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Hey, Chris? I maybe a lowly fan since the days of GG, and you may never see this message, let alone reply in any way to it, but... Thank you for not changing for the worst, let alone for any reason, person, political/ideological/social belief, and even during the times of Laci Green being there for you (and if she is still there for you, good job, dude), I just want to thank you for remaining yourself, from your humor, political commentary, and just overall style of comedy and YT content over the years. Please, for the love of Christ, don't ever apologize for your past content, nor for anything you said in the past, because who you are in the current moment is the only thing that matters AND the only thing that defines who you are in the now, and moving forward. Keep up the good work, and keep being your edgy, hilarious, and brilliantly opinionated self that this one humble RayBaby discovered almost one decade ago. And remember; _Sween dreams are made of these,_ _'Cause the human race is a disease~_
Imagine the depressive feeling of having played this game, only then to realize all you have to eat is some gnarly Factor75 looking slop that someone gave you cause they didn't want it!
Dear Lord of the Rings fans and gaming community, We humbly come before you today to extend our deepest apologies for the disappointment and frustration caused by "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum." We acknowledge that the final product has not met the standards we had hoped to achieve, and we understand that it has failed to live up to the expectations of the beloved Lord of the Rings franchise. As a team of dedicated developers, we set out on this journey with immense reverence for J.R.R. Tolkien's remarkable world and the characters within it. Our intention was to deliver a game that would transport you to Middle-earth and allow you to experience the captivating tale of Gollum in a way that would do justice to the source material. Unfortunately, we fell short of that mark. We deeply regret any frustrations caused by the poor quality, technical issues, and gameplay mechanics that have marred the experience of "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum." We understand the passion and investment you have in this beloved franchise, and it pains us to have let you down. We take full responsibility for the flaws and shortcomings present in the game. It is clear that we made mistakes during the development process, and we understand that we have not met your expectations. We are truly sorry for failing to deliver a game that lives up to the grandeur and magic of the Lord of the Rings universe. We are committed to learning from this experience and taking the necessary steps to address the issues with the game. We are actively working on patches and updates to improve its performance, address technical glitches, and enhance the overall gameplay experience. We value your feedback and will strive to incorporate it into our efforts to salvage the game and deliver an experience that aligns with the spirit of Middle-earth. Please know that your voices have been heard, and we are deeply grateful for your support, patience, and dedication to the Lord of the Rings franchise. We understand the profound disappointment that stems from the disappointment of "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum," and we are committed to regaining your trust and confidence. Once again, we offer our sincerest apologies for the disappointment caused by the quality of "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum." We assure you that we are working tirelessly to rectify the situation and deliver a game that lives up to the incredible world of Middle-earth and the characters that captivated our imaginations. Thank you for your understanding and continued support. Sincerely, [Your Studio or Development Team Name]
I mean, there's a solid IDEA for making a Gollum game, but they'd have to start from the beginning of his story and work it all the way to Mt. Doom. A "live the LOTR as Gollum saw it" kind of game, not...whatever the fuck that pile of shit is...
Or go for broke and deviate from source material under the concept that we as players are discordance from Eru's/Tolkien's grand design. In the OG the world of middle earth is running according to Eru's song, including Gollom and the one ring itself. In theory players barging in on the world and controlling a character would be breaking the rule of Eru allowing for wildly out of control endings like Gollom not tripping in mount doom and becoming a new dark lord... or even renouncing the ring and becoming a good person. You can do all sorts of cool things with a game about Gollom, they just did the worst one...
@@boanoah6362 Except nothing is outside the will of Eru. Even Morgoth indirectly caused beautiful things to happen despite his great evil. The players are therefore also part of Eru's overall structure.
IF only there was a well-remembered game from the past that got a remake that came out about the same time you could play. That would be a Shock to the System.
And imagine if it sold well enough for the studio who made it to do the same for that old game's sequel. Could you imagine? Two system shocks like that?
I really like these news style or specific topic style videos Chris. I love the comedic moments, mixed with actual criticism of the industry. I'm just one guy but I vote for more of your content to be like this.
