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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (PS) | 
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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
Buy Used: £1.00
New (4) Used (38) from £1.00
Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 1851
Platform: Playstation
Genre: platformer-games
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 3 - 18 years
Operating System: Playstation
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5.1 x 0.7
EAN: 5030930027100
ASIN: B00005LW64
Release Date: November 16, 2001
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Game has surface scratches but has been tested and works fine with instructions
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The history of video games is littered with translations of films--most of them bad. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, while most certainly created around the feature film's visualisation of the Harry Potter story, is actually very good, despite being too easy for most experienced gamers. It's a fun, colourful experience even for the few of us left on this planet who have neither read the books nor watched the movie. Electronic Arts thankfully placed a lot of emphasis on production value for this release instead of taking the cheap cash-in option. Aside from the occasional pop-up problem that makes walls vanish quite un-magically, the graphics are beautiful and fun. Chocolate frogs (an appropriate health power-up) and other elements and characters from the book and film are wonderfully animated. The sound effects and, particularly, the voice acting are top drawer, which helps draw the player into the Potter experience. Also, the gameplay is nicely varied throughout. Players go from learning a new spell in class, to retrieving fire seeds for Hagrid, to magic fights against the Slytherin bully Draco Malfoy, to riding the broom--which is especially fun. There's even a Quidditch level early on, but there's little to do and it's over very quickly. On the downside, the game suffers from some really odd control. Like a lot of adventure games, jumping is really important since many levels require you to clear obstacles or reach out-of-the-way items. But, unlike nearly every other game in the genre, there's no jump button. Instead, players automatically jump from the edge of a platform from either a full stop or while running. It takes a lot of getting used to because, if you're not at full run or full stop, it's easy to just walk right off the edge and fall. And, like too many other games, you can only save your game at predetermined locations in the game. Another fault of this game is its lack of challenge for experienced gamers. It's nice that they're trying to make it accessible to the entire cross section of PlayStation-owning Harry Potter fans, but without varying levels of difficulty, it's less of a game than a tour through Potter's magical world. Still, it is an interesting world, and even through it's easy, the action is still varied enough to be fun. --Porter B Hall
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Fantastic August 27, 2008
T. Lammas (England)
Ok, so the graphics may not be great, but what do you expect from a PS1 game made in 2001?!
I've had this game a few years now, and every time i play it, i get addicted every time !! The game itself is incredible, and i love all the tasks e.g. fetching stuff for a potion in potions class.
However, i do feel that this game is more suited for children than adults as adults may find the tasks etc. too easy or possibly boring.
I would HIGHLY recommend this game !!
Old Times November 9, 2007
S. Shaw (Blackpool, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Speaking as a daughter of this customer. I have to say that I loved all of the other Harry Potter games, and I thought you all needed a more up to date review on this specific game, since the last one was written in 2001 and it is now 2007. The graphics have nothing on the Order Of The Pheonix or any games of the above level, although having played all of these I found that I wanted to play this one again, remembering it as a fun, addictive psone game. I couldn't stop playing it until I had finished the entire game. Definately worth the money :D xx
harry potter philosophers stone November 18, 2005
paul smith (england)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
please help me this game is great cant get them peacock feathers though whats the secret please help desperate to get past this stage.
Absolutely GREAT! May 22, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
In my life(by the way I'm 10!) this has got to be one of the best games I've come across. Its levels are brilliant even though I have not completed the game myself yet. I hope everyone else looking at this review will understand that this game is great and adventurous and should try out The chamber of secrets game. Overall I give this game a mark offfff... 10/10
 Help July 19, 2004
S. COSSINS (UK)
1 out of 9 found this review helpful
hi
i'm having really problems completing this game, i have the skills of a 2year old, i'm stuck collecting the peacock feathers, my email address is saz_L_C@hotmail.comcan anyone give me any tips on how to complete this part of the game, i've been stuck at this point for ages and its starting to get annoying now. thanx
sarah
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