring kept wanting to pause and find another video

[@mr.dumbum8209]

@Michael Martin he's do it for us, he plays so that we don't have to...

[@michaelmartin1532]

@@mr.dumbum8209 Frl man I know I wouldn’t play that

[@juice6521]

It's sad to see this game be so terrible because I really think the developer behind it is actually quite passionate about their projects and I've played a lot of their games before. This scale of game was not only too large for a developer of their size, but also they've never made a game even remotely close to this before.

[@juice6521]

@lukefenton1565 Hopefully not, their previous small budget games are all highly reviewed. The fault mostly lies with the publisher asking for too much and expecting them to rush out a game like this in two years, and the 50-60 dollar price tag didn't help either. Their reputation is tarnished now because this is all people will know this studio for when they hear the name Daedelic Entertainment.

[@yheti3584]

What was their other games if i may ask? I’m unfamiliar with the dev

[@htavli]

@@yheti3584 I played their Deponia series. They are great at developing point&click gams.

[@EveTheRaviolo]

@@yheti3584 some great games of them were the Deponia series, The night of the rabbit, The whispered world, The Pillars of the earth, State of mind.... their point-anc-click games especially are very nice and well made and artistically beautiful. They're a small studio but they make some really nice games. The Night of the rabbit is to this day one of my absolute favorite games. Im a huge sucker for point-and-click graphic adventures and the majority of my favorite games of this genre come from Daedalic. It makes me so sad to see them miss the mark with Gollum :c

[@TheToonpimp]

This would've been an A-okay game for 2003-2005.🤣😂

[@toi_let954]

I don't think there is a time where this game would ever pass for 50 dollars

[@CoolGuySpyro]

The classic LOTR games are too goated. Makes me want to boot up BFME or The Third Age again instead of witnessing this mess

[@FauxRegard]

Not even. At that point you had absolute gems like KotOR 1 and 2, Battlefront 1 and 2, Jade Empire, Mercenaries, Halo 2, Republic Commando, etc. This game would be a laughingstock back then too lmao

[@ethansprague2005]

@@FauxRegard you're taste in gaming is amazing

[@robertwoodson1701]

@@CoolGuySpyro LOTR CONQUEST BABYYY

[@Howlingburd19]

*When “Skull Island: Rise of Kong” releases* Gollum: “Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary!”

[@sitsia3808]

xd

[@philbateman1989]

As SOON as I saw that art style, I knew it HAD to be a Daedalic game. It's a shame it turned out like this, because The Whispered World and Silence from them are two of the best point and click games in modern times I've played. Especially The Whispered World. That was a work of art from start to finish.

[@izaruburs9389]

Looks like they should have sticked to point and click games because active games require abit more effort.

[@evilcow2114]

Yeah, it's sad to see. I love the games they have made, but for the majority of people, this will be what Daedalic is :(

[@trad5887]

Point and click should stay on web browsers . No one should pay for that dumb shit

[@EveTheRaviolo]

Man, The whispered world was fantastic, I have such fond memories of that summer when I played it for the first time, and all the emotions it made me go through. And god, the artstyle was amazing. This, The night of the rabbit and the Deponia series are my absolute favorite point-and-click games. Its sad they're so underrated

[@scah_to]

For every ToTK, there must to be a Gollum to balance the scales.

[@iiequinox8044]

For every ToTK, there must be 20 games like Gollum to balance the scales more like lol.

[@youtubesucks1821]

​@@iiequinox8044for every 20 games like Gollum, there's 20 more

[@Calebvelasquez117]

@@youtubesucks1821for every 20 more gollum games there are 40 more

[@Phasmania]

Charlie struggling to stay awake playing is way funnier than it should be

[@pastpresence8173]

the way his hair just gets messier as the video progresses too lmao, he is absolutely out of it

[@ulipeterson6112]

He is slowly turning into Gollum himself.

[@NigerianCrusader]

BUT NOT AS FUNNY AS WOLF TRACERS DINOSAUR ISLAND

[@IgnatiusAlpha]

You know you're playing a great video game when you're struggling to stay awake and pay attention to it and have to get up and stretch.

[@midnightplayzyt9239]

I’ve had to get my wisdom teeth pulled recently, but I didn’t need to pay for the anesthesia! I just watched a no commentary play through of this and it put me right out!

[@cvrclangaming8526]

5:05 That was the most calm throttling to death I have ever seen. Very immersive little tarzan game

[@g.u.c5942]

Men

[@TheJuanamador]

"The only good thing I can say about this game that wasn't $70." What a quote.

[@GioTheVax]

Gollum's head isn't even weight-painted correctly, it folds in on itself. It's like a baby's soft spot