The Hobbit: Prelude to the Lord of the Rings | Xbox | Longplay Full Game Walkthrough No Commentary
23Full game longplay of The Hobbit: The Prelude to the Lord of the Rings, a licensed game adaption of J.R.R Tolkien's 1937 novel "The Hobbit". No connection with wih Peter Jackson's movies. Game was released in 2003 for the PC, Gamecube, PS2, GBA, and Xbox, this being the OG Xbox version, running in 480p display mode, running on a real hardware.
A nice, good looking, colorful, platform adventure game! But man, whoever the hell back when this game released called it "EASY", should have changed their dealer before loudly exclaiming their point. The game's actually much harder than most games today, perhaps not exactly due to the mission design, controls play a big role in it. They are nasty, straight up nasty, and very unresponsive, camera doesn't really behave kindly. But overall, 'tis the best and only "Hobbit" game on the market, and it actually sticks to the novel extremely well. Not something you would see these days. Fun, and pretty long adventure game, must have for any Lord of the Ring fanatic. Except for the few movie-based console games, there ain't much for those people. Huge freaking shame there is no actual level with Gollum riddles, just some nasty puzzle-y mine level.
The game is a licensed adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit, and has no relationship with the Peter Jackson-directed The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. 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. The game sticks very closely to the plot of the novel, although it does feature some minor characters not found in Tolkien's original.
The wizard Gandalf arrives in the Shire to get the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to join thirteen dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield as a thief, for a journey to the Lonely Mountain to reclaim the dwarves' treasure from the dragon Smaug. During the journey, Bilbo meets the injured elf Lianna, and helps her. At the Misty Mountains, the group is attacked by goblins; after the ensuing fight, Bilbo falls into the caves and is knocked unconscious. He awakens alone and lost, and wanders in the dark, finding a ring and meeting Gollum. After reuniting with the dwarves and Gandalf, they are attacked by goblins and wargs, but are saved by a band of eagles who take them to Mirkwood Forest. While wandering through the forest, Bilbo and the dwarves get captured by Wood Elves and taken to the dungeons of Thranduil. Using the power of the ring, Bilbo enters Thranduill's hall, where he meets Lianna, who helps him free the dwarves. They escape to Lake-town, a settlement close to the Lonely Mountain. Bilbo becomes friends with Bard, captain of the town guard, who shoots and kills Smaug when the dragon attacks the town.
Later, an army of humans and wood elves head toward the Lonely Mountain to claim the dwarves' treasure; to prevent a battle, Bilbo sneaks out of the mountain with the Arkenstone, a treasure of great importance, and gives it to Bard, who offers to return it to Thorin in return for the rest of the treasure. Thorin refuses, denouncing Bilbo as a traitor, and a battle eventually breaks out between five armies who want the dwarf treasure. The battle ends with the goblins defeated, and the humans, elves, and dwarves having made peace; Thorin, mortally wounded, apologizes to Bilbo. Lake-town begins to rebuild, and Bilbo and Gandalf return to the Shire.
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Dreamworld
0:07:25 - An Unexpected Party
0:41:42 - Roast Mutton
1:03:51 - Troll-hole
1:39:05 - Over Hill and under Hill
2:29:36 - Riddles in the Dark
3:27:45 - Flies and Spiders
4:30:30 - Barrels Out of Bond
5:19:21 - A Warm Welcome
6:22:18 - Inside Information
7:12:09 - The Gathering of the Clouds
8:15:47 - The Clouds Burst
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