Sɛ woapɛ sɛ wokyinkyin mfinimfini asase so wɔ wo kotoku mu pɛn a, saa GBA a wɔadan no wɔ hobbit no mu yi yɛ adwuma a ɛyɛ den ankasa. Wofi ase sɛ Bilbo—ɔpɛ, ɔyɛ basabasa, na onsiesiee ne ho koraa —sɛ wobɛtwe wo ho akɔ Thorin & Co. basabasayɛ mu. Wɔaka sprites no ho asɛm kɔ akyiri wɔ ɔkwan a ɛyɛ nwonwa so ma nsa a wɔde di dwuma, na Mirkwood nnua a ɛyɛ kusuu no te nka sɛ ɛyɛ nhyɛso ankasa bere a worebɔ wo ho akuturuku wɔ akɔre nhama mu no.

Combat’s simple but satisfying —Swing wo nkrante ketewa no, dodge trolls, ne ɛtɔ mmere bi a ehu ka wo bere a Gollum da abɛbusɛm a ɛyɛ sereserew adi no. Ahodwiriwde no nyɛ amemene-melters, na mmom sɛ wobehu sɛnea wobewiawia wɔn ho atwam wɔ Smaug ademude a wɔaboaboa ano no ho no da so ara te nka sɛ ɛyɛ nkonimdi. Afã horow bi twetwe (hwɛ wo, barrel-riding sequence), nanso wote saa tinny GBA rendition of the Misty Mountains asɛmti no? Nostalgia a ɛho tew.

Ɛnyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ, nanso wɔ agoru a wɔama ho tumi krataa ho no, ɛde nnadewa bɔ Tolkien wiase no mu vibe a ɛyɛ anigye no ho. Nhwɛ kwan kɛkɛ sɛ fan a emu dɔ —eyi yɛ Bilbo adventure a ne kɛse te sɛ snack, na ɛnyɛ simulator a ɛyɛ silmarillion.