Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Experience the thrills of the movie -- from the Quidditch World Cup campsite to a heart-stopping duel with Voldemort
• All-new spell-casting system, unleashing powerful spells to become a master of magic - feel the controller shake with every flick of the wand!
• Players can join forces with friends in cooperative gameplay -- combining powers and casting spells co-operatively to create more powerful magic
• Use Accio to chase down and capture dynamic living beans & increase the power of Harry, Ron, and Hermione with Collector's and Creature Cards

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000930DQE
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches ; 5.3 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 15, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,196 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: Xbox

From the Manufacturer

Be Harry Potter in a new adventure with more magic, friendship, and danger. In a stunning next-generation rendition of Harry's world, 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?

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 characters from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, including the extremely famous and incredibly talented Gilderoy Lockhart.
• Take flight: hop on Harry's Nimbus Two Thousand and freely explore Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
• Harry comes to life: his internal voice guides the player through the game.
• Slay a fire-breathing dragon, rescue friends from the icy depths of the Black Lake, and navigate the dangerous twisting mysteries of a vast, dangerous maze.
• All-new, enchanting spell-casting system allows players to really feel the magic as the controller shakes and reacts with every flick of the wand.
• Team-up with friends in co-operative play to make more magic and powerful spells than ever before.

Product Description

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire brings back Harry, Ron, and Hermione for more adventure! Harry is mysteriously selected as the fourth contestant in the dangerous Triwizard Tournament. Each competitor in the international competition must confront a fire-breathing dragon, rescue friends from the icy depths of the Black Lake, and navigate the twisting mysteries of a vast, dangerous maze. It may Sound difficult, but Harry is older, wiser and more skilled now. Still, even he isn't ready for another show with the evil Lord Voldemort himself!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A waste of time... What was EA Games thinking?!, November 11, 2005

By 

James Jamison "potter fan" (Western Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Video Game)

If you are a fan of Harry Potter of even an avid gamer, this is not the game to get. This is (and I'm even including the re-release of The Sorcerer's Stone) byfar the worst Harry Potter game ever made. Why? I'll tell you.

First of all, the cut scenes explain very little and the gameplay in the middle explains even less. There is no Yule Ball, no owlery, no exploring the grounds and looking in the various rooms. All you do is go to preset levels, explore them, and then return to the pensieve to choose another. There is really no point because the levels aren't really linked except for the Triwizard Challenges and even those are sloppy.

The underwater challenge? First off, it doesn't explain it well enough. There is no revelation from the golden egg. Before this level, you go to the greenhouses and Hermione says, "Neville said to go to the greenhouses to help you brethe under water for an hour." Is this explained? No! Then at the end of the underwater level, you look up and see two things floating. What are these things? I would have no idea had I not read the book, but I did and so I knew what they were.

The gameplay? Ack! It's so annoying! The camera is always like an arial view of everything. There's really no low shot except when you're running through a SMALL section of the maze. Other than that it's all above you.

Then there's other parts that I won't even get into! All in all... Bad game! I wanted to return it, but they'll only give me $12 for it! That was my birthday money and I am SO not happy right now!

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Goblet of Fire is a disappointment, November 15, 2005

By 

Catherine Keogh (Dublin) - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Video Game)

The Harry Potter games just got better and better with each new release - until The Goblet of Fire - when the standard went into rapid reverse. Prisoner of Azkeban was suberb and expectations were high for the Goblet of Fire. What a let down ! The camera angle is limited and irritating in the extreme. There is very little interaction with the other characters and you can't explore the school that we have now become so familar with. The flying experience, speeding ahead of the dragon, is from a bygone era compared to the Hippogriff flying in the Prisoner of Azkeban. I just wish that E.A. games has stuck with the winning formula they had. I had hoped for this to be even better in the new game. More of the same would have been so much better than this step backwards.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WASTE OF MONEY, December 27, 2005

By 

Wizard master "Tom" (NY, VA usa) - See all my reviews

= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Video Game)

You must be thinking that this game is very cool,you get to play the three tasks and face voldemort. BUT NO! you do not face voldemort in this game. Voldemort just summonds these skulls and you have to kill them.Youu dont really duel him at all.THe three tasks are bad too. The first task you have to run away from the dragon on your broom. THats fun. But the other two are not. YOU just collect gillyweed in the second task. Thats all. The third task is HORRIBLE! You just fight 2 monsters.Thats all. You cant even go around hogwarts. You just keep beating levels. EA games made a piece of JUNK!

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