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Based on the 2009 summer movie blockbuster of the same name, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince transports fans both old and new to the beloved and action-filled video game universe of Harry Potter. In this most recent adventure players return to the famous Hogwarts school for wizards, as well as other surrounding parts of the wizarding world, to help Harry survive a difficult and danger filled sixth year.
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the Video Game, Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort’s defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hadn't counted on Romilda Vane’s chocolates. And then there’s Hermione, simmering with jealously, but determined not to show her feelings. Yet as romance blossoms throughout Hogwarts, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again. Gameplay Like earlier video game releases in the Harry Potter franchise, the action in Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince the Video Game revolves around the exploration of Hogwarts and the action that results from what you uncover. The game features both an engrossing single player mode as well as local multiplayer modes for up to two players. During their adventures, players will have a chance to engage in exciting wizard duels, mix and brew magical ingredients in potions class and take to the air to lead the Gryffindor Quidditch team to victory. Players may even get sidetracked by Ron’s romantic entanglements as they journey towards a dramatic climax and discover the identity of the Half-Blood Prince. Key Features
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In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort's defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts.
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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:PC
Fun:
Great game. Graphics are great once adjusted in the game's options menu. Controls use both mouse and w a d s like in the older Potter games. I only started playing it for a few hours today but so far it's been really fun. Some of the spells take practice to do half way decent, like Wingardium Leviosa, and potion mixing.
EA took all of our opinions about the older games to heart I think because this time they included almost all of our favorite aspects that we loved so much in the previous games, and left out the stuff we hated.
In this one we collect crests, both hidden and obvious, cast spells, duel, explore, and Harry wears a gorgeous red cape in some parts. The flying is MUCH easier, so is quidditch. Dueling is easier, too.
It's storyline play is set up like the older games..Harry is assigned a task or two, then a cut scene (can turn on subtitles in options menu), then more tasks, more cut scenes etc. Harry sometimes has to follow another character somewhere but he doesn't always have Ron or Hermoine dogging his every move. There's freedom to explore the HUGE castle and its grounds. It's not like Goblet of Fire at all, it's more like Prizoner of Azkaban.
Great game, glad I bought it.
Make sure your PC system meets min requirements before buying. No less than 512 MB of RAM or more for Vista (256 MB min for XP), 1.8 Ghz or faster, 5 GB hard drive space, Direct X 9.0c or compatible video card.
My laptop is 1.6 Ghz processor speed, cut scenes are kind of slow and choppy on occasion but game play is fine.
---Just as a helpful note to those who buy this:
The game can be played two ways..either whizzing right through it by using Nearly Headless Nick all of the time and not doing any of the side challenges OR, by taking your time, exploring w/o Nick's help, talking to the other students and characters (walk up to them and hit Return key..they are the ones who dole out the side challenges), finding all of the crests and mini crests, joining the clubs, and earning all of the badges and rewards. If you choose to whiz right through, there is an 'Endless Day' after the credits role so you can go back and complete the other stuff but it's nowhere near as fun as taking your time and doing them all as you go along in the game.
Just wanted to point that out because if you whiz right through and ignore the rest you'll probably feel short-changed on the length of the game.
EA took all of our opinions about the older games to heart I think because this time they included almost all of our favorite aspects that we loved so much in the previous games, and left out the stuff we hated.
In this one we collect crests, both hidden and obvious, cast spells, duel, explore, and Harry wears a gorgeous red cape in some parts. The flying is MUCH easier, so is quidditch. Dueling is easier, too.
It's storyline play is set up like the older games..Harry is assigned a task or two, then a cut scene (can turn on subtitles in options menu), then more tasks, more cut scenes etc. Harry sometimes has to follow another character somewhere but he doesn't always have Ron or Hermoine dogging his every move. There's freedom to explore the HUGE castle and its grounds. It's not like Goblet of Fire at all, it's more like Prizoner of Azkaban.
