Select/Start Games: "I consider myself to be a pretty big Harry Potter fan. A skeptic at first, J.K. Rowling's fantasy tale of The Boy Who Lived grew on me after reading the first few chapters of Book 1.
As far as the video games go, the only one I played was Order of the Phoenix on the Playstation 3. While it was a decent enough attempt at capturing the feel of the school, it wasn't as engaging on the gameplay front.
Now, here we are, a year or so later, and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Book 6 of the story is making it's way to us in the form of a film, and of course, a video game tie in. I've recently gotten my hands on the PSP version of the title, and after spending quite a few hours in this pint-sized Hogwarts, I can lay in."
The perks of having an eight-movie franchise based on the Harry Potter books with a tie-in game for each movie is that you can tell a lot about the state of gaming at the time.
Hoping for a new Harry Potter game soon that's actually good. Hasn't been one in awhile. Really enjoyed the 2 Lego Harry Potter games though.
Harry Potter coop diablo style game please, or mmo please, anything but a phone game please
It's common knowledge that movie tie-ins come under much more scrutiny and criticism than any other type of game. Most would argue (perhaps justifiably) that this is thoroughly deserved, and that they can never replace such blockbuster titles as Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and God of War III. On this front PS3 Attitude would have to agree, but why exactly is this the case?
Planet Xbox 360 writes: "Harry Potter and his encounters with the Half-Blood Prince won't win over newcomers to the franchise but it may have enough juice to entertain longtime fans. Electronic Arts is not going to win any awards with this video game based on the hugely popular series that spans the globe. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is no different than the previous titles with gameplay that will be felt as overly repetitive. The phenomenon of Harry Potter is no mystery; it's able to grasp the attention of all demographics. As a novel, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was remarkable in its attempt to push its characters towards adulthood and their encounters with mature scenarios such as Harry's journey with Professor Dumbledore through Lord Voldemort's cave. As a film, Warner Brothers took the novel and put forth one of the darkest entries in the series to date."