Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by Electronic Arts
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Video Game Reviews of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Customer Review: Yippe! Fun!
Summary: 5 Stars
Harry- Potter 1 RULES! I mean, for a wonderful week, that's all I'd play! So don't listen to my brother, Bob Gelhar, he lies! This Game does not lie when it means FUN! 3D Hogwarts is cool, everything is cool, and it isn't a rip off! Cheap, fun, like every game should be. Remember, ignore my brother!Customer Review: could've been better
Summary: 3 Stars
the first hp computer game was a bore (on playstation and on the computer) the second was much better on playstation 2, not so hot on the comp. they could have come up with better ideas... the games are pretty boring and repetitive. i don't know... there are smart people out there... spice these games up a bit.Customer Review: Uh-huh yeah DON'T GET IT PERIOD!!!!!!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
First things first. You learn spells how? Tracing the symbol with your mouse. Big Whup. it is just a cheap immitation of a leading series. half of the game, all you have to do is click, move, click, move, click, etc. the recreation of the story is so-so (which is responsible for the 1 *). i will list the pros and cons later, but first a graphics check. The {so-called} advanced graphics didn't run with my computer, so Harry's eyes were on top of his head, beside the mouth. I not so sure it was my computer, either, because I have a NVidia Geforce 3, 64 bit video card. I would buy Jedi outcast instead. one more thing, Snape isn't that mean. and, furthermore, Harry can jump 10 feet. come on! and now, the moment you have been waiting for, the Pro-con list!Pros
1.good Quidditch recreation
2.relatively good storyline
Cons
1.graphics couldn't be worse
2.jumping is unreal
3.spells are too easily cast
4.(the cruncher) IT IS NOT EXITING OR LONG ENOUGH
Customer Review: More fun than a dungbomb in Snapes' office
Summary: 5 Stars
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a surprisingly fun game, one that Potter fans of any age can enjoy. While the game can be challenging at certain points, it provides the kind of challenge that young children and those like myself (whose love for gaming is exceeded only by their general ineptitude at successfully solving and finishing them) can figure out on their own. In a couple of cases, a degree of logic must be employed that the youngest of players might not catch on to very quickly, but every thing in this game is solvable and, even better, provides a certain sense of accomplishment when you figure out how to get by a tricky obstacle. The graphics aren't spectacularly impressive for the most part, but the look and feel of the game works well in this environment and does capture a sense of the Hogwarts essence. Sure, it would be nice if the pictures on the walls of Hogwarts moved, but there are better things to do with computer memory than this. Naturally, you assume the role of Harry Potter. Having arrived at Hogwarts, you must attend classes and learn different types of spells that will become essential over the course of the game; each class leads quickly to a course designed to test your use of the spell you have just learned. You must make things flip over or open, open magically locked doors, subdue dangerous plants, etc. Along the way, you meet up with all of your Hogwarts favorites - Dumbledore (who for some odd reason first appears wearing a set of garish glasses apparently obtained from the 1970s Elton John vintage collection), Ron, Hermione, Quirrel, Sprout, Hagrid, Snape, Filch and Mrs. Norris, etc. Fred and George are there to help you get your bearings and to provide you with the beginnings of your wizard card collection.
While the game is quite solvable, I completed several challenges only after many, many attempts. The encounters with Draco Malfoy, trying to get back Neville's Remembrall and battling it out with wizard crackers, are tough at first. I thought I would never get past the scene with the troll (partly because, for this one challenge only, your point of reference is the opposite of what you have grown accustomed to). The final battle with You-know-who is also pretty tough to complete, but nothing required more time, trial, and error than trying to catch the Golden Snitch during two Quidditch matches and snaring the flying key during the approach to the final encounter. The Quidditch matches are quite something to behold and can be quite fun, but one failed attempt after another at catching the Snitch can prove increasingly frustrating.
One drawback to this game comes from the fact that you basically know what is going to happen at the end; after all, the game follows the script of the book rather closely in a general sense. I would also like to have seen more scenes animated; certain events at the beginning and end, such as the big events in the Grand Hall, are narrated in storyboard fashion. My final small gripe concerns the cut scenes; often, when you perish and restart a challenge, you are forced to sit through the animated cut scene each and every time; when you require many attempts to complete a challenge, as I did, having to sit through these cut scenes time in and time out proves increasingly annoying. All in all, though, my criticisms detract very little from a wonderfully enjoyable game presented in the true spirit of Harry Potter and his Hogwarts environment. Even when you complete the game, there will most likely be a number of secrets left for you to discover in a brand new game.
Customer Review: You're Part of the Saga!
Summary: 5 Stars
The first "Harry Potter" computer game is excellent. It's great fun exploring Hogwarts. To play this game you'll need to look around every corner-- things are hidden everywhere. This is the game for people who like exploring, but also for those who like action. You have to stun certain creatures using the Flipendo spell.I know those who buy this game will be looking forward to playing Quidditch, but I have to tell you that Quidditch in this game is tempermental and boring. It took me a very long time to find the Snitch, and their was no conflict with the other Seeker at all. This improves a little bit in the second game, but I think I think you would like the "Quidditch World Cup" game better if the only reason you want to get this game is to play Quidditch. It comes out this fall.
This game is loosely based on "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," but the story is kind of on the sidelines. There's a story point here, and a story point there, but the whole thing seems disconnected.
This is an excellent game if you ever wanted to explore Hogwarts or battle gnomes and exotic plants. Buy it, you won't regret it! The adventure continues in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" game!