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Invest in something from our great range of sporty g shock watches, or perhaps opt for something slightly more sophisticated from our range of Citizen watches.Formats: Xbox 360, PS3 (tested), PC, Wii, DS, PSP Developer: Traveller's Tales Publisher: Warner Bros. Released: Out now Score: 9/10 Mrs. Hoggins and I are proud to say that we are perfectly normal, thank-you very much. We are the last people you’d expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because we just don’t hold with such nonsense. But when Lego Harry Potter flopped onto the doormat, well, that changed things. My wife, Vikki, positively adores the Lego games and the wizardry of JK Rowling’s novels, so its arrival is a cause for celebration in our household. “Why do you like the Lego games so much?” I ask, hiding the fact that my own heart is twanging like an elastic band at the thought of popping the disc into the PS3. “Well, I like what they’re based on,” Vikki replies. “Plus, I like bashing stuff.
In a non-violent way, of course.” So we spend many splendid evenings with Lego Harry Potter. Vikki was thrilled –as was I- to discover you can bash a lot of stuff in Lego Harry Potter. Zap them with your wand, and little Lego sets explode into a shower of shiny studs to collect. It’s not just bashing. But building, exploring, solving puzzles. All to find those gold and silver treats. And if you’re really lucky, a few high-scoring purple and blue ones too. This is why kids of all ages have taken to the Lego games over the years; the simple act of just making things happen on-screen is an absolute delight. Lego Harry Potter seems to understand this even better than the games before it. With a swish and a flick, we send scattered Lego pieces swirling round and round in the air with the wingardium leviosa spell, clicking together as they spin, before thumping down as a complete object, spilling studs around it. And there is so much to do in Hogwarts, so many characters to meet, so many spells to learn.
Even with only half the books on the disc, Lego Harry Potter is gigantic. With the majority of the first four books happening inside Hogwarts, we don’t return to a hub world before moving on to the next chapter. Instead, Hogwarts is a constant, living breathing world that we move through with the story, poking and prodding every flaming torch and house banner that we see. Nearly Headless Nick floats through the halls, leaving a ghostly trail of translucent studs to follow, guiding us to the next part of the story. “Do you want to move on now?” I ask Vikki, waiting patiently outside Professor Sprout’s classroom in order to be taught how to handle shrieking Mandrake Roots. “Hold on, I don’t think I’ve got everything yet,” she replies, gleefully dismantling a suit of armour -–who looks very put out by the whole thing– for another handful of studs. I grin, realising this is the whole point. There are always going to be things to take apart or put back together again, and you’re not going to be satisfied until you’ve found them all.
The thing is, for all this gainful distraction, there are always some magical cupboards that remain puzzlingly locked, some studs that remain tantalisingly out of reach, sparkling with promise. We don’t forget these; we know that we can get them later on, once we’ve unlocked the right spell or character. The selection of spells unlocked throughout the game during lessons form part of the gentle puzzling that drives the story. Potion-mixing, building bridges and staircases out of Lego bricks, using the mandrake roots to smash glass barriers; fun logic tasks that ask kids to think about what they’ve learned but –-like everything else about the game– are never ever boring. “It can be a bit fiddly though, can’t it?” remarks Vikki, frowning as she struggles to target the right painting to lift from the wall, instead flinging an unsuspecting Hogwarts student across the corridor. With so many spells, switching between riddikulus, immobilus and expelliarmus, either with a radial wheel or trigger buttons is quite fussy for such an overtly simplistic game.
The game’s auto targeting for spells (particularly wingardium leviosa) can be awfully unpredictable too. There is a manual targeting system, but it’s not brilliant, and can take a while to get to grips with. The split-screen -which appears organically when players wander away from each other in larger areas- is excellent, but can bring about camera issues, with important objects hidden from view. And then there’s the age old Lego game problem of what we like to call ‘slippery physics’, where the little characters slide off ledges a bit too easily. These are quibbles, however, nothing more; easily forgiven in a game crafted with so much care and charm. The attention to detail, in particular, is enchanting throughout. For instance, we’re just about to embark on our first flying lesson. As Harry, I jump on a broomstick and soar into the air, like the natural flyboy he is. But it’s not a cry of frustration, in fact she’s beaming as she watches little Lego Hermione flail and struggle with her own broomstick, just like in the books.
It’s a lovely touch, but it’s part of a wider gameplay mechanic of co-operation and character selection. Harry can fly well and has access to his invisibility cloak, Hermione can decipher codes using her books and Ron can let his pet rat Scabbers clamber up tubes to unreachable areas. All in all, there are an impressive 160 different characters to unlock and play as. Some are alternative outfits for the main cast, and many are just Hogwarts students with little to no special abilities. But the point is collection and recognition. Finding characters such a Parvarti Patil or Justin Finch-Fletchley might not mean much in a practical sense, but that flash of identification will be a genuine pleasure for fans. That’s who it’s aimed at after all. The cutscenes are rendered in the magical, genuinely funny way that has served the Lego games so well, but rely on an innate knowledge of the storylines to be able to decipher their irreverent charms. the Lego games aren’t there to serve as your first experience of the chosen universe, but as a delightful tribute.
And there really is an enormous amount to experience. Outside of the storyline, you can explore The Leaky Cauldron and Diagon Alley. Wander into Madam Malkin’s Robes for All Occasions to buy different outfits, or Wiseacre’s Wizarding Equipment to find more of the 200 golden bricks you can collect. In Gringotts, the wizard’s bank, you can play bonus levels constructed entirely out of Lego such as driving around in the Knight Bus, smashing trees and buildings to collect studs (“made for people like me” Vikki observes). Even the building set from Lego Indiana Jones 2 returns, allowing you to construct your own levels out of Lego bricks and props. It’s overwhelmingly stuffed with content to muck about with, explore and enjoy. In that respect, it puts most ‘adult’ games to shame. But now I’ve gone and done it. Are the Lego games not just simplistic, ‘children’s’ games? Well, yes, but in all the right ways. It is remarkably difficult to construct a successful kids’ game that will inform and entertain them;