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 | Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince |
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In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort's defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts.Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1673 in Video Games
- Brand: Electronic Arts
- Model: 014633153873
- Released on: 2009-06-30
- ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+
- Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP
- Format: CD-ROM
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .40 pounds
Features
- Local 2-player multiplayer play option available.
- Take part in thrilling wizard duels, battling against Death Eaters in Hogwarts, Inferi in the Horcrux cave and much more.
- Create magical potions with Professor Slughorn using the Half-Blood Prince?s Potions book.
- Take to the air to lead the Gryffindor Quidditch team to victory.
- You may even get sidetracked by Ron's romantic entanglements as you journey towards a dramatic climax and discover the identity of the Half-Blood Prince.
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Customer Reviews
Fun!
Great game. Graphics are
great once adjusted in the game's options menu. Controls use both mouse
and w a d s like in the older Potter games. I only started playing it
for a few hours today but so far it's been really fun. Some of the
spells take practice to do half way decent, like Wingardium Leviosa, and
potion mixing.
EA took all of our opinions about the older games
to heart I think because this time they included almost all of our
favorite aspects that we loved so much in the previous games, and left
out the stuff we hated.
In this one we collect crests, both
hidden and obvious, cast spells, duel, explore, and Harry wears a
gorgeous red cape in some parts. The flying is MUCH easier, so is
quidditch. Dueling is easier, too.
It's storyline play is set up
like the older games..Harry is assigned a task or two, then a cut scene
(can turn on subtitles in options menu), then more tasks, more cut
scenes etc. Harry sometimes has to follow another character somewhere
but he doesn't always have Ron or Hermoine dogging his every move.
There's freedom to explore the HUGE castle and its grounds. It's not
like Goblet of Fire at all, it's more like Prizoner of Azkaban.
Great
game, glad I bought it.
Make sure your PC system meets min
requirements before buying. No less than 512 MB of RAM or more for Vista
(256 MB min for XP), 1.8 Ghz or faster, 5 GB hard drive space, Direct X
9.0c or compatible video card.
My laptop is 1.6 Ghz processor
speed, cut scenes are kind of slow and choppy on occasion but game play
is fine.
---Just as a helpful note to those who buy this:
The
game can be played two ways..either whizzing right through it by using
Nearly Headless Nick all of the time and not doing any of the side
challenges OR, by taking your time, exploring w/o Nick's help, talking
to the other students and characters (walk up to them and hit Return
key..they are the ones who dole out the side challenges), finding all of
the crests and mini crests, joining the clubs, and earning all of the
badges and rewards. If you choose to whiz right through, there is an
'Endless Day' after the credits role so you can go back and complete the
other stuff but it's nowhere near as fun as taking your time and doing
them all as you go along in the game.
Just wanted to point that
out because if you whiz right through and ignore the rest you'll
probably feel short-changed on the length of the game.
Fun but could have been better
I have played all the
previous HP games on PC and I have always enjoyed them, even though some
were better than others. EA has done a good job with making the movies
into enjoyable games through out the years. That being said, number six
was good, but could have been better. So far I am enjoying the game. But
there are some things I wish EA had thought more about. Here are some
pros and cons:
The graphics are really nice this time! They have
really evolved and the amount of detail in the Hogwarts castle is
impeccable; so life-like!
I am glad they brought back dueling
from the second game. This is a lot of fun and it actually can be
challenging, which is nice. They also added potion making and flying.
Potions is new whereas flying was in previous games. These are fun if
you want to take a break from the story-line.
That being said, I
think EA went a little too detailed in the story. I like how they showed
what the story was (after all it is an adventure game) however the
amount of cutscenes feels greater than the time of gameplay. There is
not an even balance. There were many missed opportunities for some
gameplay where EA just inserted a cutscene. For example, towards the
beginning, they show a scene with Malfoy going to his initiation
ceremony and Harry and his friends watch. Instead of making this a fun
part of the game where players could have followed Malfoy to his
destination EA decided to immediately skip to another cutscene. In this
respect, i feel some gameplay time was lost to cutscenes in instances
like this. There were a couple more where I was like wait shouldn't
there be some mission or adventure here after the cutscene?
I
also think EA may have sacrificed hardcore adventure for graphics and
extras like dueling. The castle is amazingly realistic and I have to
wonder if they spent so much time on this and the well-done yet many
cutscenes that they forgot to add in some adventure for the player. It
just seems like the story is being watched rather than played, which is
not the goal of a videogame. I like cutscenes; they are part of any
adventure game but I should feel like I am playing the game not watching
it.
Even though EA seems to have given graphics a greater
importance than gameplay, this game is still pretty fun. If you liked
the other games then I would definitely go ahead and get this. It is
also a cheaper alternative to the console versions (except for DS it's
the same price). I played the Wii one and find the PC/MAC one much
better. And all HP fans will have fun even if gameplay is somewhat
lacking.
Don't get me wrong, the game is fun, there were just some
instances where I felt they left the player out a bit in place of
cutscenes. It is fun to collect items like in the previous games and
unlock rewards.
Another reviewer gave some good advice I'd like
to also point out : it is more fun to explore than always follow Nearly
Headless Nick. As for side challenges, so far it has been mostly dueling
but some of them are fun; like now I have to make a potion for someone.
And
also if you are playing this on Mac like me it runs great!
So I
would say go and get this it's not so expensive and though it has it's
faults it's fun; I just played for like an hour and a half!
Have fun!
Older user loves the game
If you are an adult and
enjoyed reading the Harry Potter books - why not give the PC games a
chance? I find that I am really enjoying this game after a stressful day
at work. What I like most is that the instructions are good for those
of us who may not feel we are as good as the kids when it comes to using
computers. I highly recommend this game to people of all ages.
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