A Good Looking Game That Can Be Fun For A Little While But Lack Of Much Gameplay Hurts It.
While most problems from the previous installments are repaired, there is a whole list of new problems that keep this game down. This is the first Harry Potter to feature all of Hogwarts, it is a really great accomplishment by EA to create the whole school for this game. Another positive is the free-roam added to the game, you can go anywhere in the school, which is cool. But those are the only two good things about this game.
One of the main problems with this game is lack of gameplay for such a huge environment like Hogwarts. Most of the gameplay is has you cleaning or repairing things, which gets a little annoying and boring. The game has a great control scheme and has a lot of spells, but with lack of action in the game, a lot of those spells you don't even use after you learn them, which is a shame.
Another problem is walking around Hogwarts on missions, some of these missions take forever to finish because the school is big and you can only walk and run throughout the game and a lot of the missions require you to go back from where you started, which gets a little irritating .
The voice acting is nice, many of the actors return to play their roles for this game and really do a great job.
The game is mostly based on puzzles and things like that, there are some elements from the movie and the book, which they incorporate into the game. One of my faves was the loudspeakers that Umbridge set up.
The action really doesn't kick in until towards the end when you play as Dumbledore and that scene is short and rather easy to get through.
Overall, a concept that is really good, and I would like to see in later installments. However, improvements on missions and action is sorely needed.