Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by Electronic Arts
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Product Summary
Brand: Electronic ArtsFormat: DVD-ROM
Release Date: 2007-06-25
Platform: Windows Vista, Windows XP
Model: 15360
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Product features:
- Immerse Yourself in Magic-Interact with magical objects, ghosts and portraits in every room, corridor and courtyard-all faithfully recreated from the movies.
- Perfect Your Wand Work-Cast spells to unleash powerful fifth-year magic.
- Lead Dumbledore's Army-Recruit fellow students and teach them defence against the dark arts.
- Relive the Magic of the Movie-.from the Dementor attack in Little Whinging to the epic battles at the Ministry of Magic.
- Unleash Advanced Magic-Play as Sirius and Dumbledore as they fight Lucius, Bellatrix and Voldemort in the Ministry of Magic.
Video Game Reviews of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Customer Review: Harry Potter - Filch's Replacement in Training
Summary: 1 Stars
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.)
Description of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts. The wizarding community is in denial about his recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort. The Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, appoints a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher to keep watch over Dumbledore and the Hogwarts students. The young wizards are woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the dark forces threatening them, leaving Harry, Ron and Hermione to handles things themselves. Harry prepares a group of young wizards calling themselves "Dumbledore's Army" for the extraordinary battle that lies ahead.Adventure Games
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