The fact that this game has a literal written apology at the beginning of it on how bad it is, and yet *still* cost $60 is mind boggling.

@triple-d2640

11 ай бұрын

Really?? God damn... They might as well take it off stores. I don't even know why it's still on gamepass.

@swisschese1323

11 ай бұрын

70$ if you want gollum to randomly say shits when you press a button.

@alex96pop

11 ай бұрын

Unless they actually fixed the apology letter (doubt), it says the name of the game is “The Lord of Ring: Gollum” instead of “The Lord of the Rings: Gollum” and it was confirmed to have been written by some AI bot like Chat GPT.

@memolano100

11 ай бұрын

And they wrote incorrectly the name of their own game in that apology.

@ShogunEorling

11 ай бұрын

And managed to get their own name wrong...

"please just let us spoil this for you" Best one line review ever

@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield

11 ай бұрын

Asking a favor of the audience to merit the suffering they went through to make this episode.

@pinkithecat9101

11 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

You know, I could actually see this concept being pitched as a point-and-click adventure game.... and eventually ending up as this through suit involvement

@LuisSoto-fw3if

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, sounds like a game that would benefit from minimal gameplay and maximum story. But it's a big ip, so we can't have that

@IanICee

11 ай бұрын

That does seem likely, executives ruin everything.

@mrfoxly6833

11 ай бұрын

That explains a lot actually.

@cyrussmith4744

11 ай бұрын

​@@LuisSoto-fw3if The problem for me is that a story focusing in Gollum is just not fun, maybe for some chapters to see what he goes through and why he's the whe he is, but having a whole story following him can't be nothing short of depressing and boring

@yoursonisold8743

11 ай бұрын

@@cyrussmith4744 That would make sense for a more ghoulish and depressing click-and-point adventure game though. More about atmosphere and puzzle solving like in _I have no mouth and I must scream_ than about funny gag and quirky characters like in _Monkey Island_ .

The dev studio was so consumed with HOW they should make this game yet they never stopped to ask themselves if they SHOULD make this game.

@KeithFraser82

11 ай бұрын

"Smeagol, uh, finds a way, masssster."

@cmdraftbrn

11 ай бұрын

absolutely spectacular. spared no expense. *flop flop flop flop*

@leana339

11 ай бұрын

And to find proper Devs who know what they do. Because no one wants to work at Daedalic with experience so they only hire newbies in the industry and constantly fire people.

@LuisSierra42

11 ай бұрын

Clever devs

@chimera9818

11 ай бұрын

I would point that it had potential if they actually put effort , and they didn’t

Would have saved tons of money if they just made it like an interactive visual novel. Highlight those artist they deserve it.

@RXdash78

11 ай бұрын

Or done a telltale style game. Smeagol will remember that.

@AimlessAbyss

11 ай бұрын

Telltale could have definitely pulled this off much better

@LordNapking

11 ай бұрын

I agree, this does seem like something that could've been right up tell tales alley.

@slayermate07

11 ай бұрын

And still charge the same price.

This game brings up a very good question. Who would want to play a whole game as Gollum anyways?

@KTKomedy2813

11 ай бұрын

Could be worse. We could be in an alternate universe with a Star Wars game where we have to play the entire time as Jar Jar Binks. But in all seriousness, my PS5 is likely glad I’m not putting this dumpster fire into it at any point in life.

@MobikSaysStuff

11 ай бұрын

I would definitely have played it if it wasn't bad. It's a good/unique concept. Usually you get to play as a knight, berserker or a mage.

@donutlovingwerewolf8837

11 ай бұрын

It'd make more sense as a choice game with some platforming. Unfortunately the execution was awful

@BoxedMusic

11 ай бұрын

@@MobikSaysStuff Agreed, it *could* have been an interesting/fresh take on an already old and well known IP, albeit a *very* challenging one to pull off.

@joshuakim5240

11 ай бұрын

The weird thing is that the concept is fine: a stealth game as the noodle-armed gremlin Gollum having to avoid being detected by orc soldiers who can easily kill him could work as a LOTR-version of Thief. The issue is...the game barely does that at all and it sucks regardless due to how poorly everything about it is.

