

This simple system leaves little room for any creativity, however, since everything in the game has its own assigned spell that auto-activates once you hover your crosshair over it. The spell system is remarkably simple – though you need to complete a minigame ripped straight out of Guitar Hero to unlock new spells, once learned, it’s merely a matter of holding down the mouse button to aim your wand and releasing it to cast.


It’s an action adventure that is still primarily marketed towards kids, with a suitably easy difficulty level, and also a great deal of control and gameplay improvements that make it loads more playable than the previous game.Ī linear adventure game, your tasks will vary each day and they range from completing obstacle courses to playing in Quidditch matches. Like the movie its based upon, Harry Potter 2 is full of charm, colorful characters and simple fun. Harry Potter 2’s gameplay borrows heavily from the Zelda school of adventuring, but the appeal of playing a boy wizard at Hogwarts retains its own rewards.
