LEGO® The Hobbit™

i going on an adventure

It's a fun retelling of the film, though artistic liberties have been taken.

tl;dr

Relative to its predecessor, Lego The Hobbit provides a couple improvements but also a couple steps backwards; still a unique and charming way to venture through Middle-Earth and absolutely worth your time.

Overview:

As I also reviewed "Lego Lord of the Rings" and as "Lego The Hobbit" is mostly self-explanatory as well, I will focus on the differences the game offers in comparison with its predecessor.
In "Lego The Hobbit" you will only relive 2/3 of the movie trilogy, as Battle of the Five Armies is not included (apparently this won't change any time soon, if ever), which is a huge bummer. Other than that, the essence of the game hasn't changed at all, because ... well, it's a Lego game.

The Good Stuff:

Exploring Middle-Earth just became more unique, as more parts of the world, buildings and environmental assets, visually consist of Lego parts. As Bilbo's path leads him to the Northeast, you will also discover different areas that were not covered before. The retelling of the original story is typically creative and the missions offer much less redundancy. Also, the introduction of crafting materials that can be used to build different contraptions that are related to quests or are needed to enter a specific area is a nice addition. Lastly, cycling through your characters works way more smoothly than before, which is a big improvement.

The Sorta-Kinda-Grinds-My-Gears-Stuff:

Characters are, again, plenty in number but not plenty in variation. As the building mechanic tends to rely on a lot of grinding, you will use Bombur a lot, as he is the only character who can mine ores from the get-go. Alternatives to Bombur that you unlock as you progress through the game are still Bombur but in a different outfit. Introducing such a crucial part of a game and essentially limiting the interaction to very few characters just feels odd. In general, it feels lazy to have the same character in a lot of different armors. It feels like playing a WWE game with 8 "different" versions of John Cena. Also, the crafting of Mithril items now needs you to perform a QTE minigame, which gets incredibly tedious, as it is basically the same for each item. Lastly, the boss fights in the game are a huge step backwards from Lego Lord of the Rings. They are tedious, repetitive and simplistic and can't even remotely compete with the ones found in the predecessor.

The Atrociously-Bad Stuff:

While the game itself is worth playing, the performance was really unnerving. The first CTD came pretty early, without any indication of what triggered it. After a while, I realized that if you are too hasty when you traverse through Middle-Earth, the game tends to not handle it that well. The way fast travel works, you won't have to endure a loading screen or a cutscene. You just get picked up by an eagle that flies you to your destination. It's a cool idea, but gets repetitive in its own, as it is not skippable, and relying on the eagles repeatedly in quick succession made my game crash, like, a lot. Also, the eagles are prone to bugging out, just floating in the air or moving out of bounds. Sometimes it helps to switch character, and I also had some successful temporary fixes by joining the game with a second controller, but doing that is accompanied by more annoying issues, as it is really weird and partly impossible to drop out of the game again while remaining on your preferred input device. The story missions mostly ran bug-free and without crashes, with the occasional exception to the rule. Also inconvenient, but no comparison to the struggles I encountered while fast traveling (or trying to).

Achievement-Hunter-Things:

Basically exactly the same as in Lego Lord of the Rings. There are overall fewer achievements and no specific or secret actions need to be performed during a specific mission. Some things to collect got increased in number, others decreased. The differences are mostly miniscule. One achievement ("Team Building") seemingly serves as the bane of the game's achievement-hunters. There are different approaches to be found online, which all seem to not work for some players. According to the description you are supposed to "Use every Dwarf from Thorin's Company in a Buddy-Up attack". A Buddy-Up attack is a special form of attack that two characters perform together. It gets introduced very early in the game. Two different attack patterns are possible.
I tried several solutions for the challenge, therefore I cannot be entirely certain which is the right one. It seems expedient to include Bilbo in performing the attacks, to actually not only attack but kill an enemy in the process, and to do that with both possible attack patterns per possible character combination. Also, only the "original" version of the company is needed. You do not need to attack with each iteration of the individual members. So, the achievement is at minimum labeled elusively, at maximum just plain bugged, as there seems to be no "one size fits all" solution. Fortunately, the "Battle of Azanulbizar" part of the "Azog the Defiler" level serves as a nice playground to experiment and eventually unlock the achievement. Just ignore the second siege tower, and there will be an endless wave of enemies (with certain treasure items you can also grind loot there).

