Looks like Palia with hobbits. Personally I’m not too impressed, but maybe it’ll find its niche.

Forage Friendships

Not sure if typo or word play.

It looks like this is the first game made by Weta. That gives me a lot of confidence they will get the right tone for the game. Hopefully this will be like a chill Animal Crossing in Middle Earth.

This poor IP getting dragged through the mud.

I like the idea, but the execution looks cheap. I’m more open to middle earth games without fighting than with though so I won’t lament the IP yet. It often feels hamfisted to force it into the slashy-casty box.

Doesn’t look anything like LOTR.