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Once again...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: July 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

EA didn't exactly learn their lesson from the GoF. The control sucks...while an improvment to GoF, it's not worth buying.

Harry Potter

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is great. the only draw back is not being able to use your mouse to move like in the other Harry Potter games. you have to use the keyboard. Maybe for you young players this is ok but im 60 and it makes it a little diffacult for me. But the game is great and has good graphics. Im sure you will have many hours of fun. GOOD LUCK!

A replica of the Playstation 2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you haven't played this game on another platform, you will have fun. The graphics are absolutely beautiful. My daughter couldn't believe how much better they were over some of the previous games. Ron and Hermione get in the way of Harry's movement but you can get them to move if you walk toward/into them. Of course, they also move out of your way when you want to talk to them so you end up talking to them from farther away. It took a little practice to get used to controlling the movement with the arrow keys but was not a problem after mastering.

I was disappointed to find that the PC game seems to be a replica of the Playstation 2 game. I had not played the GoF game on the PC, so I didn't realize that they had done this before. The first 3 PC games had more action areas than was in the console versions, probably because there is more memory for playing on the PC than on a game console. If this is the direction EA is going, I'll stick to the game console version and not waste my money on multiple platforms.

Another Adapted Potter Console Game...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

PC games, that are built from the ground up for the PC, play very well with a mouse and keyboard. There is always a learning curve attatched to them. For players new to the PC WASD layout, it can be overwhelming.

I just finished a game that required at least the right half of the keyboard, the number row, and a mouse to play. That game took me a few days to get used to, but the game played flawlessly (even though I wasn't). The controls do become automatic and players lose themselves in the character they are guiding through the virtual world.

Don't expect that to happen with this game. This is just another console game mapped to computer keys that doesn't behave well at all. Like GOF before it, the game becomes tedious and frustrating. Manufacturers save money this way. They didn't spend any money on this game ... why should
you?

Its pretty to look at, but we GOF PC-CD ROM survivors are fairly united in thinking "But who cares?"

You don't have to take my word for it...there is an online demo available. I whole-heartedly recommend you try the demo before you purchase this turkey.

The game will respond much better in its true written form...the console version.

The older Potter games are much more fun...the graphics are dated but the games are actually fun to play on the PC...that they were written from the ground up for. Wow! ... that must be why the boxed set of the early games sold so well. They would be wise to bring them back Some one should tell EA that. They haven't figured it out.

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: July 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

We have have had so many problems with this game that it hasn't been worth the handful of times it has worked right. If you actually manage to get it working, you get so frustrated with trying to maneuver through it that you don't end up having much fun.

Save you money or buy games 1-3.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: September 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My daughter had been waiting and waiting for this game and was very disappointed when it wouldn't run. My husband and I tried everything we could do to get it to run and were ready to return it. I read lots of info on the internet and saw that we were not the only ones having difficulty. Eventually, a computer friend came over and spent about an hour getting it to work and my daughter loves it. However, I am very disappointed in EA for releasing a game that has such a big flaw in it. I'm sure consumers would rather wait than get a product they can't use. We'll wait longer and do more research before we buy another of their products.

More "A work of art" than anything else.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

GOOD STUFF: Finally, the exploring we've longed for from the earlier games has returned. Hogwarts is bigger & more beautiful than ever & you'll get & can't discover it all in just one day. The graphics are fantastic, though while the character skins aren't spot-on & have lifeless eyes, they are deffinately distinguishable. You can hold conversations with portraits. There are some fun new minigames. The keypad option offers easy memorization for learning all the spells. There's lots of documentarys on the making of the game with interviews from the actors & creators. More things in the environment are interactive than in previous games & at least some effort was put into making paintings & pictures move this time. With the official music, official soundtrack, & true-to-form castle layout, it's like you're actually in the movie.********BAD STUFF: You can't reconfigure the hotkeys to your own personal liking, the mouse option is cumbersome, the camera has a mind of it's own & does only as it pleases, without a gamepad, getting Harry to move about is an obsticle for a few hours & even when you get the hang of it, it's still bothersome, the Marauder's Map could have been a lot better, the pathfinding is pretty bad, Hermione & Ron will constantly be in your way, the lesser NPCs (students) have limited designs, sound younger than they look, & beat you over the head with the same dry recycled lines. You will get comfy & accustomed to both the camera & contols by the time you have to start recruiting DA members in the RoR, but that's 6 to 8 hours after you start the game.

...books and cleverness...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The folks at EA have done it again, only better this time. OOPX excells at keeping the player involved. Amazing graphical interpretaion of Hogwarts, inside and out.. and all true to the world I might add gives the player the sense that s/he has been sucked into the Wizarding World. Wand-weaving spells, puzzles, mini-games, talking portraits, thestrals, and a storyline that adapts to your choices of what to do first. The interaction between Harry, Ron and Hermione tops all! Not too hard for youngsters, but captivating even for adults who love HP, this game kept me engaged for hours!

Best Game I've Ever Played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game I've ever played. The video game has nearly flawless graphics that make me thankful I am running it on a PC. It is fast, fun, and, much like New York City in Spider Man 2, there is not a single area in Hogwarts that you cannot travel. I have spent hours upon hours playing this terrific game. Don't listen to the other negative comments- this game is Perfect. :)

good game but no code

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

We got the game fast as requested. But when we tried to install it
there was no code in the box. So we could not play the game. It was
for my daughter's birthday. She was really disapointed. So the next
week we went to a Walmart and bought the game again. She really enjoys
the game. But we had to buy it again.

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