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Summary: Fun but too short and easy
Review: I bought this game and was very excited to play it. However, after playing it for a short while I realized that it was going to be a short game and that it is much easier than the Chamber of Secrets. I was a little disappointed in it, there is no Quitich, which there should be, and it did not follow the book very well. I would play it again but when they make the next game for the forth movie I hope they take a little from the chamber of secrets and the prisoner of azkaban, to make a great game!!
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Summary: Don't buy EAgames
Review: I had problems getting my microsoft joystick to work with this game (on PC). So I contacted eagames help. They told me that it is simply not compatable with game controllers on PCs. A bit pathetic I think. Particularly after the problems before with XP incompatability with Philosopher's Stone and given the clear profits to be made with the Harry Potter games franchise, I think it's about time EAgames got their act together.
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Summary: Best Harry Potter Game I Have Played and Own
Review: I have played all of the Harry Potter games thus far. I can assure you that this one, the Prisoner of Azkaban, beats the first two by a long shot. The graphics are a hundred times better. You get to play as Ron and Hermione and not just Harry like the first two. You get to collect more shields, more beans, more stuff! You get to hang out at Fred and George's shop and buy whatever you want with the beans, cauldron cakes, and pumpkins that you find along the way. You can replay challenges and final exams. Speaking of which, the challenges are harder than the first two games combined. They are scary, tougher, more challenging, and more beautiful than before. If you read the third book already then that is a bonus because now you will get to see characters that you read about and haven't seen before. It's just a fantastic game and for $29 it is well worth every dollar. I HIGHLY recommend the PC version only because I'm partial to PC. The XBOX is nice, but I think you will enjoy the PC version better. Anyway, if you are wondering whether or not to buy the game, definitely do. It is a gigantic leap ahead of the first two games and you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Pros and Cons
Review: I have played this game about 5 times and beaten it each time. The game is easy to beat except for the dementor part when you have to protect Sirius Black. However, the game is fun.
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Summary: The Best One Yet!
Review: I haven't personally played it yet, but from everything that I've read and/or heard its the best one yet! Better grapics, Character switches, new challenges! This game is going to be amazing! The grapics are so good that you can actually see every detail in the persons face! I will buy it the SECOND it comes out!
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Summary: Great graphics, design, and gameplay, but too dang short!
Review: I just got the PC version today. I will say, I'm pretty much amazed that graphically, they did so much with so little, AGAIN. Still using the original Unreal engine, they've managed to put together a gigantic, gorgeous playground where you can pretty much roam freely. The grounds and forest look amazingly realistic, a varied assortment of clouds pass overhead, and there are secrets and explorable areas galore. (I've yet to get all the secrets, but I'm getting there...) The scene where Harry first produces the full patronus is actually quite amazing. And, the scenes where Sirius, Lupin, Pettigrew, and McGonagall change form? Whoa! As beautiful as it was, I have one MAJOR beef with this game, and it's a doozy. There isn't enough of it. Instead of doing their own adaption directly from the book, as they've done in the past, Know Wonder atempted to adapt the already super-shortened story from the movie. (I haven't seen it yet, but I have seen the reviews.) The result feels horribly rushed. It's like watching a 2 minute generalized synopsys. They didn't even explain WHY Sirius was after Pettigrew. Sirius appears for a total of what? 15 seconds? Rather than adding Quidditch as a side-game as in the previous games (which could have been great if you ask me), they make a single cutscene. Darn. The few complaints I've heard about the PoA movie are usually about the idea of non-bookreaders being completely lost. Well, prepare to be lost in space if you haven't read the book OR seen the movie. In a nutshell, by not following their own continuity and creating their own story adaptation straight from the book, Know Wonder really screwed themselves over this time. There's a lot of missed possibilities in this game. A LOT. To it's credit, they did manage to lengthen gameplay by adding a heck of a lot of secret mini-levels and side games, as well as obstacle courses for "final exams". The secret mini-levels do add a lot of explorability, but