Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Xbox 360)

...in the Potter series, see's Harry back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy.
Straight away you notice the games graphics are so much better, especially now its on the Xbox 360, (having played the previous games on the Playstation 2). The inside of Hogwarts, the grounds and surrounding countryside look graphicly stunning.

The story starts back in the summer, back in Little Whinging in Surrey, where you must defend yourself ...
...recommend this game to any Harry Potter buffs out there, its a beaut.
It does the story justice, and there's hours of endless fun to be had.
If you want a break from doing side missions, or the main story, you can play a game of Exploding Snap, Wizard Chess or Gobstones.

Overall I'd rate this game 9/10, the only downside to it is, the main story is too short. However theres still a bucket load of things you can see and do ... more

With the return of Voldemort, panic and fear has risen within the wizarding community, with the torture and murder of innnocent witches and wizards all over the country. Something has to be done to stop Voldemort and his followers ; The Death Eaters.

The Order Of The Phoenix, was an organistation, that was set up the first time Voldemort came to power. Now he's back, the Order has been restored to stop him and his Death Eaters before it turns into an all out war.
It's not only the older witches and wizards who want to fight, but the younger ones too. Harry, Ron, Hermione and several others, come together to create the D.A ; Dumbledores Army. They want to learn to defend themselves against the dark arts, which they are unable to study in school, since Dolores Umbridge became the new teacher of Defence Against The Dark Arts.
She's a ruthless, harsh teacher, who's very old fashions and doesnt believe that Voldemort is back, and the younger students should be learning how to do defensive spells.

The fifth in the Potter series, see's Harry back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy.
Straight away you notice the games graphics are so much better, especially now its on the Xbox 360, (having played the previous games on the Playstation 2). The inside of Hogwarts, the grounds and surrounding countryside look graphicly stunning.

The story starts back in the summer, back in Little Whinging in Surrey, where you must defend yourself against domentors, as they attack Dudley in an tunnel near the play park. Casting the perfect Patronis charm.
Whizzing forward to the start of year at Hogwarts. Your greated by Fred & George, before heading into the great hall, for the start of year feast.

The game pretty much follows everything that happens in the film, praticing spells in the D.A, fighting against the Death Eaters and Voldemort himself. However, aside from the main story, there are plenty of side missions to keep you busy,
Collecting Fred & George's parcels, finding passwords for all the talking portraits scattered around Hogwarts is one that keeps you busy for quite a while.

You can interact with nearly everything in the game, if a spell can be cast on something, it will light up. Just experiment to see what spells work on some things best.

Everytime you discover something new in any part of hogwarts, by casting a spell of any kind on it, you receive little blue discovery points, they will float at you from whatever you discovered. Once you collect so many of these, you achieve a new level of discovery, this in turn, unlocks special features on the game. These can be found in your own special awards room on the 6th floor. Moaning Myrtle will come to you each time you reach a new level of discovery to let you know you've unlocked something.

Gameplay is good, movement is pretty simple and smooth.
Spellcasting is simple as. If you ever forget how to do a spell, simply press start and there's an option to view the "spell list". Directional arrows will show you how to cast the spell using the right analogue stick on the Xbox controller.

There's so much to see and do on this game, it'd be hard for me to write everything down, its more fun to just discover it on your own.
I'd recommend this game to any Harry Potter buffs out there, its a beaut.
It does the story justice, and there's hours of endless fun to be had.
If you want a break from doing side missions, or the main story, you can play a game of Exploding Snap, Wizard Chess or Gobstones.

Overall I'd rate this game 9/10, the only downside to it is, the main story is too short. However theres still a bucket load of things you can see and do on the game. So get exploring!

Thanks for reading :)
You can also find this review on Dooyoo under the name Kellface. 

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