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Oh Boy, oh boy!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 57
Date: October 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This one is going to be three times bigger and 10 times more fun than the first one. I can't wait! }:-)

Here comes the Chamber of Secrets!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 27
Date: November 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

My brother and I have been waiting for this for the last 6 months, wondering if it would come out or not. It looks 10 times better than the Sorcerer's Stone and is more packed with new exciting places! Definetely check this one off on your wish list!

Harry does it again!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 101 / 104
Date: November 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The Chamber of Secrets game follows Harry in his second year at Hogwarts as he attends classes, duels, and plays quidditch. The game opens with Harry meeting Ginny and Mr. Malfoy at Flouish and Botts, and we see Malfoy put the Diary in Ginny's bag. Ron and Harry fly their car to school and land in the Whomping Willow. Then, it's off to classes, just like in Game I, and we get to meet Gilderoy Lockhart. You also meet a lot of tiresome fire crabs and orange snails, which you not only knock out, you can push around. You get wizard cards and beans all the time. You'll need the beans to trade for potion ingredients.

Some nice improvements over Game I are: The character's mouths move when they talk, Harry turns around when you back him up, and you're told if doors aren't going to open so that saves trying again and again. Best of all, you can press Enter to bypass the cutscenes!

I don't like that you get a Loading Game screen every ten minutes or so. You can wander all over the school at any time, which, while fun, can get you off-track if you want to complete a challenge. The Save Game books are still too far apart. There are also long periods without music, and the music isn't as eerie as in Game I. But these are all minor things compared to the overall excitement of the game. (Hint: you'll need to make lots of potions to complete the Aragog and Basilisk scenes.)

It's definitely addicting and lots of fun for all Harry Potter fans, especially if you liked Game I. Have fun. (P.S. I hope you're not afraid of spiders!)

For GOOD and EXPEREINCED gamers ONLY!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 23 / 30
Date: November 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is great. If you are iffy, BUY IT. You will be pleased.

One little problem. I was totally OK with this, because I played(and played and played and played) the first one, but if you are (a) a new gamer or (b) not very good of a gamer, than this game is not for you. You land in the Womping Willow, where you have to dodge tree roots to free Ron form the Willow's clutches and you don't know the first THING about casting spells. They're like, this is how you cast spells, this is how you climb this is how you jump, the end. Really. I suppose that they suppose that you've read the play guide thing.

Many new things for those who've played the first game!! 1. There are weekly house point ceremonies where the leader in points gets to go to the hallowed BONUS BEAN ROOM! This is FILLED with beans.2. The bean trading system. You can go to any one tossing a bean and trade beans for various things, such as a wizard card. (Garanteed not to tarnish!) 3. Wiggenweld Potions. You can get Flobberworm Mucous and Wiggen tree bark which are the main ingredients in the potion. You find a cauldron and run up to it and bang, you've got a Wiggenweld potion. What to do with it? Press the space bar when you're low on health, and, wow! Your bar is all the way filled.

I'm not going to say any more because other wise, I'll tell you absolutly everything. That's about it.

Very Cool New Harry Potter Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 23 / 31
Date: November 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game has been a huge hit with our boys and thier friends (ages seven to ten). The graphics are beautiful and the challenges are varied (i.e., not so hard the seven year olds are reduced to frustration and not so easy that the ten year olds are bored). The best thing I've noticed about this game is that when they play, they are all engaged in solving the challenges (not just three boys watching the fourth one play).

Pros and Cons

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 26 / 33
Date: November 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I purchased HP a couple days ago, expecting a game like last years. Boy, was I ever wrong.
The graphics in this game are laughable, I can remember many times where Harry's wand was stuck to the outside of his hand, or sometimes when you could see Harry's leg sticking out the back of his robes.
However, the gameplays is great, the Dueling Club is the best innovation I've ever seen made to a computer game, but the Quidditch is shockingly hard this time around.
This game has enough secrets to keep even the smartest wizard baffled. If you like Harry Potter, this game is definently for you.

Best Kids PC Game Ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 28 / 35
Date: November 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game manages to combine beautiful graphics and really fun gameplay while keeping true to the Harry Potter stories. I've watched my kids (ages 9 and 12) play for many hours, finish the game, then start all over again because there's so much to find and explore. We don't even have a very new computer and it still works and looks great! You cannot go wrong with this game!

A Game of Heros

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 46 / 52
Date: November 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the best PC games I have played so far! Harry Potter and the chamber of secerts Starts out with the narriotor guy from Game 1, only insted of the still pictures it has moving pictures. The narratior narrotars until the womping williow sence, were you must resuce Ron.
Then from there you go to classes! Your first class is with Lockhart but this time instead of having to trace the spell with your mouse you use your arrows to the places the hit!
In this game you also get to mix potians and explore the grounds as long and as far as you like. You can go to the Grand Hall and the Quidditch Picth and the Forbiden forest as much as you please as long as it isn't during class.
There also is a Weekly House Point ceriomony! The house with the most points can go to the bean room and collect as many beans as you'd like but you will be put on a timer...
Now, Fred and Geogre have also set up a bean trading post! This allows you to trade beans with potion ingreadants or a Nimbus 2001 or Wizard cards or all kinds of things!

HOPE YOU ENJOY!

great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 14
Date: November 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

For fans of Harry Potter this game is a must. faithful to the book and thes tory completelly! The Quidditch and othr mini games are great. My ONLY fault is the game not being longer.

don't buy it

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 278
Date: December 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this game is full of witchcraft is is not suitable for anyone

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