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The Real Quidditch Facts

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 14
Date: July 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Amazon, you gotta put this review on, because people have to know how bad this game actually is. Wow, all these people who rated this game 4 or 5 stars have some problems, no offense. Look, this is the worst game i have ever bought, ever. Once you get the hang of playing regular quidditch matches it gets boring because you do the same thing to score over and over again. I asked eight friends to rate all 14 of my games in order from best to worst and they all said harry potter was #14, no lie. CONCLUSION: IF YOU ARE THAT DESPERATE TO GET THIS GAME THEN BORROW IT. and if you really want to, then waste $20.......DO NOT BUY THIS GAME, DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!!

Misses Expectations

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: July 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Being a Harry Potter fan, I was thrilled when I heard a Quidditch game was going to be made. However, the game proved weaker than I thought. In terms of game features, the Hogwarts section was in my mind flawless, but the World stage had a lot of problems. First off, only nine teams(one of which has to be unlocked) are featured. World Champion Ireland(see Goblet of Fire)is strangely absent. The actual World Cup is a ladder tournament(not so in the books,)takes way too long to complete, and is simple to win(Just score as many points as possible.) The gameplay is easy, even though your teamates seem to have no idea how to play the game as they move away from the quaffle when you throw it to them. With how much it takes to be able to finally ride the Firebolt, you're already an expert at it. Every match plays the same and you easily get bored with the commentary, music, players, moves, goal celebrations, snitch catching, stadiums, teams, special moves, and of course, the two seconds per game you get to be the seeker, keeper, or a beater. The speed of the players is also monotonous. I think this game swings and misses, and the only reason my overall score is two stars is I've been hoping for a Quidditch game. Note to EA: Please remake and improve this game!

Fun but not as good as it could or should be

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: March 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

To start I would like to say that I am not that big of a harry Potter fan. But I have been gamming for a very long time. This game at first is very complicated. I bought it expecting it to be high paced and hard hitting. To be quite honest the game is borring afrter an hour. The concept is too basic. Get the ball throw it through the hoop, attack the man with the ball throw it through the hoop. I mean it's the same thing over and over and over. It's really not hard at all. At the very end the Golden snitch comes out but all you have to do is stay in it's lit up path and you'll win.It could be found fun on the first day of having it but after that it could put you to sleep. The best part of the game are the special moves which are tricky combos but are done in cut scenes. There just isn't enough action or violence or speed. If youve read the books you know the game is supposed to be violent and thrilling. This game just makes it seem boring. I bought this game because i had read how awesome the Game Quiditch was supposed to be but the game is just way too repeditive and anticlimactic. Sorry thrill seekers this is not the game for you. Die hard Harry Potter fans give it a try.

Controlls 6
difficulty 1 (There is no skill needed just the patience to play the same thing over and over)
fun 4
graphics 7
gameplay 5
sound 3 (the anouncer is increadibly annoying)

Docked two stars because of JK's strange scoring system.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 21 / 24
Date: November 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought the Gamecube version of Quidditch World Cup so that my ten-year-old daughter and I could play it together on our widescreen TV. For the most part, it's very fun, and it DOES have a 16:9 anamorphic widescreen mode for those of you with widescreen TV's. I wish more Gamecube games had this feature. Very cool.

The single player game is quite fun, and worth the price of admission for sure. That's been covered in other reviews. But I have to cover the two-player aspect here, and that's where it gets docked a couple of stars:

In the books and movies, the scoring system (150 points for the snitch) always seemed strange to me. It was as if the only thing that mattered was catching the snitch. The only time that the rest of the game would be important is if it dragged on for an unusually long time and was a particularly high-scoring game. Without that, the rest of the game is just killing time until the race for the snitch happens.

I'd hoped that EA would somehow come up with a gameplay mechanic where the rest of the game meant something. They didn't.

When you play Quidditch World Cup, it's even worse than in the movies. There's actually no way to play a game where the base score matters. No match ever lasts long enough to score highly enough for the snitch capture to become strategic. The snitch always appears too soon, before the base game has had a chance to really make a difference. And when the snitch finally appears, it's the end of the game no matter what. Someone has to catch it, you're locked into the snitch chase until the capture.

In addition, the snitch capture itself is iffy. Between the two players, one player almost always has more speed boost power than the other. The player with the most boost power always wins the snitch capture. Frustratingly, there is nothing in the in-game tutorials which tells you how to gain more boost power. You must crack open the manual to glean the following information: Boost power is increased by performing passes and combo moves during the regular game.

