Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• The Chamber Of Secrets has been opened and the Heir To Slytherin is causing havoc -- Harry and his friends have to stop it!
• Explore the complete world of Hogwarts -- completely immersive, interactive environments are waiting to be explored
• Save the students who are being petrified by Slytherin
• Fly in aerial levels on Harry's Nimbus 2000
• Combat the deadly menace unleashed by the Chamber with new spells

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006F7RS
• Item Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 14, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (109 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,179 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #2 in Software > Outlet
  • #100 in Video Games > PC Games > Adventure
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC

Manufacturer's Description

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

• Explore rich environments from the colorful Burrow to the dark reaches of the Forbidden Forest.
• Master new spells including Expeliarmus, Diffendo, and Skurge.
• Overcome dangerous foes from Aragog to the Basilisk.
• Take flight to play improved Quidditch.
• Interact with new characters from J.K. Rowling's world, including Dobby, Lockhart, and Ginny Weasley.

Product Description

Platform:  WINDOWS 98/ME/2000/XP Publisher:  ELECTRONIC ARTS Packaging:  DVD STYLE BOX Rating:  EVERYONE Take the wheel of a flying car and don't be late for a second term at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets! Based on J.K. Rowling's second book in the worldwide best-selling series players face a magical multitude of new challenges and mysteries as the famous "Boy Who Lived". Ignoring Dobby the house-elf's grave warning that disaster will strike if he returns to Hogwarts Harry embarks on his second year to find Dobby's predictions ing true! Harry soon finds himself entangled in a dark plot against his "Mudblood" classmates as students keep turning up petrified! Could Draco Malfoy be to blame or is something even more malevolent at work? With the help of returning friends Hermione Ron Hagrid and Hedwig players attend new classes to learn second-year spells that will aid them in a quest to uncover the true identity of the "Heir of Slytherin". Players enter fantastical free-roaming 3D environments from Harry's world. Players bee Harry Potter and delve not only into Harry's world but also into his personality via an internal "voice." Conversing with unique characters like Moaning Myrtle shopping in Diagon Alley and exploring the convoluted corridors of Hogwarts players make crucial and independent decisions within Harry's world. Additionally Harry can of course cast spells against foes - but these spells must be perfectly executed or they could be miscast with humorous or critical consequences! Mini-games within levels can be revisited so players can help Mrs. Weasley with "de-gnoming" her garden challenge other students in Professor Lockhart's Dueling Club or plete other mini-games again and again.Freely explore the captivating environments based on Hogwarts and its grounds with more control and c

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

103 of 107 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Harry does it again!, November 6, 2002

By 

Kona (Emerald City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (CD-ROM)

The Chamber of Secrets game follows Harry in his second year at Hogwarts as he attends classes, duels, and plays quidditch. The game opens with Harry meeting Ginny and Mr. Malfoy at Flourish and Botts where Malfoy puts the Diary in Ginny's bag. Ron and Harry fly their car to school and land in the Whomping Willow. Then, it's off to class where we get to meet Gilderoy Lockhart. We also meet a lot of tiresome fire crabs and orange snails, which we can knock out and push around and we get wizard cards and beans all the time.

Some nice improvements over Game I are: The character's mouths move when they talk, Harry turns around when you back him up, and you're told if doors aren't going to open so that saves trying again and again. Best of all, you can press Enter to bypass the cutscenes!

I don't like that you get a Loading Game screen every ten minutes or so. You can wander all over the school at any time, which, while fun, can get you off-track if you want to complete a challenge. The Save Game books are still too far apart. There are also long periods without music, and the music isn't as eerie as in Game I. But these are all minor things compared to the overall excitement of the game. (Hint: You'll need to trade beans to make lots of potions to complete the Aragog and Basilisk scenes.)

It's definitely addicting and lots of fun for all Harry Potter fans, especially if you liked Game I. Have fun. (P.S. I hope you're not afraid of spiders!)

48 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Game of Heros, November 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (CD-ROM)

This game is one of the best PC games I have played so far! Harry Potter and the chamber of secerts Starts out with the narriotor guy from Game 1, only insted of the still pictures it has moving pictures. The narratior narrotars until the womping williow sence, were you must resuce Ron.
Then from there you go to classes! Your first class is with Lockhart but this time instead of having to trace the spell with your mouse you use your arrows to the places the hit!
In this game you also get to mix potians and explore the grounds as long and as far as you like. You can go to the Grand Hall and the Quidditch Picth and the Forbiden forest as much as you please as long as it isn't during class.
There also is a Weekly House Point ceriomony! The house with the most points can go to the bean room and collect as many beans as you'd like but you will be put on a timer...
Now, Fred and Geogre have also set up a bean trading post! This allows you to trade beans with potion ingreadants or a Nimbus 2001 or Wizard cards or all kinds of things!

HOPE YOU ENJOY!

84 of 93 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun for any Potter fan, December 2, 2002

By 

Lisa Shea "medieval swordfighting enthusiast" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (CD-ROM)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is now a computer game that's out for the PC as well as PS2 and other platforms. While they could have sold millions even with an awful game, this one is pretty good.

The game starts out with a reasonably good 3D model of Harry being rescued in a flying car by his friends. They fly back to Ron's house, where their mom promptly scolds them for their hijinks.

They're sent out into the yard where Harry (i.e. you, the player) start to learn how to use your controls. You're shown how to use your want, how to gather up beans. You move along to degnoming the property, which is great fun! You have to knock over the gnome and then whirl and fling him as far as possible.

You get Wizard cards, chocolate frogs, you play Quidditch, and try to earn house points. There's some button-pressing games which are quite fun, but there are also a lot of puzzles for you to reason through. While the game is one player, other people get involved in trying to figure out the riddles and offer advice. Even when the puzzles are figured out and the game is won, it's still a great deal of fun to go back and play again, to try to get an even better score.

This is sure to be a hit with any Potter fans, and is great for all ages of gamer.

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