You know Chris, I don't even care what kinda videos you make. Ray Gun Recap, a Weird Wide Web or just a random game review about a game you disliked and felt like to make? If it's entertaining (and they usually are), I'll watch it and enjoy it. Besides, if one can see that you actually wanted to make the video and didn't feel "forced" to make it, even if it's out-of-the-blue, it's still enjoyable.
I think the funniest thing about this is that daedalic, the developer, was woefully unequipped to do this. they're a small studio, whose best success is Deponia. A POINT AND CLICK ADVENTURE GAME.
I saw in the comments of Luke Stephens' video that THAT Deadalic Entertainment we knew has no longer exists. The original crew left in 2020 and many of their studios were shutdown and the one that's left is run by incompetent managers who don't know what they are doing. And there are also a lot of unpaid interns apparently.
Chris has been hitting the gym or doing some other kind of physical activity for sure, he is NOTICABLY more muscular then his much older videos and his newer build makes him look pretty amazing
Thank you for briefly acknowledging Lord of the Rings Conquest. Game had some issues when it came to multiplayer but had such a fun campaign and a star wars battlefront like lord of the rings game would go hard again today.
I'm legit surprised you aren't a LOTR guy Chris, you seem like the kinda guy to do the 3 film extended edition 11 hour marathon like all us other normal people lol.
It's just so painfull to see Daedelic fall so low... they are the absolute GOAT of point n click adventure games and storytelling... and then they make this...
You clipped it!! Had me crying at 10:50.. You 3 really are working great together on sacred symbols... I'm a person that gets annoyed by everything, including myself. And you guys never really annoy me... Have you listened to the last 3ish King gizzard albums??? Saw them in Oklahoma for Halloween and redrocks in Colorado last year... very fun live
Who could have thought 15+ years of captured HR departments hollowing out game development studios big and small would lead to the entire Western gaming industry sucking ass through a sour punch straw? So weird how Japanese companies almost never have to make these kinds of apologies.
Chris you don't get it, We want more videos like this. Really you're at your best talking about things you care about like video games rather than people shitting themselves in a Walmart or whatever it is you're gonna cover in your next vid. This is the good stuff
why doesn't the game go over his origin story? it would of been cool playing as smeagol and watching the ring transform him. It could of been a good phycological horror game where you have to deal with more and more voices of Gollum telling you to do bad things and you have to fight him off and while you are fighting off gollum mentally you are doing the thing he is telling you to do unknowingly.
Nice, I've been getting those factor meals for almost a year now. Now I can continue AND support the channel. I highly recommend the Blackened salmon with pesto, btw
Thank you for covering this so well. When even Nintendo, the most famous of all gaming companies, puts out a horrible glitchy mess in the form of Pokemon Scarlet/Violet and never fixes its glitches... Well, let's just say I'm worried about the video game industry as a whole. It just looks so bad, like video game companies are amateurs relative to every other industry. Even Hollywood looks competent beside these glitchy mess video game companies. It's just embarrassing.
Honestly a game about Gollum could work, would be interesting as an experience to make choices based on his constant decaying mind. It should be like $15 at most and an actual game. I just find insane characters super interesting.
10:25 No this isn't hyper specific and people should care. This is turning into a trend in the videogame industry of release broken game, apologize, and say "we'll fix it later". Just because "no man's sky did it" doesn't mean it should be the norm. This has to stop before it gets worse and those of us who enjoy gaming need to stop buying and preordering from companies that do this. After cyberpunk I'm never preordering a game again and I think others should consider doing the same. Don't pay for an unfinished game that may even release unfinished.
7:50 Then even more Eviler GIGA Gollum Publisher shows up and says "Not only is this trash $60, but you have to pay $10 more if you want a JOURNAL in the game that tracks basic things like locations and people you meet. And to make the elves speak their lore accurate language and not just basic English". Even Gollum would be like "YOU MONSTERS".
