Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube834k Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game admittedly didn’t get off to the best start when it launched on the Switch in July. Fortunately, the team at Weta Workshop has been busy improving the overall experience since then. With this in mind, the latest game update has …
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Tales of the Shire is secretly a tragedy (if you know, you know)
Tales of the Shire’s setting, the little Hobbit hamlet of Bywater, is absolutely lovely. Its lush forest, picturesque Hobbit-holes, and friendly locals seem to make it an excellent location to settle down and enjoy the cozy Hobbit life. Too bad it’s about to be wrecked in The Scouring of the Shire just years later. I have to admit, I didn’t …
Read More »Tales of the Shire is secretly a tragedy (if you know, you know)
Tales of the Shire’s setting, the little Hobbit hamlet of Bywater, is absolutely lovely. Its lush forest, picturesque Hobbit-holes, and friendly locals seem to make it an excellent location to settle down and enjoy the cozy Hobbit life. Too bad it’s about to be wrecked in The Scouring of the Shire just years later. I have to admit, I didn’t …
Read More »Tales of the Shire falls short of the LOTR life sim promise
On paper, a cozy little game set in the Shire sounds like a slam dunk. The Shire is canonically a beautiful, peaceful, inviting little place, and a game that lets you customize your own personal Hobbit hole sounds delightful. But in practice, Weta Workshop’s new life sim, Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings Game, sadly falls …
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Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube829k A Lord of the Rings cosy game? Made by Weta Workshop, who made the sets, costumes, and props for the beloved Peter Jackson movie trilogy? Say no more, right? Unfortunately, Tales of the Shire is not the perfect mashup of hobbits and hygge we’ve all been waiting for, but is instead …
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