These are by far the best games I've ever played. They capture the spirit and the tone of the books(at least the ones I've read) unlike any other games I played before or movie I've watched for that matter. The settings are absolutely beautiful as well. A lot of times when I'm playing games I find myself saying, if only they did this are that this game would have been awesome. This game nails it. The settings are what you would expect based on the books and the story is excellently told. Most games side quests the repetitive and dull and after doing a few I usually skip them entirely. This game I've almost completed 100% and I never feel compelled to do that! Some of the side quests are better than the main story and that's quite impressive. Almost everyone I've done leaves me with a stupid grin on my face of how cool and well told it was. These guys did an excellent job and deserve every bit of praise. The game play is excellent as well. The only bad thing I can say is about the g.p.s on the map. I usually ignore it because a lot of times it tries to lead you somewhere off course and then it snaps back to where you're supposed to go which gets a little irritating. But, you can find your way easy enough without it so it's not a big deal. There's a wide variety of different monsters to tackle that usually always fit the location you find them in. I've read some people don't like the combat and I don't really get that. I think it's excellent and makes you feel like a bad ass when you mix of all your skills and take down groups of enemies. I can go on quite a long time about this game but I'll stop here. This games and instant buy . 10/10