Conclusion:

Yes, the game has its downsides. But crashes while fast traveling mostly occurred during the hunt for the 100%, as interactions in different parts of the map are needed, and you just use the feature a lot. Also, a possibly bugged achievement is probably no issue for a casual gamer. With that being said, Lego The Hobbit still offers a lovely experience. The story is fun and absolutely worth playing, and there is no need at all to endure the sometimes tedious aspects of the game. However, I personally still find the game to be inferior to its predecessor, so if you had to choose between both of them, go enjoy Lego Lord of the Rings instead.

i love lego games but i could not get into this one, the vibe was just off as the kids say

awesome game and great story

This was my childhood back in the day :)

Its good but needs a remaster with the whole 3 movies. As its not the complete 3 films unfortunately.

Replayed this game so many times.
The best lego game other then Lego Worlds hands down.

when i keep pressing play it says its running but its not even there?. like it doesnt start, does anyone know how to fix this????

game is unfinished lol story ends with smaug leaving the lonely mountain

its great if on ps4

Lego Hobbit is pretty much the same as Lego Lord of the Rings in the best way possible. It brings the fun, humor, and creativity of Lego to the world of The Hobbit with all the charm you’d expect. The game takes you through the key moments of The Hobbit trilogy, and it does so with the same engaging and lighthearted Lego style. The puzzles, platforming, and building mechanics are all here, and it feels just as enjoyable as its predecessor.

What I really love about Lego Hobbit is how it captures the essence of the movie while adding that signature Lego humor and fun gameplay. You get to control a wide variety of characters, each with unique abilities, and the world is beautifully recreated in Lego form. Whether you’re a fan of The Hobbit or just love Lego games, this one is a great addition to the Lego game series and an experience that never gets old.

hobbit

my childhod

very fun i did all achievements in under 48 hours

Just know that this game does not cover the third Hobbit movie. Other than that, it's a fun Lego game.

Amazing game

you know its a good Lego game when they actually use english to communicate instead of moans and grunts.

The game seems to be made for those who never saw the movies. The cutscenes are way different than ''The Hobbits'', making it weird at some points. There is a narrative voice that I don't really like. There is pretty much only one upside of that game and its the bulding minigames throught the levels.

I think its a good game, but not memorable like ''The Lord of the Rings'' or the ''Star Wars I,II,III or IV,V,VI'' lego games. I would had rather spent time on other games honestly, but still gonna finnish it to get the acheivements before my brother speedrun that game too and steal the fun of getting those.

Very fun to play

~ STORY ~
🔲 This game has no story
🔲 Some lore
✅ It's there for people who want it
🔲 Well written
🔲 Leading to more in-depth researches/thoughts
🔲 A model to get inspired by


~ LENGTH ~
🔲 0 (No story)
🔲 Short
✅ Average
🔲 Long
🔲 To infinity and beyond


~ MUSIC ~
🔲 Just filling noises/No music
🔲 Trivial and uneventful
✅ Good and/or fitting the game's artistic dispositions
🔲 Memorable
🔲 Transcending whispers of a forgotten world


~ INTEREST ~
🔲 I would rather watch paint dry
🔲 Hard to enjoy
🔲 Repetitive and/or uninspired
✅ A good moment
🔲 Sticking out of the pack
🔲 You will remember it long after

yes if they want a challenge.

Hobbit..

I'm not gonna lie, the ending of this game highkey pissed me off. I would put a spoiler warning here, but I don't have enough respect for either the Hobbit film trilogy or this game to be bothered to do so. The game ends halfway through the battle with Smaug. The game ends where the Disappointment of Smaug movie ends. I'm simultaneously impressed and malding over the fact I got punked twice by this god forsaken adaptation of this story. Aside from the abhorrent cliffhanger the game ends on, the levels are (generally speaking) a bit mediocre. There's a few good ones, like the Dol Guldur level with Gandalf and Radagast, but the levels will typically range from just boring to inoffensive. That being said, it is still a Lego game, so of course there's still fun to be had, but I would still recommend picking a different Lego game if you're in the market (can't go wrong with lego lotr, just sayin'). This is all coming from someone who really likes the Hobbit by the way (not the movies though, those are still terrible).

Of all the Lego games I've played, this one has been my least cared for. It's a "finished" game, even though it's technically unfinished since it only covers the first two films, and they never released the DLC which would have covered the third one. I wish I knew this before purchasing it. It makes me mad.

Not only that, but the game felt unpolished. I kept running into numerous glitches and bugs. And every time I loaded up the game, I had to switch on VSYNC because the game refused to ever remember it. And in general, early game felt like the level creators struggled to decided what would make a good level.

