Product Description

The Hobbit is a third-person action/adventure game set in the world of Middle-earth. You take the persona of Bilbo Baggins, an unassuming Hobbit who has been unwittingly thrust into an epic adventure. Explore the mystical world of Middle-Earth where you'll need to jump gaping chasms, climb treacherous mountains, solve mind-bending puzzles and battle hordes of enemies just to survive. Meet enchanting Elves, battle-ready Dwarves, a powerful Wizard, massive Trolls, bloodthirsty goblins and more as you traverse from the peaceful lands of the Shire to the harrowing forests of Mirkwood. And that's just the beginning.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4743 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sierra
• Released on: 2003-11-28
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Platform: PlayStation2
• Number of items: 1

Official PlayStation 2 Magazine
"Endearing in many ways and crisply presented. 7/10."

Customer Reviews

A Real Surprise!
This game took me by suprise.I love the Tolkien world in terms of the books, films and the games, but didn't really like the look of this game.It looks too much like a children's game for a start, and wasn't really how i imagined the book.

HOWEVER......................
I loved it!!!What a great little game!It follows the book and does capture the feel of it very well.In essence this game is an old-school platformer.You are given missions to do by various characters to progress through the levels.You start in Hobbitton, meet the Trolls, go through the Misty Mountains (which are crawling with goblins), fight your way through Mirkwood and its' spiders, escape the Elf prison, visit Lake Town and finally meet Smaug the dragon!The only downside of these levels that they have missed out some opportunities - you don't really deal with Gollum enough, and a level with Beorn the shape-changer would have been great.There could also have been a level where you are stuck up the trees, avoiding the goblins and wargs, before being rescued by the eagles.But where this game makes up for those minor flaws is that it picks OTHER areas to give you some action.Lake Town was a surprise with some quite fun missions.So the game certainly ticks the boxes for me in terms of 'feel' of the book.
The graphics aren't amazing, but they do the job nicely.The landscapes and characters are pretty good, and the cut scenes are quite nice too.The voice-overs are good and the atmospheric music is ok, though sometimes you would like to make the guitarist stop on a couple of the levels.There are only so many times you can listen to a rustic folk tune on an endless loop!
The camera can be a bit awkward sometimes, but you don't mind so much as the game is really enjoyable.
I loved trying to collect all the courage points ( a nice idea), chests, and coins littered about the levels.You can play this through quickly or be a bit more circumspect and collect everything.
Like i said, this game is essentially a platformer, so you do have to collect piece 'x' and give to character 'y' to proceed.There are lots of jumping and swinging, and fighting in the later levels.But it isn't going to challenge the hardened gamer.
Some reviewers have complained about the save points, but i am sorry to say i disagree with them.The save points are in good places, and you just have to make sure you use them wisely i.e. do something dangerously difficult and then save, before doing the next dangerously difficult segment of the level.
Faults?There are a few.It is way too easy.The graphics could be better.The camera is a bit poor.It feels a bit short.
BUT i found it easy to forgive these as it was just one of those games you could pick up and have fun with.

If you are into fighting games this isn't for you.If you are looking for life-changing depth this isn't for you.If you are looking for something that has hundreds of complicated moves to master this isn't for you.

I would recommend this game to anyone over the age of 10 - it is not too violent (no gore in this game at all!) and it sticks to the essence of Tolkien's book.It is a solid platformer and will keep you occuppied for a while.There are better platformers out there, but this is a nice stand alone game that will bring a smile to your face, and make you remember why you became a gamer in the first place (if you are an older gamer like me!)

GREAT FUN

brilliant play
this game is a fantastic game to play. I would recommend it to anyone who likes a platform game where to succeed you have to solve puzzles as well as explore the environments that you are placed in and be involved in combat. the graphics are top and the whole game is worth owning.

FANTASTIC
This game is wonderful. As I am not a very experienced gamer, and do not have much to compare it to, I'm probably overrating it, but as far I can see it has few flaws. Each level is set somewhere different, whether it be the spider-inhabited forest, the wood elves' palace, Smaug's treasure chamber, a stormy mountain full of wolves or the goblin's fabulous workshop, full of lifts and pulleys and fiery furnaces. The game can be extremely challenging, with frustrating mental problems to solve and save 'pedestals' impossibly far away from each other, but this only makes the satisfaction greater when you complete a level.
Above all, this is a game not only of skill and technique (which is acquired gradually as you progress through the game) but a game where every character could be an enemy, where danger lurks behind every corner, and friendly dwarves are on hand to help - just like in the book 'The Hobbit'. And of course, best of all, you get to wear the ring.