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EXCELLENT! VERY FUN!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 19
Date: February 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is amazing! This is one of the first children's games I have seen that is action-packed, with no swearing or blood/gore. When you make a kill, the charatcter simply blows up into flames. This game lets you encounter characters such as Gollum, Bard, Gandalf, Thorin, and more! You assume the role of Bilbo Baggins, who goes on the great adventure that "started it all". Your choices of weapons (All which you have to aquire) are Bilbo's Walking-Stick (You find this in a treasure chest in his house), with which you can hit enemies with and jump farther than he could before. Throwing-Stones (You pick these up along the way)which you use to knock down certain things and throw at enemies. And, of course, the best weapon of all, Bilbo's "ledgendary" sword Sting, which you aquire in the fourth level in a cave. Although this game is really fun, I do not recommend it for kids under the age of 8. Not because it is violent, but that the puzzles you have to solve are extremely hard. You do not have a map, which is why you can not get lost.
In the game, you encounter Spiders, Goblins, wolves, Wargs, Stone-Giants and more. Here is the info on the levels: You start out in DREAM WORLD, a place to adjust you to the fighting combat you get used to. This takes place on the battlefield of the last level. Also, you have no health meter on that level, so you can not die but you get lots of practice. Once you've dreamed your way out of that level, it's back to basics like fetching a butter churn, finding a quilting needle, aquiring coins, getting food, and finding children in the level AN UNEXPECTED PARTY. This takes place in Bilbo's hometown in Hobbiton. Next, you're a little way through your journey and Thorin sees firelight just over the mountain. It's your job to go and see if it's safe in ROAST MUTTON. You also have to sneak past trolls and steal a Troll's wallet. This is the first "hard" part in the game. The tips are do not try and kill the Trolls. That will lead you to trouble. The other tip is when someone is walking away, run and when someone is sitting there, sneak past them slowly. The next level is TROLL-HOLE, and this takes place when you have to go find the cave the Trolls use to hide from the sun. In the end in the cave you find and aquire your sword, Sting. The next level is OVER HILL AND UNDER HILL, where you have to go get firewood for Bofur, but the rock it's on breaks and you get lost. You have to go back and fast, before wolves, Goblins, and Stone-Giants get you! The next level after that is RIDDLES IN THE DARK, where you have to free a dwarf from Goblins in order for you to escape. And yes, in the end of the level you meet Gollum! The level next is MIRKWOOD, where you encounter spiders and free the dwarves before the spiders eat them! The next level is BARRELS OUT OF BOND, in which you have to free the dwarves from Elves. You bring them in barrels and release them into the river where they go to the next level, A WARM WELCOME. In this level, you go to Lake Town and need to find an entrace to the Goblins and Mens lair. After you have solved that mystery, you go to INSIDE INFORMATION, where you have to go in and get out of Smaug's lair. The next level, THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUDS, requires you to find the Arkenstone for Thorin. This is one of the harder levels. And now, my favorite level, THE CLOUDS BURST, is The Battle of Five Armies. You fight mostly Goblins and Wargs in this level, but it is so fun! Buy this game now if you are an action lover! It's a great game!

Awesome representation of the book

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 19
Date: October 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is an awesome representation of the book. Not only does the characters represented properly in the game, the puzzles are certainly entertaining. The PC version of Hobbit has much more higher resolution than its console counterparts, thus not only it's beautiful, it's too cool. There is a lot of secret and charms throughout each level and I find it amusing to see certain little things that happen throughout Middle Earth.

I just finished it.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 17
Date: January 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Thsi took close to 20 hours. And, it only improves as it goes along. As a slow start brings questions about game quality, those questions are soon thrown out when you advance to the second of many worlds. The worlds are distinct and very colorful. The only weak point graphically is the Dwarves facial animations. This is mainly a platform style game with some small areas of tactical approaches thrown in , and the occasional, NEAR IMPOSSIBLE , battle to continue to the next destination. I had a blast. I am a PC gamer at heart, so the controls were not at all a problem. Mostly, it is controlled by the arrow keys and the mouse. With a few keys to activate your 'ring' and such. But, they are rarely ever needed. I enjoyed the variability of the game. As some say it is repetative, i found that to be the exact opposite for me. Overall, this was tremendous fun. I would grab this now that the price has dropped so much. It is truly worth every penny. Also, for a true hobbit fan, this sticks to the story pretty well. Great game.

