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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince features the exploration of Hogwarts and casting spells on objects around the school, similar to its predecessor. The game also includes multiplayer games, classes, different times of day, Quidditch, Wizard Duels and Potion making. The Marauder's Map is included in the game, with progress opening other parts o...
Details
- Released
- June 29, 2009
- Developer
- EA Bright Light
- Genres
- Adventure
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Reviews
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This newest film works its magic amongst the best of the series.
The plot essentially culminates in the search for Voldemort's soul via Horcruxes. If you're unfamiliar with the book's plot then you're going to find The Half-Blood Prince pretty incomprehensible. We read the Harry Potter books at the time of release and still had a tough time fleshing out the plot based on memory as the game gives you few clues. The cutscenes are short and sporadic and do a disappointing job of telling the story.
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince you'll engage in exciting wizard duels, mix and brew magical ingredients in Potions class, take to the air to lead the Gryffindor Quidditch team to victory, get sidetracked by Ron's romantic entanglements and journey toward discovering the identity of the Half-Blood Prince.
When it comes down to it, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is just a pretty looking sandbox game with three mini-games. These games are interesting, but gameplay variety is a second thought, and so is the story. The only people who should bother with this game are Harry Potter fans who can forgive the game for its misgivings and focus on the impressive-looking world and the nice Wii controls.
In the end, the Harry Potter video game curse still hasn’t been lifted. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is still as poor as any of the past titles have been and the future doesn’t look any better with only one book left. The graphics are borderline satire, the voice-acting is atrocious, the gameplay is monotonous, and the storyline isn’t told properly. I’d recommend reading the book or watching the film again before you ever decide to play the game. Let’s cross our fingers th...
To be honest, I had all but forgotten about Harry Potter, as it has been a couple of years since the last book and I assumed the fanatical craving for the next slice of magic had finally died out. As someone who suffered through the anti-climactic final book, it came as something of a relief too, as surely there could not be much more interest left in the young wizard. With the newest film finally landing on our doorstep (after a much publicised delay), time will tell if the fan base is what ...