Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Harry Potter7

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5209 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Model: 14344
• Released on: 2001-11-16
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
• Format: CD-ROM

Amazon.com Review
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the perfect game for Potter fans who've read the books, seen the movie, and still want more of J.K. Rowling's amazing world. As would-be wizard Harry Potter, you can run amuck in a virtual Hogwarts, learn to cast spells, play Quidditch, eat chocolate frogs, talk with teachers and classmates, and, of course, try to defeat You-Know-Who.

This is one of those rare games that both very young kids and their parents will be able to enjoy. You don't need the hair-trigger reflexes of a 13-year-old Nintendo ninja to explore the complex and mysterious world of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In fact, exploring the school is half the fun. There are secret passages, shifting staircases, and dangerous shrubbery wherever you look. The ultimate battle at the end is suitably challenging, but overall, the game is fairly forgiving. And you don't have to discover every single nook and cranny in order to pass to the next level.

Interacting with one's fellow students is also fun, and a real treat for serious Potter fans. As in the books, some schoolmates are helpful, some are rude, and some are simply awestruck when they meet you, the famous Harry Potter. Nearly all the characters from the book can be found in the game, including Potter pals Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. Some characters are even more fully realized than they were in the movie: Fred and George Weasley, for instance, are always popping up in unexpected places via elaborate secret doors. Thanks to excellent voice work and diligent artistry from the game developers, the characters in the game look and sound like the characters from the film.

It's hard not to lose yourself in the lush graphics and delightful conversations, but as Professor McGonagall might say, Harry is at Hogwarts to learn, not to socialize! The way you learn and perform spells is clever: you must trace a specific onscreen pattern with the mouse. Accuracy and speed in your lessons wins house points for Gryffindor. Aside from your schoolwork, you must win Quidditch matches, solve mysteries, and eventually confront You-Know-Who.

The game is charming, but it is unfortunately obvious that a few corners were cut. For instance, sometimes solid walls can go semitransparent from certain angles, and the edges of the oval-shaped Quidditch Pitch look blocky and amateurish. The game also has a few bugs here and there. And finally, disappointingly, the pictures don't move. Still, the fun of this game is not in the playing of the game itself. The main fun lies in progressing through and interacting with J.K. Rowling's unforgettable universe. On that point, the game is a huge success. --Eric Fredrickson

Pros:

• Talking with the characters from the book/movie
• Sneaking around Hogwarts under the Invisibility Cloak
• Quidditch
• Easy navigation

• Obvious that a few corners were cut in making the game
• Relatively primitive 3-D graphics
• Hogwarts pictures don't move

Amazon.com Product Description
Play as Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Learn to master all things magical in a world filled with wizardry, fun, and danger. The adventure begins at Privet Drive, then moves swiftly to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Attend lessons, learn and cast spells, and explore characters such as Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, and Rubeus Hagrid. Overcome physical, mental, and magical challenges to defeat the evil plans of You-Know-Who.

Sneak, climb, and jump as you explore 3-D environments based on Hogwarts and its grounds. Learn to fly on a broomstick and play fast-paced, arcade-style Quidditch and win house points for Gryffindor. Battle evil creatures using all of Harry's abilities while uncovering special items including the Invisibility Cloak, wizard sweets, potion ingredients, Chocolate Frog Famous Wizard Cards, and broomsticks.

Journey into the world of Harry Potter and interact with more than 20 characters from J.K. Rowling's magical world, including Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Rubeus Hagrid, the Dursleys, and Albus Dumbledore. This is the only licensed interactive PC game of the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone bestselling book and motion picture.

Customer Reviews

Cool... until you get to the end.
This game is awesome! It's really fun and it doesn't freeze like Prisoner of Azkaban and chamber of Secrets. It's really fun and easy... until you get to the end. Right after you sneak down from the tower after delivering Norbert, the game is almost over. They don't mention going into the Forbidden forest at all. Right after it turns into a short cut scene and then suddenly you're in the Forbidden Corridor. And what's with the chess part? You move Harry around until somehow you get across. Another part I don't get is that when you get to the chess part, Ron says he defeated most of the chess pieces. Ron must be really talented if he can defeat almost an entire board of chess pieces in 20 SECONDS. And the end where you have to knock 4 pillars onto Voldemort, then you just Flipendo the mirror until somehow you defeat Voldemort. But aside from those "minor" setbacks, this game is great.

ummmm
I found this game years ago on sale for 10 dollars at best buy and I had a gift card that was about to expire so I thought I might check it out. The graphics are realy bad. The controls are preaty bad too. The game was easy at parts like fighting Voldemort I won in no time at all. This game also was good for putting all the challenges at the end. SO over all this game is OK.

One of the Best....
I LOVE this game...!

I decided to play this game again, since I'm not very good at computer games (Ms. Norris is TRICKY!) and I think this is easiest.

Let's start in 'Flipendo'. Wow! Pushing barrels is fun! XD And near the end, when I am about to discover teh gnomes (:D)I try and and look up. Then I'm like: "ZOGM!! I can't look up! HELP!" Hehe.

Then comes Charms. Aloahomora is fun (now I can get into trouble!) and so is Wingardium Leviosa. It's cool when you try and jump the blocks. ^^


Eh... I'd have to be playing the game right now to make a better gameplay review. Here come teh graphics. Now you shall find the mystery of four.
OK, let's face it, the faces are pretty crummy. Now where's that noise coming from? I don't SEE anyone talking. *looks around* Hence the four stars.

But this game is fun, a perfect game for a bad day. You can never really immerse yourself in the graphics, but the story is real, and the game play is fun.

~horsewhisperer360

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