This was the best one, right?
I've only played the PC version, it was great.
No chamber of secrets is a different game on xbox/gamecube than on ps2. So they're completely independently developed games that use many of the same assets and area designs. But the xbox/gamecube version is definitely the inferior one, so basically you should play on ps2 instead. The sorcerer's stone game actually came out after this one, and it was built on top of the ps2 version for all three platforms. So the reason I know to recommend against the gamecube version of this game is because I played hp1 on xbox and then moved onto hp2 on that platform, and it was definitely a downgrade.
I've only played the PS2 version, it was great
>>12173937Yes, Chambers is the best.I also liked Azkhaban thanks to the art direction and the hippogriff flying.Philosopher's stone is pretty much Chamber of Secrets but a little bit worse/more jank, and for some reason it came out after Chamber of Secrets, super weird.skip ps2 Goblet of fire, and play the next gen versions of the following games.
>>12173949The GameCube one had dungeons that were almost as good as Wind Waker (although that's most owing to WW's shit dungeons).I forget exactly how much you can explore the castle, but I preferred it way more to the great sea. That's not exploration, that's methodically filling out a grid.
The Game Boy Color one is a surprisingly decent Pokémon/Final Fantasy style RPG.The portrait sprites are abysmal, though.
>>12173954The pc version of the third game had some parts where you played as a small dragon. They were a chore. I played it a lot though It didn't have the same atmosphere as 1 on pc
>>12173986I only played the ps2 and gamecube version. I heard the harry potter games were different on pc like Spider Man 2.
>>12173990Yep. I also played spiderman 2 a lot on pc. I always had the impression it was the inferior, more limited, version
PS1 games are based.
The early games sure nailed the mystical charm styling that is for sure.
>>12174000as soon as the HP games became movie tie-ins, the soul was gone instantly.
>>12173997wow just look at that warping effect they added to the textures.
>>12174000Basically 1 and 2, which kept that children's book visuals. 3 went for realism/movie adaptation
>>12174003maybe the n64 version AHAHHAHHAHAHAHA
wait, so which versions are different and which are the same?sounds like the first 2 games are different across consoles.
>>12174015There's a whole youtube video on that
>>12174017good Lord, that sounds like a mess. I've got the pc versions of 1 and 2 downloaded, the ps2 versions of 1-5, then it sounds like I'll need the GC version of 1 and 2.
>>12174000>>12174009i think they have passages from the book verbatim. but if you look at the actual storybook graphics, they're done in that digital gradient/pillow shading style. i'm really not a fan.still, they got my boy Arthur right.
also, it's funny. I was just thinking about making this exact thread. Must be something in there air getting people into a Harry Potter mood for whatever reason.
>>12174015pcgbcgbaps1ps2/xb/gcnThe only exception seems to be 2 is different on ps2 than gcn/xb
>>12174025u dun it nao arry porrer
>>12174023The first game had the ghost while the movies didn't. That always struck me as a kid who hadn't read the book
>>12174030Prisoner from PC is different from the console versions
>>12174015You should play both ps1 and ps2 versions of Sorcerer's and Chambers, fun and different experiences.
I recommend this guy's videos about all the different versions. https://youtu.be/AaqcTsfu3U8?si=ba6Pd_BJJYr8SyLk>inb4 shillNah, I was researching which ones were worth playing a while back, that's all
>>12174087>inb4 shillI really don't have a problem with people sharing their /vr/ content, shill or not. it's good for people to do something.
>>12174087cool beans
>>12174087I really enjoy that guy's videos
alright, got:GC: 1-4GBC: 1-2 (can't wait to play jrpg HP)PC: 1-3PS1: 2PS2: 5-6I am ready for some comfy, comfy gaming. Gonna go for the pc trilogy first.
>>12174025It's almost Christmas, the first HP movie released around Thanksgiving. It's just a cozy film and the early games reflect that.
>>12174531ah, that's probably it. I figured something like that might be the case but was too lazy to look up the release dates. Weird how subconscious memory works.books>>>>movies
>>12174025First 3 Harry Potter movies are Christmas movies.
>>12173949>But the xbox/gamecube version is definitely the inferior oneLol. https://www.danceswithferrets.org/meeblog/?p=2151
>>12174003Pony Slaystation is capable of mind boggling effects...
old pc games were so comfy bros. The textures, the presentation, the ost... why in the world did this aesthetic die
>>12175150This is why at christmas I like to bust out my psx and play the first harry potter game and die hard trilogy (using cheats in die hard 1 for funny voices lol). The essential christmas vidya.
>>12173997home
>>12175675Most people (read: retards) preferred the ugly over-filtered smooth textures of the n64/3dfx/glide/directx versions of PC games to the preceding sovl unfiltered textures of the PS1/software rendered PC games. So we were stuck with filtered texture slop for the entire early 2000s generation, because most devs were trying really really hard to make something that looked like a high-end 2002 PC game for consoles.They don't look so bad on a CRT (and neither does early HD generation, actually), but holy shit do they look way worse than the crunchy sharp textures on a modern display. The PS1 and software rendered games have so much sovl that zoomers call their limitations an aesthetic.
>>12173983These are my favorite. I think I played both and slightly preferred the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone to the Chamber of Secrets. I like RPGs in general so I wish more series had gotten licensed games like this.Also it has fun minigames like broom flying, and follows the book a lot better than most games or the movies.
