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Jeremy
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| Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Review by Jeremy |  | | PALGN Review: Half-arsed effort. | | [View Article] |
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Seems to be a fair review.
I absolutely loved Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on Xbox360, mainly due to the exploration of Hogwarts. I'm disappointed that isn't present in this game.
I have picked up Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince for nice and cheap, but won't give it a run until I have seen the movie. I imagine I'll have a little fun with it due to low expectations and strong fanyboyism.
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It's weird.
OotP is a better game than HBP. They went backwards in the sequel...
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even worse when you consider the fact the game was held back for another 6 months (?) to coincide with the movie, giving them more time to make a decent game if they'd wanted to.
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They've gone backwards on all Harry Potter games ever since The Philosophers Stone came out on Gameboy Color.
I will still buy this out of sheer-fanboyism though, at least there's no way it can be as morbidly horrifying as The Goblet Of Fire ^^
1000/1000 here I come =)
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| Charly wrote: | Seems to be a fair review.
I absolutely loved Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on Xbox360, mainly due to the exploration of Hogwarts. I'm disappointed that isn't present in this game. |
The exploration is still present , it's just that you're exploring the exact same castle as the one in OOTP. Exploration points have been replaced by collectible Hogwarts crests, which serve pretty much the same function. It's good for continuity, but bad for players who wanted somewhere new to visit.
Really, I'd say the game is about on par with OOTP, with the improved duelling mechanics being cancelled out by the lame Quidditch segments. The only thing that makes it "worse" than it's predeccessor is the fact that you're going through the same castle again. If you haven't played OOTP, then you'll probably enjoy this one just as much.
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| Spacebreak wrote: | | They've gone backwards on all Harry Potter games ever since The Philosophers Stone came out on Gameboy Color. |
No, ever since Chamber of Secrets on the ye olde GBC.
That game was rad.
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^ I couldn't get into that one =S Maybe it was bad timing for me.
Harry Potter 2 on GBC isn't all too common either. And I only just found out about a month ago that there was a completely different Harry Potter 1 on PC which I had no idea existed. I will have to hunt it down one day ^^
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| Spacebreak wrote: | | And I only just found out about a month ago that there was a completely different Harry Potter 1 on PC which I had no idea existed. |
That was actually my first Harry Potter game, I remember Dad gave it to us for Christmas the year the first movie came out.  Pretty forgetable though, the only thing I remember about it is that Peeves is in it, unlike the movies.
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