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Video Games : Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Xbox)
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Xbox) from: Electronic Arts Childrens Toy Shop Price: £32.99 Prices subject to change. |
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Audience Rating: Universal, particularly children Binding: Video Game Brand: Electronic Arts EAN: 5030930031213 Label: Electronic Arts Manufacturer: Electronic Arts Manufacturer Maximum Age: 18 years Manufacturer Minimum Age: 36 months Number Of Items: 1 Platform: Xbox Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: November 15, 2002 Studio: Electronic Arts Sales Rank: 5254 Accessories: Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: It was no surprise that the first Harry Potter games were a huge success, but what was unusual was that they were actually pretty good. Millions of fans will be pleased to hear that the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets game is even better. Taking its visual and audio cues from the movies but sticking closer to the book than a two-hour film ever could, the PS2 game begins as Harry starts his second year at Hogwarts despite an ominous warning from Dobby the House Elf. At its heart Chamber of Secrets is a 3-D platform game, similar to Super Mario or Jak & Daxter, with the same basic controls being used for the majority of the game. However, the nature of the story means the game is peppered with various mini-games and side quests, including Quidditch and Wizard duels. In between the major quests you get a chance to explore Hogwarts, which is impressively massive and filled with hidden secrets--the collecting of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans being of particular importance since they can then be traded with Ron's brother for everything from Famous Witches and Wizards Cards to upgrades for your Quidditch kit. If the game has only one fault it's the extremely long and unusually frequent loading screens that keep popping up, and which you soon get very tired of seeing. It's not nearly enough to ruin the game though, which must go down as one of the best book/movie conversions of all time. --David Jenkins Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Quite a good gameI am a fan of the Harry Potter books, and I was satisfied by the Harry Potter games. They're good fun, and quite challenging for younger gamers. This game is an action adventure game, which is quite short but good all the same. I found that the environmental graphics were reasonably good, but that the appearances of the people were not particularly good. The xbox is capable of very good graphics, but EA didn't quite fulfil an xbox gamers expectations. There are some very dull levels of this game. There is no jump button, so some challenges that should take a minute or so end up being a huge hassle, because Harry often doesn't grab onto the ledge properly. Duelling can be quite hard as there is a delayed reaction when Harry ... Read More: Rating:  - Seems to have been designed to utterly frustrateOther reviews on this page are spot on and I can only concur: the game is visually impressive and will appeal to Harry Potter fans (of which do not count myself) BUT the game falls down utterly on several crucial counts. The underlying storyline of the game simply does not hang together: at no point did I really get the feel that what I was doing: defeating a character, searching for a spellbook, was working towards some ultimate end. The game was just a series of very disjointed tasks, which is surprising since the game was based on a book (albeit a very shallow and over hyped book in my opinion). The tasks themselves were repetitive, not really as logically challenging as Tomb Raider and ultimately just a frustrating procession. Read More: Rating:  - Kinda like the film...but!Well the animation is good, the storyline is almost to the book so you'd think it would be quite good, but it's not really. As a Harry Potter fan i thought that there would be no way that i'd be disappointed but unfortunately i was. You start with the introduction at The burrow where you learn the basics of magic that you will require. Battle a washing machine and de-gnome the garden to master these basics. After you have completed this move on to diagon alley with the task of finding Ginny's missing things...could be completed quickly if it wasn't for the anooying animation bits that you can't zip through. Arrive at Hogwarts to fight the whomping willow to rescue Ron then enter the school where you expect the best bits. You'd be ... Read More: Rating: - Good game but.....This IS a good game for the Xbox, graphics are nice, ambience is good, backgrounds excellent. Gameplay ok, puzzles are not too bad to solve but here is the but! THE CAMERA ANGLES STINK! I bought this for my daughter and she has given up in disgust, there is no jump control you just jump automatically when needed, usually this happens when you are not directly following Harry and you miss the target of your jump, this can be extremely frustrating when you have to do the same puzzle so many times when the reason for you having to repeat the task is completely out of your control. Rating:  - An excellent action adventure/platform gameThis is an action adventure in the Tomb Raider/Indiana Jones mould albeit based on the Harry Potter book/film. My wife and I have not seen the films or read the books yet though this game has prompted us to read the books and no doubt we will watch the films too. I have been playing computer games for about 20 years wheras my wife has not played for many years and is very much a novice. Nevertheless we have both been captivated by this game. It is not a hugely difficult game although there are some demanding parts, The graphics are excellent as is the atmospheric music & effects. It isn't perfect (there are few games which are). The camera angles can be a bit disorientating sometimes especially when you are frantically ... Read More: |
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