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Platform: PC | Edition: Standard Edition
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As if Harry Potter's adventures weren't magical enough now you can experience his first four years at Hogwarts through the medium of Lego. Similar to the popular Lego Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Batman games you can now control Harry and dozens of other famous characters.
This English developer has been around since 1990, often working on movie tie-ins and sequels to already established series. Their biggest critical and commercial success has come from the Lego series of toy and film tie-ins, including Lego Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Batman and Harry Potter.
 The Grand Staircase makes its debut in Lego form |
 Hagrid and Harry explore the Lego version of Diagon Alley |
 Hermione uses ear plugs to handle a Lego mandrake |
 Control dozens of different characters, including Ron |
Each character has their own specialities and abilities, from broomstick riding to a wide range of magic. The most important spell though, which nearly every character can cast, is Wingardium Leviosa which allows you to magically move Lego bricks and build them up into different objects like a wall or a set of stairs.
You'll learn new spells and abilities as you go, mirroring Harry's rise from muggle to master wizard, but the game's a lot less about fighting than the earlier Lego games. Instead the focus is much more on exploration and puzzle-solving, with Hogwarts and the other levels filled with an almost endless supply of secrets to uncover and mysteries to solve.
Key Features- Half term: Relieve all the adventures of the first four Harry Potter books: Philosopher's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire.
- Who's who: Take control of over 140 Lego-style characters from obvious picks like Harry and Ron to more obscure choices like Hagrid's dog Fang.
- Magic school: Learn new spells as you go and mix potions to help solve puzzles - but be careful not to get the ingredients wrong or you might be turned into a frog or worse.
- Brick master: For the first time you can move individual Lego bricks around and build your own creations using the Wingardium Leviosa spell.
- Team building: Team-up with a friend and play the whole game together, switching characters whenever you want and even playing online on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
This English developer has been around since 1990, often working on movie tie-ins and sequels to already established series. Their biggest critical and commercial success has come from the Lego series of toy and film tie-ins, including Lego Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Batman and Harry Potter.
Product Description
Based on the first four Harry Potter books and movies that tell the story of Harry's first four years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 offers an engaging mix of magical gameplay and light-hearted humour.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great game once you get past the workarounds and hardware requirements
9 July 2010
By Wighthouse65
Platform for Display:PC|Edition:Standard Edition
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Best (and simplest) LEGO game yet and suitable for all ages.
Excellent tech support (and you most likely will need it). Be sure your machine WELL EXCEEDS the basic hardware requirements required for the game to function properly. I would even recommend that it surpasses recommended hardware specs for a trouble-free gaming experience as this game makes some serious demands on your system if run with all options enabled.
I had many issues and challenges with this game the first weeks after release but have since resolved all challenges I faced both with TT Games support and through personal trial and error. Now it's back to fun and am looking to complete it this weekend.
Incidentally, I am running this on Windows 7 32-bit with 4 GB of RAM on an Intel Dual-Core 1.86 GHz machine. Just make sure that you have a VERY good video card with sufficient power to run this game. Some of the later levels are very graphics intensive and will bog your machine down to crash mode if you do not have sufficient resources.
Excellent tech support (and you most likely will need it). Be sure your machine WELL EXCEEDS the basic hardware requirements required for the game to function properly. I would even recommend that it surpasses recommended hardware specs for a trouble-free gaming experience as this game makes some serious demands on your system if run with all options enabled.
I had many issues and challenges with this game the first weeks after release but have since resolved all challenges I faced both with TT Games support and through personal trial and error. Now it's back to fun and am looking to complete it this weekend.
Incidentally, I am running this on Windows 7 32-bit with 4 GB of RAM on an Intel Dual-Core 1.86 GHz machine. Just make sure that you have a VERY good video card with sufficient power to run this game. Some of the later levels are very graphics intensive and will bog your machine down to crash mode if you do not have sufficient resources.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Jake
Platform for Display:PC| Edition:Standard Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
After debating to purchase this game I decided to go ahead and buy it to play over the Christmas holidays. I have to say the game is incredible, it runs well, looks brilliant and most importantly is terrible amounts of fun.