When I first heard that there was gonna be a Gollum game, I thought, "So, what? We kill our cousin; go hide in a cave until Bilbo shows up; and then get captured and tortured until you're set free to track down Frodo and The Ring?" Doesn't sound too awesome. Turns out that it wasn't!
I had a feeling this year was starting out _too_ well for games. The first third of 2023 was packed with great releases - Hi-Fi Rush, Pizza Tower, Jedi Survivor (performance issues aside), Lone Fungus, Have a Nice Death, Spongebob Cosmic Shake, Dead Space Remake, just to name a few. Now it seems we're starting to get a heap of slop to make up for that. At the very least, we're still seeing some good stuff. Warhammer Boltgun is a certified banger, Tears of the Kingdom is easily a GOTY contender, Ratchet and Clank is coming to PC for the first time ever in July, and that System Shock remake finally came out and is pretty good from what I've heard. Not to mention all the promising games from Sony's recent State of Play. Now if only Hollow Knight Silksong could come out this year.
I love LOTR, but even I thought a Gollum game was a bad idea. I admit, I usually prefer character action games, so sneaking around in the shadows as an average Redditor wasn’t appealing to me in a gameplay sense, but it’s also that Gollum is an incredibly simple character that doesn’t have any real depth to him on his own. His character is heightened when he’s escorting Frodo & Sam, so a game exclusively focused on him doesn’t sound interesting to me at all.
Gollum dev team: "Hey, people really talked about that early Sonic movie's appearance, didn't they? Must mean they liked it. Let's make Ugly Sonic but with Gollum instead!" *AND ABSOLUTELY NO SANE ADULTS EVER APPEARED.*
Holy shit think this may be my first Solo Chris video and just wanted to say your ad read sounds like a hybrid Ren & Stimpy character or Oney Character 😂 You've got so much fucking energy when you're solo my guy and laying into something, I love it.
That joke about Spiderman 2 is funny because when I was a kid my parents wouldn't buy tickets to superhero movies for me. So whenever a new Marvel or DC film would come out, I would watch Spiderman 2 again.
It does get tiring hearing about games that fail at launch or not in a complete state or not fixing any bugs that were in a game. And the sad thing is that this problem will continue with AAA games or from AAA game companies until something changes the industry as a whole.
Damn, Chris is looking good. Maboy killing it here. Now that that's out of the way; you can thank Sony for the BS 70 dollar tag. They opened the floodgates. As for the apology culture, as long as people keep buying into the hype and sucking up preorders despite the blatant contempt of AAA for their customers it isn't gonna stop. I'm not saying to quit buying AAA games. I'm saying to wait. Let the reviewers deal with the games' incompleteness at launch. Hold off on buying these games until they're at least in a functional state. The only way to get these companies to listen to us is to stop giving them money on their terms and only do so in ours. They need us more than we need them. Remember that.
I dont know what possessed Daedalic to make this. I loved their quirky point and clicks from thd 00s and 10s. I guess that this was a big swing for the fences.
I have to appreciate a youtuber who puts effort into their ads. Not as good as internet historian but I don't find myself fast forwarding your ads like all the other ones who just read a script.
I’m sorry, but I’m genuinely awe-struck by the idea of a Gollum game. Gollum lives a normal hobbit life as Sméagol, then finds the ring, becomes more and more antisocial, until he secluded himself in a dark carve for 400 years. He then gets his ring stolen, goes to Mordor to be totured, and lastly goes with Frodo and Sam. I am baffled as to what they thought the gameplay would be like! Like, did they think scavenging for for rats in a dark cave counted as good gameplay? I’m honestly at a loss for words. Just such a weird concept.
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Hey, Chris? I maybe a lowly fan since the days of GG, and you may never see this message, let alone reply in any way to it, but...
Thank you for not changing for the worst, let alone for any reason, person, political/ideological/social belief, and even during the times of Laci Green being there for you (and if she is still there for you, good job, dude), I just want to thank you for remaining yourself, from your humor, political commentary, and just overall style of comedy and YT content over the years.
