LEGO HOBBIT TINDERBOX OFFLINE

Even though the puzzles are always very obvious the mechanics of solving them somehow still remains engrossing.

LEGO HOBBIT TINDERBOX OFFLINE

The game’s still only two-player (and still offline only) but the co-op action remains amongst the very best in gaming, and in stark contrast to rubbish like Epic Mickey 2. Merry (or was it Pippin?) can fish, the other one has a bucket that can be filled with water, and that’s only the half of it… The story levels are more puzzle-based than you might think though, in part to take advantage of the large number of characters that are often following around with you.Įach has a now dizzying array of talents, from Gimli’s ability to smash stone tiles, to Legolas’ super jump, to Sam’s elven rope and fire-starting tinder box. A few characters do have bows or magic staffs to fire ranged weapons, but that’s more or less it. The basic gameplay is the same as always though, with trivial combat that never involves anything more complex than mashing the attack button when you’re near an enemy. And despite the game’s size there are far fewer bugs and glitches than normal, although the camera can still be unhelpful. The story levels are particularly impressive, with some excellent cinematic lighting. It looks really good too, and despite objects and textures regularly popping into existence in the middle distance this is easily the best looking Lego game so far. Again it’s all in abridged form but the whole of Middle-Earth is encompassed. Like Lego Batman 2 this features a large open world environment, from which the traditional story-based levels are accessed. Although there’s still some slapstick in the cut scenes, and plenty of gags in the game world’s more obscure corners, this mirrors the tone of the movies surprisingly closely. There is of course something intrinsically funny about a Lego Sean Bean gasping his last with a Lego banana stuck in his chest, but the game doesn’t play things for laughs as much as previous titles. As a result the cut scenes are longer and more intricate than usual, mimicking all the most iconic moments and ensuring that the emotional ones still resonate.

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