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This ia a GREAT game for all ages! A MAGICAL DELIGHT.

The game has nice colourful graphics resolution (except for a few transition blurs) and gentle musical scores which fit the action-adventure style of the game. It is suited for children of all ages as well as adults with a flare for Harry Potter.

It begins as Harry stumbles around Hogwart castle with the player becomes increasingly accustomed to the gameplay.

One begins to learn how to cast magic tricks, jump, maneouvre, collect all-flavour jelly beans, open hidden trapdoors, energise with jumping chocolate frogs or drinking magical portions.

There is also a flying lesson early on, where Harry is required to fly through over 30 hoops. Although a little difficult for smaller children, it is a good opportunity to develope manual dexterity (I confess I am in a surgical career).

There is pretty much only one path through the game (except for the more adventurous to collect all the beans and reap the rewards behind the talking portraits), and rescuing Harry's owl is a relatively easy introduction to the game which aims to capture even the youngest players.

The game does, however, becomes more complex and harder in some of the later stages. The notable ones include the cauldron (where Harry collects the portion for Snape in the dundgeon), the Forbidden forest (where Harry collects the fireflies), the mineshaft rides in the vault, and the last confrontation battle with Lord Voldermot. Playing Quiddich and chasing Malfroy on a flying broomstick are absolute delights. Smaller children may benefit from the help of an adult, providing great opportunities for socialising and family bonding.

I am not an experienced adventure game player but I completed the game and all the bonus jelly beans sections in 15 hours.

The flow of the game approximately parallels that in the book and that in the movie. One develops a sense of knowing the character and belonging to the adventure and shares the same ambition of defeating the ultimate evil.

Overall, except for a few minor technical issues, the game is very well designed and does take the player through a series of MAGICAL adventures OUT OF THIS WORLD.

9.9/10.

i bought this for my five year old son for christmas...like a lot of youngsters in recent times he's been harry potter mad! :-) he asked me numerous times for this game. as a parent i've found it fairly hard finding games that i feel are suitable for my five year old...i found some baby games which i know he'd hate and loads of teen and adult games that were by no means suitable.

a friend of mine advised me against getting this as she thought it might be too violent or scary...it's not at all :-) i'm glad i got it...my son really enjoys playing it and it seems to be tailored to the needs of a young audience...if you have older children or experienced gamers to buy for then this probably is not what your looking for...my eight year old nephew who is well used to playing playstation games got through the whole game quite rapidly, he said it was fun but that he though he might get bored with it quite quickly...if on the other hand your looking for something for the young upcoming gamer in your family this is likely to be a real hit :-)

This game gets boring if you play it for a while. The further that you get, the more repetitve and boring it becomes. Graphics stink, but what can you expect from a PS1 game?