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Harry Potter Fans Rejoice!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 20 / 21
Date: November 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

At first I was skeptical of whether quidditch could be captured in a video game. Truth be told, I have not been blown away by the movie versions of the game. Even so, being a HP fanatic, and knowing that I have enjoyed the Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets XBOX game, I went and bought Qudditch World Cup the day it was released. What a pleasant surprise! The graphics are incredible--ok, they are not like Halo or Prince of Persia, but they are VERY impressive--and the gameplay is easy to pick up but challanging to perfect. It IS ridiculously easy to win the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup, but when you get to the World cup, you can choose the level of difficulty. If you choose to play on a Comet broomstick, the gameplay remains very similiar to that at Hogwarts. If you opt for a Nimbus 2000, the gameplay is much faster and much more difficult! As you progress through the game, you have the oppurtunity to unlock a Nimbus 2001 and, of course, the coveted Firebolt. I was amazed at the number of teams offered, and the different quidditch stadiums are a blast! Voice Acting is excellent. The music can be kind of annoying--it is way too dramatic--just imagine the mission impossible music, and you have a pretty good idea! They should at least have stuck with the music from the movies. Just don't expect anything like in the Lord of the Rings games, where the music is as much of a pleasure to listen to as the game is fun to play. Overall, an extremely entertaining game, and a must have for any Harry Potter fan. However, if you have any doubts, I recommend renting it first, as even the best game is not for everyone. ENJOY!

Nice!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 21
Date: June 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is going to be so cool! I have seen the trailer, played the demo, and this is going to be sweet. If you played any Harry Potter game you will love this. It's like playing one of the games but with more quidditch features, new characters, new equipment, new teams, etc. Trust me, it's going to be good!

Innovative gameplay, beautiful graphics.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: June 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

As a fan of the books, I was determined to try to keep an unbiased view of the game before I played it, and I was pleasantly surprised at how unnecessary that was.

I was worried how the gameplay would work; it seemed impossible to program a fair computer Seeker, and since the difference between Chasers and Beaters were so big (Beaters don't even touch the ball) I was baffled as to how they'd keep a game with such separate elements cohesive and fair.

The game revolves primarily around the chasers, with the gameplay having the feel of a 3 on 3 hockey game. With features like "combos" you can even do what would be the equivalent of a slapshot. The shooting and passing are pretty intuitive.

What's very interesting is that you're rewarded for the complexity of your gameplay. "Combos" (kind of a long chain of assists), normal goals, and other touches you add to your style of play affect the "snitch" bar, which is how much boost your seeker gets. The way it works is, once two halves of the snitch bar meet, the game goes into "seeker" mode, which is a race between the two seekers to get the snitch. This race is affected by aforementioned boost, and some kind of snitch "slipstream" which makes you go faster. So, just like in "real" Quidditch, a deficit of 140 points can change with the catch of the snitch, but because of the way the game is designed, it's harder to catch the snitch if the other team has scored better or has more goals than you to begin with.

I was disappointed that you can't play as Ireland, which is one of the major teams in the book. Why this is, I have no idea. You can play as the one of the four houses at Hogwarts to win the house cup, and then win tickets to "attend" the World Cup, where you choose a World Cup team and play as them. The World cup mode is pretty exhausting, however, as it's 18 games long. What is also pretty cool is that your points are cumulative, so if you completely demolish one team (I beat Australia 400 to 0) it affects your rankings, and conversely, if you only lose by a little (say, 160 to 130), you don't go down in ranking as badly if you had been completely shut out.

There are some hangups with the game: the celebratory cut scenes and seeker catches have the same animations for each team, so after awhile you'll get tired of them. So far, I haven't found a way to change players, which is silly, but this oddly doesn't matter as much in the long run, as it changes them automatically based on ball proximity.

The graphics are great, the stadiums incredible, and you'll find yourself wishing you could watch a couple rounds of Quidditch on ESPN.

Also, I'd like to note that on this Amazon page, a lot of people gave favorable reviews then gave no stars. If you're interested in buying it I'd recommend it, but if the fact that it has a low ranking is bothering you, go through the reviews and see for yourself that the ranking should be higher.

wonderful

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: August 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a brilliant game featuring harry and others playing Quidditch.
If you win the world cup you can play in queerditch march where quidditch was first played.
Lively game with great commentating in the world cup from Ludo Bagman and his special guest.
There are special moves for every team.

they need to make another game with some improvements

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

GREAT GAME!!!
Needs more teams; the ability to play with linked gamecube/ps2/xbox so you can play with 14 players (each player controls one person.);
more than needs the real names of all the players; it should be more like ea sports games for injuries, stats, and substitutions; there should be a franchise mode and the ability to sign players coming from Hogwarts or other schools; there should also be a professional league containing chudley cannons, puddlemere united, etc.;

QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP A HIT!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

THIS GAME IS GREAT. THE GRAPHICS ARE GOOD.
THE VIEW OF QUIDDITCH IS MUCH BETTER THAN THE MOVIE AND THE INTERNATIONAL TEAMS AND HOGWARTS TEAMS ARE GREAT. HP FANS GET IT!

Great Buy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

In my opionion, Harry Potter Quidditch World Cup is a great game, and a great buy. You can play all 7 positions on the team. I never get tired of this game; there are many teams from the Hogwarts 4 houses to Bulgaria, England, the U.S, France and many more. Level difficulty is decided upon by which broomstick selected. You can also try to accomplish certain goals set, which unlock cool moves and special quidditch fields, etc., by getting the quidditch card. The graphics are great, as is the gameplay. I would suggest it for all ages, even smaller children or older folk. It's easy to learn and the difficulty is selected by you. I recently completed the game with Spain on the easiest setting. Now, I'm playing through with France on the next difficulty, which is quite a step up. It takes a long while to complete the game with one team; you must play each country twice or so, if I remember correctly, equaling about 32 games, take or add. Each country also has its own quidditch field, which actually is quite realistic to the real life countries feautured in the game. I do not believe this is a game you should rent before buying. I also don't believe this is a game non Harry Potter games should stay away from. Even if you don't like HP, I think you will love this game.

Best game I probaly own

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is probably the best game I ever bought. Even though I got the game two years (2005) after it came out(2003) I never get bored of playing it. You can choose difficulty levels by the type of broom. Comet 260-begginer, Nimbus 2000- a little harder, Nimbus 2001- hard, Firebolt-Expert. You also get to play in the Hogwarts cup and the quiditch world cup. Which is ver cool! I don't know why they didn't include ireland in the game but it is still good. At the begginging you have to do a 6 challenges and than you can start playing. You can also play in Exibition mode (2 player mode) Which is hard and fun if you are playing against someone who is just as good as you. P.S. I bought the game and didn.t open it yet but researched it and played it at my friends houses so much I know all this. P.S.S It is very cheap right now.

Game for anyone!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you like a racing game or a high speed game this is for you. I don't actually think anyone will dilike this game because it is the best game ever!!!! I love playing this game every day trying to unloclk quiditch cards, stadiums, brooms, and teams. I think you should buy this game (...). Some matches can go from 5 minutes to an hour, because it depends how fast you git the snitch meter up. You also can do special moves such as the Wronski Feint and Wealsy Wangler. You should ask for this game or your parents should get it for your birthday or something. Hk

Bloody Hell

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

[...] It so how amazing how well they made quidditch a video game. Each team has it's special abilility (like griffindor has the wealsy wangler). They have all the teams including bulgaria except Ireland [...]. you play the hogwarts cup and the world cup until you win. You can also play 2-player. Best game ever. Hriday Kemburu

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