Daedelic Entertainment | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Mon, 06 Jan 2020 09:04:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Daedelic Entertainment | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 New details emerge about Daedalic’s “The Lord of the Rings: Gollum” https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/joao-silva/new-details-emerge-about-daedelics-the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/joao-silva/new-details-emerge-about-daedelics-the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum/#respond Mon, 06 Jan 2020 09:01:12 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=444606 Back in March 2019, Daedalic Entertainment had announced that it was developing a new “The Lord of the Rings” game. Further details of the game, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, were unveiled in the latest issue of Edge magazine, and it seems that Gollum won't look like the character from the movies. Since Tolkien …

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Back in March 2019, Daedalic Entertainment had announced that it was developing a new “The Lord of the Rings” game. Further details of the game, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, were unveiled in the latest issue of Edge magazine, and it seems that Gollum won't look like the character from the movies.

Since Tolkien had never given “a size reference for Gollum”, Daedalic Entertainment CEO Carsten Fichtelmann and Senior Producer at Daedalic Entertainment Kai Fiebig stated that the first illustrations of Gollum were as a gigantic monster. In spite of being different, the team at Daedalic don't want to disappoint the movies fans. They started with the person that Gollum once was, and created a new monster from that point.

Just like in the movies, Gollum has a double personality. According to wccftech, this intricacy from the character is an opportunity to create some unique mechanics. Game Designer Martin Wilkes has commented that just as Gollum talks to himself all the time, the player will receive tips through that same trait.

There will be between two to four conflicts in Gollum's head on each chapter. This conflicts will make you decide between a set of options that will eventually “lead to a final decision point”. This final decision will be affected by your previous choices. For example, picking the Sméagol side will be more difficult if you had always chosen Gollum's side up until that point.

The Nazgûl will also be featured in the game, but as Mathias Fischer, Art Director at Daedalic Entertainment, these are expected to be “less cool” than the Nazgûl LotR fans are familiar with.

This game is ‘described as a stealth action/adventure game', confirmed to be released in 2021 on PC and next-gen consoles.

KitGuru says: Do you like the Lord of the Rings franchise? What are your expectations of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum?

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Daedalic Entertainment is working on a Gollum-focused Lord of the Rings game https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/damien-cox/daedalic-entertainment-is-working-on-a-gollum-focused-lord-of-the-rings-game/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/damien-cox/daedalic-entertainment-is-working-on-a-gollum-focused-lord-of-the-rings-game/#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:32:10 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=408080 The Lord of the Rings is an oddball among adaptations, providing debatably worthwhile video games based on the movies and translating well to a variety of genres. German developer Daedalic Entertainment is now taking a crack at the IP, crafting an adventure game based on the character Gollum in partnership with the rights holders of …

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The Lord of the Rings is an oddball among adaptations, providing debatably worthwhile video games based on the movies and translating well to a variety of genres. German developer Daedalic Entertainment is now taking a crack at the IP, crafting an adventure game based on the character Gollum in partnership with the rights holders of the book, Middle-earth Enterprises.

Rights to video games based on Peter Jackson’s films have always been separate from properties based on the book. The former once resided with EA at the height of popularity for the movies, giving us direct adaptations, turn-based RPG prequel The Third Age and the subjectively brilliant RTS, The Battle for Middle-earth.

All of these games were forced to omit details from Tolkien’s books that weren’t explicitly shown or mentioned in Jackson’s movies, as Vivendi Games owned those rights in conjunction with Tolkien Enterprises (now known as Middle-earth Enterprises). Back in 2003, these rights paved the way for platforming adventure game The Hobbit and RTS The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring.

Image: Gollum by Alan Lee

Film rights now lie with Warner Bros. as the company continues to produce its Middle-earth: Shadow games, which are the loosest of adaptations. Other companies are allowed to license video game rights from Middle-earth Enterprises, which has led to Daedelic’s foray with Gollum, the traitorous character in Middle-earth stories whose sanity was gradually warped by the influence of the eponymous Ring.

According to an interview with PC Gamer, Daedelic will focus on Gollum before the devolution of his personality in the books, and his split personality between Smeagol and Gollum will lean heavily into the progression and decision making. “You’ll come to decisions you have to make, and you’ll have the two voices talking to you. He may change his mind, and this is a clue about how it will play,” explains CEO Carsten Fichtelmann.

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is still a long way out, with aims for a 2021 launch.

KitGuru Says: Point-and-click adventures can often be overlooked when we’re spoilt with so many well-made titles nowadays, but Daedelic’s Deponia is an absolute treasure of charm, in my opinion. I can’t wait to see what the developers do with a big name such as The Lord of the Rings.

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