Harry Potter and the Sorcerer

Enroll at Hogwart’s and
become a first-year wizard!!

Are you a muggle that has
been longing to be a wizard? Well here is your chance to enroll at the
Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and become a first-year wizard!!
At Hogwart’s you will learn about all things that are magical.  You will take
several spell casting lessons from the different professors at Hogwart’s that
will aid you in the quest to save the Sorcerer’s Stone from evil hands.  There
are challenging puzzles, wizard cards to be found, Bernie Botts Every Flavor
Beans, and Chocolate frogs.  The goal is to do well in all challenges and earn
points to win the house cup.

You will interact with
over 20 amazing characters from the book (or movie) including your sidekicks
Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. You have many things to accomplish in this
fun filled game.  You have to learn spells in each of your classes. You simply
learn them by following the pattern with your wand (mouse) in the specific
amount of time.  Take your spells and use them while solving puzzles and
getting through many obstacles throughout the game. And best of all, you will
get to play the popular wizard world game of Quidditch.  Your goal is of the
Seeker and your job is to find the Golden Snitch to win the game!!  All this
while riding your infamous Nimbus 2000!!  Avoid those bludger’s that try and
knock you silly!

What I liked best about
the game was the ease of play.  You didn’t have to fumble through spells to
see what works.  If a spell could be cast, the appropriate spell would be used
automatically.  The challenges increased with difficulty as the game
progressed which gave it that I gotta try one more time feel.  However with no
multi-player, and virtually no replay ability after you have solved it,
hardcore gamers may stay away from it.  But, if you are one of the millions of
people who are devoted Harry Potter fans whether it be the movie, or the
books.  By all means you absolutely have to check this out!

Reviewer’s Scoring Details

Install: Easy
No brainer

Gameplay: 8
Short learning curve, third person
view gets a bit tricky at times.

Graphics: 7
Average at best
but still enjoyable

Sound: 8
Decent sound
effects and music

Difficulty: 7
No adjustments for difficulty, but
the puzzles and monsters do get more difficult as the game progresses.

Concept: 7
Another
book/movie marketing scheme, but the game is quite fun.

Multiplayer: N/A

Overall: 8
Geared towards
the HP fans.  I would suspect that gamers not familiar with the story would
not find this game as fun as the fans will.