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Controls not explained!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Let me start off with the good things:
-the graphics are phenomenal
-you can choose your character
Now, the bad things:
-unlike the other HP games, you CANNOT wander around the Hogwarts grounds, which I enjoyed.
-The mouse has NO action whatsoever, not even in the main menu!
-I get stuck on so many levels, because most controls are NOT EXPLAINED! Not even in the manual!
-your "friends" (whoever you're not playing with) are so slow in following you and are almost always occupied with sneezing or wandering around when you need help so badly!
-I tried to install this game for one full year and never got it to install until I did some tricky things

Overall, I would have rated this game five stars if the bad things were fixed.
I think that EA Games was just porting over a Play Station game (I can tell by the graphics style) and not bothering to make it anymore convenient. EA did a poor job here. I would sort of recommend this game.

The worst. Period.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: April 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I LOVED the first four (SS, CoS, TPoA, and QWC) games.
The first one was a little too easy (I beat it in three days after some practice), the second one being a bit too hard (I have a fear of fire snails), the Third one and Quiddich World Cup being perfect.

When I bought the first game I was expecting another GREAT game. But here is what I got: graphics that were grainy, NO exploring, and no fun trunks with goodies. it was a HARD game, and i'm still stuck on the second task. I can't believe I decided to buy PetVet later because I wanted this. Here's hoping you can explore in the fifth one.

~a very angry horsewhisperer360
>:(

The WORST game I ever wasted money on!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: April 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I wish there was a ZERO in the fun/overall ratings choices, because I would have given it a zero in both categories. It was a total waste of my money.

I got it because I liked the other Harry Potter games so much ... MISTAKE. It is NOTHING like the other Harry Potter games. I should have read the many BAD reviews of this game first!

This game is entirely linear - you cannot go wandering around the grounds and explore, as in the other Harry Potter EA games. The characters do not interact well, in fact when the three characters are supposed to be casing a spell together the other characters are often otherwise occupied. Their tasks are obscure and not well defined.

This game was not made for a PC. Further it was not made for anyone who is casually gaming, or in it for the fun of exploring the Harry Potter world. The game 'mood' (environment) is dark and unpleasant. The only good thing I can say about the game is that the graphics are well done.

challenging for wrong reasons

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i have the previous 3 games the first 2 on PC and the 3rd on Xbox. they were all excellent games, the 3rd being a little too easy, so i bought this expecting a good game. the only good thing here is the graphics. the most challening part of the game is controls. spell casting is a nightmare, i always forget which button is for what, very linear gameplay. Don't buy this save your money and watch and/or read the book. Hopfully EA fixes these problems for Order of the Phoenix

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.

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.

gorgeous!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I really like it!
It's so better than the others games of Harry Potter, its graphics are very good!
A lot of entertaintment
Realmente me gustó!
Es mucho mejor que las versiones anteriores de los juegos de Harry Potter, sus graficos tienen mucha nitidez!
Muchas horas de entretenimiento!

No go....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Got the game for Christmas and thought it was alright but not as fun or interesting as HP 1, 2 and 3. Like to explore and like to jump and use the mouse to look around, etc. Goblet simply not like the others, but is ok. Mom upgraded XP pro to a service pack and BOOM.....suddenly no more controls.....can't make characters do ANYTHING right. Controls are very slow and random now, just like some of the other reviews....character will run left instead of right and forward instead of back and then will stumble along and will not move fast and then will suddenly move all over by himself ... after I have removed my hands from the keyboard!!! Very weird and unplayable now.
Mom says might be an xp issue thing but all I know is now I can't play it at all and before, when I could, it wasn't as much fun. Bring back the old style, pleeeeze. In meantime, Mom is going to install older version of XP on different machine and we will give it another try.

All three kids love it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: January 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My three godchildren all love this game. They have actually worked out some way by which they cooperate in challenging their enemies.They have each taken over some portion of the same keyboard!

YUCK!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I've played the first 3 games and i thought they were great! The controls were awesome and the graphics were pretty good too. Then the 4th one came out so of course i was excited, but i started to play it and it was HORRIBLE! i hated the controls most. I kept dying because i couldn't get Harry to get what i needed. I was very upset. The game was pretty confusing. I really wish i would have known it was like this before i bought. If i would have known i'd could have saved my money to buy something else. This was a waste.

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