The sincere and genuine pain In epic voice guy as he says "please just let us spoil this for you" conveys how much this was a PSA made at great cost to his people, and all that suffering can NOT be for nothing. This should have have counted as public service credit hours.

This game is anything BUT precious

@algumcaraai3182

11 ай бұрын

Anything? It includes good?

@Pokeringo

11 ай бұрын

They takes it from us, Precious! Tricksy hobbitses stoles our money! GOLLUM. GOLLUM.

Elrond: Cast it into the fire!!!! Sauron: (Grabs the game and chucks it into the lava) Elrond: What? Sauron: This time I'm with you on this

@multiverse_media2023

11 ай бұрын

Elrond: Toss your ring too? Isildur: No. Elrond: Oh come on! Isildur: Byeeeeee!!!!

@vivektammana8845

11 ай бұрын

Prrreeecciooousssss!!!

@j.stevenrioux1460

11 ай бұрын

😂

I think this game should get an award for Most Immersive Game Ever because it really makes you feel frustrated and depressed while playing it.

@racpatrice

11 ай бұрын

🤣🤣

This is a game you pick up in the bargain bin, get absolutely drunk and have a real good laugh 😅

@jamesfrancis314

11 ай бұрын

Wrong. This is a game you find on the insode of a cereal box

@kyoeyes

11 ай бұрын

​@@jamesfrancis314 Hey, don't insult Chex Quest like that. This is more like a game you'd find in a landfill.

@matthewferguson6524

11 ай бұрын

​@@jamesfrancis314 this is the game you get when you gather a group of 'no child left behind' programmers and give them a budget.

@iiMrNiceGuyii

11 ай бұрын

This is a game you accidentally find left inside a console after buying a console from good will

@magicmulder

11 ай бұрын

I picked up Sins of a Solar Empire in the bargain bin, and that was a brilliant game in comparison.

We really need to stop letting developers and the suits above them get away with this constantly. This is not a healthy practice.

@donutlovingwerewolf8837

11 ай бұрын

If we let it fester, It will result in the heat death of the Gaming industry as we know it.

@scaper8

11 ай бұрын

​@Donut Loving Werewolf Not sure of that would be a good thing at this point or not.

@panemetcircenses510

11 ай бұрын

Vote with your money!

@QuantumHistorian

11 ай бұрын

Get away with it? They're going to lose of ton of money on this. You can help by not buying it, which is presumably what you were going to do anyway, so it's super easy, barely an inconvenience.

@cerpintaxt362

11 ай бұрын

"HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT!"

I think Smeagol's corruption from Hobbit to Gollum would've been a MUCH better game. Showcasing some depth and that he isn't simply an annoying side character. To me his origin story has always been overlooked and I don't know why. I mean it's very relatable since most people know an addict and how catastrophic that can be to a small community. Why they chose to make it simply a goofy Gollum game is beyond me. The deterioration of his psyche and the increasing obsession would've been so cool to experience first-hand. And there would've been a million cool ways to play around with the game mechanics showcasing how the presence of (or the lack thereof) the ring feels like. God I hope they make a quality Gollum game some day. ...Also Gollum falls in love? Really? Are we okay?

@zeobide

11 ай бұрын

THIS actually sounds like a very playable and makeable game. I've only seen the movies so not like a huge fan but even to me that seemed like a story worth exploring.

@LunchBaggy

11 ай бұрын

This is what I thought the game was gonna be about but then this came out

@TheMeta141

11 ай бұрын

because if the graphics and gameplay weren't clear enough that this game was for kids let me be clear. it's for kids

@mint2marie

11 ай бұрын

@@TheMeta141 so?

@TheMeta141

11 ай бұрын

@@mint2marie so, like hell they'd have a deep. darker story like that.

I'd actually be interested in a JarJar election sim game, but not at AAA prices.

@minilopgamer1950

11 ай бұрын

Alright $80 it is then!

@jic1

11 ай бұрын

@@minilopgamer1950 Not including DLC!

@swisschese1323

11 ай бұрын

@@jic1 you mean the 15$ DLC that fixes 1 out of the 10 game-breaking bugs that devs supposed to fix for free?

