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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has been delayed again. Originally slated for release in 2021, then expected to launch September 1 of this year, developer Daedalic Entertainment and publisher NACON have decided to delay the release for "a few months" to help put polish on the game and to ensure they can meet "community expectations." An announcement will be made "in the near future" regarding a new release date.

The Lord of the Ring: Gollum will be released on PC, PlayStation4, PlayStation5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.

Source (GBAtemp Inbox)

 

[Reploid]

For polish? What about other regions?

 

[Dark_Phoras]

They better use the entire populations of Krakow and Warsaw, the game requires a lot of polish.

 

[octopus]

Leaked footage of the polished game:

 

[zoogie]

A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.
A gollum game is cursed shit, and is bad no matter what you do.

- Shigeru "Shiggy" Miyamoto

 

[SG854]

I love Gollum

 

[subcon959]

No date so an indefinite delay? Sounds like more than polish.

 

[SG854]

Where's my precious. Why isn't my precious releasing yet?

 

[Andy2001]

oh kurva!

 

[Thunder Hawk]

For polish? What about other regions?

They need to polish the ring.

 

[tomberyx]

if the developers have to fix something almost at the end, it doesn't mean a good thing, because they are under pressure and the result will probably be cyber punk quality.
Hopefully they polish in the right place

 

[Flame]

nie tylko opóźnia się grę

^ pretty much this.

They need to polish the ring.

my mind is just dirty

 

[HideoKojima]

Call the polish

 

[RedoLane]

Surely, they're just polishing their precious.

 

[Dr_Faustus]

No date so an indefinite delay? Sounds like more than polish.

The game really looked crusty graphically speaking upon its trailer. Plus knowing the current situation as it stands now with the franchise it might be best to wait out release of this game since the new TV series is releasing soon, and chances are that in itself will cause the fandom to rip itself apart if not wholly reject it and anything else new in this era of the LOTR media. It's a safe bet to say the least.

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

The polish? What have they got to do with this?

 

[MetoMeto]

These delays are so annoying.

If they don't announce it, they don't need to delay it.... Just an idea for gaming companies to consider.
No one is really forcing them to announce anything, especially if the game is not even done yet.

 

[MetoMeto]

Yeah well i have another

A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.

- Shigeru "Shiggy" Miyamoto

Yeah well i have another suggestion.
How about you don't announce it in the first place,
that way you don't need to cancel it and work on it till its ACTUALLY finished.

 

[HarveyHouston]

Seems like Obduction went through the same process, but of course Cyan is an indie company, so you kinda expect delays. Is Daedalic Entertainment also indie? I know they did Deponia, but they really haven't done anything else super-big. This Gollum game seems to be the biggest thing yet that they're doing, so it's either going to be a masterpiece or a major disappointment. I think that's why they're taking so long on this game; they want to try and make it as good as it can be. That and also due to it being in the LotR universe, which I'm pretty sure they've never done before.

 

[Dr_Faustus]

Yeah well i have another


Yeah well i have another suggestion.
How about you don't announce it in the first place,
that way you don't need to cancel it and work on it till its ACTUALLY finished.

Alternatively a better option would be to not announce something too early before release.

Hyping a game up before release and it taking *years* before release will always fail to deliver on said hype most of the time. The hype always tends to outpace and outgrow the reality of the game's development and features itself. Shit happened to DNF, KH3, NMS, CP2077, countless other games and soon will be the case with Starfield and whatever Half-Life sequel we will probably not get for another 10-20+ years.