What this means to the game... Since the base game score itself is meaningless, and only the snitch capture matters, then the gameplay during the base game becomes a competition for who can do the most passes and combo moves. Not who can score more goals. Making the base game score even more meaningless.

I think that EA could have done a few things to make the snitch capture more strategic:

1. Allow the base game to last longer. Don't make the snitch appear so soon. Allow for higher scoring games.

2. Allow the snitch chase to be "missed" instead of railroading you into a capture. Make it so that if you miss the snitch, the rest of the base game continues a while before the next snitch appearance.

3. Allow for the two players to have a more "even" competition when racing for the snitch. There is a key which supposedly lets you "barge" the other player during the race (again, only mentioned in the manual, it's not in the in-game tutorials), but I never saw it work.

However, with the above off my chest, I can wholeheartedly recommend the game for single player play. The above complaints only count for a two-player game. In single player mode, it is great fun, will provide many hours of great gameplay, and very much worth the price. My daughter loves it.

Not Quite Quidditch

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: July 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was very excited to see that EA was creating a "Quidditch World Cup" game. I'm a huge fan of their real sports titles, so I expected this one to be very good. J.K. Rowling has clearly defined the ins and outs of this imaginary game played on broomsticks in her books, and it seems like it would be a wonderful game to play if it were real. With that said, I'd love to give this game a four or five star rating, but I have to say that it only deserves three. Why? For many of the same reasons that others have given. The games do get quite a bit redundant and are very easy to win once you've mastered a few of the special moves. The celebration scenes by players when they've scored a goal and the special move sequences also become very redundant and boring after awhile. Also, the beaters and bludgers take some time to get used to. I must also agree with another reviewer that I was a little let down by the fact that Ireland didn't get a team on this game.

There are some good things about this game, though. EA took great care with the design and look of the stadiums and the individual players on each team. Fans of the books and the films will recognize Quidditch players like Harry Potter (obviously), Viktor Krum of Bulgaria, Cedric Diggory of Hufflepuff, and a whole slew of other characters from all of the houses of Hogwarts and the international teams. Students from the individual houses, including Potter's trusty friends, Ron and Hermione, teachers, and others are spectators at each of the games. The stadiums look wonderful, and each has its own signature features such as the jack o'lanterns on the U.S. field (my personal favorite).

Everything is in place for a great "sports" game with "Quidditch World Cup," I just hope that EA goes back and refurbishes a few of the monotonous things about this game and gives fans of Harry Potter and Quidditch something to really get excited about. This one will suffice for now, but I'm sure that with the major success of this franchise, there will soon be an updated version of this game.

Not half bad for a lisised game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 14
Date: December 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Okay lets get the facts stright here first... The harry potter movies suck. The books are the all time bomb (for grownups that means awsome) The games useally fowllow the foot steps of the book. But this game how ever is real good. You spend most of your time chaseing a quffle. This game is a bit easy for hardcore gamers but still worth renting. You may want to buy it for PC if your gamer is hardcore, beacuse I think it has online play (I could be wrong but check anyway. I been playing for almost 10 years.

Awesome!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: May 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Ok. This is one of the best games in history. A must buy. You can play against any of the houses, and you can even unlock the cool brooms including the Firebolt. This has action packed
fun just like the books. It's awesome. (...) if you have a gamecube buy this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This game has awesome sounds, gameplay, graphics and more. This game should be brought by all gamecube owners!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The best game in history!!!! The best game of all time!!!!

Dont think about getting this game, just get it! Trust me!!!!!!!!!! I dont like this game, I love this game! And I'll love it till the end! So just get it!!!!!!!!!!!!(...)

Its pretty good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: August 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Ive played this game at my friends house and its great! I cant give it 5 stars because I dont own this game. Its also fun because you can play other teams besides Hogwarts casles.

From: Hufflepuff fan

P.s. it rocks

Incredibly fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is so fun, my husband and I were in stitches playing against one another in the head to head competition.

There are several game play options (play against computer, play against another person, or the tutorial). First you need to "attend" Hogwarts and learn how to play Quiddich. Through a series of tutorials you learn to play the game and this is one of the best things about the game. I am 27 and at this point I don't have the ability that most 8 year-olds have to just pick up a video game and intuitively know how to play.

The graphics are fun and colorful and the characters look great. Those who are familiar with the book will enjoy playing their favorite characters. Along the way when you perform certain activities you can win "Quiddich Cards" that will allow you to upgrade your teams brooms (among other things).

This game promises to be hours of fun for any age!

exellent

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: January 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

WoW!!!!! if you want to get a good game this game is for you buy buy buy!!!! best game!!!!! A must buy

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