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Plot Summary
The LEGO Harry Potter game covers the first
four years at Hogwarts. When the game
begins, a small video is shown as way of introduction. It shows Harry being delivered to the
Durselys, his letter coming from Hagrid, their trip out to the shack at sea,
and then the game begins when Harry and Hagrid reach The Leaky Cauldron. Players can switch between Hagrid and
Harry. Hagrid is most important at the
beginning because magic is required to do a lot of the tasks. Harry and Hagrid quickly move through simple
tasks such as finding and placing a door handle and gathering ingredients and
placing them in a cauldron to advance to the next scene. Coins
are collected and Hagrid assembles several objects which earn him points that lead
to some sort of end goal or advantage.
Critical Evaluation
At
first the game seemed odd because the players don’t actually talk. They just make really weird grunting
sounds. But after a while it became kind
of humorous. The graphics are not
lifelike at all, but they’re not supposed to be. It is the LEGO world if it was animated. It was really hard to figure out how to move
the players since the default settings aren’t to use the arrow keys. Even after playing it for a while it was
still tricky to get them to go where I wanted them to. And when Hagrid needs to cast a spell, if any
person walking by is around, they are automatically lit up as the future recipient
of the spell, so players have to wait for people to get out of the way before
doing anything. That being said, this is
a fairly simple game, one that everyone can play. There aren’t any special tricks or skills
needed to be able to play this game and that makes it a great one for
teenagers, especially those who aren’t that skilled in video games. Plus, this version doesn’t require a gaming
console and can be played on the computer at home or at the library.
Reader’s Annotation
Explore
the world of Harry Potter like never before in this LEGO inspired video game.
Author’s Information
Since 1999, Traveller’s Tales has mainly focused on creating
video games that tie in with television and movies. They have created LEGO video games for other
popular films such as Pirates of the
Caribbean and Batman. Check out their video games here: http://www.ttgames.com/.
Genre
Video Game
Book Talking Ideas
Since Harry Potter fans have no doubt experienced this
magical world through book and film format by now, why not take a trip into
Harry’s world through a game. And not
just any game, a LEGO version. All of
your favorite childhood things combined into one package.
Reading
Level/Interest
13/13
Challenge Issues
Parents may have a problem with their child playing video
games or casting fake spells in the magical world of Hogwarts, but the library
can’t control how often teenagers play games.
We can only provide materials that teens will like and then the parent
has to do the rest.
Why Include This
Title?
I felt like this is a good representation of a video game
that someone might play if they really don’t like video games all that
much. Myself being one of those people
(and I was like that as a teen), it was nice to pick something that would
appeal to a wide group of people, not just those who like video games.
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