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Heartbroken

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 17
Date: November 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Why, oh why, did they have to mess up a great thing? I have had visions of 4 more years of great games to look forward to, but the horrible thing just broke my heart. The first three were such a pleasure, even playing the 3rd time through (yes chambers was the best). What happened to the beautifully textured walls, and the great outdoor scenery? Where's the great animated cut scenes that tell the story, and the other students you can bump into to talk? You can't even see where you are going, even when something is attacking you. And the arbitrary main menu you have to go to at every level-what happened to the flow of the story line? EA Games is just sitting back and stealing our money. I will be very surprised if I buy any Harry Potter title again. I'll just go back and play the first three a 4th and 5th time I guess. So disheartening.

What a disappointment!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 17
Date: November 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The previous Harry Potter games captured the charm of the books, were easy to play, and are among my favorites. I ordered this one before it was released and am very disappointed. The controls are the worst I have ever encountered, and I can't figure out how many things work. Don't waste your money.

Please Please Don't Waste Your Money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 17
Date: November 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My daughter and I have played and replayed Harry Potter 1-3, spending hours in thorough enjoyment. This one is TERRIBLE, AWFUL and HORRIBLE! Impossible to control your character, move, cast spells, explore and all the other things that made the previous games fun. We hope EA reads these reviews and offers to refund or redo this game. You'll want to throw your computer out the window after about 5 incredibly frustrating minutes!!!

I'd give it less than 1 star if I could

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 17
Date: November 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I agree with the review titled "Disappointed". I think they spent very little time and effort on this game and hoped the name would sell it when the quality was extremely poor.

I gave up after the second Defense Against the Dark arts class. I missed being able to explore, but with the way Harry moves exploring would be rather tedious.

My recommendation: Don't waste your money.

Shame there's no Zero star rating

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 17 / 19
Date: November 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

They've got to be kidding. It isn't a PC game its an arcade game or ought to be. The user controls on this game are so unfriendly that even my husband the computer genius of the family washed his hands of it after 10 minutes. My 13 yr old daughter loved the first three games but wants her money back for this one. No one in my house wants to play it except my four year old son and he keeps expecting us to fix it.

unlike any pc game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 21 / 26
Date: November 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this review is for pc version

basically the game lacked any customization.
but my biggest problem with this game is its camera system.
You don't have free third person camera. The game is only top view similiar to RTS games.

There are a lot of things missing in this game
1- camera is not what used to be ( previous harry potter games had mouse/camera free movement).
2- no mouse support
3- no video settings
4- no audio settings
5- no key reassignment.

Ehhh!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 15 / 16
Date: November 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Oh, why didn't I come here and read the reviews first!? I would have saved my almost 30 bucks.

I quickly bought this game because I had fun with the previous Harry Potter games (mostly 1 & 2), but once I installed this latest one, and tried to play it...well, it was one big mess. The reviews are true: the controls are positively atrocious! Here I am banging at my keyboard controls, trying to make Harry go this way when he goes the OTHER way--and he doesn't stop. He keeps on running until he hits something. I thought it was just my computer-until I realize that many people are having the same problem. Oh, by the way, there is NO mouse support control. Everything is "simplified", so even the option menu is bare minimal (autosave and subtitles choice only). After a while, it got too frustrating, so I chunked the game.

I don't recommend this game--at least a full price. Don't be fooled like I was. You might have better luck getting the gaming system version.

Please safe your money and don't buy!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 15 / 16
Date: November 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm sorry I bought it.
I agree with all the other reviews.....
Loved the first three games (Chamber is still my favourite!)

But this.... :-(

No, I got stuck right before The Maze and can't go on.... don't know why.. so I stopped playing and installed Chambers again!

Worst: you can't run around Hogwarts at all.... you're stuck in a few areas that get boring after running around in them for the gazillionest time!

Don't waste any money on the game, just read the book and watch the movie!

regards..

Oh, the Horror!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 18
Date: November 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Why, oh WHY did I not read all the reviews first? This game is absolutely horrible. I have played all the Harry Potter games for the PC and for the consoles. This game is nothing like the others. For the love of all that is good in the wizarding world, stay away from this game!!! I want my money back EA.

If it were a stand-alone action game it would have been passable.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: December 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My title says it all.
Why can't EA games read the reviews of their previous harry potter games. All of us who loved them were just screaming out for another of the same! I just wanted another game of the same layout and controlls just with new tasks and challenges and secrets. I am not a great HArry Potter fan but the previous games were almost non violent and all the card and shield hunting had a nice calming effect. Now playing the GOF game i,as another reviewer stated, practically run for my life and have no time to find the silly dragon statues.
-absolutely no mouse control (is EA games spitting on PC users?)
-absolutely no game configuration
-camera cannot be moved according to will
-spells cannot be chosen by will (how can i kill 10 of the monsters with a specific spell at a specific time when i cannot chose the specific spell?)
I gave this 2 stars cause i might find some aspects fun and 2 stars because the is some considerable quality to it.

I repeat, if this game was to be a first and a stand alone, it would have passsed as a nice, detailed and anxiously fast action game where you can choose a character in every next level.
But it was to follow 3 VERY successfull adventure-mystery games and let the non-i-play-everything-as-long-as-it-moves-and-shoots
players down!

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