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Come on

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 56
Date: November 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Oh my God. When I first looked at this review, this "game" had 5 stars, 5 stars! Come on, it's Harry Potter, how can it even be close to worthy of holding the title of perfection that is represented by 5 stars. Do NOT buy this game, I don't own it, but I'm sure it's horrible. (I felt it necessary to give it 1 star in order to balance out the world.)

Quidditch World Trash

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: November 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I do enjoy the Harry Potter Books and Movies but the games all of them espesially this one is just horrible. There is only one thing to do no variety. if that is what you want go ahead and spend your money there is nothing i can do but warn you not to it is just another wasted $30 bucks. This game is not something to spend your hard eaned money on i recommend Morrowind for the older ones it truly has to be the best game i have ever seen letting you or your child do almost anything! you should check it out and it is reasonably priced!

Where do I start?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: March 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Okay, if you know the basics of Quidditch, I don't need to explain. To the review:
Graphics:
Definetly the game's strongest point. The players, the stadiums, everything looks beautiful. I love playing in the Japanese Quidditch stadium, because there's a big pond with a cool little bridge that just looks wicked. The little movies are fun to watch because everything looks fantastic.
Sound:
Also a strong point, but it really starts getting repetitive when you play your 5th match. Still, it at least sounds pretty acurate.
Gamplay:
THIS is the game's weakest point. For one, it's just way too easy to swamp the other team 360 points to nothing. When you're playing for the World Cup, it can get kinda boring.
Also, the idea of Quidditch seems too simplified. You can't fly wherever you wish, you don't have any vertical control...
It's still pretty fun, and you can get really wraped up in the game and forget it has anyting to do with 'harry potter' but it's almost just a kid game, which kinda ruins it.
The 2-Player match can help this, because if you play with someone who's just as good as you, then it gets real challenging and real fun.
So, it's all right for a kid's game, but rent it before you buy it.

REALLY FUN,

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Yes, an extremely fun game. I enjoy this game very much! The graphics, especially if you have an updated video card and with the Directx 10 I beleive it is called that comes with the game, the graphics are just superb! Almost realistic with the jet streams and smooth cornering. The graphics in some areas however do tend to look "cut together" in areas, but nothing is perfect.

However, the game does get harder the more you play. I recently won the Quiditch World Cup playing the USA, I also was undefeated! BUT, the next contest level will start with the Nimbus 2000, then it will be NImbus 2001 and finally the hardest the Firebolt level! I'll admit I struggle with the ability to get the special moves down, so that is making playing the next levels practically impossible.

Now, if you want a very fun game play, this is it. But, I warn you, it gets harder and harder the further you go in.

PS: I'll give it 4 stars since it is that much of a fun game and for the graphics... totally cool graphics! However, it could use some more options -- like working with upper level brooms on Exhibition Mode, that would be nice.

dissapointing

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: November 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

To me this game is kind of missleading. It says you can be every position on the team, technically you can but you are mainly the chasers (chasers score goals), by doing combo passes you get power ups. One of the power ups is the beater and you hold down X the computer hits the bludger and you controll where the bludger goes for a short period of time. you cant be the keeper (keeper block the ball from going through the hoops). The game is way to easy to beat. I only rented the game and I beat it. you cant choose wheather to go higher in the air or lower. I would rent this game before you buy to save youreself some money.

pros: good graphics
great stadiums
good sound

cons: mainly the chasers
way to easy
cant be the keeper
cant really be the beaters

A fun spin on Quidditch

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: November 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

While I enjoy Quidditch World Cup, I must say that it falls short in some respects. As an EA sports game, I was expecting you would have a bit more control over changing dynamics in the game. There is no opportunity for substitutions, no injury, no changing the roster, no detailed player statistics, no variation of player performance. In short, this does not excel as a sports game.

