Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on Wii (2007)

Not bad

Dimitri from London, England , 16/08/2007

I got this bundled with my Wii and although I didn't enjoy it as much as the Prisoner of Azkaban, the graphics improved greatly and a large number of the film cast gave their voices to their characters in the game, including Rupert Grinn and Ralph Fiennes.

If you enjoy running around and exploring Hogwarts, then it's definitely fun. It can take quite some time to collect all of the points and the first few rewards you get from completing certain categories are good fun.

Using the Wii remote as your wand sounds like a really good idea at first, but it doesn't always work very well, particularly during duelling.

Unfortunately, the bits that were hyped up are actually the least interesting parts of the game. The fight between Voldemort and Dumbledore is hardly different from your average duel so don't expect any spells on the scale of those in the film.

What I really enjoyed about the game was the way it incorporated a lot of elements from the book that weren't in the film (e.g. Ron and Hermione being Prefects, etc.) and the mini-games were all a lot of fun.

The worst part of the game were the cutscenes. The graphics during those were quite poor and they seem really rushed. In fact, they could have just done without them if you ask me.

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Not a patch on the film

A customer from Wakefield, England , 12/08/2007

A real shame for this. With all the possibilities the game offered and it fell so short. Graphics are poor and the game play has you loose intrest very quickly. Glad i rented and didn't buy

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Complete waste of time

Noel Kivell from Altrincham , 07/12/2007

This game is one of those things where you think 'I will never get those minutes (hours for slow people) back'. The cut scenes are far too long... after 10minutes I got to move chaires back and foward... wow!!! I had more fun posting it back.

It is much more entertaining listen (thats right, listen) to paint dry.

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Nice and easy game!

Greg from Southampton, England , 17/07/2007

I played this game for an hour and started to get bored, it involves a lot of running about collecting objects and performing tasks for other people. My younger sister on the other hand loved it, she played for 5 days solid to complete it!

So, if you prefer a laidback, roll playing type game then go for it, more so if you have a Wii.

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Good fun

samh from Swindon [Highly rated reviewer] , 22/04/2008

My 10 year old absolutely loved this game. There are lots of mini tasks to do and he really enjoyed using the Wii remote like a wand - there are different actions for different spells which gives it that edge over the PS2 games. The graphics are good and there is plenty to do.

Good for the kids and Harry Potter fans who will appreciate the detail.

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Complete waste of time

Noel Kivell from Altrincham , 07/12/2007

This game is one of those things where you think 'I will never get those minutes (hours for slow people) back'. The cut scenes are far too long... after 10minutes I got to move chaires back and foward... wow!!! I had more fun posting it back.

It is much more entertaining listen (thats right, listen) to paint dry.

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