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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Amazon Price: $29.99
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Release Date: June 25, 2007
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Availability:
Release Date: June 25, 2007
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Publisher: Electronic Arts
MiiPlaza.net User Rating:
(82 Ratings)
Amazon Customer Rating:
(17 Ratings)
MiiPlaza.net User Status: 16 currently playing of 123 owning the game
(82 Ratings)Amazon Customer Rating:
(17 Ratings)MiiPlaza.net User Status: 16 currently playing of 123 owning the game
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i think that the mini games were fun and that there was loads of things to find...
i only wished they added more elements from the book to the game...
that is why i give this game a 4 out of 5 stars
Lots of developers have trouble getting Wii motion detecting mechanics right. The developers of this game had trouble getting the normal controls aspects right. Running and walking around Hogwarts is an unpleasant experience. The game controls the camera and when it won't look where you want it to, which happens often, you have to make Harry run in circles till it flips around. The camera also can't keep up with you if you run around a corner so be prepared to be bumping against walls and doorways.
That would all be forgivable if the game was more than a series of fetch quests. Here's how the game plays out: There will be a plot advancing dialog between the characters where the wii's graphical limitations really show themselves. Do yourself a favor and turn the subtitles on so you can read the text instead of watching the last gen character models wobble about like a conversation between your G.I.joes (insert whatever toys you still have around). Sometimes the conversation will be skipped entirely through some unknown glitch. This is a mixed blessing as now you aren't sure where to go next. Don't worry, there is a map that allows you to set a person or destination as a target. I recommend using the lists on the sides of the map rather than pointing directly at the map because whenever your pointer nears a selectable room it jumps and sticks to that area. Having fluid control of the IR pointer wrenched away from you is just one more of the subtly irritating mechanics EA snuck in this game. The way the game leads you to your selected destination is surprisingly innovative. You follow footsteps that appear in front of Harry as he runs along. Of course, now you're bumping against doorways and fellow students and just waiting for the ride to be over. Your prize will either be another conversation to watch, or a chance to use your wand.
Unfortunatly, the wand use is uninspired, and doesn't give a feeling of immersion. The only fun spell is wingardium leviosa, which lets you pick up and float objects around. But even this spell is buggy. You'll find somtimes a painting won't want to come down from the ceiling, and you'll have to let it drop and try again.
Lives up to the quality of J.K. Rowlings writting.
Well, here we are again playing another Harry Potter game. The books and the movies have been very succsseful, but how about the game? Let's find out.
The game is played like any other game. Wiimote in your dominate hand Nunchuck in the other. Use the anolog stick on the Nunchuck to move. The Wiimote is like your wand. Using different movements will conjour different spells. "Accio" for example is just a simple pulling motion. "Depulso" is just a simple pushing motion. Sound easy? Well yes it kind of is.
Conjouring spells can be difficult at sometimes but easy at others. Why? I don't really have an answer to that. I stay in the same spot when I play, but it just doesn't have perfect consistancy. Battling is fun. Use an "attack" spell like "Stupefy" to knock them on the ground and then use "Expelleramis" to get their wand away.
The entire game has NO load times. (Except when loading a game, duh). What I mean by no load times is that, say you wanted to go from the Gryfindor common room and then down to Hagrid's hut. Well there will be no loading screen. Now wait before your gamer wenies go wild Harry sometimes lag so don't think this game is the coolest.
Music is pretty much the same as it is in every game. Speaking of sound... I want to talk abou Ron and especialy Hermione. Ron first. He, like Hermione stay with you throughout the entire game. Ron is OK, nothing wrong with him... But then there's Hermione... SHE WON'T SHUT UP!You cant turn her off and she has to tell you what you have to be doing every 15 seconds. IT GETS VERY ANNOYING.
The rooms are B-E-A-UTIFUL, exact copies from the movie! Overall, for a movie/book-based game, it's not that bad! But it's not that good either.
REVIEW
GAMEPLAY 6/10
STORY 10/10
GRAPGICS 8/10
OVERALL 7/10
It follows the movie, so much to the point where if you didn't see the movie or read the book, you'd be lost within the first 10 seconds. Within the span of one minute, the game jumps from Harry and Dudley's encounter with Dementors to Harry's court trial to Harry magically (no pun intended) appearing in Sirius's house.
The graphics are decent. The controls are interesting, where different Wiimote movements perform different spells like Reparo and Accio. The controls can be a little slow at times.
The main downfall to the game is that it is boring. While you can freely walk through Hogwarts (using the Maureders Map to help you out),you are forced to perform mindless busy work tasks. For example, you have to help Ron pack his clothes into his suitcase and Hermoine fix the chairs and tables in the kitchen.
In all, give this game a rent if your a Potthead.
pros: incredible exploration
cool wand controls
graphics and sound are awesome
captures every nook and cranny of Potter universe
so why not 5 stars? It was a little short. But its the most fun I've had in a while, and there is a definite sense of awe playing this game.
The awesome thing about this game is that your wiimote is actually your wand, so you have to do different movements to make a spell, and thats what makes this game so fun, and innovative.
I also like that there is no more loading when you enter a new room or a new area, and that the Hogwarts you see in the game is the actual Hogwarts from the movie, so its really fun to explore. You can interact with almost everyone and everything in Hogwarts, you can even lift benches with some spells, and duel against Slytherins!
Graphics are ok. The only drawbacks in this game is that its just too short, and after you beat it, theres nothing else to do, but explore and duel other people, and you cant fly your broom nor play quiditch at all.
But this is a really really cool game, I suggest you give it a try. 5 stars.