Lego The Hobbit
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Developer(s) | Traveller's Tales MGM Interactive |
Publisher(s) | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Feral Interactive (OS X)[1] |
Composer(s) | Rob Westwood Ian Livingstone Howard Shore (Soundtracks) |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows OS X PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Wii U Nintendo 3DS Xbox 360 Xbox One |
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Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player, co-op |
Lego The Hobbit is an action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales. The game was released by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on 8 April 2014 in North America, and 11 April in Europe. The game is a follow-up to Lego The Lord of the Rings based on the first two Hobbit films An Unexpected Journey and The Desolation of Smaug.[2] It was released on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, OS X and Microsoft Windows.[3]
Gameplay
The game shows several features from the previous games, including a feature where the user should locate specific materials to build a big Lego object. When the user selects and input the correct materials a screen is displayed where the Lego machine is built and the player should select the correct pieces in exchange for studs.
Also the characters have different actions to perform, making the Dwarf Company a group with different capabilities during the mission, including someone that has archery abilities, another that uses a big hammer that can move big objects, other with the abilities to extract minerals from stones and so on. Bilbo improves his abilities as the game advances, first when he gains Sting he has the ability to be a more skilled fighter and when he gets the One Ring he can disappear and build invisible Lego structures.
The game, similar to the latest Lego games is composed by a big map, rather than a single hub, the player can move along different events where different characters ask users to retain a specific material from a mission or to exchange materials.
Locations once included in this game were Bag End, Hobbiton, The Misty Mountains, Goblin-town, Mirkwood, Lake-Town, Dol Guldur, Rivendell and The Lonely Mountain.
Plot
Much like its predecessors, the game presents storylines from the The Hobbit films: An Unexpected Journey and Desolation of Smaug. However, the developers modified the storylines to fit the events into a number of game chapters per film, as well as adding the humour the series has become known for.
The Battle of the Five Armies DLC
It was reported at the London Toy Fair in January 2014 that a DLC would be released covering the events of the final film in The Hobbit series, to be released around the time of the film at the end of that year.[4] However, no DLC was released. Over a year later, in a correspondence with GameSpot it was revealed that, despite no actual cancellation of the DLC, there were no longer any plans to adapt the film as a DLC, nor to adapt it as another game.[5]
Audio
Similar to Lego The Lord of the Rings, Lego The Hobbit features talking minifigures. The dialogue is taken directly from the films. Additional voices were provided by Tim Bentinck, Liz May Brice, Clare Corbett, Duncan Duff, Daniel Fine, Joel Fry, Jenny Galloway, Andy Gathergood, Anna Koval, Jonathan Kydd, Steve Kynman, Jamie Lee, Andy Linden, Sara Beck Mather, James Naylor, Emma Pierson, Jason Pitt, Richard Ridings, Emma Tate, and Marcia Warren. Christopher Lee has an uncredited role as the narrator in the game.
Reception
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | (PS4) 72/100[6] (X360) 70/100[7] (PC) 68/100[8] (XONE) 69/100[9] |
The game received mixed to positive reviews. The critics praised the game's visuals and humor based on Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy but criticized the disjointed story, sameness of characters and the ending.
References
- ^ "LEGO The Hobbit official Mac minisite". Feral Interactive. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
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(help) - ^ Karmali, Luke (26 February 2014). "Lego The Hobbit Release Date Announced". IGN. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
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(help) - ^ Kubba, Sinan (25 November 2013). "Lego: The Hobbit Announced". Joystiq. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ Adam (22 January 2014). "LEGO Hobbit Videogame to get There & Back Again DLC". Brick Fanatics. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ Crossley, Rob (13 March 2015). "No Plans to Release LEGO The Hobbit's Five Armies DLC". GameSpot. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ "LEGO The Hobbit for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "LEGO The Hobbit for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ "LEGO The Lord of the Rings for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "LEGO The Hobbit for Xbox One Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
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