Error in Previous Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: April 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I haven't played the game but I just wanted to point out some unfair criticisms of it in a previous review. Reviewer michaelene doyle said that the game has errors in the form of plot differences from the book. This may or may not be true, but the examples she gave were incorrect. She says that Bilbo doesn't get his sword until Mirkwood in the book. But in the book he actually does get it in the troll cave, which is where she says it is found in the game. Also, she mentions that there were only 3 goblins in the goblin caves in the book instead of the 3,000 that are found in the game. She must be thinking of the trolls--there were three of them in the book. In the book, the goblin cave is full of goblins, so many that Gandalf and the dwarves can't stand and fight against them. If the cave in the game is full of goblins then it's right on. Sounds like a cool game!

Can you give it 6 stars?????????

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 17
Date: October 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game is so awesome!!! i played the demo like 10 times. rocks, walking-stick, and sting to kill your enemies...what more can a hobbit fan want?!?!? this is exactly what i pictured when i was reading the book. i can't wait till i can buy the full version!

Not a PC game fanatic- but I loved this!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: October 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

WOW! I am in no way a big PC game person. I prefer to play solitaire or go on cartoonnetwork.com. But when my younger brothers brought this home, I was definitely intrigued by the things you had to do in the game.

As soon as I got to play it, I was immediatly hooked. As an amateur, my brothers had to help me at several points, but I was able to figure most of it out on my own. I'm not a Tolkein freak, I just enjoyed the movies, so I can't complain about the storyline, because there definitely is one in this game. There is no bad language nor is there blood, which was a plus for me, as I am a female and I just don't enjoy those things. Of course you have to defeat villians, but it's not gross.

The graphics are awesome, too. There are excellent details and lots of movement. The look and feel of the levels all vary thus far, which makes it so the game doesn't get boring.

I highly recommend this game to anyone- even if you don't like PC games.

Finally, a Lord of the Rings game worthy of the title!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: November 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

100% recommend this title. It's both true to the works and a fun experience.

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.

One great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: March 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I usually rent games before buying them. I actually passed this one up several times thinking it looked too much like a child's game.

Finally rented it and was very surprised at how fun and addicting it is. Gameplay is very smooth and the worlds are very creative. The music is also very good and adds to the atmosphere of middle earth. As Bilbo Baggins you will encounter MANY fun and entertaining adventures as this game stays mostly true to the awesome book.

While I highly recomment this game, it may not be for everyone. For one thing it is only one player. Also, it is not the fighting-based game the the LOTR is. A bit of strategy is involved here, which is one reason I personally like it.

Cheers!

Read Before Buying(PC Vesion)!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: March 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I played this game on a friends Xbox.The best game I have ever played. Don't listen to negetive reports,this is the best!!!I loved the game!,so I decided to buy it.I was extremely happy when it came in the mail.After I installed it I was ready to play,but an error appeared saying my 3D video card wasn't compatable with the game and I have a built in card ,so I can't even go buy one.Now it's sitting in my bedroom,useless(and I can't return it becase I opend it).So if your planning on buying the game for PC make sure its one of these(this is what Sierra recomends)THE HOBBIT(TM) has been tested on most, but not all of the major video cards incorporating the chipsets below: NVIDIA GeForce 256 Series GeForce 2 Series GeForce 3 Series GeForce 4 Series GeForce FX Series ATI Radeon 7200 Radeon 7500 Radeon 8500 Radeon 9000 (9000 Pro) Radeon 9500 (9500 Pro) Radeon 9600 (9600 Pro) Radeon 9700 (9700 Pro) Radeon 9800 (9800 Pro) MATROX Parhelia 512 SIS Xabre 400 So please make sure you chek if your computer has a listed video card.

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