The gameplay is typical of most Lego games, in that the game has the player reenact the plots of the movies in a comedic fashion. The world is interconnected like most recent Lego games rather than selecting a chapter by a level select in a hub. The members of the Dwarf Company all have varied abilities during the journey like archery and extracting minerals from stone. Bilbo in particular, improves his abilities as the game progresses like when he gets the Ring, he can disappear and build invisible Lego structures. There are immense LEGO builds in the game that require finding the right material and getting enough studs.
