Lego The Hobbit review

A Lego video game based on the Hobbit has finally arrived for the PC, Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS, and PlayStation Vita. Lego video games just manage to make the video games they base off of licensed franchises  like "Everything Is Awesome!"

How is Lego the Hobbit awesome? For starters I want to point out how it manages to look and feel like a Hobbit story. You can see the Lego versions of the Hobbit characters make it as real as can be. The sound effects and music are made very much like the movie Hobbit and Lego video games are made as sometimes the sound effects can be loud and clear enough that you may not hear the background music as clearly. The music for this game is amazing and then entire theme of this game makes you assume that you're either in Scotland; Ireland; Zeeland, Netherlands; or Zealand, Scandinavia as for one the environments look like these locations and two a musical sequence was playing where Irish folk music was playing.

The gameplay for Lego The Hobbit still uses the same game engine from previous Lego games but has different puzzles with a new game mechanic which allows two characters to merge together and do certain tasks. While some tasks are similar to The Lego Movie Game there are new tasks that relate to the Hobbit franchise. I like how the game developers got creative with this game and how they made it like a Hobbit story fans will be interested in. Many of the Hobbit characters are in this game, including many playable characters. While the open world experience may not be as vast as The Lego Movie game, it does allow for Freeplay to go back and collect anything that was missed. Similar to The Lego Movie game, each character will have a certain ability depending on their weapon.

I will say that while Lego The Hobbit game is immerse and tells an amazing story with spectacular music and sound effects, it can feel a bit shorter and with less content than The Lego Movie Game. I did like that this game manages to make a fun Hobbit story that is not only enjoyable to play but also has pleasant visuals such as high end graphics.

I would like to rate this game a 9.1/10
+amazing storyline
+great sound effects and amazing music
+high end graphics
+great Hobbit characters