I just can't recomment this game since the they absolutely decided to ever "finish" it. It's not worth wasting your money or your time.

lego

Deeply disappointing.
I LOVED the lego LotR Trilogy and had high hopes for this game. But much like the movies they are based off they are a mess. Up to laketown I was having a good time. Then we got to smaugs lair. And then the game ended. No black arrow. No 5 armies.
Like the end of the book and the last movie in the trilogy (that didn't need to be one) completely ignored. And then I learned it will NEVER be finished.
I feel robbed to be honest

i will never not recommend a LEGO game

My experience with this game was REALLY weird, I was really on the fence about whether to recommend this game or not, let me tell a story.

I bought this game on the tail end of 100%ing LEGO LotR for the first time in 12 years. Great nostalgia trip, I wanted more though. I picked up this game and progressed through it blind, having only the knowledge of the three Hobbit movies.

So I was really shocked to find that this game only features TWO movies. Only the stories for An Unexpected Journey and Desolation of Smaug were present, Battle of the Five Armies is totally absent. Turns out the third film was supposed to be a free DLC but was scrapped?? So the story just kinda ends on Smaug being released upon Lake-town, a very anti-climactic ending.

So after I finished the story, I thought, "Oh, well, now I kinda don't care for this game anymore, but I'll begrudgingly 100% it just because I'm a completionist like that," and then something happened: The post-game saved it for me. I had SO much fun with the post-game that I almost forgot how unfinished the story was. I 100%'d the game just last night, and I genuinely want to 100% it AGAIN.

I didn't feel the same way about LEGO LotR because all the quests were the same: Find treasure item, get mithril brick. Forge mithril item, get red brick; all the NPCs felt really samey and the quests repetitive. But here in LEGO Hobbit, the quests are all different, there are even questlines where one or two quests would open more quests. Boss fights, escort missions, puzzles, parkour, dressing up certain ways, building, finding materials... Sure there is still some "find treasure item, get mithril brick; forge mithril item, get red brick," but now that a lot of the red bricks are at the end of these little questlines, they feel refreshing to work to unlock.

tl;dr: Disappointed by the incomplete story, reluctantly stayed for the post-game questing and had a BLAST with it. 6/10, new guilty pleasure game.

I hate the Hobbit trilogy movies, but this game is alright. LEGO The Hobbit maintains E-rated humor and stays close enough to the real story of the book that I don't mind. I like the crafting system in the game, and I like being able to smith my own mithril tools and keep ingredients for other things as well.

Love this game, just pure fun the entire time!

hhb

great game

playing as a hobbit makes me feel tall

I was a LEGO hobbit.👍

This game reminds of my childhood! It is such a fun co-op game for siblings, couples, parents, and friends! I highly recommend this game. It is a steal how cheap it is compared to the many excruciating hours of gameplay!

not a good. i've had to many game restarting bugs, also sometimes the textures stop streaming and events for the bricks don't start correctly

3.5/10

prety good

NO THIRD PART OF THE TRILOGY

Fun game, with some caveats:
The story is incomplete and ends on a cliffhanger. Read the last 4 chapters of the Hobbit or watch the last movie to find out what happens.
Some parts of the book are left out and other scenes added, similar to the movie.
The good parts:
There are a lot of sidequests and additional characters, and the levels gain a lot of replayability because they contain secrets you can only get by bringing back additional characters.

I got this game because I used to play the Lego Lord of the rings demo on my 360 when me and my father would play and tbh it's kinda eh I mean graphics good (it crashed my old PC it was trash) story it's like the film but the resource gatherings is kinda boring but it's nostalgic also: DO I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE

I like LOTR games
Bt game is bt unplayeb on pc .

lego

The skin-changers are very unique with their shape-shifting powers

Awesome Game, Lego series is my go to when all other games fail.

Lego games are fun to goof with. There are a lot of things to do and it's not overly complicated.

Amo. Foi o primeiro LEGO® que eu joguei quando migrei do console pro PC lá em meados de 2021. Foi o meu jogo "companheiro" durante parte da pandemia.

I like the game. The way the stories from the movies have been incorporated was quite good. I enjoyed getting this game to 100%.

However there were also some hickups. Mainly the game randomly freezing during fast travel or forging mithril items. No real progres was ever lost and neither did it happen during levels but it was very anoying.

I love the lego franchise but this one drops the ball. The lack of closure this game gives is unreal. You just unleash a dragon onto lake town and that's it.

I've always been a fan of the TT Lego games and this game is a pretty good one. I got a kick out of the new mechanics that this game introduces, and it was a fun way to experience a different part from The Lord of the Rings World! My only gripe with this game is that its story ends on a downer note, and out of the other TT Lego games that I've played, this is so far the only Lego game that had a downer ending, which is a good thing. Outside of that thought, this is another Lego game that is worthy of a pick up!