The two player co-op on PC is very nice as well, with the ability to play with a friend on one computer isn't something you see very often in PC games.
Once I've completed years 1-4 I'll give 5-7 ago!
The two player co-op on PC is very nice as well, with the ability to play with a friend on one computer isn't something you see very often in PC games.
Once I've completed years 1-4 I'll give 5-7 ago!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:PC| Edition:Standard Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hello,
Just coming to the end of playing this and may I say that it's been fantastic. Before this I started to play Indiana Jones 2: The adventure continues but gave up due to the mass amount of things to do so I was worried that this would be more of the same, but thankfully, it's a much better and rounded game than Indy. Configuration: Core i5, nVidia GTX 570, 8Gb ram, Crucial SSD. Hogwarts castle is the main hub to which you reach all the other levels/years and this works well.
I had to reduce the sound cards sample rate before the game would launch properly and since then it's worked without any flaws, getting stuck or general crashes.
All in all it's a fantastic game. Thank you
Just coming to the end of playing this and may I say that it's been fantastic. Before this I started to play Indiana Jones 2: The adventure continues but gave up due to the mass amount of things to do so I was worried that this would be more of the same, but thankfully, it's a much better and rounded game than Indy. Configuration: Core i5, nVidia GTX 570, 8Gb ram, Crucial SSD. Hogwarts castle is the main hub to which you reach all the other levels/years and this works well.
I had to reduce the sound cards sample rate before the game would launch properly and since then it's worked without any flaws, getting stuck or general crashes.
All in all it's a fantastic game. Thank you
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1.0 out of 5 stars
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The game is great and fine but the PC version is riddled with so many bugs and errors that it is difficult to actually play the game. Read more
Published 29 days ago by Kerry Winstanley
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great fun, but issues if playing on Windows Vista or above
I love the game, but there are massive glitches if you are playing on Vista... The game keeps freezing on me halfway through year 3. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Kimberly Golding
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very enjoyable game.
This game is incredibly entertaining and fun. Even if you don't like Lego, there is no doubt you won't find fun in this game.
On a side note to all the 1 star reviews. Read more
On a side note to all the 1 star reviews. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Matomi
4.0 out of 5 stars
Enter The Magical World Of Hogwarts!
I was a little worried about purchasing this given the reviews about trouble installing but decided to take the risk. Read more
Published 21 months ago by MsMoose
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great game and few bugs
This game is very good, and I managed to install and play it with ease. Only bug I ran into occurred after a long period of time playing the game, although a re-run of the game... Read more
Published 21 months ago by jwr
3.0 out of 5 stars
The usual good fun but marred by bugs.
Unlike some other people who've posted reviews I found the game installed and runs without any problems. I've got an Intel Core 2 Duo 2. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Deckard
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good fun but the extras are too cheap
I had no problems installing and running this (Core i7, GTX260 video, 6GB RAM) and the game is quite fun. Read more
Published on 17 May 2011 by Mr. R. Bragg
1.0 out of 5 stars
Useless game - wouldn't even install
Avoid this game at all costs! We bought this for our son for Christmas and it simply will not install. Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2010 by leafy247
1.0 out of 5 stars
Impossible
This game would not even install - despite 6 attempts. As it was a Christmas present for my child I was not happy.
Update: 2 weeks and 15 intalls later. Read more
Update: 2 weeks and 15 intalls later. Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2010 by blackbour
1.0 out of 5 stars
More crashes than a stock car race
I don't know about the game on other platforms but the PC version crashes all over the place.
There are 4-5 places at various levels where the game crashes (that my... Read more
There are 4-5 places at various levels where the game crashes (that my... Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2010 by S. Oritis
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