Harry Potter and the Sorcerer?s Stone

A vital thread of the Harry Potter yarns is that wizards and regular folk mix like oil and water, and that applies neatly to Harry?s PlayStation debut.

Named after the first novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer?s Stone puts you in Harry?s robes for his first year at Hogwarts, the wizardry school. Sorcerer?s strongest point is its slick re-creation of the book?s world?fans will delight in moments like battling Draco with spell and broomstick, or attending Snape?s Potions class. The world is impressively large and nonlinear as you check out Hagrid?s hut, recover the missing Hedwig, ride through Gringotts? tunnels, and experience many other straight-from-the-book highlights.

The gameplay, however, is the stuff of clich? rather than legend, involving lots of platform hopping mixed with some gentle puzzles, mild doses of action, and PaRappa-style sequences where you learn new spells. The Fun Factor directly corresponds to your level of Potter fandom: The joy of this game comes from experiencing Harry?s universe, not from the repetitive, trite gameplay.

With legions of Potter fans flocking to theaters, Sorcerer will surely enchant hordes of Harry?s followers. If, however, you?re immune to Harry?s charms, you?ll find Sorcerer to be the kind of dreary platform game you?ve played too many times before.

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