First new King Kong game in 18 years blasted as "complete scam" goes viral with unfavorable comparisons to 2023's worst-reviewed game: Gollum
"Are we really being blessed wi🌄th a second Gollum game in the same year?"

Skull Island: Rise Of Kong - the first proper Ki🗹ng Kong game since 2005 - comes out today, but unflattering gameplay clips that surfaced online have compared it to the year&rs꧂quo;s worst-reviewed game.
Rise Of Kong casts us as our loveable kaiju-gorilla, as he seeks revenge for his parent’s death and uses his King Kung Fu on other jungle giants. That seems like good ✤low-s𒉰takes fun, but the viral clips below paint a much jankier picture, with some King Konnoisseur’s calling the game a “complete scam.”
Are we really being blessed with a second gꦜollum in the same year //t.co/3CFB34VfM💙C
Twitter user Wayneradiotv made a damning comparison: "Are we really being blessed with a second gollum in the same year?" Lord Of The Rings: Gollum was the y🍌ear's worst-reviewed game🎀, largely thanks to that aforementioned jank and a wonky character model for its central hero. Reviews for Rise Of Kong haven't dropped yet, but var꧃ious cutscenes, gameplay clips, and full walkthroughs have been circulating online.
It’s not //t.co/wR0Y4tvfJr
“Just hoping the game is fun to play,” one hopeful fan responds in the comme💃nts. RickDaSquirrel, the user who shared the clips, replies with footaಞge of the combat that had Kong swiping at three crabs for a minute and a half. “It’s not,” he said.
New King Kong gaℱme looks like game of the year material pic.twitter.com/TXuZYQ53EL
It’s disappointing to see a project in such a state, especially when so many developers s🐭pent time and effort on it, but there are snippets here that could at least be entertaining. One cutscene has Kong encountering an angry sandworm before they engage in a shouting match. But Kong’s initial shock is amplified with a dolly zoom (the effect where the background squeezes and zooms, while the foreground remains still), adding a goofy, slightly funny note on top of the scene that put a smile on my face, at least.
We've reached out to representatives of IguanaBee to confirm the legitimacy of these ꦗclips and to ask for a statement regardinꦐg the development process. Skull Island: Rise Of Kong releases later today on PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch.
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