Product Description

In the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire videogame, licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Harry is mysteriously selected by the Goblet of Fire as the fourth champion in the dangerous Triwizard Tournament. Each champion in the international competition must confront a fire-breathing dragon, rescue friends from the icy depths of the Black Lake, and navigate the twisting mysteries of a vast, enchanted maze. Exciting scenes from the film come to life, from the Quidditch World Cup campsite to a heart-stopping duel with Lord Voldemort. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are all playable characters, modeled after their big-screen counterparts. An all-new spell-casting system allows you to feel the magic for the first time as the controller shakes and reacts with every flick of the wand. Team up with friends in co-operative play to combine magic and produce more powerful spells than ever before!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7217 in Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Model: 14633149845
• Released on: 2005-10-28
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: GameCube
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .75" h x 5.25" w x 7.50" l, .20 pounds

Features

• Explore the game's all-new spell-casting system
• Increase the power of Harry, Ron, and Hermione with collector's cards
• Play co-operatively with up to two other friends as Harry, Ron, and Hermione
• Players can join forces with friends in cooperative gameplay -- combining powers and casting spells co-operatively to create more powerful magic
• Use Accio to chase down and capture dynamic living beans & increase the power of Harry, Ron, and Hermione with Collector's and Creature Cards

From the Manufacturer
Be Harry Potter in a new adventure with more magic, friendship, and danger. In a stunning next-generation rendition of Harry's world, learn new spells, undertake new quests, make new friends, and challenge new adversaries to confront the powers at the heart of the Chamber of Secrets. Do you dare take the chance that you might face You-Know-Who again?

Features:

• Explore a richer world: dazzling next-generation graphics create an authentic immersive Hogwarts.
• Go deeper into Harry's second adventure: greater magic control and advanced second-year spells.
• Greater depth: featuring wizard duels, power-up spells, Quidditch leagues, and all your favorite characters from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, including the extremely famous and incredibly talented Gilderoy Lockhart.
• Take flight: hop on Harry's Nimbus Two Thousand and freely explore Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
• Harry comes to life: his internal voice guides the player through the game.

Customer Reviews

WOOWOOW
It's about time. A fun Harry Potter Game. What you have heard is true. This is an action Harry Potter game. I love it. It will keep the attention of anyone who has not been a fan in the past. This is because this is an action game where as the other potter games have been a hunt for and talk to collect-a-thon. Is there talking this time? Yes, but only while you are fihghting. In fact, you do not have to read anything if you do not want to. Excellent audio samples and voice acting. The game is fast, fun and creative. You will casts numerous spells. A big complaint has been that you don't pick your spells, you just always press the same button and perform whatever spell fits the situation. BUt I like it. It would slow down the action if you had to go through some menu, and it would limit the spells if they were limited to the number of buttons.
Bottom line: Great action game. If you remotely like the series, you will finaly love the game.

Harry Potter ramps up the Action and loses some of the Adventure
Previous video game installments for Harry Potter were modeled after the Zelda titles, with this game most of that's thrown out to make room for a more action-oriented design closer to The Lord of the Rings games and the recently released Chronicles of Narnia, but unlike those titles this lacks their polish.

The change in designs is a mixed bag, what's lost is the ability to explore Hogwarts by foot and by broom, find new spells, and solve puzzles, what's gained is a clever advancement system based on buying cards to improve your character stats and upgrade abilities, more of a dungeon-crawling environment that is at its best in multiplayer, and creatively designed challenges based on the Triwizard events that do a good job of breaking up the action. Without a doubt this is also the prettiest of the Potter games with a fairly accurate likeness to the movie.

The problem with the previous games was that they poorly represented the story and they mildly copied a far better game. In this the gameplay feels a little more original(though it does not stray too far from the established action formula) and doesn't warrant comparisons to one of Nintendo's best franchises. The story is also vastly improved because it is told through dark tinted sequences that have a lot of style and present the material better than any Potter game before it.

The biggest flaws for this game are its short nature(you'd be hard pressed to squeeze out more than ten hours), loss of the free-roaming environment of previous games, and the overall easiness of the game. Having said that, it is still the best Potter game in the last few years and a solid title in it's own right. Definately worth a rental and a good buy for rabid Potter fans.

Worst Potter game in the series
I was hoping them to get better as they progressed from the first Harry Potter game. But then they changed the formula and didn't give us anything other than multi-player to compensate for it. We have lost the ability to immerse ourselves in the Hogwarts school grounds and do not have the ability of wandering the halls. I was hoping for more areas to be opened with more rooms added and new areas to explore. However now the game is far too short and will have very little replay value.

However the graphics are the best the Potter series has seen by far and the environments are well done. EA has taken out the Hogwarts castle and replaced it with a level select screen. They just downsized the game to get it out on store shelves faster. The Best Overall game in the series would have to be Prisoner of Azkaban.

Definitely rent this before making the mistake I did and buy it. I was hoping for it to last more than a day but was sadly mistaken. This was the shortest game I have ever played.

3 Stars of Fun on the Multi-player aspect.
2 Stars Overall due to the length of the game and the level select replacement.