I do wish they could have covered things such as the tunnel to hogsmeade, or a boggart level with the entire trio. With the assortment of new moves and spells, they really could have added more levels. There's also more notable characters running around. Neville meets up with you at one point, and Padma can be seen selling wizard cards. Oddly enough, there's a few kids running around with a hispanic accent. I'm guessing it's a tribute to the director. ^^; The gameplay is still as fun as ever. FPS-style controls with third person action. Lots of secrets, lots of exploring, and a heck of a lot of jumping puzzles. The glacius challenge was probably the most fun (WOOT! Skater Harry!) even though to get all the items in one try, you have to commit suicide and jump to your death several times. (The items you've already collected are saved.) Not a pleasant thought by any means, especially since the scenery is something out of the old Doom games. (Hellish red and blue fire behind open windows, and the entire level is very dark with a creepy orange light.) o_O Well, all that said, overall a very good, if very short, game. It took me less than a day to beat, while the previous two took me about 2 days each. I'm still looking for the last 9 cards. (And no beans for guessing what the very last card is. LOL) I may as well say this now. Likely, Know Wonder is already working on the game for Goblet of Fire. Personally, as action packed as it is, I think it should be relatively easy to adapt as a video game. Know Wonder, if you're out there, please PLEASE follow your own continuity next time! That way, everybody wins.
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Summary: the best game ever
Review: I THINK IT WILL BE THE BEST GAME TO COME OUT THATS HARRY POTTER AND THEY SHOULD MAKE VERRY LOW PRICES SO KIDS COULD PLAY IT SO THEY KNOW HOW THE MOVIE IS CAUSE IF THE GAME IS GOOD I CANT WAIT FOR THE MOVIE . I KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE AN AWESOME GAME. I HAVE THE OTHER HARRY POTTER VIDEO GAMES AND I LOVE TO PLAY THEM AND SO I WILL LOVE TO PLAY THIS ONE
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Summary: This is the best Harry Potter so far!!
Review: I thought this game was great!! some have complained about it being too short, but I didn't mind that at all. I just started over again and tried to find all the secrets and wizard cards. You have to collect 80 cards!! Thats a lot. This time you even get to take final exams. They are really fun and really hard too! If you liked the last Harry Potter game, you'll love this one even more!
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Summary: Could have been better
Review: I was very reluctant to buy the third Potter game put out by EA. The first two games while fun to play didn't offer much in the way of challenge, though COS was loads more challenging than the first one. Anyway, my first impression upon cranking up POA was that the graphics are amazing, the best I have seen in a Potter game to date. The gameplay was excellent. But from there it goes downhill. While there is plenty to do in the game, not very much of it is in any way related to the plot. Once again you have 80 Wizard Cards to collect. At least in POA there is a reward for for collecting them, the bonus card in Fred and George's shop. In the first two games you collected the cards basically for no reason other than to say you had found them all. The Potter games by EA, all three, share a major flaw that EA just can't seem to get past. You spend 3/4 of the game in training basically, learning the new spells and doing the teacher's challenges to apply them, but then there is isn't much of the game left left to actually use them in. I finished the third spell challenge, and whoosh, the scene in the shrieking shack pops up. The game makers really needed to take more time to plan out these games and not make them so freaking kiddified as they have. Harry Potter is NOT strictly a children's series of books, it's for all ages. I get really tired of them being called children's books when they are much much more than that. But I gave the game 3 stars for it's lack of plot and its exceptionally short length. As wonderful as EA's sports games are I really expected the Potter games to be held to that standard of excellence and unfortunately they have not. The console Potter games are much better than the pc versions. Just thought I'd mention that.
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Summary: Good game, even on older PC
Review: I won't comment much on how much fun the game is (lots), but I wanted to note that this is one of the few games that will install and run on a machine with less video memory than "required". My 8MB laptop machine came up with a note that it was defaulting to software emulation and reducing video settings. The picture isn't high resolution, but it plays fast and smooth. The picture is still clear enough to play. Thank you EA for allowing those of us with lower end systems to still play games!
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