Hello there Undertoads, Amanda here and Lego games never seem to disappoint.
The idea of them is such a genius yet simple concept that keeps us entertained.
When I found out they were making Lego Harry Potter years 1-4 my heart melted a little
bit because I am a super fan when it comes to the series.
And even though the movies really never followed the books well enough, I still enjoyed it
all.
Well Lego Harry Potter years 1-4 plays along with the movies but brings the quirky Lego
humor we all have come to love and enjoy.
The gameplay time really adds up with this being
the first four years.
I felt the people working on this game thought it through to the end to make sure this Lego
game had more activities in it and still give you the feel of the wizarding world even without
actual dialogue to go with it.
For instance there are parts where the characters normally would talk like in the first movie
when Dumbledore is giving Harry to the Dursley's there is a lot of dialogue in the movie and
books.
But the Lego characters get away with their goofy moves like how Dumbldore thinks the
cat walking by is Professor McGonnegal, but meanwhile she's already there.
The actual gameplay though is that of any Lego game, you want to collect the pieces
as you go along as well as the other little puzzles the developers throw at you such as
rescuing the students in peril.
The students in peril thing quickly became a laughing out loud factor to me, because
these kids would just be in simple need of aid like getting down from a building, to
me that's not being in peril but it's still a fun little tie to the game.
On top of just puzzles and going through the basic storyline there are also fun events
such as flying on a broom or cut scenes with Quidditch matches.
These little extras in this game kind of get the fans out there of the series wrapped into
it because we've never seen our hero Harry in Lego form doing any of these events before.
Also in year one and the other years you keep learning more spells.
Certain characters are also able to do different abilities such as Ron sending his rat Scabbers
into a tube to fetch items you need and cannot get to yourself.
Also Hermoine is able to solve puzzles and you get the idea.
Even Hagrid helps out by being able to pull heavy chains out for you.
As you get to the higher years your spells quickly start to fill and the game becomes
easier or the puzzles do at least for me.
Because you quickly know what spell to change to in order to levitate something or even
become invisible.
I felt I got more entertainment out of this game then any other Lego game.
It's quite interesting and if you really love Harry Potter you'll love this game.
I still just wish Hagrid had one line of dialogue just to say when he first meets Harry, "Yer
a lego Harry."