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Still Addictive and Fun, but Some Disappointments

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Another really fun installment (for PC) in the series, but there were several disappointments.

Pros: - Challenging levels with replay incentives
- Fun and interesting secrets, gorgeous graphics (the rabbit in Hermione's challenges & final exam almost looks real)
- Interesting flying aspect with the Dragon and Buckbeak (although the Buckbeack challenge is supremely challenging to the point of frustration)
- Familiar musical cues as in previous games
- Exciting dramatic sequences
- Love the addition of Fred & George's shop and the picture passwords - added a whole new level of fun.

Cons: - Where the HELL is Professor Snape??? One of the MAJOR characters in the series is MISSING from this version of the game COMPLETELY. This is inexcuseable.
- In fact, MANY of the other characters seem to have been edited out or forgotten entirely. Madam Pomfrey (a part of the last game)? You can't even get to her ward, let alone catch her anywhere in the game. Professor Sprout (also a part of the last game)?? Professor Trelawney?? Surely some little mini-game could have been devoted to HER. The list goes on...
- And why don't we get to go to Hoggsmeade?? That would have been a really enjoyable sideline.
- These aren't the only changes you see from the last installment in the series (PC version) -- the layout of the castle itself, in addition to the grounds, have changed COMPLETELY and drastically (similar to what they did with the set for the film of the same name). Sure, the game itself LOOKS better, but why did they decide to completely delete the Great Hall, for example?
- And why aren't the house points important anymore (no hourglasses, etc. anywhere to be found)??

Much of these deletions or edits add up to a very fun but very short game. The parts of the game left are really enjoyable, but there just aren't enough of them. Consequently, what I found particularly frustrating was reading about the versions of the game designed for other platforms -- these versions have whole spell challenges completely GONE from the PC version, as well as numerous other mini-games and levels, etc. Frankly, that really ticks me off -- the whole reason I play PC games and not console games is because the graphics are better and in general (up until lately, it seems), the games were better. Yeah, my 'platform,' the PC, costs more than a silly little PS2 etc., and I have come to expect getting a superior game for that reason alone, not to mention for paying the high retail price. So to receive a drastically shortened and over-edited game is very disappointing. Just when you're really settling into enjoying your progress in the game, the term is over, you've collected almost all of the cards, found all the secrets, beat all three (only THREE?!?!??) of the spell challenges and passed your final exams, completed the paltry few mini-games there are, and the only thing left to do is finish those dratted Buckbeak flying sequences (which really do become ridiculously challenging towards the end of the set of five). Where's the rest of the game???

Overall, I recommend this game as a really fun addition to the series, but it definitely leaves you wanting more, more, more (and if you'd paid the asking price when the game was first released, it probably also left you feeling like you'd wasted a lot of money). Buy it at the current price, if you haven't already -- it's worth an amount much closer to that.

The Best One Yet!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 40
Date: May 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I haven't personally played it yet, but from everything that I've read and/or heard its the best one yet! Better grapics, Character switches, new challenges! This game is going to be amazing! The grapics are so good that you can actually see every detail in the persons face! I will buy it the SECOND it comes out!

pre-play

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 11
Date: June 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The HP game RULE but from what I heard people are just ticked off the game is short and they cut stuff out. if the graphics gameplay and Challengaes are good don't whine have fun the game sounds wicked and I'm looking forward to my copy arriving and if it does stink I will post that.

Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 17
Date: June 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Okay I admit I do not have the game yet but... I know a way to make more game play. From what I have read you can't leave the game until you collect every thing right? Well all you have to do is cram as much exploring in between classes! (like visit madam pomfre of lurk behind dumbledor!) Trust me it works!

vivek

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 47
Date: May 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

one of the best games in the the world.i am a fan of harry potter .i have read all the books of harry potter and played all the computer games of harry potter.

the firebolt

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 21
Date: May 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Harry gets the firebolt at christmas the firebolt is the fastest broomstick in the wizarding world It probblay goes 50-200 MPH that would be really fast and the nimbus 2001 I think goes 40-100 MPH the nimbus 2001 can't stop the firebolt IT would look like a joke next to the firebolt in the 3rd game ther firebolt is going to be fast in the quidditch match aginst slytherin you may be able to fly the firebolt around the castle grounds like you can do whith the hippogriff the best part of the game will be the firebolt I am a relly big harry potter fan I bet I will enjoy the game I think It will be awsome bye for now peace out bye

Wow, what a difference!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: June 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Many advances in the third installment of the Harry Potter series. The first two in the series were basically identical in look and play, but the third has a totally different look and feel. The movement is much smoother and more lifelike and game play is faster. Particularly when wall sneaking.
I have not finished the game so I'm not sure if they are right about it being short, but after two games it is pretty easy to figure out how to get through each level. Still am enjoying it.

This Game SUCKS!!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 16
Date: June 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I believe that this game sucks because it is no fun. You just die and die and die and never even get up to Sirius Black IT REALLY SUCKS!!!!!
DO NOT BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not as fun as the others.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: September 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Good: The character designs & textures were much better...& there were no glitches! Finally! The reward count is far more generous, & it's got Weasley Twins big time!As usual, the voices matched the movies vey well. Harry looks pretty bishie, but that's the deepest voice I've ever heard from a 13 year old. If you love video games & suck at them so bad that even a 5 year old can beat you, you will just barely manage to pass this game not cheating & only minor stress. (the Dementor part is a real pain in the fingers.)

Bad: The castle looked TOO different & was much smaller. No debug cheat to explore with....no cheats at ALL actually, not that the scheduling system the game runs on doesn't allow much for exploring. Too many locked door that never get unlocked, no Potions Class, no Hogsmede, No Snape >.< The main characters hair colors are incorect. If you're very good at games, this game will be a cakewalk & barely challenging. The feeling you get watching Ron accidently jump to his death durring a challenge is more impressive than the design for the dementors.

Overall, it's a piece of good fandom, a little eye candy, & something to hold you off untill you buy another PC game, you packrat gamer you ^_~

Falling short of its predecessor in almost every way

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban could have been a mediocre game. There are some strong points, such as flying Buckbeak and great graphics, but there are so many things that are surpassed by the Chamber of Secrets that this game is at best only a vain attempt to live up the previous game. The story is almost entirely told not by the player but by the cutscenes have the same problem with the related movie: overacting (facial expressions are WAYYY too dramatic and character voice is overdue). The characters are annoying with their goofy movements and good-for-nothing lines, and I couldn't care less if my character is killed in the middle of the mission. The gameplay is smooth, though, but not as good as in the Chamber of Secrets (e.g. Harry cannot run around and cast spells at the same time). The levels are far less creative and complex than the ones in the previous game, and the numbers of them is even more pathetic. With just two non-class levels, I suddenly found near the end of the game. Overall, this game makes the player do a number of semi-related stuff without making them feel being an actual part of the game. It is much simpler, to be sure, but does that really matter? I beat the game within 24 hours (I repeat, 24 hours for a person who has serious problem playing Jedi Outcast), and I feel far less satisfied than I was when I completed other harder games.

I don't think I really care about playing as Hermione or Ron, either because the characters are really annoying, or this is just a bad game. I was really happy when I just played as Harry in the previous games.

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