Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Wii)

• Average user rating: 1.5 stars out of 3 reviews
• My rating: 0 stars

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• 2 stars

  Ridiculous rip off for the HP fan base.

  by BillK98 on July 10, 2009

  Pros: I like the bag in which it came.

  Cons: My son spent ?40 of his savings on this and finished it in about 4 hours. A mediocre writer like Rowling must be laughing herself silly knowing she's tapped the "wide eyed" kids market.

  Summary: Mass produced garbage. Shows about as much creatvity as the author ever did..."It's nearly Harry's birthday, again, and we're back at the Dursley's, again, about ...

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  Summary: Mass produced garbage. Shows about as much creatvity as the author ever did..."It's nearly Harry's birthday, again, and we're back at the Dursley's, again, about to start looking for another "Defence against the Dark Arts teacher, again".

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• 5 stars

  Not Worth The Trouble

  by spambrando on July 5, 2009

  Pros: Pros: The graphics, are somewhat different than OOTP but this time, no Marauder's Map. You get Nick, only of help when you actually HAVE a task. The game is a bit more gamepad friendly. Honestl, not much to get excited about here. What a rip-off.

  Cons: No clue as to how to get from one task to the next cos there's no plan. Too much of the same old over and over again. You start feeling as if all you can do is walk around over and over. The most BASIC of game interaction. 100% disappointed. :o(

  Summary: Most of what is subpar is listed above. If you don't have OOTP, get that game. At least it's better than this one - just don't waste ...

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  Summary: Most of what is subpar is listed above. If you don't have OOTP, get that game. At least it's better than this one - just don't waste your money on HP & THP.

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• 3 stars

  Disappointing. HP fans deserve better.

  by stannerstanner on July 3, 2009

  Pros: You get a real sense of completion after only 10 hours. :)

  Cons: Expensive ($50). Boring. Linear. Depressing.

  Summary: The only solace I can take is that I only wasted about 10 hours of my entire life on this game. I absolutely loved the Wii version of 2007's ...

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  Summary: The only solace I can take is that I only wasted about 10 hours of my entire life on this game. I absolutely loved the Wii version of 2007's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - the remote and nunchuck lend themselves beautifully to wand working and progress was made by getting things around Hogwarts straightened out. The same should be true for this game (and the remote still works great) but the game suffers from what appears to be laziness on the part of the game developers. Hogwarts is very nicely recreated (maybe even better than as was done for the OOTP game) however instead of the interesting mini games (gobstones for example) the developers have given the players the menial task of flicking their wrist every five seconds in order to release some collectible items called mini-crests. These must be collected in the thousands(!!!) in order to grab a total of 15 crests (full-sized).
  I hypothesize that after the game was "completed" everyone decided that the linear plotline, uninteresting "flying club," potions club," and "dueling clubs," along with an anticlimactic and somewhat confusing ending revealed that the game needed a little something extra. "I've got an idea!," developed #2 said. "Let's make the player constantly look for glowing objects so that they will feel like they have something to do while playing the game." After a few moments of silence a slow clap began and this guy was soon cheered as a genius. "What a wonderful idea! Thank you, developer #2, for disguising this horrible game as something interesting! Without you we may not have been able to sell this to so many unsuspecting Harry Potter fans." Yeah. Thanks a lot, #2.
  This is enough reason to dislike the game but there are so many more to choose from. The aforementioned crests (full-sized) can be obtained not through the completion of tasks (with a very few exceptions) but simply by walking around. Are you kidding?! They try to make it "difficult" to get a few of these crests using old techniques such as having to burn through a spider web before access to the crest is offered. Please. Incindio. Wingardium. Tada. Way too easy.
  The professional reviewer hit the nail right on the head when he said that the time used playing this game would be better spent reading the corresponding book. If you are doing a little research right now to decide whether or not to buy this (as I often am) I can say with no guilt: don't. Exceptions: A person who is 10 years old or younger, simple, or a crazed must-own-it fan.

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