Did Anyone Ask For This?

[Boromir]

Don't get me wrong, I love Middle Earth lore immensely, I'm just a bit flummoxed. There is so much potential, you could make a game playing as Gwaihir the Eagle Lord, Rivendell, or Aragorn prior to the enactment of the Fellowship, yet you choose to base a game around a hairless rat, who slinks and sleuths amidst dingy old cracks in search of his 'precious'. Who actually asked for this?

[DESTARD]

Originally posted by Boromir:

Don't get me wrong, I love Middle Earth lore immensely, I'm just a bit flummoxed. There is so much potential, you could make a game playing as Gwaihir the Eagle Lord, Rivendell, or Aragorn prior to the enactment of the Fellowship, yet you choose to base a game around a hairless rat, who slinks and sleuths amidst dingy old cracks in search of his 'precious'. Who actually asked for this?

Make your own Videogames....

[Fleetfoot Hammercleft]

Originally posted by DARKTIDE:

Originally posted by Boromir:

Don't get me wrong, I love Middle Earth lore immensely, I'm just a bit flummoxed. There is so much potential, you could make a game playing as Gwaihir the Eagle Lord, Rivendell, or Aragorn prior to the enactment of the Fellowship, yet you choose to base a game around a hairless rat, who slinks and sleuths amidst dingy old cracks in search of his 'precious'. Who actually asked for this?

Make your own Videogames....

What type of response is this? Since when can you not critique, or even remotely question a game, or its marketing intention? That's like giving you a faulty car, with a broken exhaust or three wheels and when you complain, just snidely going, "Make your own car".

I for one find this to be a peculiar marketing decision. I love LOTR content, but I never really considered Gollum to be a fan favourite, so it's odd for sure.

[Zadkiel]

Originally posted by Fleetfoot Hammercleft:

Originally posted by DARKTIDE:

Make your own Videogames....

What type of response is this? Since when can you not critique, or even remotely question a game, or its marketing intention? That's like giving you a faulty car, with a broken exhaust or three wheels and when you complain, just snidely going, "Make your own car".

I for one find this to be a peculiar marketing decision. I love LOTR content, but I never really considered Gollum to be a fan favourite, so it's odd for sure.

The term "Fan Favorite" is different depending on the circumstances

[Fleetfoot Hammercleft]

Originally posted by Ketor:

Originally posted by Fleetfoot Hammercleft:

What type of response is this? Since when can you not critique, or even remotely question a game, or its marketing intention? That's like giving you a faulty car, with a broken exhaust or three wheels and when you complain, just snidely going, "Make your own car".

I for one find this to be a peculiar marketing decision. I love LOTR content, but I never really considered Gollum to be a fan favourite, so it's odd for sure.

The term "Fan Favorite" is different depending on the circumstances

True, but again, LOTR lore is so expansive, with so many varying characters that it's just odd. People like Gollum and the 'My precious' impression is always a laugh, but to base a whole game around him? I don't think the demand has ever been there to warrant this.

[Axios]

Andy Serkis' Gollum will remain one of the greatest acting achievements in history... that said I never once thought "Damn - this is the character I want to have a full video game about".

[Maviba]

I did.
I was always interested in the gollum's ambivalent personality.
So i really appreciate this game and I'm curious about it.

Hopefully daedalic managed it to cover gollum's background properly.

[SHREDDER]

IDID. IAM EVIL LIKE SAURON AND GOLLUM ARE. IT makes me happy that game with GOLLUM releases finaly after so many years. NOE WE NEED A SAURON GAME!

[Andrew R]

I sure as ♥♥♥♥ didn't ask for the Kardashians.

All kidding aside, I mean........even if the game was about a fire hydrant........if the game is GOOD, does it matter???

[Andrew R]

Did anyone ask for a ten billionth Final Fantasy game?













I did.

[Slam]

Me. I asked.

[Fear dot Com]

Gollum/Smeagol is one of the most fascinating characters, but I think it would be better as a movie than a game.

[svedike92]

I did. Finally someone takes am interesting new concept, idea instead of the typical shallow approach. This will be a more accurate presentation of the lotr universe also.

[KEEPER]

i think it's great, i love me a damn good stealth title. they are so damn rare these days though.

[Casus]

I didn't ask for it, but I find the concept somewhat compelling. Now, the execution does not look great - and there's every chance the game will bomb hard, but I don't want it to.

I want it to represent a very interesting part of Tolkien lore - and some environments that are not covered well in other games.

The idea of exploring stealthily as Gollum - whilst being in that world, just feels interesting to me.

But I guess we'll see.

It's not like the bigger and more flashy games are doing well these days, so maybe a smaller less spectacle-driven title can surprise us in a good way?

Probably not, but who knows.

[Andrew R]

All shall be revealed today or tomorrow! :)