An Instant Family Classic
posted by flyboy8498 (ELIZABETHTOWN, KY) Jul 3, 2010
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As with all LEGO games, the basic game play is destroy everything & collect the LEGO pieces. With LHP being the 7th game of the LEGO series, it could have become very old to follow the destroy/collect idea. However Travelers Tales (Herein TT) made sure that wasn't the case. Except for a really good twist, LHP follows the same basic premise of destroy/collect LEGO's. The twist is spells. To interact with different items in the game, characters cast spells. TT made sure that casting spells was easy. For the most part, all I had to do was aim & the correct spell was cast for me. There were times that I had to scroll through the spells to find the right one, but it was rare enough that it wasn't an issue. There are the same old issues with poor AI partners and poor platforming. With that said, there were no frustrating moments like past LEGO games.
The story is told through cut scenes & follows the movie version for the most part (with a lot of humor added). TT has taken some liberties with the story. TT did an extravagant job in doing so. 99.9% of the time it only adds to the experience. There was 1 time at the end of the Prisoner of Azkaban that what TT did made no sense to me in the big picture of the story. But overall the story & presentation was excellent. Also, the learning curve is slim to none.
The graphics and sound are top notch. TT won me over with stunning detail to Hogwarts. And I nearly had convulsions watching the cut scenes so many times because they are that good. The sound is grunts w/ the characters & the soundtrack will be familiar to fans.
The lasting appeal in this game is there is SO much stuff to do. LHP provides 10-11 hrs of game play without 100% completion & a WHOLE lot more with 100% completion. LHP is easily one of the best LEGO & HP games, which is saying a LOT. Now the wait is on for the rest of the LEGO Harry Potter story.
LHP is definitely worth renting, if not out right buying. Harry Potter fans will rejoice in the splendor
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