February 17, 2008

Harry Potter and the Order of The Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Order of The Phoenix




In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts only to discover that muchof the wizarding community has been led to believe that the story of the teenager's recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort is a lie, putting Harry's integrity in question. Worse, the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, has appointed a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, the duplicitous Professor Dolores Umbridge. But Professor Umbridge's ?Ministry-approved? course of defensive magic leaves the young wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the Dark Forces threatening them, so at the prompting of his friends Hermione and Ron, Harry is convinced to take matters into his own hands. Meeting secretly with a small group of students who name themselves ?Dumbledore's Army,? Harry teaches them how to defend themselves against the Dark Arts, preparing the courageous young wizards for the extraordinary battle that lies ahead.
Fly Fred and George out of Hogwarts as they escape Umbridge's regime. Play as Sirius Black? to protect Harry as you confront Bellatrix Lestrange andLucius Malfoy in the Ministry of Magic. Play as Dumbledore? in his momentous final confrontation with Voldemort. ESRB Rated E10 for ages 10 and up

User Ratings and Reviews

1 Star Beware for Mac Mini also!
Beware! As the other reviewer noted, this software will not work with Intel GMA 950 graphics - in my case this means that it will not work with a brand new Mac Mini. My daughter wasn't in tears, but was very upset. After installing the game and trying to start it I got a black screen with an "unrecognized video signal" error message. I finally found out the problem - it is halfway through the "read me" file on the DVD. The Amazon website doesn't mention this problem, and all I could find on the EA website was "Electronic Arts game titles will only work on Mac systems that use the Intel-based processor" without mentioning graphics cards. This is bad labeling on the part of both Amazon and EA. Unfortunately the order shipped to me 5 days before Amazon's return window policy would allow a full refund.

1 Star Defective product
Beware, though the product description says OSX and even the DVD package says "For a Mac with an Intel processor," this game will not work with a brand new Intel Macbook. Christmas morning I had a child in tears! If you go to Apple.com you can find information that the game doesn't support the GMA 950 graphics card. No where on the shrink-wrapped package does it list system requirements other than "For a Mac with an Intel processor." Bad label, bad product. This is garbage–if a product says it is for a MAC, it should work with a brand new Mac. If it doesn't work, it shouldn't be released.

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