Things aren't looking very good for poor Harry Potter. After having taken part in a tournament that he had no business participating in during the events that make up the Goblet of Fire, he carries around the knowledge that his parents' killer, Lord Voldemort, has returned and has even killed Harry's classmate during a confrontation where the Dark Lord returns. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry and his friends return to prepare for a coming war on all major consoles including the PSP. Heres the review...
A former lead designer at EA Bright Light has revealed that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was supposed to compete with Gears of War as "it was quickly established that this was the visual quality we had to beat".
It's safe to say that Harry didn't enjoy the same success on the video game scene as Marcus Fenix, but we'll give him good marks for trying.
Movie tie-in video games are generally made much too quickly, since they need to come out simultaneously with the movie. The result is short, shoddy games. So the developers of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince game lucked out when the movie's release date was pushed back eight months. Those eight months gave developers a chance to make something that comes very close to being a good game."
If you want to turn your lady friend into a gaming fan, here's some advice from Xbox Live community manager Christa Phillips: Don't be a jerk.
Sounds obvious enough, but the statement earned knowing laughs and enthusiastic applause from the standing-room-only crowd gathered for the "How to Get Your Girlfriend Into Gaming" panel at the Penny Arcade gaming convention in Seattle recently.
