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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- PlayStation 2, Xbox
- Price: $39.99
- Genre: Action/Adventure
Common Sense Media says
Harry Potter weaves magical spells for tweens.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this game lets kids explore what magic can do in Harry Potter's world, including curses, jinxes, and spells to defeat a wide range of magical beasts. Some of these beasts are scary looking and many are tenacious and relentless. Cooperation is stressed: At times, the only way to defeat magical foes is for Harry, Ron, and Hermione to jointly cast magic -- a great lesson for three friends playing together to learn.
What's it about?
In the previous three Harry Potter games, the focus was on learning magic. In HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE the focus in on using it. As the players wander through the 11 locations, they use their wands (game controllers) to see what magic they can do in each location. Charms and jinxes appear when you need them -- and the more you use them and explore how to use them, the stronger a wizard you become. The main goal in each location is to find a TriWizard Shield. Players can obtain the shield only after solving a variety of puzzles and battling creatures with magic. Earning enough TriWizard Shields allows players to unlock new locations, including the three that house TriWizard Tournament Tasks and the culminating confrontation with Voldemort.
Is it any good?
Fans of Harry Potter will delight in exploring the new video game version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Unlike the past Harry Potter games, kids don't have to go alone. A player can act as Harry, Hermione or Ron; then up to two friends can join the play as the remaining two characters. If no friends are around, the computer will provide the artificial intelligence so that the trio can work magic together.
Kids playing this graphically rich game will learn to cooperate with friends to accomplish difficult tasks, think creatively to solve logic puzzles, and take risks to accomplish results. If this sounds like great training for the real world, you're right. It is.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the role of the Collector's Card -- a way for kids to influence the magic available to them in the game. Some kids will want to use cards that make them more powerful while others may choose cards that allow them to heal their fellow players. You might want explore what risks your child decides to take while playing this game and why?
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awesome
well anyway wasn't the VIdeo game awesome?! there is only killing of beasts.
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THE WORST HP GAME OF ALL
This game was terrible. It is the only Harry Poter game I didn't finish! Skip this game and buy the 5th one when it comes out!
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a book for 9 year olds
I love harry potter and the goblet of fire
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A must-have for Harry Potter fans, young or old.
This video game follows the book and movie very well. You have a choice to play Harry, Ron or Hermione. There's a lot of fire, and characters get hurt, but that's expected in a video game. Also, if you are flying on a broom, you can run into mountains and things, but all Harry says is OUCH! and goes right through it. :) After too many ouches, game over. Good game for Harry Potter fans
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A game which has gone down (PS2)
We all like the Harry Potter series, the first game was iffy, the second a improvment and the third amazing, if anything half-linear games are my favorite, but the fourth was different, it was completaly linear and the jinxs were especially confusiing, the list goes on and on, you have to be plain lucky to cast the right jinx, although the new card equip feture is quite good, although too much like Fred and Georges shop in the old one, the overall apperance of the creatures is amazing, they are really good, the variation of them is apsolutley amazing.
Overall: Not as good as the 3rd
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Adventurous
This game is really fun (expecally for DS) and it really gives you a chance to be Harry, Ron, or Hermione. I approve this game for 8+.
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| Topics: | magic and fantasy |
| Platforms: | PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| Available online? | Not available online |
| Genre: | Action/Adventure |
| Developer: | Electronic Arts |
| Release date: | November 9, 2005 |
| Price: | $39.99 |
| ESRB rating: | E10+ |
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