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Lacking past quality

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 12 / 21
Date: June 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have been a avid fan of the harry potter series, and of the games and movies. This product, however those not do well to in any way present the material provided in the books, and in the movie.

the first gba game i felt was fine, even though i did not like the lack of control.

up until now they had made game boy color games, that you have more control, and how much effort you put into the game decided how easier it would be. this was a combat based system similer to pokemon were you battle to level the charactors.

while i was disappointed they stopped making the game boy color games, i still played the prisoner of azkaban gameboy advance version.

i was over joyed when i saw that they had combined the two games into one.

this is were it turned bad. The game was lack 85 percent of what was in the books. here is a list of key things they left out that are extreamly important to the plot of prisoner of azkaban, and the remaining series of books.

~You never fight a dementor, you just play a silly little game instead.
~there is no history what so ever of the mauradors who are completly left out.
~there is not mauraders map.
~No quidditch.
~No professor trawlany and no divination class.
~The end of the game in the shirking shack those things that have no explanation, such as how would lupin know peter was there also if there was no mauraders map.

this game took me only about 3 hours to complete, which those not say much, as the gameboy color games tended to take a a day for me to complete the first time around. the past games offered more gameplay then this one did.

i recommend you not waste money on the GBA version. you would get more enjoyment out of the PC or console versions, and they provide more for you to enjoy, even if they are a little more advanced gameplay wise.

A Good Game....But Way Too Short

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 14
Date: December 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I recently ordered this game, and it just came yesterday afternoon. I have already finished it. Need I say more? The game leaves out many important plot line, never do you fly a broom or play Quiddich, never is the Marauder's Map mentioned, and never do you get to vist Hogesmade. Starting to get my drift? I only rated this game as highly as I did because the graphics are pretty good (for a GBA), and it was pretty fun while it lasted. I am not bragging when I say it took me about 5 hours to beat. I am a gamer who explores the whole game, not just following the plot line. If you haven't read the book or seen the movie, there is no way you will understand what is happening. There are really no puzzles to solve either, everything you have to do is extremely straight forward. Another thing I didn't like about the game was that events that could have been made fun and challenging were not. Let's take the example of the dementors. In the game, they turn this into an incredibly stupid mini-game that has no point whatsoever. This is also the case with flying Buckbeak and defeating the boggart. The replay value is also next to zip because you keep your level when you restart making you too powerful for the game to have any meaning. In conclusion, if you have a lot of money to spend, by all means get the game. If you don't and you are looking for a game that will last you a long time, this is definitly not your game.

H.P. 3

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: October 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is easily beaten but is fun while it lasts. Some opponents are easy, and some are hard, for example, Lupin had great attacks, but those snail things didn't, it is a game that you rent, not buy, besides, what's the point of beating iit twice!!!???

It's Okay.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: February 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

After playing the first two Harry Potter Gameboy Advance games, this one was a bit of a disappointment. I don't like the staged fighting where you encounter the enemy and have to fight back and forth- they get a shot, you get a shot, they get a shot, you get a shot, until the hit points causes the other to be defeated. That's pretty much this entire game and it gets pretty annoying, especially once Ron and Hermione join in. Harry gives a hit, then Ron, then Hermione, then the first monster hits, second one, third one, and so on. Very repetitive. In my honest opinion the first two were a lot better and followed the story better.

I will say that the graphics were excellent on this game and overall it was moderately fun. I'm a huge Harry Potter fan so I can't dislike it too much! :)

A game worth buying, but

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Pros:
-fun
-a lot of leveling up possibility
-a lot of spells

Cons:
-very short no matter how much sidetracking you do (I did as much as possible)
-the prizes for collecting cards are crappy

Conclusion: definitely worth playing.

Very nice RPG; even more if you are a Harry Potter fan.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 32 / 34
Date: June 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This GBA game is a very well done RPG rendering of the omonimous Harry Potter book.

You control the wizardly trio (Harry, Ron, Hermione) in the quest to unveil and defeat the traitor that caused the death of Harry's parents.

