Flat off the bat let me be clear- this game is not good. It's an action platformer that, for the most part, fails at both. The combat is hard because of crappy controls, and the platforming is bad because it feels incredibly inaccurate and clunky.

But I played this game as a child. It was one I was never able to beat, because I was, again, a child. And let me say that if you also grew up playing this game as an eight year old back in 2003, it is a fantastic wave of nostalgia to go back and replay. The game is clearly aged, but because of the cell shaded style, it's not as aged as you might think.

Oh and Smaug actually has four legs in this one so it's automatically better than the movies.