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Friday, November 21st 2008
Harry Potter Store - Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone
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Our Price: $15.00
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Manufacturer: Electronic Arts
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Amazon Maximum Age: 17
Amazon Minimum Age: 72
Binding: Video Game
EAN: 0014633143478
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Label: Electronic Arts
Manufacturer: Electronic Arts
Platform: PlayStation
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Studio: Electronic Arts
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Harry Potter entertains the college dorm room!
Comment: i was impressed with the speed in which i received this item. This was part of a group of Harry Potter gifts that i ordered for my son's birthday. He was so excited to get all of his Harry Potter gift's that he took them all to college with him and is the hit of his dorm. His room was designated "the room" to hang out in. when he and his friends are not in class maintaining their 4.0 GPA's, they are busy playing this new and magical game! Thank you for helping me make his birthday a magical experience,
Sincerely, K. Kurtz
Customer Rating:
Summary: NOT TERRIBLE, BUT NOT VERY GOOD
Comment: For one thing, I will say this game's not too awful but there are a number of problems that need to be addressed. For one, missions aren't very exciting, and they almost feel like fetch-quests like you see in RPGs. When it comes to broom riding the controls are awful, and I failed broom test flights numerous times because of the controls, and you have to repeat the course every time you fail. So, because of this I found myself yelling constant obscentities. The graphics are awful (Come on ! Consoles in this time period had better capabilities than this !), and the character voices sound terrible. This game feels like it tries to imitate RPGs too much, and falls flat on its face in the process. The game doesn't take much to complete either (I completed 29% of the game in just over an hour). With that said, this game doesn't suck, but it's not very deep or exciting either.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Harry Potter & the Sorcere's Stone
Comment: Is verry good game is fun and is not a violet and bloody game is fastastic is just righ for kids, my kids loved and so glad for that.
Customer Rating:
Summary: An Old Classic
Comment: This game is a pretty nice one once you get into it quite far. But the most frustrating part is when go to Diagon Alley with about 70% of the game done. Other than that the game is very enjoyable.
The Best Things are:
Hogwarts is very nice and a great place to explore.
Hagrid, Professor Dumbeldore, Ron, Hermonie and Malfoy are all in the game
Diagon Alley is a GREAT PLACE to explore
You get to ride a broomstick and play Quidditch
You get to earn House Points for Gryffindor and lead them to the House Cup
Harry attends Charms, Herbology, Defense against the Dark Arts, Potions and Transfiguration classes
Learn Spells like Flipendo, Alohomora, Incendio and many more!
Where the Invisibility Cloak to sneak past Mr. Filch and his cat Mrs. Norris
Fight against Voldemort
Matches against Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle
Retrieve items for Hagrid, Snape and many other people
Fight creatures like Venomous Tentactula and a flying Gargoyle
Collect Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans for Fred and George to gain entrance to portraits which have secret and powerful items
Collect Chocolate Frog Cards that are scattered all over the Castle and grounds
Collect Choclate Frogs to regain Stamina
Overall This is a Classic Which One of the BEST!!!!!!
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Summary: I loved it, but I still think it's okay.
Comment: I have owned this game for like forever. When I first played it, (I wasn't a Harry Potter fan and was was like younger than 10) I got scared to death by Peeves and got stuck in Defense Against the Dark Arts Lesson. I gave up and didn't start playing it until I was 12 and a Harry Potter Fan. Bacisly, young children will not like this game unless you turn the sound off and they know how to read (It has subtitles) or you read for them (It scared my friend's little sister who's a fan of Harry Potter so bad that I had to show her it's okay once you get past Peeves). If you are older and a fan, you will simply enjoy it. Now, the graphics aren't that good (You don't even see the mouth's moving, will atleast not in the PC version) and there were a few times were I got stuck. The game is really fun once you get a hang of it, but sadly it it almost impossible to beat You-Know-Who (I've started games for months and I'm still haven't beat him yet and I have a walkthru too). This is the ideal gift for Harry Potter Fans.
If you are confused about my comments about the game, perhaps you are thinking about remake of this game which is a bit better. Thank you for reading and I hope this review has helped you decide what might be in your future collection.
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Editorial Reviews:
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The history of video games is littered with translations of films--most of them bad. This game, while decidedly based on the feature film's visualization of the Harry Potter story, is actually very good in its own right despite being too easy for most experienced gamers. It's a fun, colorful experience even for the few of us on the planet who have neither read the book nor watched the movie. Electronic Arts thankfully bestowed a lot of production value on this release rather than trying to cash in on a quick buck. Aside from the occasional pop-up problem that makes walls vanish quite unmagically, the graphics are beautiful and fun. Chocolate frogs (an appropriate health power-up) and other elements and characters from the book and film are wonderfully animated. The sound effects and, particularly, the voice acting are top-drawer, which helps suck the player into the Potter experience. Also, the gameplay is nicely varied throughout. Players go from learning a new spell in class to retrieving fire seeds for Hagrid to participating in magic fights against the Slytherin bully Draco Malfoy to riding the broom--which is especially fun. There's even a Quidditch level early on, but there's little to do and it's over very quickly. On the downside, the game suffers from some really odd controls. Like many adventure games, jumping is really important, as many levels require you to clear obstacles or reach out-of-the-way items. But, unlike in nearly every other game in the genre, there's no jump button. Instead, players automatically jump from the edge of a platform from either a full stop or while running. It takes a lot of getting used to; if you're not at full run or full stop, it's easy to just walk right off the edge and fall. And, like too many other games, you can only save your progress at predetermined locations. Another fault of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's S
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