Let's talk about the retro Harry Potter games. Did you get to play them at the time? Which one is your favorite? Do you think they managed to capture the magic of the books and movies?Did you play the console or PC versions of 1-3? They are completely different games, made by different developers. Also, did you play the handheld turn-based RPGs?
I played first one on PC as a kid and never could beat Voldemort, I also played the 6th one much laterI am going through all versions of the first 3 games and I'm playing CoS on the GBC right now, it's definiely an improvement on the first.I heard Goblet of Fire really sucks and games ghet much worse after the 3rd one so I'm gonna skip it and play Ordel of Phoenix after that
My dad's friend got me a copy of the first one on PC and I remember it being weird and not very good. Despite being licensed around the time of the movies it had characters that were only in the books and kid-me expected some kind of rpg where you can roam the school, attend lessons, play quiddich etc (which i guess is what that hogwarts game is) but instead it was a mid 3D platformer.
>>12034381As someone who extensively played the first GBC game, can you explain some of the improvements?
>>12034386Spell casting is much easier and there are more side activities, you play as multiple characters and not just Harry
What are the differences between Chamber of Secrets on PC versus console? Are there differences between the console versions too?
>>12034372>Did you get to play them at the time?Was born in '93 so yep. Honestly, I was always the HP1-3 kid - I never watched 4th - 7th movies in cinema and only saw second part of 7th film when I was already in my 20s, I never played HP games beyond 1-3 and I never really liked where the series went starting from 4th book.>Which one is your favorite?Probably Chamber of Secrets on PC, I think it had the best ratio of content (lesson challenges, exploring the castle, magic duels, three types of magician cards to collect) and nothing felt too rough or too boring for me to give up.>Do you think they managed to capture the magic of the books and movies?They had many different devs (except HP4 and onwards which was managed by the same dev studio) so the atmosphere varied. I still think first two movies by Columbus are 10/10 and I think I enjoyed them more than books themselves, but third book is probably my favourite and I'm saddened by how gutted third movie ended up being. So when you compare my feelings about the games compared to books and movies... I'd say first two games did really well in their circumstances (in terms of hardware and its graphics compared to movies) but I didn't like the third game because I didn't really like the third movie and too much stuff was missing from third book.>Did you play the console or PC versions of 1-3?I played HP1, 2 and 3 on PC, HP1 on PS1 and Quidditch World Cup on PC. I played a bit of HP2 on PS2 but didn't get very far.>Also, did you play the handheld turn-based RPGs?The GBC ones? No, but I've heard they're really good.>captcha - HWVRYyer a wizard Hwvry
>>12034412First 2 games had 5 different versions, PC, PS1, 6th gen consoles, GBC and GBAPrisoner of Azkaban only had 3, consoles, PC and GBAFrom 4th game onward there were basically just different versions for consoles/PC and handheldsAlso oddly enough Philosopher's Stone on the 6th gen consoles came out after Chamber of Secrets and reuses lots of assets from that game
>>12034470>but third book is probably my favourite and I'm saddened by how gutted third movie ended up beingWhat stuff was missing from the movie? It's odd because many people regard it as the best film in the series
Chamber on PC is my faveI played the PS2 version a little bit but the broom flying lesson filters me
Kinda unrelated but I also played the PC version of Shrek 2 as a kid which was also made by KnowWonder who did the Harry Potter games on PCI heard it's worse than console versions but haven't tried those
>>12034519I think they also made the Brother Bear PC game, I played that one back then
>>12034523Yes I played that one as well, got it as a presentAnd Finding Nemo which was a point and click adventure
