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Very dissapointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: December 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was soo excited to recieve it for christmas, but it is not worth it. You have all the challenges laid out infront of you, the view is awful, and you dont get to explore, it is all action!! I like the way you can choose whether you want a charm, jinx or accio, but other than that and the amazing graphics, it is pointless. To get some of the shields no one taught you how/what to jinx to get it!! No one teaches you the spells, you need to figure them out yourself. I think the third game was the best and that EA games should use it as a template for the fifth game. The fourth is fun, but aquard

Glad I got it on sale because FULL price would have made me cry

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was very excited to find this game on sale this morning at a local toysrus; I got it home installed it. I was nearly jumping out of my seat at the graphics but sadly that is where the excitment ended.

1. I HATE the new controls, they are impossible.
2. The fact you can't use the mouse to look around and change the POV makes it very hard to even see what is attacking you.
3. The turning and going left and right sucks because you can't get the character where you need them to be in order to cast the spell.

I own all the HP games and love all of them, even the first one that was not so wonderful but this one. Honestly I wish I could return it even though I opened it. It's a horrible game and I really hope they go back to the old gaming style on the fifth one because this one gives me a head ache it spins so much and is so confusing.

this was a huge disappointment for me

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: February 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

When I bought this game, I expected to a really good game like the former ones were...live in Hogwarts, explore hidden, secret places, trade with Hogwarts students, play quiddich, etc...AND I WAS TOTALLY WRONG

This game is not even designed to PC, but as the others before me had detailed it, I move to the game enjoyment. It was horrible, I had no other task but killing weird - not Harry Potter for sure - beasts. No other...When i killed the xxxxxth beast I bored it finally. Ok, someone who is mad may like to kill and kill without any meaning in Harry Potter, but if I want to play such a game I move to other - specialized to killing - games (not mentioning I hate those games, too). So I was about to brake my disk and send it back to EA, but I realized it doesn't worth it...

The WORST!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: July 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I wish I had waited to buy this game until I could have read other people's opinion of this game. It IS terrible. I finally got into it last night (after completing The Prisoner of Azkaban, and IT was great!) This one, however, is TERRIBLE. It is very hard to maneuver the characters. You cannot get them to move in a straight line. You have to remember the right letter keys to work spells, and you CANNOT use your mouse. All in all, a very difficult game to play and what a let down from the first three. Don't waste your money.

Even simple games are better than this

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: January 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a pretty poor port from the game consoles. The game doesn't support the mouse at all - which is almost unheard of for point of view games like this one. And, even though it supports three players and the graphics are good, the overall lack of control leaves you wondering where the money went.

If you want to play this, buy it off the used racks - it should be there within a few weeks for about $5.00.

SEND IT BACK

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: December 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have enjoyed all the other games but the folks on this line are correct.... it is terrible. I spent six hours trying different ways to configure it to work without success. The characters sometimes move and cast spells and then they just stand there. I have a friend who also has it and has the same problems. Since they make the money I am sure they don't care, but this game is something that should be replaced with something that works. This will be the last one that I buy and I am over 60 but young at heart.

Disappointed

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: December 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It became clear to me that this game was not meant for the pc in the first 5 minutes of playing. The perpsective is awful and charms are terribly hard to cast... the game made little sense when starting out and was hard to follow.

Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire for PC

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: May 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was very disappointed with this game and I haven't even completed all the tasks yet. I'm still stuck in the Forbidden Forest and this game is trying my patience. The makers seemed to have sacrificed ease of motion for better graphics. One minute one is running up a flight of stairs and in the next moment a tree is in the way obscuring the view. There aren't many choices to play with, with respect to keys for movement or for casting spells etc.
Compared to the 3 other games Goblet of Fire seems to be a letdown. If you choose to be frustrated by buying this game then I wish you the best of luck.

Deeply Disappointed

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: March 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am big Harry Potter fan and i loved the previous games in the series.So naturally i thought i'd get another worthwhile fun experience with Goblet of Fire but sadly i was wrong. One thing i really hated about this game were the cut scenes, they are just a bunch of static pictures instead of a video. Plus you never get to see other Hogwarts students other than Ron, Harry and Hermione, in my opinion it makes it feel as if you're the only students in the school. Lastly there is absolutely no exploring Hogwarts castle or its grounds, the game is a very linear experience. It's obvious that EA was trying to cash into the Harry Potter craze by producing this game with the least bit of effort to make as much money a possible. DON'T BUY THIS GAME YOU'RE BETTER OFF WITH THE PREVIOUS GAMES.

It's not THAT bad, guys.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: September 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Being a avid player of the past three harry potter games, i was so excited when this one came out. At first, like most of the reviewers on here, i was disappointed, but later after mastering the controls and getting a little into the game i really began to enjoy it.

i love the 3d style and any seasoned gamer won't have a problem with the change of perspective. The graphics are 20Xs better than the Azkaban game and I love how one has the ability to team up with the other two characters.

I only have two bones to pick with the game. First off, the lack of freedom of exploration around hogwarts. That was one of my favorite aspects of the previous games and what made them better than the average "movie game." I think this exclusion by the programmers is one of the main reasons why so many people were disappointed with it.

The second thing that disappointed me was the shortness of it! The other games had hours upon hours of play time and there were mini quests that one could do. In this game there are mini-quests but they are pretty easy to comeplete(dragon statutes, water taps, mushrooms, dark detectors, mini shields, disappearing card). It seems like they were planning to do way more with it because there are only like 6 or 7 levels in the whole thing (three of them being the 3 triwizard tasks).

Hopefully they will take into account the two above things in the upcoming Order of the Phoenix game.

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