@multiverse_media2023

11 ай бұрын

I ain’t buying that Jar Jar game. Nope! Star Wars sucks now. Thanks a lot, Disney! 😡

@user-go2ld4ti6r

11 ай бұрын

OK, but it is owned by Disney so... you know... Jar is now a black woman without one leg.

I don't think even Daedalic expected to get the LOTR game rights They're _not_ cut out for the expectations this kind of game brings They're just some dudes from Hamburg who gained notoriety cause Gronkh revived their Deponia Series Not AAA developers

@coolspider295

11 ай бұрын

I think it was originally pitched as a point-and-click game, but, got fumbled in development. Gollum could have been a great point and click game.

@hirotakanifuji7266

11 ай бұрын

So we germans did another crime against humanity... At this point it seems like tradition

@1IGG

11 ай бұрын

​@@hirotakanifuji7266as a German, I can only agree and apologise.

@Soguwe

11 ай бұрын

@@hirotakanifuji7266 du musst an deinem Humor arbeiten

@hirotakanifuji7266

11 ай бұрын

@@Soguwe I don't think so

I remember a scene in the movie "hot tub time machine," where a character walks in on their nephew playing a game about serving a really boring "realistic," prison sentence of being bored all day. This game reminds me of that.

The saddest part for me is that Deadalic prior to being sold (and Poki leaving) was always my go-to dev for point and clicks. I actually cried during Night of the Rabbit and Whispered Word. It's kinda heartbreaking that they do weird, poorly done games now while they had the niche they excelled at :/

Please do an Honest Game Trailer for the Plants vs. Zombies franchise

@KeithFraser82

11 ай бұрын

Crazy Dave approves this comment.

@Rayka_96

11 ай бұрын

yeah especially the Garden Warfare games

@remag-yx4ed

11 ай бұрын

​@@Rayka_96 garden warfare goes hard af

@DLuffy-zk2xy

11 ай бұрын

Who wants tacos? 🌮

@BlazeInferno360

11 ай бұрын

​@D. Luffy Not me. Plus I have a bunch of tacos from the game anyway 😅

"Eh, who are we kidding, no one made it that far." I have seen like 5 different reviews/playthroughs of this game. And not a single one has made it to the ending. Everyone gives up.

@spacebearcadet746

11 ай бұрын

Kevduit got to it. Tears of grace/disgrace is probably going to be made to by his viewers. So there's potentially two. Edit: Oboeshoes finished it.

After playing Styx: Master of Shadows I'm convinced an amazing Gollum stealth game is 100% possible. It's definitely not this game, that's for sure.

@NetSraC1306

11 ай бұрын

It's absolutely not possible. In styx you can somewhat fight. Gollum only has one route tho

@yellowfellow7246

11 ай бұрын

@@NetSraC1306 I don't know man, the combat in that game was so bad I avoided it entirely. And that was the point, I think. It's a stealth game.

@WitchieB00

11 ай бұрын

ABSOLUTELY, that’s how i know this game concept could have worked because STYX WORKED!!!! it should definitely have been a stealth game, that literally Gollums character imo

@ZazuYen

11 ай бұрын

@@yellowfellow7246 Yeah I'd completely forgotten you could fight in Styx, I'd never done it. I agree a Golum based stealth game COULD have worked and when I first heard of this game I wondered if they'd used Styx as a template. Sounds like they didn't, but really should have.

Are you kidding me? A game about Jar Jar Binks politically maneuvering in the senate would be gold! Imagine a time-line where he dethrones Palpatine and becomes Chancellor thus saving the galaxy.

@brianhenry7348

11 ай бұрын

Imagine, a game where the NPCs need _you_ to repeat yourself because _they_ didn't quite catch it the first time!

@CeHee123

11 ай бұрын

Or you can take the Darth Jar Jar theory and become an even more cruel dictator.

@juanjuri6127

11 ай бұрын

"Meesa no can know where every campaign donation come from. Meesa no can institute a no-Sith-money policy. Meesa would be discriminating those Sith who are on the side of positive change"

@orangeslash1667

11 ай бұрын

@@lolmao500 Fun Fact: George Lucas said that Disney's Goofy was a big inspiration for Jar Jar.

