guess I am in the minority here and prefer the hobbit. sold my taf years ago and don't really miss it. Have owned the hobbit since 2016. Both games have about the best theme integration out there, rivaling TSPP and LOTR, but I found TAF to be really repetitive and frankly too easy (and I'm not a great player). It's basically shoot the ramp, shoot the scoop, rinse and repeat. Sure there is a little more to it, but not much. Once I started touring the mansion twice in a game, that was it for me. The hobbit is much more challenging for me, more variety and more immersive. I get that the playfield is wide open and doesn't look appealing from a shooter perspective, but the modes are pretty unique and if you set it up right (7-7.5 degree pitch), they can be pretty challenging to complete. Getting to the wizard modes isn't that easy, at least for me.

TZ is much better than TAF, don't like IJ quite as much.