Please, for the love of Christ, don't ever apologize for your past content, nor for anything you said in the past, because who you are in the current moment is the only thing that matters AND the only thing that defines who you are in the now, and moving forward.
Keep up the good work, and keep being your edgy, hilarious, and brilliantly opinionated self that this one humble RayBaby discovered almost one decade ago.
And remember;
_Sween dreams are made of these,_
_'Cause the human race is a disease~_
I hope he does see this holy shit
I can't believe they payed you for this lol
@@TeamBelmont91 TL;DR?
Imagine the depressive feeling of having played this game, only then to realize all you have to eat is some gnarly Factor75 looking slop that someone gave you cause they didn't want it!
You know it's really bad when the first time you hear about a game is the creators apologizing for how bad it is.
@LTNetjak not even the source material, its the name of the game they made
@LTNetjak PLEASE SIR, DO NOT REDEEM LORD OF RING!
I feel way less bad about stuff I thought I should say sorry for.
@@akuaku9252 The Lord of Redeem.
Even worse that the publishers generated the apology using ChatGPT
Chris your entire viewer base is gamers this is exactly the content we want from you
Sure but I also genuinely like Chris's cinema skills that he clearly has. He's great at narrative.
I just want more Chris. His comedic timing is just perfect.
For real, the anti SJW shit is dead. Do game stuff.
@@EntheogenShaman came for the SJW shit, stayed for the songs, the bullying people on Halo, and the ranting about games
@@EntheogenShamanyeah we lost 😂
You cannot convince me that the Gollum apology isn't AI Generated
you cant convince me the gollum game wasn't AI generated
AI wouldn't get "Lord of Ring" wrong.
@@Oscaragious AI would get lord wrong
lord of ring
Dear Lord of the Rings fans and gaming community,
We humbly come before you today to extend our deepest apologies for the disappointment and frustration caused by "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum." We acknowledge that the final product has not met the standards we had hoped to achieve, and we understand that it has failed to live up to the expectations of the beloved Lord of the Rings franchise.
As a team of dedicated developers, we set out on this journey with immense reverence for J.R.R. Tolkien's remarkable world and the characters within it. Our intention was to deliver a game that would transport you to Middle-earth and allow you to experience the captivating tale of Gollum in a way that would do justice to the source material. Unfortunately, we fell short of that mark.
We deeply regret any frustrations caused by the poor quality, technical issues, and gameplay mechanics that have marred the experience of "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum." We understand the passion and investment you have in this beloved franchise, and it pains us to have let you down.
We take full responsibility for the flaws and shortcomings present in the game. It is clear that we made mistakes during the development process, and we understand that we have not met your expectations. We are truly sorry for failing to deliver a game that lives up to the grandeur and magic of the Lord of the Rings universe.
We are committed to learning from this experience and taking the necessary steps to address the issues with the game. We are actively working on patches and updates to improve its performance, address technical glitches, and enhance the overall gameplay experience. We value your feedback and will strive to incorporate it into our efforts to salvage the game and deliver an experience that aligns with the spirit of Middle-earth.
Please know that your voices have been heard, and we are deeply grateful for your support, patience, and dedication to the Lord of the Rings franchise. We understand the profound disappointment that stems from the disappointment of "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum," and we are committed to regaining your trust and confidence.
Once again, we offer our sincerest apologies for the disappointment caused by the quality of "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum." We assure you that we are working tirelessly to rectify the situation and deliver a game that lives up to the incredible world of Middle-earth and the characters that captivated our imaginations.
Thank you for your understanding and continued support.
Sincerely,
[Your Studio or Development Team Name]
This was truly the apology video of all time.
poop
@@karebushmarebu233 Chris-kun noticed me😊
They took the LOTR character with the least agency and said "what if we made a game where he looks like a non-fantastical anorexic boy"
I mean, there's a solid IDEA for making a Gollum game, but they'd have to start from the beginning of his story and work it all the way to Mt. Doom. A "live the LOTR as Gollum saw it" kind of game, not...whatever the fuck that pile of shit is...
