This review contains spoilers

This game is good, but not what to expect from the makers of the last 2 games. The Story is the same as the movie, with a few changes added, like Draco somehow knowing that Harry used Polyjuice Potion last year and used Ron's hair somehow to lure Harry to the dungeon to die, the normal changes fit the engine of the last 2 games, but others make it worse. The Voice acting is better than the last still not good, feel normal in most situations and off in others. The Graphics are not bad, the color but a downgrade of appeal and quality from the last 2 games design, but it's finished at least, unless Philosopher's Stone they show a more mature tone, but it's not as good, especially Snape's model. The Gameplay is good, but worse than the last 2. You play Harry, Ron and Hermione, each with their own abilities and spells to use, harry Jumps, Ron finds passages, and only Hermione can crawl under stuff, even though harry could in the last game, Ron doesn't get many spells, well Hermione gets too many compared to the rest, making playing as each one feel uneven during situations and lowering point. You can't always go down to the floor you want to, since their blocked off with a prefect who stands their trapped until they need to be opened for Harry's story, stealth is broken, you now avoid armor that shake to catch you, even though you are too far away from the teachers, and if teachers see you, you lose and can't run to the door, it's not close to being as good as before, you can collect items like the last game, which do have fun to it, but is less interesting due to collecting items either leads to nothing fun, nothing at all, or to buy stuff in Fred and George's shop. Spell challenges are good but not great, lesser versions of the last games, potion ingredient collecting isn't as fun due to looking for them in an emptier exterior of Hogwarts, it's also odd why, Harry and Ron don't follow Hermione in the Girls dormitory, But Hermione can go to the Boys, I DON'T TOLERATE SEXISM TO MEN. The enemies you fight range from fun if not done too many times, to stupid toy robots and instruments, Bosses can be fun though, not attacking books though. The sneaking past trolls with dumb bombs are bad, thanks to being able to run past them to escape for them, makes not interesting guards when that can happen in a stealth section, but the worst stealth section has to be when future Harry and Hermione have to avoid everyone, why? because it NEVER HAPPENS it gets skipped over, from 1 dementor fight to another. These problems in the gameplay lower its quality more. The Music is good, it actually works for this game's older tone and style. Sounds are good to, when collecting stuff, the sound makes a sudden satisfaction when they are gone, not as good as chamber but better than Philosophers, but that's not good enough to make it as good as its predecessors. Prisoner of Azkaban shows that just because you make the series darker, that doesn't mean it should just do the first one you can think of, otherwise you get this style compare the other ones too.

Reviewed on Oct 13, 2022


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