In case you have been living under a rock for the past couple of years you know who Harry Potter is. Yes that crazy little “limey” is at it again. While I will admit that I never saw myself becoming a fan, I was immediately drawn into the craze after watching the first movie. While I knew it might be entertaining I had no idea that it would be a great movie through and through. Anyways, this isn’t a movie review today; it’s about the game Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for the Cube.
If you have seen the movie you will notice similarities right off the bat. I will however warn you right away don’t go into the game expecting an exact translation from the movie. The game obviously has to add a bit more things to do, so you could…I don’t know actually play it. The overall story line is in tact but you will be stuck doing things not shown in the movie, so chill.
Gameplay is great, although like all 3d games the “camera demon” shows up and sometimes screws you over when something is attacking you. Also you must have patience, and patience like a mad man. Like most games of this genre you will have to run…everywhere! I guess British folk are fit ’cause this kid sprints like Michael Johnson. Now if they would only brush their teeth…blimey! While at Hogwart’s you will be asked to find the necessary tools or items for some cool new spells, so be prepared to die a lot; ’cause Hogwarts is like a friggin death trap, I mean is this a school or what? Some of the stuff you will run into is just ridiculous so don’t wander off where you are not supposed to because that’s how kids die…trust me.
Presentation of the game is where it’s at. The characters are all voiced, so if you’re like Soda and can’t read, you’re still game. The graphics are sweet too; there are lighting effects all over the place. So if you are into this kind of technical stuff, you will get your jollies off.
This game is fresh as it stands even without the Potter license; you should have a great time playing it. Again, only the adventure “Zelda” type gamers will enjoy the game. So don’t waste your time if you have no patience or don’t like Harry Potter, or British accents. I recommend picking this bad boy up. I’d say it’s a buy, but if you’re into rentals then check it before trading shit in.
Holler back tell me what you think. Lord of the Rings comes out in two weeks!
I assume it’s a pretty safe bet that most of you are new here since we just launched the site. Basically I just wanted give everyone a quick introduction to me and share my thoughts on the other members of the SnackBar crew. I have been deemed the RTS guy of the group by Pickle. I guess it seems appropriate. Two of my favorite games are Starcraft and Warcraft III. Pickle is basically going to be your RPG guy. I’ve never quite got the whole Final Fantasy thing. I can’t read that much, it gives me a headache. Which brings us to Snowcone. He doesn’t really have a thing, he likes everything. No seriously, he’s the only person I know who has ever even been able to stomach Obi-Wan on the X-Box.
Currently Warcraft III is my game of choice. You can check out my stats here if you want. Actually I think the amount of games I’ve been playing lately is causing me to fail some of my classes, but dammit, I am going to be ranked before the end of the year.
Pretty much the only other game I ever play is Madden. I remember when Madden first came into my life. I believe it was Madden ’93. I must have taken the Packers to the Super Bowl fifty times with the Favre to Sharpe connection. I think I spent my entire seventh grade year playing that game. Then Pickle stole it from me, I assume it was for the best. My unhealthy obsession with the Madden series continues today and when the franchise feature was introduced I thought it was going to destroy me. If it wasn’t for the glitch in Madden 2001 that causes the computer to name the vast majority of rookies “Cheah” then I would probably still be playing that game. Seriously, it got really annoying having Pickle throw in his play by play; “Cletus Cheah this, Cletus Cheah that.” It amazes me that in the ten years I’ve been playing the Madden series the game really hasn’t changed that much. Yet every year I’m back at it with the latest version. Replay ability is a good way to score major points in my book. And don’t even get me started on the NCAA Football series. Pickle and I have actually started fights before because we run up the score so high with the Nebraska option.
I’m trying to think of what else may be relevant for you people to know about me. I lost a job once due to a brief Counter-Strike addiction. Once I spent an hour trying to convince Snowcone to purchase a blow-torch at Lowe’s.
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