Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 and Part 2 are action-adventure video games based off of the Harry Potter franchise released to coincide with the theatrical release of the films of the same name. It was published by Electronic Arts for mobile devices, mh:awesomegames:Microsoft Windows, mh:awesomegames:Nintendo DS, mh:awesomegames:PlayStation 3, mh:awesomegames:Wii, and mh:awesomegames:Xbox 360.

Plot
Harry, Ron, and Hermione start their quest to find the Horcruxes, which allows Lord Voldemort to maintain his immortality.

Gameplay
The PC and console games allow players to control Harry Potter in a third-person over-the-shoulder camera and is a third person shooter with cover system. There are multiple spells to use to combat Death Eaters and other enemies in the game. There are also stealth elements where you can use the Invisibility Cloak to get to certain areas.

The DS version uses the stylus to control Harry and is more puzzle based.

Overall

 * 1) Unlike the previous games, the game behaves more like a third-person shooter like that of Gears of War with the spells behaving more like guns than what they do in the books and films. For example, Expulso makes things explode in the book and films, yet in this game it acts more like a machine gun. The only ones that work like they're supposed to is Stupefy, Petrificus Totalus, and Confringo.
 * 2) Harry Potter constantly says the name of the spell you are using (likely to be Stupefy due to it being the only useful attack spell) throughout the entire game, which gets annoying VERY quickly.
 * 3) Most spells have little to no use, except for Confringo (which destroys rocks) and Stupefy (your basic attack spell).
 * 4) * However, Confringo would be useless if Harry jump since the rock barriers are small enough to do so.
 * 5) There is a leveling system, but it is nearly pointless since there are almost no improvements made to Harry's spells.
 * 6) The combat itself is incredibly repetitive as you fight the same enemies over and over again with no variety.
 * 7) The game tells you that you should use certain spells in certain situations which is false since as said, only a few of them are actually useful.
 * 8) The camera can be very claustrophobic when taking cover during combat and is problematic when throwing exploding potions.
 * 9) The healing items that the enemies drop are mostly pointless since Harry has regenerating health.

Part 1

 * 1) The boss battles are very hard such as the one with the locket Horcrux. The only way to win the fight is to start spamming Stupefy while moving back as far as possible to avoid the snakes and spiders. It even doesn't look like what it was in the movie.
 * 2) To hit someone with a spell while using the invisibility cloak, you have to get real close to them to guarantee the stun or else the enemies will start attacking you.
 * 3) *Speaking of the invisible cloak, putting it on in the final boss battle causes you to win the entire game almost instantly!
 * 4) The Four-Points spell is not really useful, making it hard to figure out where you're supposed to go.
 * 5) At times, Hermione or Ron will leave Harry behind which makes the game start side missions for him to complete. The side missions are forced and must be played in order to advance the game. Some of these missions happen at times that can clearly conflict with the narrative such as Harry going back into the Ministry of Magic after just escaping it. Another would be while in Grimulad Place, one of the encounters will involve Harry inside a cave trying to flee from a Hungarian Horntail. How Harry got there or why he’s there is never explained.
 * 6) Harry can simply run past enemies most of the time to progress, making combat almost unnecessary as the enemies will never follow him.
 * 7) The Wii version of the game has the camera rotate when you move the Wii Remote cursor on the screen even if the cursor is not on the edges of the screen.
 * 8) The game has Kinect side missions on Xbox 360 where you cast spells through hand and body gestures.
 * 9) Very short, at about four hours long.

Part 2

 * 1) Despite being able to play as various characters, they all play almost exactly the same and have the same selection of spells instead of being more powerful and drastically different.
 * 2) Extremely short (even more so than the previous game) at just under 3 hours long.
 * 3) Heavy focus on Escort and Defense segments, where you must protect an NPC as they take down a barrier or door. This was most likely due to the developers wanting to make the game seem longer.
 * 4) It cost $50 on release.
 * 5) The accuracy of the spells constantly reduces as you use them, which early on in the game forces you to stop using the spell like if it was a turret that would overheat, and later in the game forces you to constantly switch spells to combat the reduced accuracy of the spells.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The soundtrack is amazing.
 * 2) The voice acting is kinda decent.
 * 3) After a boss takes a certain number of hits, they make a ridiculous face with some of them looking downright funny.
 * 4) When playing as Harry you can Apparate.
 * 5) The PS3 version is compatible with PlayStation Move.

Part 2

 * 1) The "Thanks for Playing" montage after the credits pays tribute to the previous games.

Reception
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Part 2 received generally negative reviews from critics, expect for the Nintendo DS version which received mixed reviews.

Angry Joe gave for both games a 2/10 rating, citing that these games were not meant for any kind of fan.

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