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Great Game, But Hard

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: January 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I had a little trouble rating "The Hobbit", mainly because it's very difficult. Not that this bothers me so much, but somtimes I get an eensy bit discouraged. I think my favorite chapter is "overhill and underhill". I can't be sure though, because the whole game is fun! In my opinion, the hardest part so far (I'm at the end
of disk 1) is ...well pretty much all of Sowrdlight, which is also known as "Riddles in the Dark".

I personally found the controls (other than the mouse controls) difficult. Luckily though, the key-board only does small, somtimes but rarely necessary things. Its main use is moving.

In the game, you get 3 weapons (walking stick, throwing stones, and Sting the sword) and so-many-I-can't-count skills to use them. There is a lot of collecting. The most common objects are gems. If you collect enough of them you get more life possibilities and all the life automatically becomes full. Mushrooms give life if you don't have all your life already.

The game play is wonderful and it doesn't seem to take away from the graphics. Trust me: "The Hobbit" rocks!!!!!

Good for kids... with some help

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: November 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing this game with my six-year-old son. He loves it. He does need a little help sometimes. First, some of the puzzles are impossible for a child to figure out (and even adults, if you're not an experienced gamer.) Second, it can be difficult to know what to do at each level to get through it. What I did was to search the Web for a "walkthrough" -- a step-by-step guide for playing the game. Cheating? Maybe, but my son enjoys it more this way -- we get to be able to finish the game, and he can concentrate on the parts he can do well.

move over, EA Games!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: July 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I just saw the game at a book fair and it looked interesting, so I got it and it was worth every penny! You start out in dream world, which is just a tutorial on fighing, jumping, and climbing ladders. then you wake up in hobbiton, which is the easyist level. Then you leave home and encounter three trolls!(i spent like 5 months on this level). Nab the pocket book then explore the trolls home and find sting, then a search for firewood turns into a wild ride to nowhere! get back, only to be ambushed by goblins in the night! Find the ring and rescue the dwarves from the queen spider sisters! sneak through Thurandil elvenkings halls to free thorin and the gang from prison! Save Lake-town from thievs and goblins! defeat smaug and take the treasure! Get the arkenstone of thrain! rescue Beorn the skin-changer as 5 armies battle around you! This game is great! $10 is undercharge! get it now or the kingdom under the mountain will not exist!

Based on DEMO

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: September 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is not a "hard-core" gamers dream by any means, but the demo was a lot of fun and I will buy the game based on that. There is a lot of jumping which needs to be done in a synchronized and timed manner and it appears that you can only save at certain points, but there seems to be a lot to explore and some challenges in getting all of the "courage points."

luv this game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: January 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I love this game. the only problems are that you can only save at specific points, and those points are not well placed. for instance, when you are fighting the spiders, when you get to the only save point, there is a giant spider about to kill you. also, the cutscenes get annoying after a while, and there are only 2 or 3 that you can skip. it takes a while to get used to fighting, but once you do, you can get past anything. what i really didn't like, though, was that the Ring has a meter, and once the meter runs out, you have to take the Ring off and wait for it to charge. when you are in the elven palace, it gets really annoying. overall, it is an awesome game, and i highly reccomend it.

An enjoyble game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

From Hobbiton to Mirkwood,this game is really fun. The graphics are great,the music is great, and the quests are outstanding. However, the game doesn't follow the story all the time. The wepons you get are Sting,Stick, and rocks. The enviroments are amazing.

Happy Playing!

Another flop from Vivendi Universal

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 11 / 23
Date: January 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game solely on the reviews of other gamers and I need to wonder what they were smoking.
At first I thought this was going to be a pretty good game until I had to worry about the odd camera controls. Then the game sometimes automatically cuts to a fixed camera and all your movement controls are screwed up.
The complaints about enemies taking 4-5 health bubbles in one hit are true. if you're surrounded, it sucks to be you cuz you're going to the hobbit hole in the sky because theres no way to hit someone behind you and they can just keep hitting you as much as they want.
The complaints about not being able to save is sort of bogus. Most of the time there is a save point just around the corner. BUT...This was a bad move by the game makers because everyone knows it's best to make a game you can save at any point.
I see absolutely no replayability for this game because, as others have said, it will force you to do exactly the same thing you did the first time, with the same character, same weapons etc..
It TRIED to keep with the book but was a sort of shortened, kiddie version of it.
Graphics: Ok. Not stellar but not too bad. This is like The Simpsons Hit & run. Looks good but that's it.
Either play your friends copy or don't play it.

This game is cute but gets boring rather quickly

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I played this game for hours on end after I first bought it but got soon bored with having to start the same level over and over and over again because the trolls spotted Bilbo or he didn't have enough health to survive a massive troll attack. Downloading a trainer and cheat codes helped for a while, but now I'm getting bored again (I'm stuck in Mirkwood, getting slaughtered by skeletal warriors in spite of The Ring).

The game action mainly consists of jumping/climbing, picking up things, and wacking baddies.

It's an ok game for relaxation after a long work day and I'll continue playing it, mainly because I like the graphics. My only real criticism is that you can't change the camera angle to 1st viewer perspective (looking at Bilbo's back gets a bit annoying after a while) and that sometimes the view changes by itself (for example in the dwarf mines when Bilbo has to jump from one big wheel to the next), making it hard to control his movements.

A Real Adventure!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First I dont know what this other guy is talking about with bad controls,
you can customize them any way you like and it works great.

Pros:
-I cannot think of a game that has better graphics then this one.
-Best Adventure Game you will like it even if you have
never played an adventure game before.
-extremly fun
-cool story

Cons:
-pittyfull saving options

Conclusion: You need this Game!

Coolest Game Ever!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks! The graphics are great, the levels are challenging, and it isn't gory. Another thing is that you need to use your head not just quick fingers. this game is worth all that money.

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