Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince (DS)

As a big fan of Harry Potter when I got my DSI I chose the HP game thinking it would be really good. Previously i've played the other games for the ps2 which i should have got this one for. Compared to the other games this was a let down. I found it a bit dull and making the potions the candle would burn out half way through making them if the ingredients needed to be mashed. I got stuck a few times and looked up a few cheats which really helped. The game ended quite suddenly and thought it would be better. WHen playing quidditch I thought they didn't really expalin how to play it properly or how to catch the snitch very well after a few goes i finally got the hang of it ...  Read the complete review

Having played on an older Harry potter game designed for the GBA and finding it a bit dull I thought that the new game designed for the Nintendo DS would be more interesting to play and also more challenging. Having recieved my Dooyoo cheque I decided to treat myself to the new Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince. The game is easily available and is currently on sale at Amazon for £24.99. The first thing that I noticed once I had the game running was that there were only two save-game slots. This always causes trouble in my family as the children and I share games so it always makes life easier if we can have three games on the go at once. Obviously ...  Read the complete review

The Harry Potter franchise has done very well for itself. Unfortunately, it appears that no one at EA Games had ever read Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince before writing the game. The plot is buried so far beneath the repetitive "go here and find that" tasks (most of which require you to waste time speaking to anyone you pass, just to get hints of where you are supposed to be going) that it would have been more aptly named "Harry Potter And The Half Written Cash Cow". The graphics are laughable; Hermione Granger appears to be a zombie. The interface is terrible; when you try to walk it casts a spell and when you want it ...  Read the complete review