>>12034485Pretty much every activity outside of Hogwarts (aka slice of life) is cut or watered down.>first few chapters of the book being so fucking rushed in the movie>Hey, remember quidditch? Welp, it's pretty much gone now! But hey, here's a short moment with Fireblot from the middle of the book that was moved to the end of the movie for no fucking reason! But at least you get pic related!>Hogsmeade parts are short and brief compared to the book, and they're the most comfy parts of the book>I think the movie spent waaaaaaaaay too much time on Buckbeak and Time-Turner, probably because time travel and animated hippogriff would sell the movie>pretty sure the drama between Ron and Hermione due to their animals was toned down in the movie compared to book (which is funny because 7th book was FULL of that crap and it WAS in the movie as well but it was way worse compared to their selves from third book)>not really related to book contents, but holy fuck dropping the robes and going for muggle clothes was a mistakeAnd a bunch of small episodes either being cut or shortened as wellHonestly, it was an issue of every movie past the second one - page count got higher and higher with each book while the screentime was still limited to 2-3 hours. Maybe they should've split good books into two movies and not the final book where the first movie was a snoozefest with Twilight tier of forced drama
Chamber of Secrets on PC and Prisoner of Azkaban on Gamecube were my childhood. The former was actually one of the first video games I ever owned. One cool detail about CoS on PC was that during the installation, you'd see screenshots of all the different versions of the game. I also remember being scared of opening a chest and having that one ghost enemy jump at me, as well as the plant things that would attack you if you got too close, I actually got stuck on the forbidden forest for a bit because of that. I remember still booting up the game a couple of times after finishing it, just to wander around a bit. I actually replayed it a couple of years ago, played for like 10 hours straight and did everything.I played through the PC version of HP1 once, it was entertaining but too linear compared to CoS. I don't really have much to say about it.I got PoA as a christmas gift, I remember getting stuck at an early game puzzle and having to restart the campaign a bunch of times, I ended up figuring it out, though. It wasn't as comfy as CoS but the dungeons and free roaming were still pretty cool. Me and my sister would often just wander around the halls or the grounds.I rented Goblet of Fire and beat it after playing for a day. I don't remember much other than it being more like an isometric action game.I want to play through the console versions of the first two games someday. Anyway, I have to post this everytime the topic comes up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEgLvaMDT4E
Ps1 harry potter 1 dubbed to your language is pretty cool.
I want my hogwarts letter bros...
>>12034745the first HP console game dubbed in my langugage is Azkaban PS2
>>12034762It's over for us, anon...
>>12034762>Dear, Anon Potter. You are receiving this letter, because you are not like the other boys and girls. You have special gifts that you were born with. These gifts are powerful and need to be harnessed properly. This is an acceptance letter to Cockwarts school of dickcraft and buttfuckery. Here at Cockwarts, you'll be groomed by the most leftist, communist of pedophiles and even some far right Nazis! You will be taught how to be a human cum dumpster for rich elitists and in recompense you will be sacrificed to an ancient deity. We hope you enjoy your stay!
>>12034797?
>>12034776It's never too late to dub it the first game.
>>12034797mental illnessCAPTCHA: ATGAY
>>12034513It was couple of years ago when I finished ps2 version for first time.It was fun nostalgia trip and better thanI thought.When I was a child I didn't know english well enough to find missions and I just ran around the castle.
>>12034745PS2 games are something special.
>>12034881Dumb me.I meant 1
>>12034881Mistä tiesit et tarkotin just tälle kielelle.
to anyone who played both the console and pc versions, which do you prefer?
Btw I find it fascinating there were like 6 different versions of most of these games where every single platform got a different one and that might have not been super rare at the time but still. It's not like they used mostly same assets or script but they made every game different from ground up.
>>12034372I remember borrowing the first game for PSX from a friend at the time.Very fun and fitting game honestly.
I get that a gba, ps1 and ps2/gc/xbox/pc will already means 3 different imaginations of the game but iirc they made pc and all the console ports different. Haven't played them tho.
Chamber of Secrets on PC was my childhood.
>>12034891The PC versions are better, more fleshed out platformers. The console versions felt a bit more like a story book psuedo-adventure game and have a special charm to them.
>>12034381>I played first one on PCYup and it was amazing
