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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: 2007-08-08
Most Magical Harry Potter game yet!
This is an excellent game. The graphics are stunning, gameplay is fun, and having some of the actors from the movie voice the characters is so cool. The game has three levels of difficulty, which the previous games didn't have, a new way to cast spells, using the keyboard instead of the mouse, which i find much easier and more realistic, and many more locations. Figuring out how to move around is a little tricky at first, but you get used to it. The new camera angles, although not always on Harry's back, allow you to see more of the scenery around you. There is much more to explore in this game, and the more you discover, the more you get rewarded. It follows the storyline of the film, so the new stuff, like the D.A., the battle at the Ministry, and Grimmauld Place are all there. There are also side quests, like getting portrait passwords, playing Wizard Chess, Gobstones, and Exploding Snap, or getting books from the library to finish an essay for a teacher. You're not forced to do classes either, which makes the game much easier to play than the first three. Although you can't play as Ron or Hermione, during the battle, you play as Dumbledore and Sirius Black. You can also use the Invisibility Cloak, which is perfect for sneaking around, and the new Marauder's Map feature is really handy if you get lost, or can't find a certain character. There are loads of new spells, and the frequent battles between the Slytherins keep up the action. This game is much less Video-Gamey then the others and more like actually being at Hogwarts. Overall this is a great game, and certainly the best of all the Harry Potter games. It ended up being much more than I expected.
Date: 2007-08-07
Very bad character movement
I have played every Harry Potter game that has come out. This is by far the worst. The characters are very hard to control. Sometimes when you want Harry to walk one way, you may have to press different directions to get him to go that way. In addition, it is very hard to point him in the right direction to do any spells. I gave up about 20 minutes in to the game. The cut scenes are also way too long and way too frequent. I'm not sure who tests these games but I can't imagine anyone being really comfortable with the controls.
Date: 2007-07-27
excellent
The graphics are great; you can go just about anywhere and get rewarded for it. Possibly the best thing for me is being able to use the Maurader's Map to plot where to go. By doing this, you get little feet on the ground that you follow. This way, you can play around and investigate different parts of Hogwarts & the grounds and the feet will still point you in the correct direction to where you originally wanted to go. GREAT improvement for those of us who are a bit forgetful. On the negative side, it seems like you have less control over objects that you move around with Wingardium Leviosa, but maybe I'm just a dork and don't have the "magic" touch.
Date: 2007-07-22
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix PC Game
I couldn't wait until the game finally came out, but I am very disappointed. First, I had trouble installing the game. I went online and did everything that they told me to do, and I still could not install the game. Then I called EA, and their customer service leaves something to be desired. In desperation, I called one of my friends who is a video game geek. He walked me through changing the registry of my computer, and then it installed.
This game is not for small children, because it is very difficult to move Harry around. The camera in the game seems to always be in the wrong position. Getting 100% Discovery points in all the locations without some hints off of EA's website is almost impossible. The last couple of Harry Potter PC games were much more exciting than this one!
Date: 2007-07-22
Umm....
Probably the worst gameI've ever purchased, all you do is run around hogwarts trying to find your way lighting tourches. There's no action of any kind and all the puzzles are ridicliously simple, the game gets repetitve real fast. The few duels in the game that you have are totally ridiclious since you don't even have health points, so you don't die. It's simply a horrible piece of junk, don't buy it, its not worth it.
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