Great game, glad I bought it.
Make sure your PC system meets min requirements before buying. No less than 512 MB of RAM or more for Vista (256 MB min for XP), 1.8 Ghz or faster, 5 GB hard drive space, Direct X 9.0c or compatible video card.
My laptop is 1.6 Ghz processor speed, cut scenes are kind of slow and choppy on occasion but game play is fine.
---Just as a helpful note to those who buy this:
The game can be played two ways..either whizzing right through it by using Nearly Headless Nick all of the time and not doing any of the side challenges OR, by taking your time, exploring w/o Nick's help, talking to the other students and characters (walk up to them and hit Return key..they are the ones who dole out the side challenges), finding all of the crests and mini crests, joining the clubs, and earning all of the badges and rewards. If you choose to whiz right through, there is an 'Endless Day' after the credits role so you can go back and complete the other stuff but it's nowhere near as fun as taking your time and doing them all as you go along in the game.
Just wanted to point that out because if you whiz right through and ignore the rest you'll probably feel short-changed on the length of the game.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:PC
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I have played all the previous HP games on PC and I have always enjoyed them, even though some were better than others. EA has done a good job with making the movies into enjoyable games through out the years. That being said, number six was good, but could have been better. So far I am enjoying the game. But there are some things I wish EA had thought more about. Here are some pros and cons:
The graphics are really nice this time! They have really evolved and the amount of detail in the Hogwarts castle is impeccable; so life-like!
I am glad they brought back dueling from the second game. This is a lot of fun and it actually can be challenging, which is nice. They also added potion making and flying. Potions is new whereas flying was in previous games. These are fun if you want to take a break from the story-line.
That being said, I think EA went a little too detailed in the story. I like how they showed what the story was (after all it is an adventure game) however the amount of cutscenes feels greater than the time of gameplay. There is not an even balance. There were many missed opportunities for some gameplay where EA just inserted a cutscene. For example, towards the beginning, they show a scene with Malfoy going to his initiation ceremony and Harry and his friends watch. Instead of making this a fun part of the game where players could have followed Malfoy to his destination EA decided to immediately skip to another cutscene. In this respect, i feel some gameplay time was lost to cutscenes in instances like this. There were a couple more where I was like wait shouldn't there be some mission or adventure here after the cutscene?
I also think EA may have sacrificed hardcore adventure for graphics and extras like dueling. The castle is amazingly realistic and I have to wonder if they spent so much time on this and the well-done yet many cutscenes that they forgot to add in some adventure for the player. It just seems like the story is being watched rather than played, which is not the goal of a videogame. I like cutscenes; they are part of any adventure game but I should feel like I am playing the game not watching it.
Even though EA seems to have given graphics a greater importance than gameplay, this game is still pretty fun. If you liked the other games then I would definitely go ahead and get this. It is also a cheaper alternative to the console versions (except for DS it's the same price). I played the Wii one and find the PC/MAC one much better. And all HP fans will have fun even if gameplay is somewhat lacking.
Don't get me wrong, the game is fun, there were just some instances where I felt they left the player out a bit in place of cutscenes. It is fun to collect items like in the previous games and unlock rewards.
Another reviewer gave some good advice I'd like to also point out : it is more fun to explore than always follow Nearly Headless Nick. As for side challenges, so far it has been mostly dueling but some of them are fun; like now I have to make a potion for someone.
And also if you are playing this on Mac like me it runs great!
So I would say go and get this it's not so expensive and though it has it's faults it's fun; I just played for like an hour and a half!
Have fun!
The graphics are really nice this time! They have really evolved and the amount of detail in the Hogwarts castle is impeccable; so life-like!
I am glad they brought back dueling from the second game. This is a lot of fun and it actually can be challenging, which is nice. They also added potion making and flying. Potions is new whereas flying was in previous games. These are fun if you want to take a break from the story-line.
