Ah, Harry Potter. The character that began as a roughly formed idea that a certain Joanne Rowling came up with on a train journey from Manchester to London in 1990 has come a long way. In twenty short years the spectacled young wizard has become the star of seven books (not counting the extra spin off), seven going on eight films, and a theme park. In addition, the obligatory lines of toys and memorabilia continue to dominate markets, and it is in this group that we can include computer games. Somewhat predictably, every Harry Potter film to date has been released with a computer game not long behind. It is unfortunate, though not entirely unexpected, that these movie ...  Read the complete review

*Update* - Having read a few reviews now apparently there is a bug in the game which can see you having to start all over again - a dungeon with a dragon - in year 4 - though in year 4 of the game have managed to avoid this - thus far. My feelings below still stand as we have had hours of fun from this title..... Reveiw: Having pretty played our way through several other Lego games, it's fair to say that the 6 year old and I were awaiting the release of the latest Lego game - Harry Potter Years 1-4 with great anticipation. The trailer, which we first saw at Legoland itself in 3-D looked promising, but having heard mixed things about the ...  Read the complete review

The LEGO games have slowly been infiltrating franchises over the last few years, weaving a spell of simplicity and hilarity as you see your favorite films recreated in LEGO fashion. To date we have seen the Star wars saga, Indiana jones and even Rockband has been turned into a LEGO game, so it could only be a matter of time before Harry and freinds saw this happen to them. The game , as the title suggests, takes you through the first 4 years of Harry's time in Hogwarts school of wizardry taking levels from famous moments in the books and films. If your unsure of what these are it takes the events from the Philosophers stone, Chamber of secrets, Prisoner of ...  Read the complete review

The Lego series of video games that began with Lego Star Wars in 2004 has slowly moved from a charming novelty to one of my favourite series' of games. Each has taken a source material, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Batman, and crafted an intelligent, family friendly game around it. Using familiar Lego pieces to act out your favourite moments from your favourite films, it will win over your kids while the gentle satire is great for grownups too. Lego Harry Potter is the latest in this series, based around the first four Harry Potter films, it is also probably the best. The game is centred around Hogwarts castle, a giant hub world full of ghosts, puzzles and ...  Read the complete review

OK so you've read the books and seen the films, maybe even been to the theme park, but have you bought the lego???? No I hear you cry, oh you didn't know it existed- well I promise you it does and you could go and track it down or you could take the simpler option and buy this game. Reviewing PS3 version because that's the one I have but you'll most likely only get a little bit of variation between systems. The PS3 one has some glitches so if you can wait until these have been fixed before buying its worth doing so, however they don't ruin the game play experience for the most part. The only reason I say wait really is because there's so much to be done that if you ...  Read the complete review