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Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup

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Quidditch World Cup is basically a sports game. This isn't my genre, but since I spent an extra 6 hours more than needed on Chamber of Secrets fooling around with Gnome-flinging, flying and Quidditch, I thought I'd give this a shot.

Now I find the game to be extremely addicting.

The basic gameplay is simple. It suits me just fine, although some sports genre enthusiasts might wish for more, such as vertical control. Perhaps in a sequel.

The International Teams are colorful and amusing. The first three offered up as a choice (US, England and Japan) are also the three countries with the biggest HP/videogame markets. The themes of the various fields reminds me of Disney World's Epcot World Showcase. Colonial for the US, Bavarian for Germany. However, given the castle and wizard theme of Harry Potter this doesn't seem out of order.

Scoring against the other teams is amazingly easy. Most players will find themselves with scores like 460 to 10. However, it'll be fun and the frustration level is low. Once the Comet 360 level is beaten a special 2-player level using the Hogwarts Teams called "Queerditch" will unlock. With another human player, the game stops being easy and scoring is low, making the dependance on the Snitch more like the books. This will satistfy those who get bored with easy wins.

Well, here we are with the first Quidditch video game. I went out today (10.29.03) to get it as soon as it was released, and the reason i say first game is that this one has so much potential for more.

Don't get me wrong, this game is fantastic. But a warning to those skeptics out there: YOU WILL ONLY LIKE THIS GAME IF YOU ARE A TRUE POTTER FAN. It can get a bit repetitive, but to a true fan, who cares: it's quidditch!

The only other bad thing is that it could have so many more options, such as a dynasty mode similar to football video games or even a season mode. There's not much to this game; however....

The controls impress me. It's very easy as a beginner (you can't lose your first match unless youre absolutely horrible). It's very easy to catch on, and there are a few special moves that, alone, make this game worth getting. It also has multiplayer, so that's a plus. The stadiums are awesome (sadly, the american field is somewhat disappointing) but the rest (especially Japan) are excellent.

TO CONCLUDE: This title is worth buying if you're an extreme harry potter fan. Otherwise, i recommend renting it. I, being a true potter fan, LOVE THIS GAME.

You don't have to be a Harry Potter fan to love this game! It is really fun and easy. I bought the game about a week ago and have already beaten it. You start out picking one of the four Hogwarts houses (Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, or Ravenclaw)to competer to win the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup. When you win the Quidditch Cup, you can try for the World Quidditch Cup! You can play as any of the nine teams, including USA, and compete against the other countries in differing Quidditch fields! Its awesome! When you win the Quidditch Cup, you unlock the first ever Quidditch Field called Quidditch Marsh, where you can just play a regular game without trying to win a cup or anything, just a regualr game. Well, hope this helped you in making your decision on buying the game!

Will you like this game? If you've ever wondered what's it like to fly on a broomstick and play the magical (albeit fictitious) game of Quidditch, then the answer is a resounding yes! How much you like this game will be directly related to your love of the Harry Potter books and movies. Its clear that the designers took this into consideration as they have created a virtual world that is (with one glaring exception) true to the J. K. Rowling novels. The game is easy to learn and play and is well suited for the younger Harry Potter fans. This is more simulation than sports game and hard core gamers will get bored quickly, although there are 4 skill levels and after hours of play I still find the hardest level a challenge.

The game has 2 main levels, Hogwarts and World Cup. You start play in the former, guiding one of the house teams against the three other team in hopes of winning the Quidditch Cup. The Quidditch Cup is held at the easiest difficulty level, so even young players can start here. Before you start play, you have a chance to practice with team and learn the various skills needed for success: controlling the quaffle, smacking your opponent with the bludger, and grabbing the snitch. If you don't understand any of this, don't worry; there is plenty of instruction from your teammates. And this is much fun for the Harry Potter fans, interacting with the "real" players. All the Gryffindor players are here from Harry's third year, as well as Draco Malfoy and Marcus Flint from Slytherin; Roger Davies and Cho Chang from Ravenclaw; and Cedric Diggory from Hufflepuff. And practice is more than just a way to sharpen your skills; you will also have a chance to win Quidditch Cards, which unlock special player moves and World Cup teams.

Win enough Quidditch Cards and you will be able to play in the World Cup, where you control one national team in a round-robin tournament against 8 other teams. Playing 16 matches can get a bit boring, but as you continue to win Quidditch Cards you can increase the difficultly level and launch special team moves, which add to the fun. Each team has its own national stadium, and the game designers showed great creativity here, modeling each after architecture you might find in the country; pagodas in Japan, castles in England, the Outback in Australia. I loved them all but my kids thought the Nordic Team stadium, made entirely of ice, was the best. Harry Potter fans will not be surprised to find the Bulgarian team here, led by Viktor Krum at Seeker. But where is Ireland? The team that won the World Cup in Harry Potter #4 is conspicuously absent here. I guess EA Sports figured they'd make more money with teams such as Spain and Australia. Still the designers did such a good job with the teams they did include that you can almost forgive the slight. And we can all hope that a future version will include the Irish team.