It does excel at capturing the feel of a frantic Quidditch match, for the most part. The game is divided in two parts. One takes part at Hogwarts, the other on the World Cup stage with different stadiums. I found the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup a bit too easy to win and unchallenging. There are also some training exercises you can go through, as taught by the roster of whichever team you choose: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, or Slytherin. One note to fans of the book: Despite this coming out after Order of Phoenix (which introduced a lot of new Quidditch players like Zacharias Smith), none of these new players are available. My best guess is that the rosters are those at the time of Prisoner of Azkhaban. Especially given the presence of a certain, achem, extinct character. I enjoyed finding the designers' takes on the largely unexplored Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff team rosters.

The Quidditch World Cup kicks things up a notch. The stadiums are absolutely fabulous and culturally spot-on. There is the stately Versailles-esque French stadium, the Outbackish Australian grounds, the mosaic-roofed Moorish Spanish stadium, and other similar treats. I feel the designers did an awesome job capturing the feel of the competitor countries with the stadiums and the team costumes. I was a bit disappointed at the limit of countries available: USA, Japan, England, Spain, France, Bulgaria, Australia, Germany and the Nordic Team. I'm thinking they could have included more countries, and at least a token team from South America and Africa. And no Ireland (the most significant national team from the books)! Also a pity is the tournament format of the World Cup. It is a rather exhausting 18 game round robin. We know from the books that, at least at the later stages, a knockout draw takes effect.

I have not exhausted the game yet, but I've found a few pleasant treats so far after my first World Cup win. Overall, a pleasant game, but I feel the limited number of teams and the exhausting tournament format really hold the game back.

Since I am a big HP fan, I must say I'm glad I own it.

Good graphics, great gameplay

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My boyfriend and I played the first Harry Potter video game for the PC and really disliked it. It was obviously made for children, extremely simple, and the graphics were not very good (despite the fact it used the Unreal engine). I was a bit skeptical of Quidditch World Cup, but bought it anyways.

And am I glad I did. The game is not overly simplified, but does take you through training very slowly so even beginning gamers can get the hang of it. I have a problem where 3D first-person or third-person games generally make me nauseous after playing a little while. This game provides a good perspective that doesn't have this effect, which is great.

The graphics are pretty good, but could be a little better. Given that this is for the Xbox, some use of pixel shaders or bump mapping would've been nice. Also, the victory moves after making a goal aren't very plentiful and you'll quickly tire of seeing them.

View from a Mom with Boys

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

We gave it as a gift to a 9 year old, who has really enjoyed it. He was able to pick up how to play it very quickly. The 12 year old 'beat' the game the first time through, but thoroughly enjoyed himself, and will play it again. He described it as similar to the Sports video games, but with less options in selecting teams. Our 6 year old was playing it proficiently within about 10 minutes. It can be played against the computer, or against another opponent. For myself, the scenes whirl past too quickly, and I get dizzy. But, it doesn't bother the boys, and they seem to enjoy it. They all said that competition against the computer was minimal...the best is against another human player. I suspect it will not be one of the long term favorites, but a good one to pull out when a friend comes over.

fun fun fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: November 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Well its is finally here the game of all wizard and witch fans. This game is rally awesome. i have loved it soo far. It is easy for the kids but if you want to be challenged you can choose certain modes which are names of broomsticks. The school quidditch cup is pretty easy to get but once you get to the wrodl cup it starts to get a little harder and a lot of fun. This game is a must buy.

Not as good as I hoped, but still a fun game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: December 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Out of all the Harry Potter games that I have played, this one is definetly the best.You can, of course, be any of the 4 Hogwarts Quidditch teams: Griffindor, Ravenclaw, Slitherin, and Hufflepuff. In addition to those, You can be teams representing countries from all over the world. A few of them are Germany, USA, Europe, SPain, The Nordic Team, and much more. The gameplay itself is very fun (if not too easy). However...
The Harry Potter books, and the scenes in the movies depict Quiddutch as a chaotic, speeding fast, brutal game, which brings me to my one complaint about this game. The game does not put you in a game anything like that. It is much slower and more organized than it should be. But in the end, this is a very fun game that is fun to play every now and than.

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