Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (GBA)

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In addition to playing as the titular character Harry, the game also allows the player to control Hermione and Ron, as well as fly Buckbeak, and control Harry's pet owl, Hedwig. The platforming is awkward, the enemies are badly programmed, and there's little enjoyable gameplay to be had. As you progress through the game (and the story), you learn new spells and find hidden items like Bertie Botts beans and wizard cards. Harris described the nighttime sequences as clever but faulted the characters' inconsistent line of sight, and noted a similarly faulty collision detection throughout the game. However, he opined that the game's adherence to the source material's narrative deprived it of energy and a sense of adventure, explaining that the personal nature of the story's conflicts made for little action that could be easily translated into a video game.

This is followed by a segment in which Harry must use the newly learned spell to collect a number of certain items while fending off creatures and solving puzzles. You spend most of that time attempting to direct your little Harry Potter from one end of 'hogworts' to another to perform another menial task of little interest or concequence. This effect lasts until you switch spells once more or enter a different room, though this effect is impossible to apply to Lumos' colour. Many of the dungeons are irritatingly laid out or disorientating, and being sent back to the start happens far too often.Simply cast one of your spells with the colour you desire, then switch to the other spell of your choosing by casting it into a wall where its graphics will not occur. With such a rich and interesting story to be made into game form, it's a surprise that more of the book wasn't used in planning the quests. As with the Playstation version of the game, the story skips straight to Hogwarts, giving a storyboard version of the first third of the book. Be Harry Potter in this Game Boy Advance game, discovering a world filled with wizardry, fun and ever-present danger.

IGN commented on the game not forcing "random battes" from similar RPGs as a positive, but saying that it wasn't "enough to make Prisoner of Azkaban a successful RPG. Storywise, whole chapters of the books like the Norbert Quest that were completely ignored in the films was made into one of the coolest quests in the whole game! Inside all of the game's dungeons are enemies; gnomes, snails and pixies mainly each with different attack patterns. The Game Boy Advance version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was developed by Griptonite Games, [9] under the creative direction of Phil Trumbo and with J.If the funds have not yet been merged, you will have the option to do so during the purchase process.

In some segments, Harry partakes in the game of Quidditch, in which he flies on a broomstick and must locate and catch a Golden Snitch fluttering about the arena. Take the wheel of a flying car and don't be late for a second term at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets . It's got a solid storyline based on the book and film, and dozens of quests that branch outwards from situations from the film . However, in later parts of the game during the detention in the forest, it's possible to use the said charm on the trolls as there are no gaps to push them in with Flipendo (using it on them causes them to smack their own heads and if cast on them five times they will fall over and remain out cold). The animations are decent for the time, but any battles with enemies are too shortlived or frustrating to enjoy when compared to the RPG stylings of the Game Boy Colour release.Harry befriends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger and they partake in a competition between the houses of Hogwarts to win the House Cup upon the year's end, in which points are granted for satisfactory performance and detracted for infractions.