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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!

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.

Just Finished!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: May 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

What a great game..! The graphics are vastly improved, the game play is fun and varried, without being too difficult for younger players. While I found it almost too easy, it is aimed towards younger players and should provide enough of a challange without being frustrating to them. Looking forward to the next installment!

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

Great graphics, design, and gameplay, but too dang short!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 31 / 32
Date: May 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I just got the PC version today. I will say, I'm pretty much amazed that graphically, they did so much with so little, AGAIN. Still using the original Unreal engine, they've managed to put together a gigantic, gorgeous playground where you can pretty much roam freely. The grounds and forest look amazingly realistic, a varied assortment of clouds pass overhead, and there are secrets and explorable areas galore. (I've yet to get all the secrets, but I'm getting there...) The scene where Harry first produces the full patronus is actually quite amazing. And, the scenes where Sirius, Lupin, Pettigrew, and McGonagall change form? Whoa!

As beautiful as it was, I have one MAJOR beef with this game, and it's a doozy. There isn't enough of it. Instead of doing their own adaption directly from the book, as they've done in the past, Know Wonder atempted to adapt the already super-shortened story from the movie. (I haven't seen it yet, but I have seen the reviews.) The result feels horribly rushed. It's like watching a 2 minute generalized synopsys. They didn't even explain WHY Sirius was after Pettigrew. Sirius appears for a total of what? 15 seconds? Rather than adding Quidditch as a side-game as in the previous games (which could have been great if you ask me), they make a single cutscene. Darn. The few complaints I've heard about the PoA movie are usually about the idea of non-bookreaders being completely lost. Well, prepare to be lost in space if you haven't read the book OR seen the movie.

In a nutshell, by not following their own continuity and creating their own story adaptation straight from the book, Know Wonder really screwed themselves over this time. There's a lot of missed possibilities in this game. A LOT.

To it's credit, they did manage to lengthen gameplay by adding a heck of a lot of secret mini-levels and side games, as well as obstacle courses for "final exams". The secret mini-levels do add a lot of explorability, but I do wish they could have covered things such as the tunnel to hogsmeade, or a boggart level with the entire trio. With the assortment of new moves and spells, they really could have added more levels. There's also more notable characters running around. Neville meets up with you at one point, and Padma can be seen selling wizard cards. Oddly enough, there's a few kids running around with a hispanic accent. I'm guessing it's a tribute to the director. ^^;

The gameplay is still as fun as ever. FPS-style controls with third person action. Lots of secrets, lots of exploring, and a heck of a lot of jumping puzzles. The glacius challenge was probably the most fun (WOOT! Skater Harry!) even though to get all the items in one try, you have to commit suicide and jump to your death several times. (The items you've already collected are saved.) Not a pleasant thought by any means, especially since the scenery is something out of the old Doom games. (Hellish red and blue fire behind open windows, and the entire level is very dark with a creepy orange light.) o_O

Well, all that said, overall a very good, if very short, game. It took me less than a day to beat, while the previous two took me about 2 days each. I'm still looking for the last 9 cards. (And no beans for guessing what the very last card is. LOL)

I may as well say this now. Likely, Know Wonder is already working on the game for Goblet of Fire. Personally, as action packed as it is, I think it should be relatively easy to adapt as a video game. Know Wonder, if you're out there, please PLEASE follow your own continuity next time! That way, everybody wins.

Very good, but SHORT

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: May 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game was very enjoyable. But just like the first guy said, if you haven't read the book, you are left completly in the dark about sirius and peter, pretty much the whole story line. It makes you feel as it was made in a week. if it didnt have the lupin, dementors, or sirius, you wouldnt know it was prizinor of azkaban. No divination class, one short quidditch cut scene, but if you like harry potter, you should at least try it out. It took about a day to finish and beat the game. The last card is so obvious its not even funny. Enjoy the game!

Best Harry Potter Game I Have Played and Own

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 15
Date: May 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have played all of the Harry Potter games thus far. I can assure you that this one, the Prisoner of Azkaban, beats the first two by a long shot. The graphics are a hundred times better. You get to play as Ron and Hermione and not just Harry like the first two. You get to collect more shields, more beans, more stuff! You get to hang out at Fred and George's shop and buy whatever you want with the beans, cauldron cakes, and pumpkins that you find along the way. You can replay challenges and final exams. Speaking of which, the challenges are harder than the first two games combined. They are scary, tougher, more challenging, and more beautiful than before. If you read the third book already then that is a bonus because now you will get to see characters that you read about and haven't seen before. It's just a fantastic game and for $29 it is well worth every dollar. I HIGHLY recommend the PC version only because I'm partial to PC. The XBOX is nice, but I think you will enjoy the PC version better. Anyway, if you are wondering whether or not to buy the game, definitely do. It is a gigantic leap ahead of the first two games and you won't be disappointed.

This game is great, despite its lack of length

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: May 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This was, I must say, agreat game! From the beginning on the Hogwarts Express/Tutorial level you move on t oHogwarts as you weave through the plot of the book. With a whole new inventory of spells, Harry and his friends can do many things. The game was however, too short. I finished it in just 2 days where I expected at least a week. EA really screwed up, they didn't have a practical use of the Marauder's Map, no Firebolt, no Hogsmede, no Quidditch! They really excluded half the book! Where was Crookshanks! Aside from that, they finally go trid of those awful tests before you learn the spells, I hated those. Great game, if you like Harry Potter, I suggest you get the game, if not, get it anyway!

Lots of fun...and missed opportunities

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 22 / 23
Date: May 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

At the risk of repeating what everyone else has said, this was a fun, beautiful game, but WAY too short. (And too easy, but I suppose it is aimed at a young audience.)

And what they left out just makes you scratch your head. Were you looking forward to kicking a little Quidditch butt on your Firebolt? Sorry. You'll get one tiny cut scene and no chance to play yourself - which makes no sense, as the Quidditch in the second game was well-handled. I would have preferred they just copied it!

You will get to fly Buckbeak quite a bit - only to have the important bit of flying turned into a cut scene. And here I was looking forward to counting thirteen windows! They make up for it somewhat with all the dragon flying, though.

I also wasn't happy with the transitions between chapters, which took forever and happened when you least expected it, like right after they said you could go exploring. I was never sure when I could go visit Fred and George's Shop, say, so always felt in a hurry.

And of course, worst of all, NO SNAPE!!! (Although I suppose some of you will see that as a feature. ;-)

On the good side, changing from Harry to Ron to Hermione was handled seemlessly. And bunnies are very, very fun (at least for those of us of the female persuasion)! Although why they bothered to come up with new stuff when they could have used more from the book...

All in all, I enjoyed it and am glad I bought it. But I sure hope the Tournament in the next one is more exciting.

the best game ever

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: May 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I THINK IT WILL BE THE BEST GAME TO COME OUT THATS HARRY POTTER AND THEY SHOULD MAKE VERRY LOW PRICES SO KIDS COULD PLAY IT SO THEY KNOW HOW THE MOVIE IS CAUSE IF THE GAME IS GOOD I CANT WAIT FOR THE MOVIE . I KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE AN AWESOME GAME. I HAVE THE OTHER HARRY POTTER VIDEO GAMES AND I LOVE TO PLAY THEM AND SO I WILL LOVE TO PLAY THIS ONE

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