This is a more mechanically tuned, slightly better sequel to Years 1-4 with way less annoying bits to it. There's new visible indicators of what collectibles are in the overworld after you beat the game, no mandrakes and pixies, a more Overworld friendly Polyjuice Potion, an Expecto Patronum with a faster cast time so battling Dementors isn't The Worst, and more little tune-ups of this nature. This game also contains the best portrayals of the big story deaths of Harry Potter (they changed a stabbing into someone being crushed to death underneath a mountain of garbage, a fitting metaphor for the current state of this franchise under the iron claws of Queen Terf) so you are, indeed, playing a slightly better version of the 6.5/10 game that was Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4.

It's still a 6.5 out of 10 game at its core, but it's a less janky 6.5 out of 10.

Unfortunately, the trade off is you're playing through the four David Yates Harry Potter films now and playing through his versions of Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince are rough. Years 1-4 were charming little kid's movies with some iconic scenes that made for some good video game levels; Years 5-7 are when JK Rowling tricked herself into thinking she was writing an epic political drama about fascism or whatever the fuck so, even with Legos, you get this dreary experience where half of the collectibles are characters like "Yaxley" and "Pius Thicknesse".

With that in mind, this is still the best way to experience Deathly Hallows because Harry Potter gets to dropkick the Voldemort baby while he's in purgatory.