Or go for broke and deviate from source material under the concept that we as players are discordance from Eru's/Tolkien's grand design. In the OG the world of middle earth is running according to Eru's song, including Gollom and the one ring itself. In theory players barging in on the world and controlling a character would be breaking the rule of Eru allowing for wildly out of control endings like Gollom not tripping in mount doom and becoming a new dark lord... or even renouncing the ring and becoming a good person.
You can do all sorts of cool things with a game about Gollom, they just did the worst one...
Gollum is actually a really great character but all his most interesting parts are long before the game takes place when he was still a hobbit.
@@boanoah6362 Except nothing is outside the will of Eru. Even Morgoth indirectly caused beautiful things to happen despite his great evil. The players are therefore also part of Eru's overall structure.
@@deadwolf1227 Idk I'd say his time as Gollum could be interesting due to how far he wandered after the Hobbit's timespan
I know that Chris was obviously trying to recreate the Gollem/ Sméagol scenes from the movies but I got a more Green Goblin vibe from it
That’s because Chris has been trying to become the Green Goblin for years. He plans on getting surgery to look just like him
I mean he did say he was more of a Spider-Man guy at the beginning of the video
I've been in a constant state of Gollum-mode for the last few years
IF only there was a well-remembered game from the past that got a remake that came out about the same time you could play. That would be a Shock to the System.
And imagine if it sold well enough for the studio who made it to do the same for that old game's sequel. Could you imagine? Two system shocks like that?
If the SS2 remake is good I will never complain about video games ever again.
I didn't even notice the " lord of ring" thing the first time i saw it... my mind is actively exploding :D
can i put you in a combustion engine for free energy? those explosions gotta be worth somethin'
Dude is so swole now that the vein on his very angry neck is still smaller than the one on his arm.. way to go bro.
Points to Chris for starring in a game, then shitting on it in true Gollum fashion.
I really like these news style or specific topic style videos Chris. I love the comedic moments, mixed with actual criticism of the industry. I'm just one guy but I vote for more of your content to be like this.
100%
100% x2
That makes it 200% (?)
Do it more Chris I fucking dare you
You know Chris, I don't even care what kinda videos you make. Ray Gun Recap, a Weird Wide Web or just a random game review about a game you disliked and felt like to make? If it's entertaining (and they usually are), I'll watch it and enjoy it.
Besides, if one can see that you actually wanted to make the video and didn't feel "forced" to make it, even if it's out-of-the-blue, it's still enjoyable.
"CAST IT INTO THE FIRE!"
*throws reputation into Mount Doom
It’s like paying $60 to be a side character almost NPC 🤣
I think the funniest thing about this is that daedalic, the developer, was woefully unequipped to do this. they're a small studio, whose best success is Deponia. A POINT AND CLICK ADVENTURE GAME.
Reverse auction development and it's consequences, yadda yadda
I saw in the comments of Luke Stephens' video that THAT Deadalic Entertainment we knew has no longer exists. The original crew left in 2020 and many of their studios were shutdown and the one that's left is run by incompetent managers who don't know what they are doing. And there are also a lot of unpaid interns apparently.
Maybe Gollum would have worked better as a point& click adventure game, quite frankly.
HOLY SHIT A VIDEO LONGER THAN TWO MINUTES?? THE PRODIGAL SON RETURNS
1 min and 40 secs are an sponsor, but what can you do, eh
@@Rihcterwilker Chris ray gun is the only youtube whose sponsored segments I actually watch
I like how Chris is talking about Gollum while Marathon is being played on the TV in the background.
Those dual wielding sawn off shotguns are iconic
I'm almost certain it's MandaloreGaming's video on the series,
Damn Chris is buff now, that boxing training really shows
The fact that this wasn't a 10 dollar indie game is astounding
I wouldnt even get paid $60 to play through this game
Chris has been hitting the gym or doing some other kind of physical activity for sure, he is NOTICABLY more muscular then his much older videos and his newer build makes him look pretty amazing
Agreed. He's looking fiiiiine
i just thought it was getting more aparent which arm he masts with... Good on you, CRG!
