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EA, please make the next game worth to buy.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: December 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

To get started, I thought this would be the best game because the book is the best up til now. I didn't like it very much because:
- You don't explore Hogwarts, you choose levels.
- In the First Task you don't even completely control your Fire bolt. You only have to change direction of the broom and you don't actually fight with the dragon.
- In the second task it's the same, you just change direction while swimming.
- The duel with Voldi is horrible and it is very easy.
- The only thing you do here is kill, kill,and jinx creatures ( that all look very alike).
- There isn't a large variety of spells.
- You can't zoom or toggle camera.
- There are only 10 levels.
Now, the only cool thing of the game:
-Graphics and sound are excellent, but it is not worth wasting your money for this game. I hope The Order of The Phoenix is better and go back to the old game formula to explore Hogwarts.

The worst Harry Potter game ever!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: December 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have to say, when I saw screenshots of this game I couldn't wait to get it. The game's graphics are much better than Prisoner of Azkaban, which looked rather rushed. But that turned out to be the only thing that I really like about this game.

I mean, this is NOT Harry Potter! This is just another action game! The three previous games, while they seemed rather childish, were fun to play because they weren't like every other video game. They made you use your brain to figure out what to do next, something that Harry, Ron, and Hermione do all the time.

But this game really doesn't have a plot. It's like you go to one place, kill all the enemies there, go to the next place, kill all the enemies there, and so on. I don't know about you, but I don't think that killing is very fun. In the other games, the whole of Hogwarts was open to you, but in this game, you have a choice of only ten locations, and that's it. You can't freely explore Hogwarts like you can in the other games. The game's controls are horrible, and the camera is always zoomed very far away and you can't adjust it very much, so it's very easy to lose track of the character that you're playing as. Also, the game is very frustrating. The game does include images from the movie which you can unlock, and I think that they are more interesting than the game itself.

I'm telling you, Harry Potter fans, this game is not worth playing. I'll probably just put it on the shelf and forget about it, it's so bad.

Thoroughly disapointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

First of all, I am over 13, I simply forgot my password and didn't feel up to creating a new account. Okay, so, this game. My first impression, this is pretty fun, but i wish i could explore more. As soon as i got to the Hogwarts section of the game, i was thinking, maybe now i will get to explore. But no, i could not. I was extremley disappointed and upset with this game. I had loved the second and third game (i never tried the first), the third game especially. I thought the third game was amazing, and that the fourth could only turn out better. Well, i guess i was wrong. The greatest thing about the Harry Potter games was how there was so much more than just levels and battles. There was always something to do or explore. And now the manufacturers have turned Harry Potter from a geat fascinating game to just like every other game on the market nowadays. Hopefully, the fifth version will prove to be better.

Excellent Follow Up to Azkaban!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: July 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is quite impressive. I have been a follower of these games since around '03, and have seen them get progressively better. In my opinion, the games hit their peak at Azkaban, and leveled out at that point. Of course, the first two games were stunning in their own ways.

Overall, this is a fun, challenging and innocent way to spend 20 bucks and a few hours. Well worth it!

A little of both...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: January 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

When this game came out I was already making plans to get it after Thanksgiving. I had my money and, finally, I bought it. All I can say is this: this game is both disapointing and (dont want to say fun) "interesting". On one side, there's the fact that you cant explore the castle like on the previous games. Also you cant switch between characters during gameplay, which really sucks. The camera seems to have a life of its own, and I'm currently stuck on the First Task. On the other hand, you can play in Co-op mode, so I can play with my friends. The button layout is good, ending those transitions between spells less frustrating. The graphics are good, and the vibrating control just adds to the good side. I just hope that when EA makes Order of the Phoenix (which is a long way ahead) they go back to the old style of the games, but leaving some thing from Goblet of Fire as well, like the Co-op mode and the button layout. Unless you are a real Harry Potter hardcore fan, I dont recomend this game.

Okay, but not great...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The game was okay, but not too great. I really liked the other ones that I played, #1, #2, and the Quiditch one, but this one was just disapointing. In the other ones you could explore hogwarts and use your brain to figure stuff out but in this one you're locked in one level at a time and there is limited gameplay. All you do is go somewhere and jinx creatures, which is just like pressing "a" over and over again. Worst harry potter game yet

where is the exploring?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

pros

.more action than the other games
.tasks are preaty good
.better graphics than previous games
.play Harry, Ron, and Hermine
.charecters have stats

cons

.a level game
.No exploring
.to get to the next level you have to collect triwizard shields
.the charecters dont move in cut scenes
.the beans move

A good attempt but...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

nothing special. This game is repetitive (same mission issued multiple times) the viewing is a bit awkward, and doesn't really seem to contain any of the fun of the books. It's decent, but overall, rather boring and not worth it.

Not the best Harry Potter Game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The only cool thing about this game is that you can choose whether to play as Harry Ron or Hermione. And three people can play at the same time. Aside from that the game is not very much fun. There is no camera control, so it is hard to see all around you which is really annoying. There is also no jump button, so you cannot explore anything. Unlike all the other harry potter games there are no wizard cards to find. I always thought that was the best part, finding secret passages and wizard cards. all of that is gone in this game. In fact the gamecube game is exactly the same as the PC Goblit of Fire game. Don't waste your money on this game. There is no freedom to do what you wish in this game. It is not challanging at all until you get to voldemort at the end and that part is so frustrating and stupid. don't bother with this game.

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