Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

"Worst of them all"

Gameplay: 6/10

Out of all the HP games, this one is the absolute worst. It has level selection instead of wandering around Hogwarts, and there is no real plot. You would be clueless as to what is going on if you didn't read the book or watch the movie. The levels end by collecting a "challenge Shield," unless you're in a Triwizard task and then you are awarded shields. So, when you've collected every shield in a level, you can't really get out of the level when you play it again. Also, Challenge shields unlock the next levels, so if it takes 7 shields to unlock the level, you really have to search for them. You also get cards with special abilities, some cool like triple jinx, which shoots 3 jinxes at once, and some real stupid ones like red beans which makes Ron find only the beans that heal. The cool ones are expensive, so you really have to find a lot of beans.

Graphics: 8/10

Better than all the rest of the others, this is about the only thing improved with this game. The people and locations look less pixelated and more like on a PS2.

Sound: 6/10

The music you don't really pay attention to, but I notice when it stops because it's silent. Basically the sound is the same in this one as it is in the other ones.

Story: 3/10

As I said, you wouldn't know what was going on at all unless you read the book or watched the movie. They threw in multiple things that didn't belong, such as Harry never lost the egg in the bathroom, his friends weren't with him in the bathroom, and Voldemort did not make skeletons come out of the ground. Plus they never had private lessons with Moody. For some reason, the game stops at escaping Voldemort, it never showed what happened in the stadium after he used the portkey and never showed that Moody was an impostor.

Conclusion:

Overall, the gameplay is okay, the graphics and sound are great, and the story sucks. I personally hope that Harry Potter 5 will have the graphics of HP 4 and the storyline and gameplay style of HP 3.

Reviewer's Score: 5/10, Originally Posted: 06/25/07