He did alot of training for the youtuber boxing match event
@@ShanePlesiuk bit too excited there mate.
@@esnevip not excited enough
Thank you for briefly acknowledging Lord of the Rings Conquest. Game had some issues when it came to multiplayer but had such a fun campaign and a star wars battlefront like lord of the rings game would go hard again today.
'Your game so bad, even your apology need a patch' Damn, that's good Chris
This was GOLD lmao that ending 😂
Damn Chris lookin jacked. No longer can he role play as Christian Bale in the Machinist
Right? Whats up with those forearms/wrists? Looks like he took up rock climbing, or maybe grappling.
@@seemykids99 he just did creator clash, he trained for a boxing match for 8 months straight
@@btyler423 yeah, that'll do it.
He got them Chris Ray Guns
the fact that this was made by a german studio that developed some amazing games and had to close down because of gollum, breaks my heart :(
Chris talking about videogames is some of my favorite content he's made.
This was a blast to watch. Would love more of this style
I'm legit surprised you aren't a LOTR guy Chris, you seem like the kinda guy to do the 3 film extended edition 11 hour marathon like all us other normal people lol.
Lmfao
"We apologise for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding" sounds like an announcement when the public train or bus gets delayed
Your reuse of ‘Phantom Rosewood’ after I just listened to the Showcase episode of Sacred Symbols killed me.
Cool to see Marathon footage in the background
It's just so painfull to see Daedelic fall so low... they are the absolute GOAT of point n click adventure games and storytelling... and then they make this...
You clipped it!! Had me crying at 10:50..
You 3 really are working great together on sacred symbols... I'm a person that gets annoyed by everything, including myself. And you guys never really annoy me...
Have you listened to the last 3ish King gizzard albums??? Saw them in Oklahoma for Halloween and redrocks in Colorado last year... very fun live
Chris every video: “Sorry this one’s kinda a ramble.” Yeah dude, we know. That’s why we’re here. Keep up the good work.
The Pitch: “Okay… What if Gollum had hair?”
Daedalic Execs: **standing ovation**
I saw a gameplay clip where Gollum's hair disappeared for a few frames, and he genuinely looked so much better.
I don''t want to be 'that guy' but Gollum actually _does_ have hair, based upon his description in the books.
Who could have thought 15+ years of captured HR departments hollowing out game development studios big and small would lead to the entire Western gaming industry sucking ass through a sour punch straw? So weird how Japanese companies almost never have to make these kinds of apologies.
The thing about RedFall is that Arkane thought it was such a mess that they were hoping Microsoft would cancel the project
I know these types of comments are very cliche but when we needed him the most he really came back! Welcome Chris, please stay longer this time.
The Jimmy Timmy power hour bit had me HOWLING
Chris you don't get it, We want more videos like this. Really you're at your best talking about things you care about like video games rather than people shitting themselves in a Walmart or whatever it is you're gonna cover in your next vid. This is the good stuff
What
Hey, if Chris wants to abuse my mother's public mishap, I say GO right ahead!
You have got to be the most underrated RUclips channel of all time
Really bold of Nintendo to release Zelda: TOTK in the same month as the Gollum of the year
Cool to see Chris branching out from podcasts and making videos.
That final apology killed me, how dare you XD
They AI-generated the lore. Amazing.
It's so bad that even IGN can't shill for it.
It really makes you feel like Gollum -- a schizophrenic meth addict.
I damn nearly snorted coke (the drink, not the drug) outta my nose when that Chris-Apology-JPG showed up on screen, fckng hilarious
why doesn't the game go over his origin story? it would of been cool playing as smeagol and watching the ring transform him. It could of been a good phycological horror game where you have to deal with more and more voices of Gollum telling you to do bad things and you have to fight him off and while you are fighting off gollum mentally you are doing the thing he is telling you to do unknowingly.
At 7:01 to 7:08 I'm not entirely convinced Chris is talking about Gollum, but perhaps someone a little closer to home...
