With the many franchises under its belt, LEGO has a commanding lead over mixing in the fun of building with and destroying things made out of LEGO bricks with the likes of the Avengers, Star Wars and Batman.

Puts you in the story of Middle Earth without a whole lot of LEGO sets to buy; Good amount of voice-acting from the original cast of the movie; Lots to unlock

Repetitive problem-solving methods; Some cumbersome character-switching

With The Lord of the Rings having received the Lego treatment a couple of years ago to roaring success, it was all but an inevitability that the prequel trilogy of The Hobbit would follow suit.

LEGO The Hobbit is the latest addition to the evergreen pool of LEGO action adventure games by Traveller's Tales. While based on the first two Hobbit films, An Unexpected Journey and The Desolation of Smaug, the game also features minor role-playing elements with Middle-earth as an explorable open...

Sandwiched between the last two films LEGO The Hobbit feels like it's missing its ending, and the characters just don't have the instant recognition and iconic status as their LotR counterparts.

LEGO The Hobbit is the newest release for the LEGO video game series from developer Traveller's Games. The new title follows closely to the narrative of the two Peter Jackson directed blockbuster films and is based upon the original J.R.R. Tolkien works as well.

True to the movie, loads of fun, nonstop enjoyment! I love every Lego video game and this one is no exception! This is great fun for the entire family and will have your household smiling, laughing, and clinging to the edge of their seats!

i play it about 1 hour every 3 days. I like the story line alout. fun and time wasting. if you are under 14 I would get it pre owend.

Kids love it. It gave me an opportunity to trash mincrapt without them really noticing.

LEGO The Lord of The Rings was released in 2012 and combined the tried and true formula Travellers Tales created for its LEGO games along with all of the Lord of the Rings films.

Presents The Hobbit films in a fun and unique way for all to enjoy; The return of the character selection circle mechanic; Replay value is extremely high

Resource requirements can slow down your progress; Only the first two films are currently available in LEGO The Hobbit; Only able to play LEGO The Hobbit locally

very good and fun game, but once you've finished the storyline, you've only just defeated smaug, and it cuts to black, free to explore middle earth, much like the LOTR lego set, and frankly to be honest, LOTR was a more fun game, just because of the more material.