Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by Electronic Arts
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Video Game Reviews of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Customer Review: It was Great!
Summary: 5 Stars
You can do so much! You can Fly Buckbeet You can play as Ron ,Harry and Hermine And You can Face the Dementors! Customer Review: A GREAT GAME!!!!! review for everyone!
Summary: 5 Stars
I know everyone says this game is boring and short, but it isn't!!! I'm really academic (and i loved reading everyone else's reviews) and don't play many games, and for me to beat this was a real accomplishment. The game has great graphics and "special features" such as playing as harry, ron, and hermione. there is no quidditch (YES!!!!!! that was frustrating in the second game) but you do get to fly buckbeak the hippogiff and control a small dragon. i loved playing hermione's challenge because it gave you a break from other annoying and a little frustrating parts of the game. i also think that ea spread out the frustration so you wouldn't want to throw your computer out the window all of the time. and, if you have already beat the game and think it's short, try only playing a little a day and it'll feel longer. if you think this game was super easy, i think maybe you played it too often. you have to give it a break and do something else (something academic??? :) ). the only bad thing about this game in my eyes is that it doesn't really stay true to the book and the plot gets a little confusing. if you haven't read the book (the movie doesn't help either) you might find this game confusing plot-wise. however, if you're only looking for great gamplay without much frustration, i highly reccomend this game.
Customer Review: Prisoner of Azkaban. My favorite book, but not favorite game
Summary: 2 Stars
Prisoner of Azkaban is the newest game in the Harry Potter series, and most likely, the worst.The graphics of the game are horrible, unless you have a very good video card. They come out slightly blurry.
The spell challenges are very, very short, much like the ones in the first game, the Sorcerer's Stone.
Harry is now accompanied by his friends, who follow him. Everywhere. I couldn't take two steps without running into Ron or Hermione.
Pros:
You get to be a dragon and rabbit in Hermione's challenge.
Instead of the four, normal challenges, you get six. There are three spell challenges, and then three finals.
In Harry's challenge, you get to freeze things. And the ice slide is FUN.
More things to trade, instead of bertie botts beans.
Cons:
Bad graphics.
Ron and Hermione are almost ALWAYS around.
They got rid of Flipendo, which I really liked.
It didn't follow the story line to well.
There was not one trip to Hogsmeade.
The school, in my opinion, was to big. I didn't like the scenery, either. I liked the first two games, much better.
It's a good game to get, in my opinion, but be prepared to be disappointed.
Customer Review: Fantastic!
Summary: 4 Stars
This third installment is excellent. First, you can use all three characters - Harry, Ron, and Hermione. But I think EA could make it a bit better by letting you change characters whenever you want to, like in PS2. One of my classmates has the PS2 version, and switching between characters yourself could be cooler.The spells are brilliant (no kidding). Carpe Retractum lets Ron fly everywhere (I'm exaggerating), and Draconifors and Lapifors allows Hermione to transfigure these statues into live animals, Glacius provides Harry a chance to deal with fire-dwelling salamanders and slide everywhere. And Expecto Patronum is quite cool, except that you don't have many chances to use it.
Hippogriff-flying may prove a bit of a challenge in the beginning, but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty simple. Still, I think EA should have let the players fly Buckbeak up to the tower to rescue Sirius themselves, instead of turning it into a cutscene.
No Quidditch (only a cutscene). I don't think that's bad. Quidditch is really frustrating anyway. I hate wasting time trying to catch the Snitch. In the previous two games, the Snitch is so prominent (it glows golden and leaves a trail of golden sparks and colour rings behind), it makes you feel it's a pain, chasing everywhere. But perhaps EA could put it as a mini-game, which would satisfy some people.
Graphics are supposed to be excellent, but then your computer's software and hardware has to be tip-top, so in most cases, the graphics might not be so good. However, it is tolerable.
The plot doesn't follow JK Rowling's book very precisely. Basically it's similar, but I hope EA could follow the plot more.
Some reviews here comment that the game is too short. If that is called too short, I suggest they play the first one again. It's about as long. All right, this one might be shorter than the second one, but it's good too. They say they can finish it in one day. How many hours do they play per day. If they play an hour and half each day, they would take five days to finish it. It's better for the eyes anyway.
I would definitely recommend you to buy it. It's a fantastic game!
Customer Review: Prisoner of Azkaban, Prison of good games.
Summary: 3 Stars
Hmmmm...it's a tough one. If you're a Harry Potter fan(which I am) then you'd get a kick out of this game. But it needs some improvment.Okay, looking at the "features" on the back of the box, I can go through each one:
-Play as Harry, Ron and Hermione:
That was one of the best parts of the game! First you're Harry, then switch to Ron to use the Carpe Retractrum spell, and Harry is the only one who can do the Glacius spell, so it's very interesting to be switching around constantly. But it would be better if you could switch characters on your own, whenever you wanted. Still, it's a huge improvment over the last two games.
-Face the Dementors:
It's a kid's game, so the Dementors are easy to beat. If they made those parts trickier, it might be interesting. Expecto Patronum is pretty easy to get a hold of too, and the Dementors make horrible sounds when you kill them. DON'T play these parts with High Volume.
-Fly Buckbeak:
Flying Buckbeak is pretty cool! You just press the right mouse button to make his wings flap, and instead of the rather tedious Broomstick Lesson in the first game, here you're flying over rivers and trees You fly through hoops just like in that Broomstick Lesson, and you can earn a wizard card if you complete it! Very fun, and though there's no Quiditch, (just a cut scene)I thought it was a huge improvement.
-All-New Spells:
The new spells are great! There are four new spells in the game(besides Expecto Patronum):
*Carpe Retractrum(Ron's Spell) This spell is awesome! I loved lassoing Ron over endless pits, and it looks awesome!
*Lapifors(one of two of Hermione's spells) This one can turn Rabbit statues into real live rabbits! You get to play the game from the Rabbit's perspective and switch back to Hermione whenever the Rabbit has done it's work. They're pretty cute, hoping around and eating lettue.
*Dracinfors(Hermione's other spell) Here you turn Dragon Statues into real dragons. It works just like the Lapifors, only the Dragon can fly and breathe fire. That onw was cool,
*Glacius(Harry's spell) My favorite spell! With this you can frezze Salamanders(giant flame breathing lizards) and frezze water fountains into solid ice slides! I really got a kick out of sliding down those! Wicked!
-Best-Ever Graphics:
That would be a matter of opinion. Your computer's opinion to be exact. You need high graphics for your computer, and when you don't(which is us) the graphics suck. In our case "best-ever graphics" is "worst-ever graphics".
Overview:
It's a kid's game, so it's easy to beat and there's not much for it. Secret areas can be found, but not a lot goes for this game. We recently got an Xbox, so if you need to play this game, try the video game version.
Don't forget what I said about the graphics!