Yeah yeah JK Rowling is a terf, Harry Potter sucks, etc. But I kinda... love what this was trying? Most of the game's cutscenes outright mock the hokum twists and turns that the later books took (Harry straight-up laughs off a few character deaths - that whips sack), and it tries a few new stylistic interpretations of the original LEGO game formula that I enjoyed.
We beat this right after I finished Like A Dragon, and I gotta say, this game's 20 second "Voldemort died lol" ending cutscene felt GOOD after numbing my arse on three hours of high-quality yakuza melodrama.
The gameplay is still essentially just bull-in-a-china-shop smash-and-grab, but it feels like it would be a great game to teach young kids how video games work. I'm 30 years old and struggled with some of the puzzles, by the way.
Also, are the LEGO games built on some fork of id Tech/the Quake engine? This game uses a LOT of Quake noises for its spells. Just wish Harry did the Ranger's HUP when you jumped around.
We beat this right after I finished Like A Dragon, and I gotta say, this game's 20 second "Voldemort died lol" ending cutscene felt GOOD after numbing my arse on three hours of high-quality yakuza melodrama.
The gameplay is still essentially just bull-in-a-china-shop smash-and-grab, but it feels like it would be a great game to teach young kids how video games work. I'm 30 years old and struggled with some of the puzzles, by the way.
Also, are the LEGO games built on some fork of id Tech/the Quake engine? This game uses a LOT of Quake noises for its spells. Just wish Harry did the Ranger's HUP when you jumped around.