{"id":253381,"date":"2023-10-09T07:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T11:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=309530"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:01:21","slug":"until-gollum-had-problems-sorry-message-was-written-with-chatgpt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/until-gollum-had-problems-sorry-message-was-written-with-chatgpt\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Gollum&#8217;s apology message had issues: it was written with ChatGPT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2023 will go down in history as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/preparing-halloween-these-are-the-scariest-video-games-for-the-spooky-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">one of the best years in the history of video gaming<\/a>. However, not everything that has been released has met high-quality standards, as is evident with<strong> The Lord of the Rings: Gollum<\/strong>. The game based on the popular character created by Tolkien has been a complete disaster, to the point that it is <strong>the worst video game of this year with a 34 out of 100<\/strong> on the Metacritic website.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"The Lord of the Rings: Gollum\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/4314382f-e567-49ff-b59d-e9f834f815c6\/3177666954\/the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-Download-The-Lord-of-the-Rings-Gollum-Windows.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">The Lord of the Rings: Gollum<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eneba.com\/steam-the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-pc-steam-key-global?af_id=softonic\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eneba.com\/steam-the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-pc-steam-key-global?af_id=softonic\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After its release, Daedalic, the game developer, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/gollums-game-is-so-bad-it-has-shutdown-the-responsible-studio?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">posted a message apologizing<\/a> to all players for the poor state in which Gollum had been released. The surprise came when it was revealed that <strong>this apology message was actually written by ChatGPT<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, you read that right, the artificial intelligence text service was the one responsible for crafting the message. This means that the studio didn&#8217;t even bother to have such a serious, careful, and sincere message written by a person. In fact, in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/chatgpt-was-used-to-write-gollum-game-apology-its-claimed\/#nnn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">GameTwo<\/a>, the developers confirmed that nobody at Daedalic was aware of this message or that it was going to be published on the game&#8217;s official account. <strong>It was done unilaterally by Nacon<\/strong>, the publisher, without informing the development team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed-Youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - Official Launch Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jcb6SSxbNUo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To conclude, the interview provided many details about the development. For instance, it was revealed that <strong>the production cost about 15 million euros in total<\/strong>, a relatively low figure considering the aspirations of both the publisher and the studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, they pointed out that it wasn&#8217;t due to a lack of experience, as some members of the studio had been working in the industry for many years. The key issue was, rather, that there were too few hands for all the work that was needed.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"The Lord of the Rings: Gollum\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/4314382f-e567-49ff-b59d-e9f834f815c6\/3177666954\/the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-Download-The-Lord-of-the-Rings-Gollum-Windows.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">The Lord of the Rings: Gollum<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eneba.com\/steam-the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-pc-steam-key-global?af_id=softonic\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eneba.com\/steam-the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-pc-steam-key-global?af_id=softonic\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The video game developed by Daedalic is the lowest rated in 2023. The apology message was published by Nacon and written with AI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9091,"featured_media":253383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-253381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9091"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317372,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253381\/revisions\/317372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253381"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=253381"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=253381"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=253381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}