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Hobbit Fan's Review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you are a fan of the Book you will enjoy this game. I am new to the whole gamer phenom and I am sure there are way more advanced games on the market but I am enjoying graphics and the over all storyline mirrors the book very well.

The Hobbit: The Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a very fun, entertaining game. It's great for those who love the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, but also those who haven't read any of the books.

If You Like Zelda & Fate, You'll LOVE This Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I purchased "The Hobbit" - especially since the price is so low - but I have to say that this game has become one of my all-time favorites, and I plan to play it again & again!

In "The Hobbit", you play the character of Bilbo Baggins - a "lowly" hobbit from The Shire who has been chosen to accompany the dwarves in their quest to reclaim their treasure from the dragon Smaug. This quest will take you to many different lands - each with its' own creatures to deal with & treasure chests to find.

There are a total of 11 chapters in this game, & during each one you'll want to be sure to complete all of the tasks, collect all of the courage points, & find all of the treasure chests - as the courage points add up to extra health bubbles & you'll be able to purchase things like health potion, antidote, rocks & such from the treasure you find (but only at the end of each chapter).

Overall, I found this game to extremely well made & fun!!! The animations are wonderful & the voice-overs are perfect (which is rare to find in computer games these days). There were only 2 "downfalls" - first, although you're able to view the controls for various movements for the computer (this game was originally not a computer game), when you find upgrades along the way the buttons it says to push don't work for the computer - so you have to play around a bit until you find the right ones (I hope that makes sense). Second, it's really difficult to find everything without a walkthrough (although it isn't necessary to find everything in order to finish the game).

The walkthrough I used (and I think it may be the only one out there) is at gamfaqs - you can just go to their website to access this walkthrough - and I have to say, it's one of the best walkthroughs I've ever read (and the author actually returns emails if you get really stuck).

I would highly recommend The Hobbit to anyone who enjoys "adventure" games like Zelda & Fate. It's truly a great game - in fact, I'm hoping they make a part II real soon!

P.S. If anyone knows of other computer games like this please let me know by leaving a comment for this review - thanks!

Great Game except...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Mirkwood REALLY STINKS! When you get past these armed skeleton type people, you have to defeat the Wight Lord. Also, my sister doesn't think you need to listen to Ugslap on Swordlight, but you HAVE to. Please respond how to get past the Wight Lord. My email address is : cats_tacosrock@yahoo.com

Thank You

Yuck!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: December 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Platform-specific comments:

The controls for the PC version of this game are extremely cumbersome.

If you must get this game, get it for gamecube or xbox.

Non-platform-specific comments:

The game is only very loosely based on the book.

There are no meaningful decisions in the game. Basically, every time one plays through the game, it will be pretty much the same. There's hardly any development or customization of the main character. Also, there is pretty much only one path through any given level. The player is not presented with choices but rather may as well go watch a movie.

Really great game, but Bilbo is treated unfairly

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: December 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Bilbo is treated really unfairly. I mean a hit from the skull dead dudes takes 2 life bubbles away, and a slime thing that the dead purple skeleton thing throws at you takes 3 lives away, and if you hit them it just takes a coulple of liquid from the blood. And you cannot hit them repeatedly or block an attack. And the rocks that you throw are like crap, it barely even hurts the enemy. Eveything has more blood than you and you don't get shields or anything. Really unfair, but other wise, the graphics are amazing! You cannot believe how something like this can work on your comptuer. It is fun to play too, sometimes.

patience makes perfect

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is the first PC game I've bought for myself, usually I buy kiddie-level games for my 5-year old. Being an avid Tolkien fan, I thought it would be fun to try. In a word, I really enjoy this game a lot. It has a good mix of hack and slash plus puzzle-solving. But, let me warn you, there are times you have to die many dozens of times before figuring out how to get through, around, or just plain run away from some baddie. My daughter has watched me play and gets frustrated at me for dying so much, but I think it's a good lesson for her in patience when she sees me eventually figure it out.

Pretty Good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I think that the game is pretty good. The graphics are nice and it is entertaining. But I can't seem to figure out how to get past the bloody trolls. If someone could tell me how or where to get good cheat codes, it would really help out. But it is a pretty good game.

The Hobbit is Awesome!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

It was really challenging to win it. Another great part was that it wasn't one of those games that you beat in a day and you really have to use your head to win it. I had a great time beating it. Also the levels are awesome because they are very creative and hard to figure out. It's an awesome game and I would recommend it to anybody that is a gamer.

Awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I think that this game had pretty good graphics, a great story, great aventure, and a good system of controls.

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