I like how Chris has made himself his own Igor
" I know i don't normally make video like thin"
Chris, Chris You don't normally make videos.
Nice, I've been getting those factor meals for almost a year now. Now I can continue AND support the channel. I highly recommend the Blackened salmon with pesto, btw
Thank you for covering this so well. When even Nintendo, the most famous of all gaming companies, puts out a horrible glitchy mess in the form of Pokemon Scarlet/Violet and never fixes its glitches... Well, let's just say I'm worried about the video game industry as a whole. It just looks so bad, like video game companies are amateurs relative to every other industry. Even Hollywood looks competent beside these glitchy mess video game companies. It's just embarrassing.
You are the first person besides myself I've seen to be aware of the existence of lord of the rings conquest. And you're right, it is dope as hell.
I still remember the sound when you assassinate someone as the scout. Good shit
What are you talking about? It's one if the most beloved lotr games.
Game aside, the premise is absolutely abhorent. Making a Lord of the Rings game about Gollum is like making a John Wick game about his dog.
Honestly a game about Gollum could work, would be interesting as an experience to make choices based on his constant decaying mind. It should be like $15 at most and an actual game. I just find insane characters super interesting.
The fact this game was so bad and the company handled it so poorly it sparked a chris ray gun video
That's the real achievement here
Dude this video was really great. The editing, production quality, all the jokes landed. Seriously some of your best work 🙌
Unlike videos you usually make? Idk man this felt more like a return to form. Glad ur back and motivated after creator clash
7:50 "LEAVE ME ALONE"
*gollum noises*
"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!"
"durig this time" that end jpeg, dead, still a Legend sir.
2:40 "The untold story"
Yeah, it should've stayed that way.
10:25 No this isn't hyper specific and people should care. This is turning into a trend in the videogame industry of release broken game, apologize, and say "we'll fix it later". Just because "no man's sky did it" doesn't mean it should be the norm. This has to stop before it gets worse and those of us who enjoy gaming need to stop buying and preordering from companies that do this. After cyberpunk I'm never preordering a game again and I think others should consider doing the same. Don't pay for an unfinished game that may even release unfinished.
7:50 Then even more Eviler GIGA Gollum Publisher shows up and says "Not only is this trash $60, but you have to pay $10 more if you want a JOURNAL in the game that tracks basic things like locations and people you meet. And to make the elves speak their lore accurate language and not just basic English". Even Gollum would be like "YOU MONSTERS".
When I first heard that there was gonna be a Gollum game, I thought, "So, what? We kill our cousin; go hide in a cave until Bilbo shows up; and then get captured and tortured until you're set free to track down Frodo and The Ring?" Doesn't sound too awesome. Turns out that it wasn't!
Chris is just angry because they didn't want to give him the gollum part. They said that Chris had to be more buff to resemble the character.
Gollum looks like the Lorax's Onceler's twin that lives in the attic eating a bucket of fisheads every week
I had a feeling this year was starting out _too_ well for games. The first third of 2023 was packed with great releases - Hi-Fi Rush, Pizza Tower, Jedi Survivor (performance issues aside), Lone Fungus, Have a Nice Death, Spongebob Cosmic Shake, Dead Space Remake, just to name a few. Now it seems we're starting to get a heap of slop to make up for that.
At the very least, we're still seeing some good stuff. Warhammer Boltgun is a certified banger, Tears of the Kingdom is easily a GOTY contender, Ratchet and Clank is coming to PC for the first time ever in July, and that System Shock remake finally came out and is pretty good from what I've heard. Not to mention all the promising games from Sony's recent State of Play.
Now if only Hollow Knight Silksong could come out this year.
I laughed way too hard at Chris's delivery of the words "apology.jpeg".
I love LOTR, but even I thought a Gollum game was a bad idea. I admit, I usually prefer character action games, so sneaking around in the shadows as an average Redditor wasn’t appealing to me in a gameplay sense, but it’s also that Gollum is an incredibly simple character that doesn’t have any real depth to him on his own. His character is heightened when he’s escorting Frodo & Sam, so a game exclusively focused on him doesn’t sound interesting to me at all.
