Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Return to Hogwarts to explore a richer world, with dazzling, authentic recreations and immersive environments
• Gain greater magical control and learn advanced second-year spells
• Hop onto Harry's Nimbus 2000 broom and explore as you get involved in Wizard Duels, Quidditch league games and much more
• Uncover wonderous magical items, like the Invisibility Cloak, broomsticks, Chocolate Frog Famous Wizard Cards, and potion ingredients
• Interact with popular characters from the books, like Gilderoy Lockhart, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, and Rubeus Hagrid

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000BVUYH
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 9, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,576 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: GameCube

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone lets you live the life of Harry Potter in a new adventure with more magic, friendship and danger! Can you help Harry overcome the physical and mental trials, and defeat You-Know-Who?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Only Recommend for Kids and Harry Potter Faithful, December 30, 2003

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Chris (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Video Game)

I've played plenty of video games over the last decade and if you asked me to give you an honest appraisal of Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone compared to other current Gamecube games, the game probably wouldn't rank that high. But... you're talking to a hardcore Harry Potter fan who read each book at least three times and viewed each movie just as often. In other words, you're talking to a Potter fanatic so it's difficult to give an honest opinion of this game. Truthfully, it's probably an average title with gameplay similar to an easier Tomb Raider, only Hogwarts castle replaces Lara Croft's latest ancient ruin. In the Sorcerer's Stone, you control Harry Potter as he explores Hogwarts in a linear story that allows him to meet all his professors, train in all popular spells from the books and movies, practice plenty of broomstick acrobatics and quidditch heroics, and still follow the course of the original story. It sounds like some of the actors in the movies voice their video game characters, but not many, and all famous Potter characters look like their movie versions although the game does draw a little bit of story and scenery from the books as the movie probably didn't provide enough content. Popular movie franchises such as Star Wars and Star Trek have seen plenty of poor gaming spin-offs so I'm sure Harry Potter will see it's fair share of subpar games. Hopefully, one day we'll get a super Harry Potter game, but this will have to do for all Potter fans until the next book or movie.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Harry Potter, January 4, 2004

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Chris (Binghamton, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Video Game)

This game is sooooooooooooooo awsome! This game turns Harry's world colerfull and exciting. So many different challenges it will keep you buisy for a very long time. This game is perfect for any Harry Potter fan out there. If you are a fan put it in your collection. Most of the words are the same from the book and the movie in almost the same places too. This is a must have game!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A step up from Chamber of Secrets, July 4, 2005

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Ms. Maxine "Mario 64 Fan" (California) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Video Game)

I liked this game better than Chamber of Secrets, which, by the way, was made before Sorcerer's Stone. They seem like they're very similar at first glance, but once you actually sit down and play them, you'll notice big differences.

In the beginning of Chamber of Secrets, you feel a little lost. But in the beginning of this game, you are introduced to Harry, know who he is, know what is in store for him, and what have you. The game has better lighting effects than Chamber of Secrets, which was very dark. There are new spells to learn and cast. When you went outside the castle in Chamber of Secrets, you could only explore certain areas unless you were on the broomstick, but in this game, you can walk around pretty much the whole Hogwarts campus.

However, this game still lacks certain qualities that made the book and movie a success. The game doesn't seem as magical as it was meant to be. Harry's and Ron's voices still sound like girls. The Spell Challenges are a little frustrating. And the ending scene felt a little incomplete.

Overall, I am very pleased with this game. This game was better than Chamber of Secrets, but I still think that they could do better than this.

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