Harry Potter Product Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Game for Playstation 2

With the Harry Potter addiction back into full force with the release of the latest film and soon to be released highly anticipated last book of the series, I sat down at my best friends Playstation 2 console and got a first-hand gaming experience for the latest Harry Potter video game for The Order of the Phoenix.

The game starts off with Harry at the Dursleys where him and the youngest Dursley get a visit from the soul sucking dementors. With a wave of Harry's wand you fight the dementors off just for The Daily Prophet and the Ministry to place Harry Potter in the headlines for using magic in front of a muggle outside of the wizarding world.

From there the game takes you to Grimauld Place where you see Sirius Black and he helps you along with Ginny Weasley and Hermione Granger tidying up the place for Mrs. Weasley who tends to be very keen on cleanliness. In this part of the game you are shown how to work the controller to your advantage to cast certain basic spells to help out. From Ginny Weasley, you then help Hermione Granger and from there it's off to see Ron Weasley and help him pack his belongings into his trunk to prepare him for the trip to Hogwarts.

However, before you get to Hogwarts the game goes into story mode as Harry Potter stands trial for use of underage magic in front of a muggle before the Ministry where he escapes punishments and then it's off to Hogwarts for the famous trio.

The game starts at Hogwarts in the courtyard where Ron tells you that the two of you need to get to Hermione who is eagerly waiting in the Gryffindor common room.

I personally took the spare time to do things such as sweeping the leaves in the courtyard and moving the stone benches to their rightful places in order to gain points to raise my level which will be of good use later on within the game.

Hogwarts castle is full of little things that you can examine, repair, clean up or even discover that will raise your level up and help you further in the game. The more points you gain and the more the levels raise, the easier spells will become to do for Harry.