Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Explore a richer world - dazzling next generation graphics create an authentic immersive Hogwarts.
• Go deeper into Harry's second adventure - greater magic control and advanced second-year spells.
• Greater depth - featuring Wizard Duels, Power-Up Spells, Quidditch leagues, and all your favorite ch
• Take flight - hop on Harry's Nimbus Two Thousand and freely explore Hogwarts School of Witchcraft an
• Harry comes to life - his internal voice guides the player through the game.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006IJJL
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 5, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (82 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,136 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: GameCube

Amazon.co.uk Preview

Even though they were clearly aimed at children, the first Harry Potter games nevertheless managed to be quite good--an extraordinary feat considering that film-license games are usually awful. For this second crack at the gaming wand Harry moves to next-generation consoles too, and, from the two-level demo we played, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is looking even better than 2001's efforts.

Looking and playing similarly to Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda, the first level has you zapping gnomes with a stun spell and ejecting them from the garden they're roaming around in. Although simple in gameplay terms, this first little section allows you to get used to the pleasingly intuitive and flexible controls. A subsequent level is based on more traditional action set pieces, with you as Harry jumping about on platforms, avoiding elves, and using a magic spell to chop down ropes. It’s a real surprise to see a game this high profile, which would easily have sold a million if it’d been a blank disc with the Harry Potter logo, being made with such care and imagination. In fact, so good does it look so far that the old lie about nonfans of the movie/book being able to enjoy it might actually be true. --David Jenkins

(This preview refers to the PlayStation 2 version of the game.)

Product Description

Be Harry Potter in a new adventure with more magic, friendship and danger. Learn new spells, undertake new quests, make new friends and challenge new adversaries to confront the powers at the heart of the Chamber of Secrets. Do you dare take the chance that you might face You-Know-Who again?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

62 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EA Games does it again!!, November 10, 2002

By 

S. Abell "smabell" (Falls Church, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets (Video Game)

Graphics: 10/10
They are absolutely amazing. My dad came into my room when I was playing, and he asked if it was a movie! He could not believe it was a game, I had to CONVINCE him by moving Harry around in circles! Best graphics I have ever seen on any system, they are simply breathtaking and truly bring the game to life.

Sound: 10/10
Sound quality is amazing, the voices are VERY real and the background music is excellent, not annoying at all.

Control: 10//10
Control is perfect, you can customize the spell buttons to any place you want, wich is great. Harry is very easy to move around, with three different speeds (Sneak, Walk and Run) at a diff positions on the control stick. When shooting spells at objects they are very very easy to hit right on target, excellent aiming system!

Gameplay: 10/10 TONS upon tons of different levels, different places, all exciting and thrilling in they’re own way!

Fun Factor: 10/10 This game is an absolute blast! You will NEVER get tired of this game, right till the very end!

Story Line: 10/10 it follows the book very well. Some things are different, but they were only changed to be “playable” a lot of great original ideas where added into the game, creating MANY new special tasks for Harry to complete like SAVING Ron from the Whomping Willow!

Annoyance: 9/10 Having to “meet” the chars everywhere tends to get on ones nerves but it’s not too bad. Also sometimes the Camera angels can get a bit touchy, but with the yellow control stick, you can move them to the spot you want!

Memory Card: 10/10 only takes up 5 blocks on your card, AMAZING for the quality of graphics this game has!!

Overall: 10!!! This game is an asset and will be a star to any collection. Buy it now, you will NOT regret it!!!!!!

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Quite Enchanting..., December 26, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets (Video Game)

Don't judge a book by it's cover- this game is graphically pleasing, everything looks and sounds great. However, it is quite uneventful.

It is too similar to Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone. You have to relearn many spells (Flippendo, Lumos, Incendio, etc.) and you only learn a few more. Quidditch is very slightly changed (instead of speeding up and down you have to fly through rings which accelerate you occasionally giving you the power for a boost).

You won't get any challenging game play out of it. I got it [one day]and I had it beaten it by the next day. The only challenging parts are the puzzles, are clever and are the only reason I gave this a 2. Much of the gameplay consists of sneaking around the school at night which is fun at first, but gets frustrating. The bosses are extremely simple (there are only 3: the Whomping Willow, Aragog, and the Basilisk. Also there are unlimited lives so there is no problem if you don't beat something, you get an infinite amount of shots at it with no penalty.(I'm not even very good at video games, I've only beaten a couple easy ones)

A new feature of the game (opposed to the first one) is your Rememberall. It gives you a to-do list for each day. I like this feature. In the first game, you didn't have this, the game just brought you to each challenge. This feature allows you to roam freely around Hogwarts, trusting that you know what you need to do and that you will get around to it when you feel like it . However, you will soon find that there's not much to explore.

The one improvement (over Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) an is that after you have completed each of the day's objectives you are free to explore the castle. However instead of being rich and fulfilling with mysteries, it seems bland and repetitive. Who really wants to open all of the desks in Hogwarts to get more Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans?

The controls are not very good. You don't even get to aim your own spells, you just press L for auto aim. You don't get to time your own jumps, it will do it automatically. Why doesn't EA Games just do everything for you? Another frustrating thing is that on Hogwarts grounds you can only land your broomstick exactly where you took off from. I spent 30 min. trying to land before I gave up and shut off the Gamecube losing all that I had done since my last save.

The cinematic scenes are basically worthless. They explain just enough to bore fans of the books/movies and are not nearly enough to explain things to someone who isn't. They aren't even graphically impressive either (except for the entrance video). Little effort was made to make them interesting and explanative (they show Harry looking at Tom
Riddle's Diary instead of showing us what he saw).

Almost everyone knows what will happen as most players are familiar with the plot of the book or story. This leaves you with no surprises or mysteries.

All and all, this game gives you an empty feeling. You don't feel like you completed an adventure, but rather that you completed a checklist. It does not give you any feeling of fulfillment It may be pretty, but there's not much to back it up. The game doesn't feel like an unfolding adventure, it feels like a planned program and you observe it rather than participate in it.

Many people who buy this game aren't really looking for a video game. They are looking to enter Harry Potter's world. This game doesn't offer the Hogwarts experience. It is short, and character interaction is limited to the cinematic scenes. You never even have a Potions class! Those who are looking to enter this world should reread the books and read fan-fiction (my recommendation is www.schnoogle.com).

My advice: Save your sickles for something else. There will be more chances for a good Harry Potter game, think EA Games has until the 7th year to get it right...

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secret: A Must Buy, November 14, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets (Video Game)

You never know what to expect from a videogame based on a popular license. But, to me, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets hasn't fallen victim to any of the unfortunate failings that become so many of these types of games. It's, in fact, a very well done 3D adventure game filled with a fun quest, challenging puzzles and an intuitive control scheme and magic system. It reminds me a lot of Zelda, actually, which is a great thing. That's not to say it's perfect. Some of the puzzles lack the intensity of those in Zelda and there is a level of redundancy in some of the challenges, but for the most part it's all still something of an addiction.

I think that just about anybody will get his or her money's worth with this game. But for genuine Potter fans, this is an absolute must buy. The way in which developer Eurocom has brought Diagon Alley, Hogwarts, Quidditch and the cast of the Potter books to life in videogame form is brilliant. There is so much to see and do in the Harry Potter universe here that the game is practically a virtual library of Potter related locations, items, and characters. And the topper is that the Chamber of Secrets storyline is presented with equal flair and detail.

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