My only other knock against the game is that the players only move in 2 dimensions. I predict that everyone who plays this game will be frustrated at not being able to fly under the bridge in the Japanese stadium, or through the Gothic arches in Bulgaria. Despite these flaws, the game provides hours of great fun and is suitable for Harry Potter fans of all ages.

Playing this game is a real treat! There is nothing better than playing the Magical Pastime of quiditch. It is really amazing because it's like you're in the magical world. This game is one of the most fun things I've ever done, but what's really great is how you can actually go to the World Cup.

Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup is also unique because it is the first Harry Potter game with a Multiplayer option. This is one of the funnest parts about this game. You can battle a freind and crush him. Imagine you playign the Multiplayer Madden 2004, NBA LIVE, and NHL Hockey all rolled into one, in the Air...Pretty Cool,huh?

This game is unlike any sports games ever made, and that's why it will never be topped. Any sports fan, no matter if you like Harry potter or not, will love this game, it's just like a mix of basketball, football and hockey on a broomstick.

Overview:

Fun-13/10, the multiplayer really gives it an excellent edge.

Gameplay- 11/10 Nice gameplay, and cool to do awesome moves.

Graphics- 10/10 just like watching the Harry Potter Movies

Difficulty-11/10 Starts of Boring when you're playing the Hogwarts teams, but get's progressively harder.

Overall- 45/40, AMAZING game.

Amazing game, amazingly fun..Buy this great game, there is no sports game comparable to this game...it is very fun, not to metion difficult. BUY THIS GAME!!!

If you are a die hard Harry Potter fan, this is the game for you!! Finally, they put out a game devoted entirely to the wild wizard game quidditch. The effects are amazing and the game play is nothing short of excellent. Both children and adults alike will enjoy hours of game play with this latest version of Harry Potter games.

I' love playing this game whenever i can. its one of the best games i have ever played. graphics are fantastic and enviroment is fenominal. two player is also great fun. everything is based on the book, like bulgaria with the ronski feint. seeker what i am best at, my friends love the game also. i highly recomend this game to all quditich fans. it's one of the reasons to buy the gaming system!!

(anti-sandpoint)

This plays a bit like a soccer game, with great special and magical moves. Except that your flying!

Overall - A good game, but solo replayability isn't as good as it could be. On the plus side, there are lots of things to unlock in this mode. My real problem is with Quiddich itself - it really doesn't matter what you do, catching the snich wins all. This game tries to remedy this by linking you snitch boost to game performance, but from a game play perspective this should have been pushed even more.

Replayability - Average. Beating the computer 400 to zero gets dull after awhile, but two player mode is very intense and more like a soccer match (lots of action, ocassional scoring)

Graphics - Very good. Everything moves and feels smooth, it looks very good, and although the "nice shot" movies get stale, you can skip them quickly.

Game Play - As stated above, the only downside is the "snitch wins all" sudden death feel to every game. BUT, passing the quaffle, which is most of the game, is well done and 2 player mode will ware your finder prints off.

This is a wonderful game for all Harry fans. You get put right inside the game and it feels like you're at Hogwarts! I would recommend this to everyone! Although, it seems fairaly easy to win the games but is still a good expeirence.

.... quidditch. I mean we have seen it in the movies and read about this " sports" in the books but it really is as I imagined the game to be. I like the fact that you can play for the Hogwarts House Cup and that you can play the world cup.

To unlock certain levels and teams you have to obtain wizards cards by playing this game. The levels are from super easy to medium < others might find it hard > . My tip is to get as much training at school as possible before starting the World cup giving you a head start when it comes to the controls.

The controls in the beginning can be a bit confusing but it will get easier the more practice you get. There is plenty of teams to try out in the World Cup that way one really doesn't get bored playing this game.

Before going to the world cup check out the inventory to see what cards you need. One has to do certain things to obtain some of the cards. For example only shoot thru the left goal hoop or win a game by only catching the snitch and so on. Once you have all cards for a team you can perform special team moves earning you lots of points kicking back the other teams seeker.

In the Hogwarts Housecup challenge there is plenty of "best- times" to beat for each team. And yes you can play with all 4 teams. My favorite is Ravenclaw as for the fact that they have a good seeker.

Playing in the Worldcup mode you get to see many different stadiums < I like the Australian one > and the commentaries if you even have time to listen to them are fun to listen to. So get going unlock cards and lots of teams and brooms and get playing.