Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets

by Playstation

Product Features

• 1 Player
• Analog Control Compatible
• Vibration Function
• New Puzzles and Wizard Games

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00006JBS6
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 5, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,153 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation

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 PlayStation2 version of the game.)

Product Description

Dare to Return to Hogwarts. Solve the mystery of the Chamber of Secrets.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great game, but rather short, April 13, 2003

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Sword Queen (USA) - See all my reviews

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

All in all, I loved the game HP and the CoS. It was fun and not so difficult that you get frustrated enough to throw the controller at the screen, while at the same time not so easy that you felt you were playing something for five-year-olds. However, it was pretty short. I finished the game in one day, in about twelve hours. I've seen a lot shorter games, but I think they could have added more and made it longer. It only took me that long to get one hundred percent completion, including accessing the Founder's Tower--the contents of which, I must say, were rather pointless and disappointing--with no help from the internet or friends. I feel it necessary to add that I am no expert--I'm no more than mediocre.

My favorite parts:

Fighting Aragog
Looking for Wizard Cards
Fighting the Basilisk (which, in contrast to Quirrel of SS, was overly easy)
Dueling

My advice to the makers:

Make the next game a little longer, a tad bit more challenging, but not overly so, and make the Duelling a side game for two players so that you can challenge one another. That would be wicked!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The New Auto Save is the Bomb!, January 11, 2003

A Kid's Review

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

This game is probably a tad easier and more fun than the first HP game for PS. The new auto save is awesome. In the menu (well, actually it will give you an option when you start playing), you can choose if you want Auto Save on or off. Auto Save saves the game automatically after any challenging task or certain point, rather than saving only a few times after something simple, and then never being able to save until eons after something extremely challenging.

Anyway, the game itself is really cool. There are the basic places and such as the first game, but new characters (Dobby, Gilderoy Lockhart, the basilisk, Ginny Weasley, Mr. Lucius Malfoy, and Cornelius Fudge, etc.)

Harry must go through a series of events at Hogwarts and several tasks to collect items to create the Polyjuice Potion, collecting Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans for Fred and George, and so forth.

The game is... how should I say... easy and challenging at the same time. To make it clear, you would be doing something challenging, but in an easy way. This game, in my opinion, is not as hard as the first game. You can return to Quidditch practices any time you feel the need to practice (a letter won't arrive saying you NEED to practice).

The gameplay has new challenging battles and the like. You must steer the Ford Anglia (better known as the flying car) ahead of the Hogwarts Express train to make it to Hogwarts (which I found very similar to the mine cart journey in the first HP game), you have to slide down the chimney after using the Floo Powder (you go extremely fast), you have to dodge away from the rogue Bludger at the Quidditch match, go to your classes and learn new spells and charms, you have to collect the Pixies that Lockhart sets off, and there are many more exciting parts and pieces to this delightful game.

The graphics and sound are very realistic. And when I mean challenging at times, I mean that you can get head aches from the game, so I wouldn't try to hard.

All in all, this game is truly one of my faves!! =)

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An 10 year old game player, November 27, 2002

By A Customer

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

The game was a little easy, but it was really fun! It can get a little boring when your stuck on a part. Who ever thinks this game is totaly boring probily never played it. Also it is a little hard in some parts. It follows the book and movie really good with a little twist of its own.The price may be high but wait till it goes down a little. But it is way better than the first one. For example Quidditch is alot better. You have more gaming and space than the first one. The knomes swing is really cool! Buy this game to find out!

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