@yosemiteyosemi488

11 ай бұрын

@user-xv8qb6qu9o That’s exactly what I was thinking

Please say "Now that we did Stardew Valley, we should do Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons." Then please do an Honest Trailer for Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons.

Having you read a Zelda-CDi line was one of the most beautiful things ive seen on this channel

As Gollum, sing: "I would do anything for the precious, but I will not do thaaaaat.🎵"

See, I could see this game working if you did two things; 1, lean heavy into the stealth because Gollum is a withered little tadpole of a dude who couldn't even take a couple of hobbits in a straight fight and 2, have some sort of mechanic where the more violent of an approach you take the worse the environment gets...not because it actually is but because your sanity is slipping more and more and that's just how you're perceiving things. Really go for the idea that your protagonist is just broken mentally and that's going to affect things

@AegixDrakan

11 ай бұрын

Yeah. But it really seems they lacked the budget and manpower to deliver a good stealth game. :s

@LordSvzklx

11 ай бұрын

@@AegixDrakan True, that can't be helped, just a shame they buggered it up in the design stage too

@matthewwilliams3827

11 ай бұрын

Cool idea!

@Reialesa

11 ай бұрын

''Withered little tadpole of a dude'' 🤣

@maguszeal5818

9 ай бұрын

Yah add the sanity system from eternal darkness. That would have been amusing.

Redfal: we're the worst game of the year. Gollum: hold my Preciousess!

I would actually love to play a game exploring the duality of Smeagol and Gollum, maybe in a style more akin to Senuas Saga, or as a horror game being Smeagol trapped inside Gollum and his survivor complex 🤔

If Disney now does Jar Jar's rise to power, you guys are responsible.

@Flaschenteufel

11 ай бұрын

Have no fear jar jar isn't female

This has to be the funniest video you’ve made. That opening clip of launching yourself into the ground face first was just chefs kiss

Please do a Honest Game Trailer for the Prince of Persia franchise

The sad thing is, this could have been a good point-and-click adventure game. The graphics clearly would have been better in stylized 2D/2.5D than immersive 3D. The plot is decent, if bogged down by the gameplay. The choices with Gollum/Smeagol are innovative and almost clever. Every part of the game is good except the whole stealth/platforming aspects that are boring, repetitive, and have glitchy physics, and the parts that serve that. Unfortunately, some suits probably decided that 2D point-and-click wouldn't make as much money as 3D action platformer... and VERY unfortunately, even with how bad the game ultimately is, with the publicity it generated by being bad it MOST DEFINITELY DID make more money than it would have. The suits will notice, and this kind of bullshit WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN with studios being destroyed by greedy executives to milk them of their last dollars. Welcome to late-stage capitalism.

@Pokeringo

11 ай бұрын

Yeah it's kinda sad what happened to Daedalic. I liked their Point & Click Adventure games. Their games had their own charm with a good story telling.

@agirlnamedmichael1670

11 ай бұрын

I don't really think it's clever...they just took the split personality from the movies and ran with it.

Yep! Honest Trailer prime material here!

The irony is - if they only made same type of game they use to make - Gollum would be a pretty good game. I can imagine this to have the same type of humor as Edna and Harvey.

@ryanm.8720

10 ай бұрын

The closest we've gotten to that was the recent episode of 'Keeping up with the Daedalics’. Humorously; Edna's reaction to Gollum mirrors the public's reaction to the Gollum game.

Honestly would play an adventure game about how Jar Jar Binks did as a senator.

Can't wait till Gandolf gets his own game.

@doublesalopetoimcre

11 ай бұрын

or saruman the metal band man :D

Gamivying the DSM 5. Damn that hit me hard as a psychology student ^^ I wish we would do that. By the way a german youtuber did a wonderful video on the game last sunday, were he dressed like Gollum and played the game as him, sitting on a rock. It was awesome. HandofBlood is the youtuber.

@Funny-Joker

11 ай бұрын

med student. I went back and listened to it like 3 times to make sure I was hearing right. Best Easter egg joke I've heard

I'd honestly like to see an alternate continuity game where Smeagol wins the mental struggle, finally gets rid of the ring and tries to build a new life for himself.

