First of all I need to congratulate EA games for their redesign of Hogwarts, though there is much to be improved. However I will start with the positives: The redesign of Hogwarts is a complete success. Finally there are places that you can go to that are from the movies eg. The owlery, the clock tower, Umbridges office and the list goes on. But not only does it include content from OOTP but goes right back to the first two film, with Moaning Myrtles bathroom and the room where Tom Riddle cornered Hagrid worth Aragog in COS. However there are a few inaccessible areas such as the Divination classroom, Chamber of Secrets and Dumbledores Office (all places I would love to see released in the HBP VG). You can also explore 12 Grimmauld Place, home of Sirius Black. For the explorer this is a great game, however after a while the excitement wheres off and you find your self taking 10min to get from one place to another. However there are the portrait shortcuts that are there to aid you once you help them out.
The graphics for a 2007 game is rather mediocre, and hopefully EA will improve them in the HBP. However I think that EA did not utilise the resources that they had from the previous games. For example I think that the spell graphics and the amount of spells used were rather poor. In the previous game GOF they had a great selection of different spells great spell graphics, this however deteriorated in the OOTP. with spells such as stupefy simply being a red spark. I would love to see spells such as Aguamenti, Glacius and maybe a really cool fire spell for the HBP. I also think that there needed to be a better dueling system. I also found that on the wii system you could not attack any student or teacher that you felt like, however in the PC version of the game you were free to attack whoever you wanted.It also says on the synopsis that you can play as Dumbledore and Sirius, this is to a degree, false as you only play both of them for around 1min, in their dual against Voldy or Bella. I also think that they should have different times of the day, like they had in the previous games.
I also think that there need to have been more things to do during the game, as the endless day gets VERY boring and you don't get the feeling that you have completed the game.
I also think that there needs to be more action in the game and more things to do, like POA. such as collectors cards, Bertie Botts beans etc, and side quests.
I should also mention that there is VERY little difference between the wii and other console versions, so don't waste money on buying more than one game.
All in all Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a successful game, but certainly has room for improvement.
The graphics for a 2007 game is rather mediocre, and hopefully EA will improve them in the HBP. However I think that EA did not utilise the resources that they had from the previous games. For example I think that the spell graphics and the amount of spells used were rather poor. In the previous game GOF they had a great selection of different spells great spell graphics, this however deteriorated in the OOTP. with spells such as stupefy simply being a red spark. I would love to see spells such as Aguamenti, Glacius and maybe a really cool fire spell for the HBP. I also think that there needed to be a better dueling system. I also found that on the wii system you could not attack any student or teacher that you felt like, however in the PC version of the game you were free to attack whoever you wanted.It also says on the synopsis that you can play as Dumbledore and Sirius, this is to a degree, false as you only play both of them for around 1min, in their dual against Voldy or Bella. I also think that they should have different times of the day, like they had in the previous games.
I also think that there need to have been more things to do during the game, as the endless day gets VERY boring and you don't get the feeling that you have completed the game.
I also think that there needs to be more action in the game and more things to do, like POA. such as collectors cards, Bertie Botts beans etc, and side quests.
I should also mention that there is VERY little difference between the wii and other console versions, so don't waste money on buying more than one game.
All in all Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a successful game, but certainly has room for improvement.