Harry Potter Games

If you’re considering renting any Harry Potter games, especially the newly released Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I would like the person nearest you to slap you across the face. Go ahead; ask them to do it. You’ll appreciate it when you come back to your senses.

I say this because I wish someone would’ve done the same for me. I went to the movie store recently and rented this game after a momentary lapse of judgment. Only when I went home and put the game into my new Wii did I realize my mistake.

It’s important to keep in mind that games like this are rushed through development. The developers have a hard deadline to meet that coincides with the movie’s theatrical release date. It doesn’t get the polishing and attention to detail it deserves, and so the final product is a piece of crap that scarcely resembles a good game.

Most of us know this, but we rent these games hoping they’ll be better than their predecessors. After all, we love the series that inspired them. Heck, I finished Deathly Hallows after it had been out less than a week. However, I have never played a good Harry Potter video game. Ever. And Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is no exception, despite being released on a next gen console.

In case I haven’t convinced you, I’d urge you to seriously consider the slap treatment mentioned above. If you come to your senses and don’t even bother giving this game a try, you’ll be a much happier and slightly richer person for it.