Robert Downey Jr.: "Never go full Gollum..."
ALL the characters in Lotr and they pick the crack head for you to play as...
Playing theme from game of thrones made me lol
"...apology needs a patch" 😭
4:08 Yes. They are called Spin Doctors and have been around for time immemorial.
The only Gollum-game worth developing is a dating sim where Smeagol hangs out with and romances his different personalities.
Redfall: I'm gonna be the worst game of 2023.
Gollum: Hold my mead.
Gollum dev team: "Hey, people really talked about that early Sonic movie's appearance, didn't they? Must mean they liked it. Let's make Ugly Sonic but with Gollum instead!"
*AND ABSOLUTELY NO SANE ADULTS EVER APPEARED.*
"This Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour Fuck"
*Memory Unlocked*
Sweeny is going to be mad that you had dinner with his Fiancee.
"Joints and BONES in it?!" Killed me lmao
5:25 I love how it has a tm too, i'm dying......
Holy shit think this may be my first Solo Chris video and just wanted to say your ad read sounds like a hybrid Ren & Stimpy character or Oney Character 😂
You've got so much fucking energy when you're solo my guy and laying into something, I love it.
That joke about Spiderman 2 is funny because when I was a kid my parents wouldn't buy tickets to superhero movies for me. So whenever a new Marvel or DC film would come out, I would watch Spiderman 2 again.
2:14 You are trying to upset me, I'll tell you right now it's not gonna work.
crack addled tommy pickles LMAO
"Seeing this half-baked apologies from big studios pisses me off"
Daedalic entertainment is the biggest videogame company in europe now apparently
i like how you misspelled a word at your parody apology at the end, very poetic...very powerful...
Imagine making a game so bad that Chris Ray Gun comes back from the dead to talk about it
I love when Gollum said "I am the Lord of the Rings:Full Gollum ". What a masterpiece. 10/10
i'm genuinely astounded how this game turned out, Deadalic usually makes some really good, quality games
Gollum looks like Spot from "The Good Dinosaur," only he's been doing hard drugs since that movie.
It does get tiring hearing about games that fail at launch or not in a complete state or not fixing any bugs that were in a game. And the sad thing is that this problem will continue with AAA games or from AAA game companies until something changes the industry as a whole.
a). defund
b). boycott
take your pick
I almost spat out my drink during the Game of Thrones music.
Damn, Chris is looking good. Maboy killing it here.
Now that that's out of the way; you can thank Sony for the BS 70 dollar tag. They opened the floodgates.
As for the apology culture, as long as people keep buying into the hype and sucking up preorders despite the blatant contempt of AAA for their customers it isn't gonna stop. I'm not saying to quit buying AAA games. I'm saying to wait. Let the reviewers deal with the games' incompleteness at launch. Hold off on buying these games until they're at least in a functional state. The only way to get these companies to listen to us is to stop giving them money on their terms and only do so in ours.
They need us more than we need them. Remember that.
I dont know what possessed Daedalic to make this. I loved their quirky point and clicks from thd 00s and 10s. I guess that this was a big swing for the fences.
They got bought out by a larger company. Learning that and this game makes sense.
Yeah@@sessashyinuio6463, that tells all. I imagine most of their more talented developers and writers have probably left.
I have to appreciate a youtuber who puts effort into their ads. Not as good as internet historian but I don't find myself fast forwarding your ads like all the other ones who just read a script.
I’m sorry, but I’m genuinely awe-struck by the idea of a Gollum game. Gollum lives a normal hobbit life as Sméagol, then finds the ring, becomes more and more antisocial, until he secluded himself in a dark carve for 400 years. He then gets his ring stolen, goes to Mordor to be totured, and lastly goes with Frodo and Sam. I am baffled as to what they thought the gameplay would be like! Like, did they think scavenging for for rats in a dark cave counted as good gameplay?
I’m honestly at a loss for words. Just such a weird concept.
"Patch your apology" is the best damn joke he's had in a long time.