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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: 2007-07-21
Disappointing...
Figuring out the puzzles and playing Wizard Chess is fun, but there's no real fun it. Just about everything is too easy. It's not even difficult on the HARD setting. Hey, game developers! Less talk, more action!
Date: 2007-07-20
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!
We have have had so many problems with this game that it hasn't been worth the handful of times it has worked right. If you actually manage to get it working, you get so frustrated with trying to maneuver through it that you don't end up having much fun.
Save you money or buy games 1-3.
Date: 2007-07-19
Moving Harry a BIG problem in this game
The graphics are excellent. They rendered it so close to the movie and the movie cutins are a nice feature. The game play is fine although not as creative as Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets and Azkaban games. After the central game is done, you can still run around making points and finding the things you didn't accomplish during the game.
The main negatives, and they are major which interferes with the enjoyment of the game, is that instead of designing it to use the mouse to move Harry around, you have to use the keyboard (either the ASDW keys or the arrow keys) and then move your hands to the mouse to case spells. You also cannot move Harry while casting a spell, he has to either cast a spell or move, which messes up being able to avoid being hit and/or aiming correctly. To make a combat spell, you have to use the mouse but the hold down the right button, which after a very short time gets to be impossible since those fingers are the weakest but in order to win combat you have to keep using those fingers. Combat was better when you used the mouse to aim and then the Ctrl key (or Alt key) to blast the spell (aka the first 3 games). Also, some of the things you should be doing are NOT intuitive; when Fred & George are flying around the Grand Stairway, not sure if I was suppose to be doing anything since nothing I tried seemed to make a difference but that sequence was so long, I'm pretty sure I was supposed to be doing something.
If they could design the games using the keyboard less, since most people these days use a mouse or touchpad (or the equalent thereof) for moving the cursor around, that would improve gaming about 5000% and make it actually fun to play. Trying to move Harry turned into a very frustrating experience and my Harry spent the whole game moving like he was either drunk or drugged. I was also a little disappointed I couldn't cast spells on Hermione and Ron who often would get in the way. It would also have been nice if they would allow the player to designate which keys did what (ala Azkaban). I was also disappointed that I could not use my Logitech Precision gamepad.
Date: 2007-07-17
If you learn the new controls, it's really fun!
I was looking at the reviews, and most of the reveiwer complaints are that it won't work on their computer. However, it clearly lists that the game only works on WINDOWS XP, WINDOWS 2000 and WINDOWS 1998. If you have one of those three computers, I strongly suggest this game. It is so good because the graphics are the best ever and so is the music. Another reason is that they always give directions when you need it. Even though the controls are a bit different than the first three games, once you get the hang of it the game is even better than the first three. If you don't like the first set of controls, you can always change them before you start your game. Even though the castle grounds and the castle itself are so big, if you get lost you can always press the TAB button to go to the Marauders Map. Once you open the Marauders Map, you can press the right arrow key to bring up people that you have to find to complete the task that you started. If you press the left arrow key, you will find a list of all the places in Hogwarts. To go to a place or person on the Marauders Map you select the place or person and press enter. Not only does it tell you where they are, it also shows you how to get there by showing a path of footprints in front of your character (instead of on the map). Another great thing about this game is that when you finish you can play again at a harder level, unlike the other games. If you play well, you can unlock scenes and pictures from the movie and you can see what the actors and the director have to say about the game. You can't play as Hermione and Ron, like in the third game, but they make it up by allowing you to play as Fred and George Weasley, Sirius Black and Dumbledore. I gave this outrageously fun game an overall FIVE star because all of the great things I have just listed. This review was by a 13 year old.
Date: 2007-07-16
DVD-ROM, NOT CD-ROM
Beware! This is a DVD-rom, NOT a CD-rom. YOUR COMPUTER MUST HAVE A DVD-ROM DRIVE TO PLAY THIS GAME. If your computer only has a cd-rom drive, you will be unable to install, let alone play, the game. I did not discover this until I tried to install it and the computer would not recognize that there was even a disc in the drive. I finally found out from EA's telephone support line (I couldn't find anything about this problem on their website) that it is unplayable on my computer.
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