“Is $40 the price or the budget?”

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After 18 years there it There’s finally a new King Kong game on Steam, but it looks so terrible that it’s considered one of the worst games of the year.

What kind of game is this? Skull Island: Rise of Kong (PC/Console) is a new action-adventure game developed by IguanaBee and released on October 17, 2023 for Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4/5, Xbox and PC via Steam.

You take on the role of the gorilla Kong, who lives on Skull Island, and controls him in the 3rd person perspective. Your goal is to avenge the death of Kong’s parents at the hands of his archenemy “Gaw” and become king of the island.

You use the devastating fighting power of the gorilla and use powerful close combat combinations to fight through prehistoric beasts that loyally serve your rival.

Launch trailer for Skull Island: Rise of Kong

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King Kong game receives ridicule

Why is it ridiculed? Even though Skull Island: Rise of Kong is a new game that will be released for the first time in 2023, it is visually on a similar level to the game “Peter Jackson’s King Kong” released in 2005.

Many players on X, formerly Twitter, scoff at the game’s graphics and joke that Spider-Man 2 and Starfield have had competition:

  • “Spider-Man 2 wishes it had this level of quality (via x.com).”
  • “Is $40 the price or the budget? “That shit looks like one of those fake games you see TV characters playing in the background (via x.com)”
  • “The new King Kong game looks to be Game of the Year material (via x.com).”
  • “Spider-Man 2 and Starfield definitely got some competition with this game (via x.com).”

    • However, other users are much more direct, calling it a scam and directly warning against buying it:

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    Some players recommend the 18-year-old “King Kong” game instead because it is of higher quality (via x.com). Comparisons were also often made to the Gollum game, which was also heavily criticized and was released in May 2023:

  • “Are we really going to be blessed with a second Gollum in the same year (via x.com)?”
  • “The Gollum developers are celebrating not having the worst game this year (via x.com).”

    • Overall, there is a lot of criticism and ridicule for the action adventure. Players who expressed hope on social media that things would look bad also received devastating responses.

    King Kong follows in Gollum’s footsteps

    What’s the Gollum comparison? In May 2023, “The Lord of the Rings: Gollum,” an action game from the German development studio Daedalic Entertainment, was released, which also received harsh criticism.

    Many players criticized the game for being broken and full of bugs. Plus, it’s as ugly as the titular character.

    Lord of the Rings: Gollum is released today for Steam, Xbox, PS5 – almost only has reviews in the red

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