Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game

IF you are looking for a cozy resource gathering game with a cute story this is it! I am enjoying gathering the different wild resources and farming the ones that are domesticated. I like earning new recipes by levelling up relationships and earning backpack upgrades by levelling the foraging club. I liked dressing up my character and decorating my house. I have played and enjoyed cozy games with far less going on so I do not understand the dissapointment I've heard. If you are looking for a cozy hobbity resource gathering game this will likely be great for you! If you are looking for an action packed LOTR game with fighting this is not the game you are looking for so please take note.

This does not deserve the Steam deck verified tag.

指輪物語のゲームというと、殺伐した世界な部分がよく見られますが、 これはオオカミさえ見たことがない、牧歌的なホビット庄暮らしのホビットたちが、面白おかしく暮らすスローライフゲーム。 しょうもないくらいの些細なことも事件になる、小さな集落のやり取りが楽しい。 逆にいうと、膨大な資産を貯めたり住人と結婚するタイプのゲームではないです。 ガンダルフが親切にしてくれたり、バギンズさんの名前がチラッと出てきたり、おぼろげなロードオブザリングの記憶がよみがえるところも。

This is not fun... I played through the first day of gameplay, which took approx. 42 minutes. In those 42 minutes, this is what I learned: Hobbits are rude and stupid, Nobody has any kind of memory, and hobbits fight with food. But not in the fun way. I'm not even 100% sure who this game is made for. It doesn't seem to be very good at anything. Everything is slow, and time-consuming (which I get is the point to the day-cycle). I dunno. It just feels like at best its slow and boring, and at worst its tedious and time-wasting. I think the best thing I saw was the fishing, but I'm not sure if that's even worth the time it takes to do. At no point did I feel like anything I was doing was worth doing, and It said I was only like 34% complete with the tutorial after wasting an entire day being forced to wander around and chit chat with a bunch of degenerate lay-abouts while completing menial tasks that feel pointless and forced. Hard pass on this one, peeps. Refunded. (PS: My Computer's Name is Helm's Deep. I am a huge LotR fan, but this ain't it. Trust me.)

Leider total enttäuschend. Ich hatte mich so auf das Spiel gefreut. Ich liebe Cozy-Games, Tales of the Shire ist aber leider sehr eintönig und wird nach sehr kurzer Spielzeit absolut langweilig. Außer ein bisschen Gartenarbeit und Freunde zum Essen einladen gibt es nach kurzer Zeit nicht mehr viel zu tun. Ich hätte mir mehr Abwechslung und vor allem mehr Quests erhofft.

After returning to the game since it first released, it's really disappointing to see how it's turned out. I enjoyed it at first, it was cute, cosy and the decorating system is good! But everything else lacks. The game had good foundations for something more, but with no updates so far it seems more and more unlikely something good will rise from this unfortunate flop. You finish the game's bland story too quickly, and after that it's "completionist mode" from about 40%, but there isn't enough substance for me to want to 100% it. Very minimal sound effects or VA (if any), the meals - being the main focus of the gameplay, have repetitive interactions/animations and it feels so lifeless and sad. It also runs terribly. I'd only buy this game for less than a tenner if you're even considering it :(

Sadly pretty boring at the end.. Was loving the aesthetic and the history but wanted a lot more to do.. The tasks took an eternity to finish..