>>12175861one of the gba games in an rpg I believe
i wish there was a snes release
>>12175880Azkaban GBA, by the same team as the GBC games. Unfortunately we can't have nice things under EA.>We were micromanaged to death by the publisher on that one. They specifically asked for the GBC Potter team to make that game, and we designed our dream game, taking everything we learned from Chamber of Secrets and amping it way up, taking full advantage of the powerful new hardware. To be honest, we over-designed it, to be sure, but still, without interference we could have made a really kick-ass game. But the publisher didn't trust us to make quality GBA art, seeing as we had come from GBC development. To make a long story short, halfway through production they made us throwaway all the existing background art, replacing it with a new style they came up with, and because the background art changed, we had to change our sprite art to match, and now all the scripting had to be redone, since backgrounds and characters were different sizes/shapes from before. With only half the time to now make a full game, we had to cut many, many features, and to release it as a decent game we had to work crunch mode for the rest of the project, including weekends and holidays, while the publisher had reps in our office micromanaging it all. Not fun.
>>12177558>we almost had the perfect HP JRPG>EA stepped in and ruined everythingphysically painful. Also, so far the pc version of Chambers is as good as everyone says. It's wild how this game feels more immersive than most newer titles and I'm sure this was also rushed and on a budget.
>>12178228>the pc version of Chambers is as good as everyone saysThat's one of my childhood games, so much time spent playing it on the family's PC. Nice to know you're liking it, anon. I still have to play the console versions of HP 1-3 myself.
>>12178239it's one of those nice, old school examples of just building on what the previous game did, adding more stuff, and smoothing out the rough edges. They did an awesome job at making the school feel alive this time and giving the students unique dialogues. also, Dumbledore talking about the "bean bonus room" with a complete straight face and it being a reward like some old 90's gameshow got a good chuckle out of me.
>>12173937its been a long time, but i loved this one. every character would get different spells, the duels were pretty good, patronus becoming a deer in the ending was kino (even though at the time i didn't understand the new input to attack dementors, i would just send it crashing on them) and you even got to fly the hippogriff. i should honestly replay it to remember better. i also really liked the gba rpgs.
>>12177558god this irritates me to no end. maybe it would have been shit, but there's obvious potential in a JRPG style Harry Potter game. just a more polished version of the GBC one rather than the weird isometric style they went with.plenty of 90s games based on Batman and Disney were great. why was so much of the 2000s shovelware, just more merch?
>>12173963Wind waker had great dungeons it just didn't have enough of them. 2 more like they had planned and it's a 10/10
>>12174012Dumbass
> PC2>3>1 (For atmosphere I'd still take 1 over 3, incomplete as it is, maybe even 1 over 2)The unreal engine 1-2 look is perfect for Hogwarts>5th gen consolesTrash>6th gen consoles1>2>3>GBC+GBA AzkabanAll equally ok.>GBA2>1>16th gen > PC>2PC > 6th gen>3Take your pick.
>>12173937The GBC games were fun lil jarpigs.
For gameboy games what you do: handheld device like a phone with controller or a monitor/tv? (Full screen kek? Sized window?)
>>12173997ah shit, here we go 'gain
>>12173937Pinball is /vr/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbMyqQHSmJ0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i_7L48Vx8k
>>12178653PC, windowed, 3x scale.
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>>12175150Azkaban is a halloween movie though it definitely has top shelf Christmas scenes. Even 4's Yule Ball was comfykino though the series by that point was devolving into typical "who is fucking who/we have to stop magic Hitler" YA slop. I wish there had been more emphasis on portraying a positive and comfortable White story. More western holiday scenes, more group bonding over houses with people who looked like each other, etc. the series got visibly worse the deeper into the 2000s (resulting diversity) it got.
>>12173997vgh... the sovl...
>>12178271God, Azkaban is still beautiful. I wish we got another just like it. This game is the only reason I was even a fan of Harry Potter in the first place.It's a shame they went super low budget cashgrab with Goblet of Fire, such a let down. The movies themselves started going downhill after Azkaban.
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Staircase in Chambers and Sorcerer's Stone looked so good, too.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPxRltsT-so
>>12178608I'm super excited to get to Prisoner on PC. I tried it out for a second to make sure it worked on my deck and the way it starts on the train the the over all art direction is really comfy. Also, I like the slightly cartoony animations.>>12179840Loved when I got here in Chamber. Like I said above, it's also neat with how alive they made it feel. Seeing all the students running around or trading at the bottom of the stairs was such a neat touch.
I only ever played 1 on PS1 and 2 on Gamecube. I had 3 on Gamecube as well but never got very far for some reason. I want to check out the PC versions, what's the best way to get them running these days?
Damn I haven't seen such a universally loved game on /vr/ in years. I'm glad you guys like such a comfy game.
>>12181426got mine from here and just did the repack:https://oldgamesdownload.com/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets-eks/everything works great both on PC and Steam Deck. About the worst thing is they did something weird with the load screen on Chamber where some of it is off your screen, but you can easily load and start a new game, then adjust the various pc settings in the game itself. That site has 1-3
Yeah well fat load of help you were dumblefuck.
I remember playing first game on PC as a kid and having trouble with the library stealth sectionsI could also never beat the final Voldemort boss fight
>>12173937What are some other games that had at least 5 completely different versions like the first 2 HP games?There was that Donald Duck game which had different games on PC/N64/DC, Playstation, PS2, GBA and GBCSims 2 and Spider Man 2 had different versions on PC, consoles and 3 handhelds
>>12182564they aren't hard at all as an adult. The Voldemort part a little more so than the stealth just because of how wonky the fight plays out, but you'll breeze through em.
>>12182587Yeah it was not nearly as hard while replaying it
I find the PS1 games to be strangely endearing, even the fever dream character models
>>12175791What a bunch of meaningless buzzwords. Try it again.
>>12178671lmao
