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3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I can see the lure (explore hogwarts!) and purpose (to cash in on the harry potter empire in yet another medium) of this game, so I don't really have a problem with it, per say, but bugs and graphics glitches aside I just was troubled by the structure of the game and the storytelling. This game is best played by those who have read the book and/or seen the movie because otherwise it makes NO SENSE on its own. The creators of the game shortcutted their way through the game as if it was made in a rush. The books and movies were created with such care and attention to detail that it just seemed like a shame that the game didn't have the same delight. Anyone playing the game without any Harry Potter background will be confused by the slighted storyline presentation. As many adventure gamers would agree, as well, the "payoff" at the end of the game is fairly disappointing. I'd recommend the game for some idle fun (especially for the low price it runs for nowadays) but don't expect any great challenge or heartwarming adventure.

A Very Enjoyable Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

When I played this for the first time, I really enjoyed it. This is a very entertaining game with a lot of puzzles, foes, and characters. There are only a few cons that I could see:

1. The beginning is a like a scrapbook. What I mean is that you can't play at the Dursley's, Diagon Alley, or even at Platform 9 3/4. This really makes the game shorter. I would have loved to have explored Diagon Alley. Instead, you are taken right to Hogwarts before you can even do anything in the game.

2. The graphics aren't the best 3D graphics around, but they are still very nice and vivid.

3. The game seems a little short. I wish it could have been a bit longer.

Other than that, this game is awesome. I loved the different puzzles and rivals that had to be faced. The game can also be a little difficult at times too, especially the final "boss" (yet who doesn't like a challenge?).

This would be a great gift for any Harry Potter fan or computer gamer.

--M. Turcotte

This game has GNOMES! AAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Yeah. The title says it all. Literally. This game is FULL of gnomes. There are actually no other creatures to kill besides the gnomes. How boring is that!? Very boring! I actually have only watched the game being played.... My cousin and my best friend. They are good at it, so... I have the knowledge to say that this game is just so great of a game to laugh at! In the greenhouse level, you can find Professor Sprout's hidden office, which has a desk and grass and a little stream and such. She had GNOMES living in the office! Gnomes bite you and steal your candy! What kind of crazy person is she??? HAHAHAHAHA!!!! Malfoy looks like he's four years old, and Harry walks like he's angry and constipated. He Grumbles around all of the time!!! And why the CRAP do they say something, but their mouths don't move!? That is sooooo FUNNY!!! I mean COME ON PEOPLE! GET REAL! I could do without Dumbeldore and his voice, which sounds like he has a cold half of the time. I mean what is up with that!? The second game is sooo much more fun, but this game is sooo much FUNNIER!!! It's fun to laugh at the stupid mistakes that the people made making this! Buy it if you want a laugh and a good shared experience with your friends. Hip Hip HARRY POTTER!!!

Cool... until you get to the end.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome! It's really fun and it doesn't freeze like Prisoner of Azkaban and chamber of Secrets. It's really fun and easy... until you get to the end. Right after you sneak down from the tower after delivering Norbert, the game is almost over. They don't mention going into the Forbidden forest at all. Right after it turns into a short cut scene and then suddenly you're in the Forbidden Corridor. And what's with the chess part? You move Harry around until somehow you get across. Another part I don't get is that when you get to the chess part, Ron says he defeated most of the chess pieces. Ron must be really talented if he can defeat almost an entire board of chess pieces in 20 SECONDS. And the end where you have to knock 4 pillars onto Voldemort, then you just Flipendo the mirror until somehow you defeat Voldemort. But aside from those "minor" setbacks, this game is great.

ummmm

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I found this game years ago on sale for 10 dollars at best buy and I had a gift card that was about to expire so I thought I might check it out. The graphics are realy bad. The controls are preaty bad too. The game was easy at parts like fighting Voldemort I won in no time at all. This game also was good for putting all the challenges at the end. SO over all this game is OK.

It Could Have Been So Much Better!!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Although an adult, I have enjoyed the Harry Potter series immensely - and since I also enjoy playing various computer games, I decided to give the "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" computer game a shot. However, I have to say upfront that I was really disappointed. I found way too many "pitfalls" to this game - hence the 3 star review (I'll discuss this further after I describe the gist of the game).

In this game you play Harry Potter - a new student at The Hogwarts School of Magic & Wizardry. Throughout the semester, you'll be given various tasks to accomplish - from learning & practicing new spells, to winning Quiddich matches, to stopping "the one whose name shall not be spoken" from getting his hands on the sorcerer's stone. Along the way, you'll need to keep your ears & eyes open, as you want to collect as many "Bertie Botts Beans" & "Wizard Cards" as you can find - many of which will be found in hidden areas (behind pictures, mirrors, alcoves, etc...) throughout the game.

At the beginning of each "chapter", you'll be told what tasks you need to complete, as well as how many hidden places & wizard cards you should be able to find. You might want to write this down, as there is no way to find out how you did at the end - and no way to go back once you've left that area.

The game does a good job of following the book - with various cutscenes along the way to help you see where you are. Also, I found the voice-overs to be first-rate - something you don't find too often in computer games such as this.

Now for the "downfalls", and for me there were many.

1. You can only save at those places in the game where there are save books - and, you can only use them once (unless you die, then they'll reappears once again). What this means is that you can't save & quit when you want without losing the progress you've made since the last save book & if you've done some hard stuff near the book you used, you can't save again before moving on.

2. You can't skip the cutscenes - so, if you find that an area right after a cutscene is difficult, and you wind up dying over & over again, you'll have to watch the cut-scene over & over again too (and some of them are pretty long).

3. There is 360 degree movement. Because of this, any time you jump or climb up on something (and many times when you're running or going into a new room), the viewing changes. This may not be a big deal for you, but it made me really sick - the same feeling as when I experience car sickness. So, if you or your child suffers from car sickness, you may want to think twice before getting them this game. Most games now a days have a button to shut this off, but this one doesn't.

4. There are several bleed-throughs - where parts of a scene from before bleed into the area you're currently in.

5. There is no summary at the end of each chapter (or even at the end of the game) that lets you know how many hidden rooms you found.

6. The sensors are super touchy - so you have to try standing in all sorts of directions & places when casting spells (especially on chests) to have them open, or even see if they would open.

Overall, I thought this was just an okay game. However, since I did enjoy the series, and I'm hoping that some of these issues have been dealt with since the release of this first game, I do plan to try the next computer game in this series. But, as I said before, if you or your child suffers from car sickness or epilepsy, it might be better for you to pass on this one.

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