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Harry Potter - Filch's Replacement in Training

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Welcome to the world of Harry Potter - Year 5. You've progressed from ordinary magic, and have begun to apprentice yourself to the castle's infamous caretaker, Argus Filch. As such, you will complete the following chores:

- Sweeping the courtyard
- Mopping up puddles in not one, but *two* entrance-ways
- Stacking wood in torches
- Picking pears and putting them in baskets
- Repairing pots
- Lighting lamps
- Making beds in the hospital wing
- Pruning back overgrown devil's snare plants...
and much, much more!

50% of the way threw the game, and this is all I've found. You spend 90% of your time completing random, pointless tasks that serve no higher purpose than to extend the total playtime of the game.

The health bar found in previous versions of the Harry Potter gameverse has disappeared. Why? Because there's no need for one silly! There's nothing out there waiting to get you...maybe some grime in the bottom of the Prefect's Bathtub (which, thankfully, you don't have to scrub...or might, I wouldn't know, not having completed the *entire* game yet), but certainly no dark lords!

So here's how I broke it down:

Pros:
- Interesting graphics, well-organized castle layout.

Cons:
- Endless chores that any muggle could do
- Lack of actual, interesting discoveries that appeared in past versions
- Bad camera angles (to the point of obstructing gameplay)with no way of adjusting them
- Inability to adjust sound while in-game
- Inability to adjust window size
- No experience in-class

Well...the list goes on and on... Avoid this title, there are certainly better ones out there. It's obvious they made it like this to take advantage of the new Wii controller, but that technology is lost on a PC. (Most gestures just aren't the same.)

good game but no code

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

We got the game fast as requested. But when we tried to install it
there was no code in the box. So we could not play the game. It was
for my daughter's birthday. She was really disapointed. So the next
week we went to a Walmart and bought the game again. She really enjoys
the game. But we had to buy it again.

Best Game I've Ever Played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game I've ever played. The video game has nearly flawless graphics that make me thankful I am running it on a PC. It is fast, fun, and, much like New York City in Spider Man 2, there is not a single area in Hogwarts that you cannot travel. I have spent hours upon hours playing this terrific game. Don't listen to the other negative comments- this game is Perfect. :)

Buyer beware

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I probably will never know if the game is enjoyable or not because it simply will not load, and my Win XP system exceeds the specs that EA said are needed. EA tel support is nonexistent - after going through their automated call screener, you get a message announcing office hours, and that those offices are now closed for the day (even though it's 1 1/2 hours prior to the stated closing time.) I see now why this product has been so heavilly discounted.

Stick with one of the first 3 titles, buy GOF if you must, avoid OOTP like the plague!

Mixed opinion

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This product did not work with 98 for us as advertised. Had to upgrade my daughters computer to XP. (Not a terrible thing, just wish I would have known that before I bought it - I probably would have looked at a different game). My daughter enjoys it very much!

So unbelievably bad

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I had high hopes for this game because of the first three. I thought it would be mostly the same except hopefully better graphics. I was horrified. It is extremely difficult to walk or move in any direction. I found the wand almost impossible. I couldnt direct it, let alone cast a spell. It was not engaging despite the high quality graphics. I am sticking to the first three. They had horrible graphics, but the game sucked you in and it was fun to play. Do not buy this its a waste of money!

Wrong platform in Amazon product listing

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Despite what Amazon lists in their product listing (98/2000/XP), this game requires XP or Vista.

(The above review sat here for several weeks with no impact. Then I decided to click on the "Update Product Info" link which I hadn't seen earlier. Amazon immediately modified the product description. Too late to help me, but maybe it'll help someone else.)

Another Adapted Potter Console Game...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

PC games, that are built from the ground up for the PC, play very well with a mouse and keyboard. There is always a learning curve attatched to them. For players new to the PC WASD layout, it can be overwhelming.

I just finished a game that required at least the right half of the keyboard, the number row, and a mouse to play. That game took me a few days to get used to, but the game played flawlessly (even though I wasn't). The controls do become automatic and players lose themselves in the character they are guiding through the virtual world.

Don't expect that to happen with this game. This is just another console game mapped to computer keys that doesn't behave well at all. Like GOF before it, the game becomes tedious and frustrating. Manufacturers save money this way. They didn't spend any money on this game ... why should
you?

Its pretty to look at, but we GOF PC-CD ROM survivors are fairly united in thinking "But who cares?"

You don't have to take my word for it...there is an online demo available. I whole-heartedly recommend you try the demo before you purchase this turkey.

The game will respond much better in its true written form...the console version.

The older Potter games are much more fun...the graphics are dated but the games are actually fun to play on the PC...that they were written from the ground up for. Wow! ... that must be why the boxed set of the early games sold so well. They would be wise to bring them back Some one should tell EA that. They haven't figured it out.

harry potter order of the pheonix (video game)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: December 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i thought this was a dvd when i bought it, not a viedo game. i gave it to my great grand daughter for christmas. she likes it very much. rbw i did not play this game so i cannot rate it

What happened, EA?!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It seems that EA did not learn a thing from the user feedback about the 4th game, GOF. But I sure did! I did not buy this game this time, but saw it from someone who did. I did not pre-order it and wait in anticipation like I did the previous times. Boy, an I glad! It has the same problems as with the 4th game. Where was the joy and - yes, magic - from the first three games? It doesn't matter if your game has cool graphics if no one can play it comfortably on a PC with a mouse.

Go away, EA! Give the Harry Potter game contract to someone deserving of it.

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