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I mean nobody wanted this game in the first place, couple that with this sewage outlet and there ya go. They really had a follow-up game planned for this? Like it was gonna be a hit?
They spread The Hobbit out into three movies and banked $2.5B
And thats a movie based on a legendary book. Hell yeah it made that much. Now turn around and say, "hey, bud. You know the split-personality leper following the protagonist? Ever wanted to be him?" Fuck, no. And it was never advertised as anything more than that. You have to relate a little to who you are controlling in a game, otherwise it doesn't sell. Who relates to smeagol? People who wish they sold knives that don't whisper to you?
Wanna be Aragorn as a ranger? Galadriel in the second age? Elrond during the last alliance? Fuck you, here's Gollum.
I mean, I get it from one angle - Gollum is one of the longest lived characters in LOTR. The issue is that even being 500 years old, he doesn't really witness or interact with it all that much. Someone like Galadriel or Aragorn or Gandalf would be far more interesting.
Well, Smeagol is an interesting character because he is tragically relatable underneath it all. He was consumed by his greed, and completely lost his mind to it. His flashes of innocence and weakness make him at times sympathetic. But, then he reverts to Gollum and you see the consequences of his weakness, again and again.
That being said, being at times partially relatable does not make me want to be him, even in a video game. I think an interesting game where you play as Smeagol is absolutely possible, but that's an unnecessary uphill battle if I've ever seen one.