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Category Point-n-Click/Keyboard, Adventure/Action, Fantasy
Release Date

November 2003 (all platforms & countries)
Developer/Publisher

Amaze Entertainment, Developer - PC - US, Spain, Italy, France
The Fizz Factor, Developer - PC - US, Spain, Italy, France

Inevitable Studios, Developer
 ~ PS2® - US, Germany, Australia, Spain, Italy, France, UK
 ~ Xbox® - US, Spain, Italy, France
 ~ Nintendo GameCube® - US, Spain, Italy, France

Vivendi/Universal, Publisher - all
Description

Third Person

Note: The following pertains to the PS2® version of the game, which is also available in PC, Xbox®, GameBoy Advance® and Nintendo Game Cube® platforms.

"As an action/adventure game, The Hobbit is a mishmash of genres, none of which come close to reaching their potential.

"Apparently Vivendi has possession of some long-lost papers of Tolkiens claiming that the true title of The Hobbit was to be The Hoppit for our diminutive friend Bilbo Baggins spends much time hopping from ledge to ledge, leaf to leaf and vine to vine. As if that isn’t insult enough to Tolkien’s true vision, well, Bilbo has now been turned into a pint-sized warrior wielding a battle walking stick with pointed orange hair so he resembles any number of Japanese anime characters.

"Does this game follow the book? Yes, in the most superficial way possible -- Gandalf the Gray is present, Bilbo acquires both Sting and the One Ring, and faces-off against Smaug the Dragon.

"For some reason, the developers were under the impression that including text from the original novel between levels would lend the game an air of authenticity. In fact, I’ve even read other opinions on this game elsewhere wherein the reviewer(s) remark on the liberties the developers have taken with the novel by adding hopping and fighting elements and then praise the game for sticking to the basics of the book by including the aforementioned text.

"So if you have children and want to discourage them from ever reading, then just let them play this game. Instead, be a good parent and plop them down with a paperback version of The Hobbit and allow Middle-Earth to exist in their imagination rather than as a lesser version of Super Mario World."

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Foreign titles:
Bilbo Le Hobbit (France)
Lo Hobbit (Italy)
El Hobbit (Spain)

Editor's note:
Want some trivia? In 1983, a game entitled The Hobbit was developed by Beam Software and published by Melbourne House. Platforms included PC Booter, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, & Apple II (remember those?). Tolkien's novel The Hobbit was actually included! The PC Booter sold for $34.95 new. Ah, nostalgia...

Grade - Review

D
Box Shots
box fronts - PC, GameBoy Advance®, PS2®

box back - PS2®, box front & back - Xbox®

box front & back - Nintendo GameCube®
Screenshots

GameBoy Advance®
Game GoodiesDemos, desktop themes, sounds, etc.
Walkthrough Click to go to Walkthrough
    Xbox only
Minimum System Requirements

PC Icon PC REQUIREMENTS:

  • Pentium® III 450 MHz
  • 1.5 GB of uncompressed hard disk space for game files, plus an additional 200MB for the Windows® swap file
  • 64 MB RAM (128 MB for Windows® XP)
  • Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP
  • DirectX® 8.1
  • 32 MB DirectX®-compatible video card
  • DirectX®-compatible sound card
  • 4X CD-ROM drive
  • mouse and keyboard
Media CD-ROM

 

 

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