I'm Sat In a small, dark room, lit only by a flickering spotlight Will Porter stalks determinedly round my chair. Suddenly he leans in close and whispers menacingly in my ear: 'Have you read the books? Seen the films?' At last he crumples, defeated, into a nearby chair and, with a sigh of resignation, agrees to hand over the review.Despite always enjoying the films, I've never transcended into Porter-like levels of devotion or participated in debates over which side Severus Snape is really on. So it was with some surprise that I found myself strangely captivated by the game.
Players can use the Wiimote as Harry's wand to cast spells, allowing a new level of control never before possible in a Harry Potter game. Survive the year, learn.
OOTP is a vast improvement on the other titles, and perhaps the first one to really do the franchise justice.Set in a free-roaming Hogwarts, the game features all of the locations fans have grown to love in glorious detail, from the animated paintings on the Grand Staircase to the pumpkin patch at Hagrid's Hut. The cast are all present and correct too, with accurate likenesses of the onscreen actors and official voice-overs featured. Plus, there's more than a hint of influence as you discover some of the many side-quests, collecting missions, secret passages and mini-games dotted around the wizard's school. As such, there's plenty to do beyond the main storyline, and the experience of exploring Hogwarts is made thoroughly enjoyable by the attention to detail EA have lavished upon this episode. SpellbindingYou'll also get hands-on experience with spells, as casting them is accomplished by moving the mouse in patterns while holding down one of the mouse buttons.
Obviously inspired by the Wii controller, unfortunately the success rate of spellcasting on PC differs from great (when you initially learn the spell) to disastrous (when you actually really need it).OOTP has some minor issues, most noticeably the Marauder's Map that annoyingly doesn't store any quest details, and the fact that Ron and Hermione can block you into tight spaces, leading me to call them names that I'm pretty sure don't crop up in Potter's vocabulary. But overall, EA seem to have worked their magic to make OOTP an instantly likeable, captivating and lengthy game for kids and fans alike. Even if you're too old to be caught reading the book.
Published by Electronic Arts, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for PC, X360 and etc. Is a game based on the fifth movie following the adventures of a young wizard. Similarly to all the previous installments, the game is available on multiple platforms and follows the formula developed by the previous Harry Potter games – players get at their disposal an action adventure game, in which they observe the action from the third person perspective.
PlotThe plot of the game is mostly based on the events shown in the movie, however, it includes storylines from the book written by J.K. Harry returns to Hogwarts to begin his fifth year learning to become a wizard. He is terrified to discover that the wizarding community ignored his story of Voldemort coming back, and nobody believes Harry he met the evil wizard. Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic, thinks the whole story to be fabricated by Dumbledore in order for him to become the Minister himself.
This is why Fudge has appointed the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher – Dolores Umbridge – who is doing all she can to take control of the school. This results in students of Hogwarts becoming vulnerable to the Dark Forces threatening the school.
Harry and his friends decide to form the secret Dumbledore's Army, in which Harry teaches other students the real Defense Against the Dark Arts. MechanicsThe game revolves around exploring Hogwarts and its grounds.
During the game, players get to control not only Harry Potter but also other characters known from the books including Dumbledore and Sirius Black. All the obstacles can be overcome using the wizard wand and magical spells. Technical aspectsHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for PC, X360 and etc. Features detailed visuals.
The locations faithfully represent those from the movie, making players feel as if they never left the cinema.