@Flaschenteufel

11 ай бұрын

You mean honestly as in "ironically"?

This game actually perfect, one thing you know this thing true immersion gameplay like: -you must think you're gollum -you must feel like gollum -you must treated like gollum -you must be like gollum In short you are gollum.

@MrCyion

11 ай бұрын

I'm already short. I don't need to be anymore similar to Gollum! haha

@DarthDuck404

11 ай бұрын

It really puts you in the mindset of a mentally insane, paranoid, weak and pathetic goblin with no friends being imprisoned in hell by monsters. It gets points for immersion if nothing else.

That DSM V comment was hilarious! I didn't expect that!!

I want to see a game where we play the guys who signal the planes to their parking spots before the big fight scene in Captain America: Civil War

Thank you for your sacrifice, HGT writers. Also, please say, “I respect every single Spider-Man in here.”

Love your videos!❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊

“Some filthy little hobbies right there didn’t think this right throu” is just gold

PLEASE make one for Deadly Premonitions. It's one of the most polarizing games in existence.

Wait... if Gollum had the ring making him invisible... why are there stealth missions?

@F1Krazy

11 ай бұрын

The video says it takes place between The Hobbit and LoTR, so Bilbo would've had the ring at this point

@wojtek5385

11 ай бұрын

@@F1Krazy ah, of course - good point!

Jar jar Binks becoming a Senator in an Ace Attorney style game would unironically be amazing.

Meanwhile, over at Disney: "Hey, how come we haven't made a Disney+ show about Jar Jar becoming a senator yet?"

Give me the chills with the line "Welcome to PlayPaintChill. You just gained honor +2 for following us ! ".

To be honest I think I’d genuinely play a game/ watch a movie depicting the shenanigans that went on to take JarJar from hated exile to naboo’s Gungan representative.

literally laughing at the intro joke about the name of the studio, this is going to be good!

I remember when the first preview came out. My immediate thought was "who the fuck asked for this?" lol

I can't believe you get friend-zoned as Gollum. Gollum-zoned if you will. That's amazing.

@AC-hj9tv

11 ай бұрын

Girllum

LotR fans: Rings of Power is the worst adaptation of my beloved book series ever *Gollum game exists* LotR fan: I stand corrected

@Flaschenteufel

11 ай бұрын

Rop still is exceptionally bad I'd say.

This is a concept that should have appeared in the LOTR saga games, when Gollum was captured by Sauron. Imagine attacking, biting, and tackling multiple orcs all at once, that could have been awesome with the right mechanics. Maybe even have some new side characters that secretly had an influence on Bilbo/Frodo's journey. But nope, we got none of that.

@lynco3296

11 ай бұрын

It might work if it was a small part of a bigger more interesting game

Some games can genuinely only be described as "inexcusable". This is one such game.

1:25 You take that back! The LOTR movie tie-ins were great!

It would have probably done better if they just kept with what they were better at and made a point and click book-styled lord of the rings game

@martirichter5111

11 ай бұрын

That would have been so nice! And it could still be with Gollum, if they wanted it that much.

@KeithFraser82

11 ай бұрын

Given that the entire plot of The Lord of the Rings is about bringing a key plot item to a key plot item receptacle, that makes a lot of sense.

This game MIGHT have worked if they made it a level-based stealth game (like Outlast) or a narrative-based game like Telltale. And actually beta-tested it.

"No one made it that far" Mauler, Az and Metalcommander: so what are we?

Now I seriously want a game of Jar Jar Binks becoming Darth!

Gaming in the past 2 years is just getting better and better the only redemption was elden ring

@KeithFraser82

11 ай бұрын

Did you mean to say "worse and worse"? Because describing Elden Ring as "the only redemption" makes it sound like you think it was the only good game.

@danknightk6987

11 ай бұрын

@@KeithFraser82 yes it was the only good game

@samarthwal3901

11 ай бұрын

​@@danknightk6987 *cough* Tears of the Kingdom *cough*

Yes! We need Jar Jar Binks being elected to the senate! Would be a great game.

3:52 is that you, Igot McDemshoulders?!?!

