The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

DF thought the cinematic had aberrations in it that implied it could be in engine stuff and they're really pushing the pixels with a reduced "black bar" to help them push that graphical edge.

I do believe it was in-engine, much the same way that original Uncharted 4 (where Drake is laying unconscious on the ground with flies buzzing around his face) was in-engine. But once you add so many other variables to the game like environments, AI, controls, audio, etc there is at least a slight downgrade. We all saw it once gameplay videos started coming out of Uncharted 4 and we'll see it with this game. Not to say the game won't look amazing because I absolutely believe it will. I just don't think it will quite be on the same level of detail as that trailer was.

[Zivouhr]

Also keeping in mind, that Smeagol was once a hobbit like Frodo, and in this Gollum PS5 game, he may gradually morph over time into a more despicable form, less peach and more gray.

Originally Posted by TheWildWhelk

Some people don't like the portrayal of Gollum in the game, probably because their only reference to him is the Jackson films; my first encounter outside of the books was the stunning voice work of the late Peter Woodethorpe, who so impressively played Gollum in the Ralph Bakshi film, he reprised the same role for the BBC's audio dramatisation of Lord Of The Rings in 1981...

Same here. That movie is still fun to watch and the portrayal of Gollum is still effective, even if the ending of the film was cut short. Bakshi I believe was hoping to add a 2nd film back then but it didn't happen.

[NARMAK]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

I do believe it was in-engine, much the same way that original Uncharted 4 (where Drake is laying unconscious on the ground with flies buzzing around his face) was in-engine. But once you add so many other variables to the game like environments, AI, controls, audio, etc there is at least a slight downgrade. We all saw it once gameplay videos started coming out of Uncharted 4 and we'll see it with this game. Not to say the game won't look amazing because I absolutely believe it will. I just don't think it will quite be on the same level of detail as that trailer was.

We'll see how it goes but i think The Order 1886 is the closest approximation of the black bar gameplay i meant Hellblade 2 could do to push that graphical quality. Either way, we'll see.

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

We'll see how it goes but i think The Order 1886 is the closest approximation of the black bar gameplay i meant Hellblade 2 could do to push that graphical quality. Either way, we'll see.

I need to go back and play that. I have it downloaded but I never got around to playing it.