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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Review (continued)
More User Submitted Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Reviews
Date: 2007-08-27
Buyer Beware
EA has really done it this time. BEWARE!! If you have an Intel processor for graphics this game will not work. I have XP with the latest graphics updates, Xtreme graphics, and drivers and the system keeps shutting the game down as a threat to computer. I also have well above the specs necessary that are stated. System says a line in the program is creating the problem, EA says the program will only run with certain graphics programs. Bottom line read the small print and check your computer specs. The ad for the product does not tell you all, check EA to find out which graphic programs will run the game properly. Even a vista program with a intel graphics program will not work properly. I tried. Kids extremely disappointed. We have all the other games and had no problem,however with this one I guess you need to buy a certain kind of computer to play it.
Date: 2007-08-25
More "A work of art" than anything else.
GOOD STUFF: Finally, the exploring we've longed for from the earlier games has returned. Hogwarts is bigger & more beautiful than ever & you'll get & can't discover it all in just one day. The graphics are fantastic, though while the character skins aren't spot-on & have lifeless eyes, they are deffinately distinguishable. You can hold conversations with portraits. There are some fun new minigames. The keypad option offers easy memorization for learning all the spells. There's lots of documentarys on the making of the game with interviews from the actors & creators. More things in the environment are interactive than in previous games & at least some effort was put into making paintings & pictures move this time. With the official music, official soundtrack, & true-to-form castle layout, it's like you're actually in the movie.********BAD STUFF: You can't reconfigure the hotkeys to your own personal liking, the mouse option is cumbersome, the camera has a mind of it's own & does only as it pleases, without a gamepad, getting Harry to move about is an obsticle for a few hours & even when you get the hang of it, it's still bothersome, the Marauder's Map could have been a lot better, the pathfinding is pretty bad, Hermione & Ron will constantly be in your way, the lesser NPCs (students) have limited designs, sound younger than they look, & beat you over the head with the same dry recycled lines. You will get comfy & accustomed to both the camera & contols by the time you have to start recruiting DA members in the RoR, but that's 6 to 8 hours after you start the game.
Date: 2007-08-21
Game worth playing
I am still at the beginning, but it is a completely different game than the others. Most interesting.
Date: 2007-08-14
A little boring
Not too goal directed. Too much running around without being positive of the purpose. Unable to discern the list of DA prospect and the mouse control for running is very "loose" all over the place bumping into the other characters, walls, staircases. Not enough to do and a lot of running long distances for little or nothing. Spells do not work well and are disjointed in selection. The first two games were fun, the last too...not so much.
Date: 2007-08-08
Harry Potter
This game is great. the only draw back is not being able to use your mouse to move like in the other Harry Potter games. you have to use the keyboard. Maybe for you young players this is ok but im 60 and it makes it a little diffacult for me. But the game is great and has good graphics. Im sure you will have many hours of fun. GOOD LUCK!
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