The story starts out with a well done and useful tutorial: while on the Hogwarts Express you have to try to capture Ron's pet rat (or whatever kind of rodent it actually is).

The story then unveils in Hogwarts. You can explore with your party the various chambers of the academ, visit locations you are familiar with either from the movie or the book, and make many pleasent encounters with notorious Hogwarts characters.

Combat is turn based and all members of the party have their own special powers. Furthermore, you get 17 spells you can learn and find in the game that will enhance your party's power and there are a lot of in game items with which you can buff up your characters' defenses and main game characteristics.

Overall the game is a very nice RPG, very simple and charming. Graphics is ok, as the overall quality of the game. Expect to play for no more than 20 hours though. Replay value is not that high, as you will be able to retain all the levels you accumulated in the first game (monsters instead don't improve at all).

Bottom line:
This is a very nice Harry Potter game. I love how EA transformed it in a complete and simple RPG. I strongly suggest any Harry Potter fan to buy this.

it's okay depends on what you are looking for....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: June 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

if it is a game that you are saving up your $ for:... don't get this... cause im like now to have my GBAsp and i finnished it in seven hours and secsounds so if you are looking for that i would give it two stars...

if you have a lot of$ and are jus looking for fun...:
this is THE game for you! this game is fun and i could not stop playing it! i was like constantly on it! in my bed, while watching tv, secretly playing it in my classroom!if that is what you want the it would be five stars!

if you are looking for quality....:
this is an OK game.... good music...
but really bad graphics!!(...)!
like this is a disgrace to the GBA title! so for that i would give
three stars!

i give this game four stars cause i don't like the graphics but other than that it's all good!

A Kids Review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: June 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Its great! Execpt for its hardness. I had to beat Crabbe and Goyle it was hard. It took 5 times for me to beat them. We finished the game after 2 months. The giant rat was hard too. The Buckbeak rescue and Sirius and Dementor reuscue was hard too.The best part is the MINI-GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!They were fun expecially the pop one. The time when Harry and Ron find the Hippogriff book its south of the Library then turn right.I also liked Fred and George's Shop. Also when you find Mcgonagall Its hard.Snape's wasn't easy either you had to get a series of ingredients.And beat a river troll in the finding.It was HARD!!!!!!I had to beat it 10 times.It got very fustrating.Also the finding of Ron and the Shrieking Shack Was Hard!You had to beat a Forest troll on the way back from under the Whomping Willow.The Willow tree fight was hard too.Then the HARDEST of all was the encounter withe Lupin (in werewolf Shape).You had Buckbeak, Harry, Hermione. You NEED to GET FOLIO UNIVERSTITI cards FROM FRED AND GEORGE's SHOP!!!!!!!!Or you won't beat that werewolf. This GAME is GREAT!!!!!!I reccommend it.Last thing the minigames are (After you finish that level): Riding Buckbeak(at Hagrid's), Pop Wizard Crackers(Dumbledore's Wizard Crackers for Christmas), Boggart Spell(Lupin's Lesson), Patronus Spell(Harry's Lesson with Lupin).You need to fight The Monster Book of Monsters 4 times.One in the beginning ,two in the place where Malfoy hid Some books and 1 in Madam Pince's Library.Beware Skeletons come out of nowhere in the place that leads to the Shrieking Shack.Ther very tricky(Always say Lumos).
Before you rescue Ron you have to go into a place where the Waterfalls are.There is a switch hidden just find and press'a' or if that doesnot work try the up button then it will frezze Something then you keep trying to find switches until all of the small waterfall steps are frozen.I love this GAME!!!!!1!!!1!

Not always the best

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: June 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is not as good as chamber but better than sorcerers the graphics are very..... bad.And ya I hate fighting things in this its just like Game Boy Color Pokemon thing.

Disappointing

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 13
Date: June 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are much improved and the music is great. The story line is minimal with a lot of stuff left out. I finished the game the first time in about 7 or 8 hours and then it just ended. When I continued playing, I finished in about 3 hours and then as the party got stronger (leveled up), the game goes quicker and quicker. I was disappointed since the first two were more challenging and followed the story line. Fun to have and play, but once you're done, you're done.

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