The Prisoner of Azkaban.

The last Harry Potter game I ever played. Never touched any of the games after HP3 cuz my interests kinda shifted and afterwards I heard those are pretty bad.

The graphic texures have pretty much improved since the last game. I also noticed how characters make pretty funny faces in this game, especially Ron and Hermione. Speaking about those, they have been fleshed out alot as characters in this game, in fact I think you play more often as Ron or Hermione than as Harry in this game, who kinda takes a backseat despite being the titular protagonist.

Every character has their own spells and special abilities, making you value each of them differently when playing as either of those.

Hogwarts however feels a bit less alive than in the 2nd game and the stealth missions are kinda downgrades than compared to its predecessor. Also the game is kinda lagging when free roaming outside of Hogwarts.

The levels and puzzles are still great. What keeps this game down to become superior than its predecessor though is the rushed ending. Storywise this feels the far more like it was made for people that only read the book or watched the movie. The best movie and 2nd best book in the series but only the 3rd best game. Still damn good though.

8/10 sinister Dementors swallowing your soul.

Make sure to check out my review of The Prisoner of Azkaban on letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/xgmanx/film/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban/

Reviewed on Jan 28, 2024


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