To use stones, he must switch to first-person view.
He begins the game with his walking stick, which can be used in melee combat, and stones, which he can throw.
Many of the levels also feature optional sidequests which do not have to be completed, but which can yield substantial rewards if they are.īilbo has three weapons available to him during combat. Progression through the game is built around "Quests." Every level features multiples quests which must be completed in order to progress to the next level. The player controls Bilbo Baggins throughout the game, the majority of which is built around basic platforming Bilbo can jump, climb ropes and ladders, hang onto ledges, swing on vines etc. The Hobbit is primarily a platform game, with elements of hack and slash combat and some rudimentary puzzle aspects, played from a third-person perspective (the Game Boy Advance version is played from an isometric three-quarter top-down view). The Hobbit received mixed reviews across all systems, with critics praising its fidelity to the source material, but finding the gameplay unoriginal and too easy. The game sticks very closely to the plot of the novel, although it does feature some minor characters not found in Tolkien's original. At the time, Vivendi, in partnership with Tolkien Enterprises, held the rights to the video game adaptations of Tolkien's literary works, whilst Electronic Arts held the rights to the video game adaptations of the New Line Cinema films. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit, and has no relationship with the Peter Jackson-directed Lord of the Rings film trilogy. In Europe, it was released for the Game Boy Advance in October and for all other systems in November. In North America, the game was released on all platforms in November 2003. It was published on all platforms by Sierra Entertainment.
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The Hobbit (full title The Hobbit: The Prelude to The Lord of the Rings) is a 2003 platform/action-adventure video game developed by Inevitable Entertainment for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox, by The Fizz Factor for Microsoft Windows and by Saffire Corporation for the Game Boy Advance.