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. The wizarding community is in denial about his recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort. The Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, appoints a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher to keep watch over Dumbledore and the Hogwarts students. The young wizards are woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the dark forces threatening them, leaving Harry, Ron and Hermione to handles things themselves. Harry prepares a group of young wizards calling themselves "Dumbledore's Army" for the extraordinary battle that lies ahead.

User Ratings and Reviews

1 Star Another Adapted Potter Console Game…
PC games, that are built from the ground up for the PC, play very well with a mouse and keyboard. There is always a learning curve attatched to them. For players new to the PC WASD layout, it can be overwhelming.

I just finished a game that required at least the right half of the keyboard, the number row, and a mouse to play. That game took me a few days to get used to, but the game played flawlessly (even though I wasn't). The controls do become automatic and players lose themselves in the character they are guiding through the virtual world.

Don't expect that to happen with this game. This is just another console game mapped to computer keys that doesn't behave well at all. Like GOF before it, the game becomes tedious and frustrating. Manufacturers save money this way. They didn't spend any money on this game … why should

you?

Its pretty to look at, but we GOF PC-CD ROM survivors are fairly united in thinking "But who cares?"

You don't have to take my word for it…there is an online demo available. I whole-heartedly recommend you try the demo before you purchase this turkey.

The game will respond much better in its true written form…the console version.

The older Potter games are much more fun…the graphics are dated but the games are actually fun to play on the PC…that they were written from the ground up for. Wow! … that must be why the boxed set of the early games sold so well. They would be wise to bring them back Some one should tell EA that. They haven't figured it out.

5 Stars harry potter order of the pheonix (video game)
i thought this was a dvd when i bought it, not a viedo game. i gave it to my great grand daughter for christmas. she likes it very much. rbw i did not play this game so i cannot rate it

1 Star So unbelievably bad
I had high hopes for this game because of the first three. I thought it would be mostly the same except hopefully better graphics. I was horrified. It is extremely difficult to walk or move in any direction. I found the wand almost impossible. I couldnt direct it, let alone cast a spell. It was not engaging despite the high quality graphics. I am sticking to the first three. They had horrible graphics, but the game sucked you in and it was fun to play. Do not buy this its a waste of money!

3 Stars Wrong platform in Amazon product listing
Despite what Amazon lists in their product listing (98/2000/XP), this game requires XP or Vista.

3 Stars 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!

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