Being honest I have a dog in the fight because I own a Hobbit. The latest code and hardware fixes implemented, a few tweaks on coil settings, disable beast mb ball to not start during smaug mb and this game is downright awesome. At this point the only thing that would make someone not like this is if you aren't a fan of The Hobbit series which is OK, but to say it was a bombshell that about bankrupted JJP is just untrue. And for the record (thus far) I''m not overly fond of POTC or DI. DI's theme is terrible and POTC code just seems rough. However I will revisit POTC at a much later date after the code has matured and not just say "it sucks" and deny myself a potential great experience. Wonka looks like a sweet player, but the theme is just not appealing to me and the music is all they have to work with. If you're not a huge Wonka fan I can see this wearing a person thin real quick. Back to me saying earlier, if ya don't like the Hobbit the game won't hold your interest with the same being said for Wonka.