Step into the hairy hobbits' feet of Bilbo Baggins in Vivendi Universal Games' take on Tolkien's prequel to the massive Lord of the Rings trilogy. Embarking on the legendary quest armed initially with a stick and sack of stones, you'll fend off foes in a platform-action-style adventure which sees Bilbo go from timid Shireling to hobbit hero. As in the epic text, the tale begins with a group of nine dwarves recruiting the home-loving hobbit as a master thief for their mission to recover stolen ancestral gold from under the fiery snout of Smaug the dragon. The group head for the Lonely Mountain, stopping along the way to fight it out with a variety of Middle-earth's less-than-friendly inhabitants, such as giant spiders, murderous goblins and bloodthirsty trolls.
PlatformAdventureActionFantasytolkiendeathelvesbased on - bookdwarvesgood vs evilbatssword & sorcerytrollslicensed gamebink videohumanXbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
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Classical in form, earnest, resolved and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
- Developer
- Inevitable Entertainment
- Publisher
- Vivendi Universal, Sierra Entertainment
- Released
- November 11, 2003
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Time to beat
- 10 h main story
IGDB rating 6.7/10 from 39 ratings.
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