This game had like 3 delays, but it still turned out like this. 1:22, 2:14, 3:07, 3:45, 4:06.

ahhhh I didn't realize until now that this was the same studio that made the Deponia series. That hurts. Deponia is good.

Say: "An illusion?! What are you hiding?" WoW reference :D xD

Since you mentioned Jar Jar, say "Meesa Jar Jar Binks! Come for comic relief!"

Please say, "I've got the nose of a bloodhound, eyes of a hawk, ears of a rabbit, and raw, macho spirit." -Rowdy (Process of Elimination)

I chuckled at death, bath and beyond 😂

I've watched all of the Lord Of The Ring series and know this Gollum guy quite well When they made a game where the MC was Gollum, my reaction was like 'WTF' or something

Yall gotta do Redfall next!!

Broooo, I just about to say this is like creating a Star Wars game and having you play as JarJar 😂💯!

Wait, how did you find out about "Bombad Senate Race"? I could have sworn that hadn't been announced to the public yet!

next to do the legend of heroes series!!!(or cut it to 4 pieces trails in the sky 1-3 ,trails into azure and trails into zero , trails of cold steel and finally trails in the black and trails in the black 2: crimson sin.

At least you get to hear Gollum make funny noises whenever he falls to his death

I remember seeing this game on the shelf couple days ago. As soon as I picked it up and looked at the back, one thought came to mind... "Nope"

You know it bad when voice guy says "please let us spoil this"

True Fact: Every time the game crashes it's not some in-game error. It's just your graphic card slowly dying of cringe for having to render this game.

from the moment this game dropped i have waited for this trailer. it did not disappoint in anyway. great job team!

"Who wouldn't want to play as a disgusting little mutant hobbit in prisons doing nothing of importance?" What I imagine the pitch meeting for this game was.

Do Honest Trailers for the Simcity series and Hyperdimension Neptunia!

Now that that's out of the way, make Killer Frequency Honest Game Trailer.

Do Rimworld, please! Love how you make a base, then the game sends an OP raid or insects and kills the whole base. And you build another base, and another untill you have enough and start doing crazy stuff like trying to tame an elephant or buy a warg.

Can't wait for 'Star Wars: The Jar Jar Binks Chronicles' kkkkkkk

Nice "Caveman" reference, yeah I'm aging myself and I don't care🤣😅😂

Omg I choked laughing hearing that dsm 5 joke that I almost crashed my car 😂

3:57 I like the Caveman (1981) reference

"Coming soon to Radio Shack" An insult to the legacy of Radio Shack 😂

Say "By Azura by Azura by Azura it's the grand champion!" in as excited a voice as you can.

I really need more people to know that this Gollum shares his VA with Riki the Heropon from Xenoblade.

@orangeslash1667

11 ай бұрын

Interesting.

Since we finally have the remake of System Shock and it's good, any chance we can get an Honest Trailer for the System Shock series as a well needed palette cleanser?

It's funny that they made this game with the story between the Hobbit and LOTR where Gollum is best known to be tortured in Mordor. When instead they had hundreds of years of unexplored lore between Smeagol finding the ring and Bilbo stumbling upon, could have told literally all the stories they wanted.

Gollum falling to his death sounding like killing the junkies in Max payne

it could've been fun. if it was made into something like styx: master of shadows but no. we got gollum master of tree shades. they could've put some memories sequences where he still has the ring and u get to play with that. play the encounter with bilbo except this time you're gollum, play the whole Mirkwood and Aragorn debacle but make it fun, like ''don't let the ranger catch you'' and there is a whole sequence of the game where you are being chased by aragorn, the elves of Mirkwood, gandalf. while also having to hunt for your food, find your shelter, etc. but whatever. it is what it is now :/

You guys should get Andy Serkis to read the reviews of this game as Gollum.

Say: “Did they look like psychos? Is that what they looked like? They were VAMPIRES. Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them.”

4:17 I want this ❤

Let's go! Battle For Middle Earth II honest trailers have got to be the next one!

It’s like if Donkey from Shrek got a video game backstory set before the OG movie

Not gonna lie, suicide has never been this funny before 😂😂😂 1:19 had me laughing and feeling REALLY dark about it 🤣🤣🤣 Jesus