The facts:
Finally it is possible to freely explore the Hogwarts castle and really being able to decide whether to follow the main quest or the many side quests. Different tasks are waiting further for the player, such as a broom to sweep the courtyard leaves together or bringing extinct torches to burn again.
This course is not for nothing, because who really solves all the hidden objects on secret extras in the Room of Requirement freely.
The surroundings of Hogwarts has been created based on the blueprints of the movie sets and lets the players thus the freedom to take the history of the 5th band very closely examined. Whether, for example, the Great Hall is what always something small and thrifty worked in the predecessors or the stairwell with his "Wall earth" stairs which partly exaggerate a little.
As with the environment very well-planned even with the characters for accuracy. So digitized faces of performers and committed voice actors for the game. It is this attention to detail makes it the players very easy to plunge into the story and just to experience themselves as part of this.
Another innovation is the magic system, here no longer a spell is selected, placed on a button and unleashing. Rather, the player has to really work to master all magic. The Magic are based in part on this gesture, thus the player is allow to float objects only able or similar, even though he really moves the hand of the player character in the correct manner. At first this seems a little hard, but with more practice getting easier.
From the graphic level is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix settled not grad 'at the Pointed videogames one, but the overall impression is more than convincing and valued in the school grading system, as well evaluate to good +.
The soundtrack and ambient sound are consistent and accompany the game in a pleasant way.
Nice change to everyday quest in the game are the mini-games that can be found everywhere. So you can play a party in the courtyard of the castle Gobstones or play with Fred and George in a game of Wizard Chess Griffindorturm example.
Of course, as in many role-playing games, A is also here often annoying from point to point B erfoderlich race to X pieces of Item Y to find so Quest Z can be solved. However, this is well to bear in view of the detailed area.
Overview:
Positives:
- Nearly original film set ported into play.
- Starring the game digitized.
- Original voice actors.
- Good graphics.
- Innovative magic system.
- Participation possible of lessons.
- Numerous hidden Easter eggs.
- Bring many side quests that the abbreviations of the castle.
- Authentic minigames.
- Bowl scenes of the film terrific staged.
- Motivating Xbox Gamerscore Achievements.
Negatives:
- Acts of the book left partly ignored.
- Technically not quite at the height of the time.
- Part to long walking distances within the quests.
- Magic System At first a little hard.
- Sammelwahn risk of extras sometimes very large.
- Camera work sometimes disadvantageous.
Conclusion:
All in all, this game really can be any place with an interest in Harry Potter and also also would like to look around once in the school of magic to his heart. There is limited beginner-friendly and rather unsuitable for the smallest players.
However, fans of the films and books of this player will not be disappointed certainly, nor is it rather a more than successful game that the experience of the Harry Potter world intensified.
I hope I could one or the other a little easier the decision for or against the game with this brief overview.
Have fun playing.
MfG
