They’ve never had the best track record. The (first?) one on SNES was hot garbage, not sure if there was (an official) one before that. Your trepidation is warranted.
There was a ZX Spectrum graphic text-adventure game of The Hobbit in 1982 by Beam Software. It won a Golden Joystick award in '83. It had two followups that were even more well received in The Fellowship of the Ring (1985) and The Shadows of Mordor (1987).
They’ve never had the best track record. The (first?) one on SNES was hot garbage, not sure if there was (an official) one before that. Your trepidation is warranted.
There was a ZX Spectrum graphic text-adventure game of The Hobbit in 1982 by Beam Software. It won a Golden Joystick award in '83. It had two followups that were even more well received in The Fellowship of the Ring (1985) and The Shadows of Mordor (1987).