That being said, I think EA went a little too detailed in the story. I like how they showed what the story was (after all it is an adventure game) however the amount of cutscenes feels greater than the time of gameplay. There is not an even balance. There were many missed opportunities for some gameplay where EA just inserted a cutscene. For example, towards the beginning, they show a scene with Malfoy going to his initiation ceremony and Harry and his friends watch. Instead of making this a fun part of the game where players could have followed Malfoy to his destination EA decided to immediately skip to another cutscene. In this respect, i feel some gameplay time was lost to cutscenes in instances like this. There were a couple more where I was like wait shouldn't there be some mission or adventure here after the cutscene?
I also think EA may have sacrificed hardcore adventure for graphics and extras like dueling. The castle is amazingly realistic and I have to wonder if they spent so much time on this and the well-done yet many cutscenes that they forgot to add in some adventure for the player. It just seems like the story is being watched rather than played, which is not the goal of a videogame. I like cutscenes; they are part of any adventure game but I should feel like I am playing the game not watching it.
Even though EA seems to have given graphics a greater importance than gameplay, this game is still pretty fun. If you liked the other games then I would definitely go ahead and get this. It is also a cheaper alternative to the console versions (except for DS it's the same price). I played the Wii one and find the PC/MAC one much better. And all HP fans will have fun even if gameplay is somewhat lacking.
Don't get me wrong, the game is fun, there were just some instances where I felt they left the player out a bit in place of cutscenes. It is fun to collect items like in the previous games and unlock rewards.
Another reviewer gave some good advice I'd like to also point out : it is more fun to explore than always follow Nearly Headless Nick. As for side challenges, so far it has been mostly dueling but some of them are fun; like now I have to make a potion for someone.
And also if you are playing this on Mac like me it runs great!
So I would say go and get this it's not so expensive and though it has it's faults it's fun; I just played for like an hour and a half!
Have fun!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:PC
Fun:
If you are an adult and enjoyed reading the Harry Potter books - why not give the PC games a chance? I find that I am really enjoying this game after a stressful day at work. What I like most is that the instructions are good for those of us who may not feel we are as good as the kids when it comes to using computers. I highly recommend this game to people of all ages.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Not as fun as games 1-3, but incredible
This game has incredible graphics! the detail and size of Hogwarts is amazing. I do recommend having a good graphics card for it. I also needs more than 512 MB of RAM. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Benjamin Munk
Short and Boring
The only reason I bought it is to complete my collection of hp games. And I have to say this is the most boring game I had ever played. Read more
Published 7 months ago by copperzinc
2nd out of the 8
This one was pretty good, they tried to keep with the 5th games theme of free roaming the castle and it being in third person. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Herstin
HOW IS THIS GAME JUST OK?!!!
I ordered this game a few weeks ago (I patted myself on the back for completing some important homework) and I have played it every evening for the past two weeks, and I absolutely... Read more
Published 9 months ago by C. Jolley
Great fun exploring a very realistic Hogwarts
This game's best feature is a very real Hogwarts that you can explore. The game itself is fairly easy (except for making potions) but Hogwarts is incredible. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Nombre de Pluma
Harry Potter
I love this game... maybe I am a bit biased because I love anything Harry Potter. I didn't have any problems playing it, I have a Vista PC and it worked great! Read more
Published 14 months ago by Cassiehearts
Ok, not as good as the others
I bought this game to kill time this summer because I had nothing to do and it was ok compared to all the other HP games. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Anola
HP & HBP computer game
My 9 year old daughter and I have both had lots of fun playing this game.
Published on January 7, 2010 by Robin
IT was Ok the previous game was much better
This game is too dark, and very tedious. Everyone who played it got bored with it rather fast, they liked the ability to wander around the castle but they had a better time in the... Read more
Published on December 24, 2009 by James
Always a great gift
I ordered this game for my little brother as a Christmas present. He loves all of the Harry Potter games, and they are done so well in the PC format. Read more
Published on December 1, 2009 by Carrie
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