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Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets Platinum (PS2)
Taking its visual and audio cues from the movies but sticking closer to the book than a two-hour film ever could, the PS2 game begins as Harry starts his second year at Hogwarts despite an ominous warning from Dobby the House Elf. At its heart Chamber of Secrets is a 3-D platform game, similar to Super Mario or Jak & Daxter, with the same basic controls being used for the majority of the game. However, the nature of the story means the game is peppered with various mini-games and side quests, including Quidditch and Wizard duels. In between the major quests you get a chance to explore Hogwarts, which is impressively massive and filled with hidden secrets--the collecting of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans being of particular importance since they can then be traded with Ron's brother for everything from Famous Witches and Wizards Cards to upgrades for your Quidditch kit. If the game has only one fault it's the extremely long and unusually frequent loading screens that keep popping up, and which you soon get very tired of seeing. It's not nearly enough to ruin the game though, which must go down as one of the best book/movie conversions of all time. --David Jenkins
RRP: £19.99
Our Price: £8.98 (subject to change)
Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
It was no surprise that the first Harry Potter games were a huge success, but what was unusual was that they were actually pretty good. Millions of fans will be pleased to hear that the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets game is even better.
Fantastic game. Great for Harry Potter fans.
Review date: 2009-07-22 Rating: 10 out of 10
As a fan of the Harry Potter series, I brought the Chamber of Secrets game for PS2 and I really enjoyed playing this!
The controls are easy to use, the vocals are quite good, the graphics are excellent, the gameplay is great and the difficulty is not too easy and not impossible.
The first thing you get to do is a bit of Gnome throwing at the Burrow which is a nice start to the game. Then on to Diagon Alley for some supplies and complete the challenges and then you go in Ron's flying car and crash into the Whomping willow. A level which takes time to get to the end. When you get to Hogwarts it is a big place to explore. You can collect Bertie Botts Beans to buy items from Fred & George's Shop.
The game then becomes a Day/Night format which is realistic and a great idea. During the day you play Quidditch matches against the other houses and having lessons to find a new spell which there is a great choice of spells to use.
Night missions are different because you have to sneak past prefects which is very fun and is one of the most difficult but exciting parts of the game but it can boring after the third night as there's no new area to sneak around and you know how to get past the same areas by then.
You can even fly around the grounds in the day to complete side quests by finding other students to play mini games: racing, gnome throwing and gnome tossing and even finding lost items and gettng rewards for it.
But it has flaws: the loading screens are too long, it needs to be a longer game, you can't go through the locked doors, and Ron can be annoying sometimes.
Overall this a brilliant game for Potter fans. Best game for PS2! Well done EA!
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Reviews
A good game for Potter fans
Review date: 2009-07-19 Rating: 8 out of 10
The good:
Exploring Hogwarts
Casting Spells
Long story with plenty of side-quests
Captures the atmosphere of Potter perfectly
The castle at night, sneaking past prefects
The bad:
Not being able to explore ALL of the places from the book (going inside knockturn alley shops, going inside the Burrow, Dumbledores office)
Getting caught by prefects
Voice-overs for certain characters
Overall:
A fantastic game for Harry Potter fans.
Must get game
Review date: 2009-07-17 Rating: 10 out of 10
This game is execelent for both young and old alike... I assure you that there is hours of fun to be had
The best game i've ever played !!!
Review date: 2006-07-30 Rating: 8 out of 10
One thing's for sure you will not get bored because i just finished the game yesterday so it has taken me 4 years to finish.The graphics are not perfect because it is quite old.This game is very addictive and there is a very big area to explore.
The whole story is exactly the same as the book and movie so you know were you are.After the credits at the end you are given the chance to stay in the common room and browse through 'Colin's Photo Album' so you can re-visit levels and collect more witch and wizard cards.
But the down side is that you need to wait a quite a while when the game is loading up and the guy who tells the story is VERY annoying.
But believe me this game can be quite challenging at times but you will get through it (without any cheats).So buy it,it is well worth the money because it gives you years of entertainment !!!
Brillent!!!!! But one small thing!!!!!
Review date: 2005-05-17 Rating: 10 out of 10
A top notch game, well done to EA, but one small thing please please please please please make the game bigger and with a longer story line.
From an adult Harry Potter fan.
Product Details/Specifications
Recording label: Electronic Arts
Manufacturer: Electronic Arts
EAN: 5030930038182
Binding: Video Game
Release date: 2004-07-09
Manfacturer maximum age: 216
Manfacturer minimum age: 36 months
Platform: PlayStation2
Brand: Electronic Arts