Lego Harry Potter: Years 5 - 7

by Warner Bros

Product Details

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• ASIN: B0051TL9SM
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches ; 1.6 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 11, 2011
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,194 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #56 in Video Games > Nintendo DS > Games > Adventure

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo DS

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LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 is an Action-Adventure game that combines fun, familiar and family-friendly LEGO video game play mechanics with the storyline and characters of the latter half of the Harry Potter universe. The game is built on the events from the movie series ranging from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix through Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2. Features include: 24 story events, and 16 lessons, new charms, spells and dueling skills, new characters, wireless 2-player simultaneous support and DS touch controls.

A single game that explores the last four Harry Potter movies using addictive LEGO style gameplay.
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Connect the Bricks of the Final Chapters

Based on the last three Harry Potter books and final four films, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 takes players through Harry Potter's heroic adventures in the Muggle and wizarding worlds. From Privet Drive in Little Whinging to Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade and Hogwarts - plus new locations including Grimmauld Place, the Ministry of Magic, and Godric's Hollow - players will encounter new faces, new challenges and new magic, preparing them for the ultimate face-off against Lord Voldemort.

Gameplay

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 builds upon the magical gameplay, lessons and potion-making skills learned in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 to equip gamers with tools necessary to challenge a host of new foes and some familiar ones (including He Who Must Not Be Named). The game is action-packed from start to finish, including loads of new lessons, spells and bonus content for hours of family-friendly gaming.

Key Game Features

• Play through 24 story events and return to Hogwarts where there are 16 different lessons to attend
• Learn and use all new charms and spells including the 'Unforgivable Curses'
• Master advanced dueling skills to defeat Voldemort's Death Eaters as you battle toward the ultimate showdown with the Dark Lord himself
• Discover and unlock over 80 characters including, Fenrir Greyback, Bellatrix Lestrange and Professor Horace Slughorn
• Utilize wireless 2-player simultaneous support to play with friends and family
• Controls optimized for the DS touchscreen

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New charms, spells and skills. View larger.

Product Description

Based on the last three Harry Potter books and final four films, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 takes players through Harry Potter’s heroic adventures in the Muggle and wizarding worlds. From Privet Drive in Little Whinging to Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade and Hogwarts – plus new locations including Grimmauld Place, the Ministry of Magic, and Godric’s Hollow – players will encounter new faces, new challenges and new magic, preparing them for the ultimate face-off against Lord Voldemort.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars What a Let Down November 13, 2011

By S.F. CityGirl (SFCG)

Platform for Display:Nintendo DS|Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 2.0 out of 5 stars   

Harry Potter Years 1-4 is my favorite Lego game. I really enjoyed playing the entire game using the stylus. That being said, why they didn't stay with a good thing for this 2nd Harry Potter, I can't figure it out. This Harry Potter Years 5-7 has poor graphics and what little touch screen that is used is kinda confusing. I'm somewhat disappointed and don't even feel like finishing the game. It's probably an okay game, lack-luster compared to the first Harry Potter.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Good? Yes. Great? No. December 21, 2011

By J Mercury

Platform for Display:Nintendo DS|Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   

It's not THAT bad, but it does take some getting accustomed to. Compared to HP Years 1-4 for the DS, it is VERY different. The controls are completely different (instead of using the stylus for spells like you did in HP years 1-4, you select the spell you want to use on the touch screen and then cast the spell using the Y button), and you rarely use the stylus. There are new characters to play with and they introduced a dueling mode (which can be annoying, but it's not too bad).

If you expected this game to be just like HP Years 1-4, then yes, you will be disappointed. I admit that I was sorely disappointed at first. However, the longer I played the game, the more I got accustomed to it and I actually started to like it. However, I don't like it nearly as much as HP Years 1-4 for several reasons:

*Controls can be difficult to use, especially when switching between characters/spells
*Graphics during the "movie" scenes leave a lot to be desired
*When flying on the broomstick, it is nearly impossible to see where your character is going
*Some dueling battles feel excessively drawn out and it is almost impossible to defeat the other character
*Some levels (Gringott's Break In, Great Hall when Fred/George are leaving Hogwarts, etc.) need more directions so that you actually know what to do. I shouldn't have to run a Google search to figure out how to defeat a level...

Overall, I give this game 3 stars. I don't like how it was such a drastic change from HP Years 1-4, but as stated earlier: once I got accustomed to it, it wasn't too bad.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Massively Disappointed November 20, 2011

By JodiK

Platform for Display:Nintendo DS

Fun: 1.0 out of 5 stars   

Let me start by saying that I loved Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4. Using the stylus like a wand was genius. My 3-1/2 year old daughter saw me playing one day and wanted to play too, and she ultimately took over and played through the entire game with very little help from me. (Not to say that the game was so overly simple that a three-year-old could play it; just that the controls were very intuitive and fun for all ages, including a very smart 3 year-old.) We conveniently finished the main storyline of years 1-4 just a week before years 5-7 was released. The day it came out, we bought it, excited to continue our Lego Harry Potter adventure together. I thought the sequal would be similar in play to the first. I was very, very wrong.

I was/am *massively* disappointed in the sequal. Here's just a few things that are wrong with this game:

1) There's pretty much NO stylus use in this game. (I must have wasted 5 minutes trying to cast my first spell with the stylus, as you did in the first game, before I figured out the hold-charge-release button technique required to cast spells.) There is no fun in casting spells in this game. Just push and hold a button and the computer does the rest. BORING. And I'm very sad to say I don't think my daughter will be able to play this one, since the controls are NOT intuitive or easy to navigate. I suppose it's similar in control to the other Lego games (like Indiana Jones), but after playing through using the stylus for everything on the first HP game, this seems like a major step backward.

2) I miss having a map on the top screen and playing/controlling on the bottom screen. The new bottom half just displays your spell options and seems a waste of the second screen.

3) The cut scenes are so blurry and fuzzy you can't hardly tell what's going on (the first game's cut scenes were low res too, but not this bad!) I realize the non-DS games have hi-def movies, but just because this one's a hand-held system with limited memory doesn't mean the videos have to be completely unviewable. Maybe I'll try renting the PS3 version just to compare the play controls and cut scenes quality.

4) I've yet to completely understand how the saving works. It seems to take FOREVER to finish a level and get back to the main Hogwarts room. The game also seems to jump around to different scenes a lot, rather than a level being just one location (like Hogsmead). One minute you're playing in Hogsmead, then you "warp" to Platform 9-3/4, then another warp to the Room of Requirement, then another warp somewhere else, etc. all in one "level." I haven't been playing for very long, but I'm a little confused at the sequence of events so far. Again, not intuitive play through. I like having shorter levels so I can play for a few minutes and save/quit.

All-in-all, this is a HORRIBLE DS game, and I truly hate to say that since I love the Lego games in general and the Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 is my very favorite. I don't know what the developers were thinking with years 5-7, but they've taken a major leap backward in my opinion. It's really not fun to play, which is such a shame, since 1-4 was such a fantastic DS game. I would love to see the developers re-do Years 5-7 and rerelease it where it makes better use of the DS's dual screens and stylus. I still just can't believe how awful this game is compared with the original! =(