![]() ![]() All in all, 'The Hobbit' is truly a very under-rated, high quality, old school platformer. And inevitably, some of the dwarfs sound suspiciously similar to one another, but it never really matters. Sure, some characters like the goblins and the trolls have cartoonish monster voices, but both the book and the game are for a younger audience. Having read the book a few times, I think they got the characters just about right. I think the very best thing about the game though is the outstanding voice-acting. As you can imagine, this gets somewhat repetitive after a couple of hours. In essence you have three attacks - melee, jump then melee or throw rocks. Where the game is let down however is combat and because there's quite a lot of it, it's a real shame. The chapter of the game called 'gathering of the clouds' is particularly magnificent, with a grand open arena to explore lots of different ways. The levels themselves are so well-designed one doesn't notice the imperfections. Minikits: 1 available in Story Mode or Free Play, 9 in Free Play only. This chapter takes place in Bilbo Baggins home. The graphics at the time were so-so which means that nowadays they are at best.charmingly quaint, but it doesn't really detract from the game. An Unexpected Party is the second level in the Story Mode. The game has all the typical features of a platformer, you know jumping from this bit to that, but also has innovation with clever puzzles and (considering this game is primarily marketed at a younger audience) challenging fights, particularly at boss level. As such, I didn't choose to buy it but when I was given it as a gift a was extremely pleasantly surprised. Here we go, I thought, a cheap and rushed game released only due to the popularity of the recent Lord of the Rings films. When this game was announced, I couldn't help but sigh. ![]()
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