Why I buy this one ?
- Immerse Yourself in Magic—Interact with magical objects, ghosts and portraits in every room, corridor and courtyard—all faithfully recreated from the movies.
- Perfect Your Wand Work—Cast spells to unleash powerful fifth-year magic.
- Lead Dumbledore’s Army—Recruit fellow students and teach them defence against the dark arts.
- Relive the Magic of the Movie—…from the Dementor attack in Little Whinging to the epic battles at the Ministry of Magic.
- Unleash Advanced Magic—Play as Sirius and Dumbledore as they fight Lucius, Bellatrix and Voldemort in the Ministry of Magic.

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"Harry Potter - Filch's Replacement in Training", Welcome to the world of Harry Potter - Year 5. You've progressed from ordinary magic, and have begun to apprentice yourself to the castle's infamous caretaker, Argus Filch. As such, you will complete the following chores:

- Sweeping the courtyard
- Mopping up puddles in not one, but *two* entrance-ways
- Stacking wood in torches
- Picking pears and putting them in baskets
- Repairing pots
- Lighting lamps
- Making beds in the hospital wing
- Pruning back overgrown devil's snare plants...
and much, much more!

50% of the way threw the game, and this is all I've found. You spend 90% of your time completing random, pointless tasks that serve no higher purpose than to extend the total playtime of the game.

The health bar found in previous versions of the Harry Potter gameverse has disappeared. Why? Because there's no need for one silly! There's nothing out there waiting to get you...maybe some grime in the bottom of the Prefect's Bathtub (which, thankfully, you don't have to scrub...or might, I wouldn't know, not having completed the *entire* game yet), but certainly no dark lords!

So here's how I broke it down:

Pros:
- Interesting graphics, well-organized castle layout.

Cons:
- Endless chores that any muggle could do
- Lack of actual, interesting discoveries that appeared in past versions
- Bad camera angles (to the point of obstructing gameplay)with no way of adjusting them
- Inability to adjust sound while in-game
- Inability to adjust window size
- No experience in-class

Well...the list goes on and on... Avoid this title, there are certainly better ones out there. It's obvious they made it like this to take advantage of the new Wii controller, but that technology is lost on a PC. (Most gestures just aren't the same.)





"good game but no code", We got the game fast as requested. But when we tried to install it
there was no code in the box. So we could not play the game. It was
for my daughter's birthday. She was really disapointed. So the next
week we went to a Walmart and bought the game again. She really enjoys
the game. But we had to buy it again.

"Best Game I've Ever Played", This is the best game I've ever played. The video game has nearly flawless graphics that make me thankful I am running it on a PC. It is fast, fun, and, much like New York City in Spider Man 2, there is not a single area in Hogwarts that you cannot travel. I have spent hours upon hours playing this terrific game. Don't listen to the other negative comments- this game is Perfect. :)

"Buyer beware", I probably will never know if the game is enjoyable or not because it simply will not load, and my Win XP system exceeds the specs that EA said are needed. EA tel support is nonexistent - after going through their automated call screener, you get a message announcing office hours, and that those offices are now closed for the day (even though it's 1 1/2 hours prior to the stated closing time.) I see now why this product has been so heavilly discounted.

Stick with one of the first 3 titles, buy GOF if you must, avoid OOTP like the plague!

"Mixed opinion", This product did not work with 98 for us as advertised. Had to upgrade my daughters computer to XP. (Not a terrible thing, just wish I would have known that before I bought it - I probably would have looked at a different game). My daughter enjoys it very much!

Read this reviews before You buy...

"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix PC Game", I bought this game as a gift for my 11 year old son. He LOVES it. He has no problem with using keyboard controls. The graphics are great.

"A replica of the Playstation 2", If you haven't played this game on another platform, you will have fun. The graphics are absolutely beautiful. My daughter couldn't believe how much better they were over some of the previous games. Ron and Hermione get in the way of Harry's movement but you can get them to move if you walk toward/into them. Of course, they also move out of your way when you want to talk to them so you end up talking to them from farther away. It took a little practice to get used to controlling the movement with the arrow keys but was not a problem after mastering.

I was disappointed to find that the PC game seems to be a replica of the Playstation 2 game. I had not played the GoF game on the PC, so I didn't realize that they had done this before. The first 3 PC games had more action areas than was in the console versions, probably because there is more memory for playing on the PC than on a game console. If this is the direction EA is going, I'll stick to the game console version and not waste my money on multiple platforms.

"Wonderful graphics and sound, ok adventure", Spell casting: Aiming Harry's wand is simple in concept, but awkward. You basically have to face your target, which highlights the object, prior to casting a spell. This is tedious but ok for manipulating inanimate objects. The wand action is clumsy at best when duelling with more than one character, or when multiple characters are in the field of view. You have to learn and perform spells correctly; either by manipulation of the mouse or gamepad, or by key sequence on the keyboard. This is challenging yet more rewarding than the early Harry Potter games. It's gratifying when you can perform a "wingardium leviosa", "repairo" or "reducto" and things happen. It's equally ungratifying when you cast the wrong spell by mistake or by accident.

Environment: Cudos to EA for a wonderful job in recreating the characters, Hogwarts school, and the school grounds! After completing minor tasks the gamer is frequently rewarded with views of the beautiful Hogwarts building and grounds. The game is scored with music from the movie, which is very nice. With stereo speakers and a sub-woofer the effects sound great too. My cats were mesmerized by the realistic bird sounds in many outdoor scenes. The character's voices are the original actors. All in all this exceeded my expectations.

I've played 60+% of the game (by their calculations), and varied the graphic resolution and quality level along the way. This configurability is a nice feature. You can fine tune your experience based on what you find important. I maximize the visuals by selecting "quality" mode, such that the character's faces, the wall portraits and the visual textures all look great. I then adjust the resolution until performance is acceptable (i.e. not slugish). My 1.6 Ghz laptop with 1GB RAM handles 1024x768 (2nd highest game res) and "quality" visuals with only minor slugishness.

Action: This is NOT a First Person Shooter. The wand play is secondary to the tasks; seeking objects, passwords, information, etc. More mature than collecting Bertie Bott's Every Flavour beans like in the earlier games. Yet, this still seems like a game well suited for youth 8+, young teens and all young at heart.

Inaction: The game space (Hogwarts) is big, and fairly complicated. Because seeking things is at the core of the game, navigating and re-navigating the disances can be tedious. Fortunately there are shortcuts, which are helpful once you've uncovered the passwords to access them. The Marauder's Map provides task management and auto-navigation. It's clever and speeds up game play.

Install: No problems.

Bugs: No crashes, no hangs. I'm a software engineer and enjoy poking around for problems. Nothing major to report so far.


"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", My daughter had been waiting and waiting for this game and was very disappointed when it wouldn't run. My husband and I tried everything we could do to get it to run and were ready to return it. I read lots of info on the internet and saw that we were not the only ones having difficulty. Eventually, a computer friend came over and spent about an hour getting it to work and my daughter loves it. However, I am very disappointed in EA for releasing a game that has such a big flaw in it. I'm sure consumers would rather wait than get a product they can't use. We'll wait longer and do more research before we buy another of their products.

"A Harry Potter Fan", I have always been a real fan of Harry Potter and the books and movies. So when the latest movie came out I thought I would love to play the computer game. And I have played it many times and I love the easy instructions and the graphics and of course I love the music as well.