Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

 PlayStation 2
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5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 56 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 16 out of 56
  3. Negative: 16 out of 56
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  1. [Anonymous]
    Aug 1, 2007
    5
    While the graphics are very impressive and the music great, the game play is just above clunky and the storyline is rushed. 90% of the game is completing tedious chores like finding other peoples belongings and tiding the grounds. the rest isn't more more fun than that. the full scale, interactive hogwarts is the highlight of the game, but after running the grounds a hundred or more While the graphics are very impressive and the music great, the game play is just above clunky and the storyline is rushed. 90% of the game is completing tedious chores like finding other peoples belongings and tiding the grounds. the rest isn't more more fun than that. the full scale, interactive hogwarts is the highlight of the game, but after running the grounds a hundred or more times to hang pictures or mop floors, it wears very thin. buy it used.… Expand
  2. PabloR.
    Jul 7, 2007
    6
    Half of the game is walking around. The other half is rotating the control. No variety. Not way of losing... It also makes you do stupid stuff like get a camera off the roof. When you can just levitate it with the spell they teach you.
  3. JamesD.
    Aug 1, 2007
    10
    This is the best Harry Potter game for PS2 with interactive enviroments and full run of the entire Hogwarts castle!
  4. TomK.
    Aug 1, 2007
    8
    Games that are based on movies are usually very bad. but i like the Harry Potter games, and Order of the Phoenix is the best one yet!
  5. KatieL.
    Aug 7, 2007
    7
    I'm not a major computer game player, but I'm a big fan of Harry Potter and as I had seen the film of the 3rd day of release, I thought that I'd give the game a go. The only other Potter game I have is the Chamber of Secrets so you will find me referring to that. The graphics are exceptional and the sound is also pretty good. I love the fact that you can explore Hogwarts to I'm not a major computer game player, but I'm a big fan of Harry Potter and as I had seen the film of the 3rd day of release, I thought that I'd give the game a go. The only other Potter game I have is the Chamber of Secrets so you will find me referring to that. The graphics are exceptional and the sound is also pretty good. I love the fact that you can explore Hogwarts to the max and the discovery points are a good idea because once you finish the sotry, there is still loads more to do. However I think that this makes up too much of the total game. Unlike Chamber of Secrets, you cannot lose the game or get sent back to a saved point because of dying. In my opinion, the game is way too easy and I finished the game in 2/3 days. Considering i dont play computer games very often, it shows that the game is way too easy. I prefer the way games are cast in OOTP as it is much more interesting however other than that, there are too many story sections, many of which cant be skipped, and not enough fighting and figuring out puzzles. Pretty much, most of the answers are given to you on a plate.… Expand
  6. MartinO.
    Jun 27, 2007
    10
    The best harry potter game yet.
  7. HenryM.
    Jul 20, 2007
    7
    The game is not that good, i don't like the graphics, and hogwarts is too big to explore, easy to get lost. what i liked about that game is that i can make spells as harry, ron and hermione, and that parts that i can play as harry's godfather and harry's headmaster dumbelldoor (XD).
  8. JessicaBodford
    Jun 30, 2009
    9
    i just got the hp and the otp game for the ps2 for $9.95 at the flea market. i'd pretty much given up on the hp videogames after the third one...i usually can't stand them. the third (for game boy) was almost exactly like fire emblem / zelda, except it was 100% magic and no weapons. the battle modes and health potions were the exact same! it was crazy. the first, for mac, wasi just got the hp and the otp game for the ps2 for $9.95 at the flea market. i'd pretty much given up on the hp videogames after the third one...i usually can't stand them. the third (for game boy) was almost exactly like fire emblem / zelda, except it was 100% magic and no weapons. the battle modes and health potions were the exact same! it was crazy. the first, for mac, was probably my favorite because it was more problem-solving and strategy instead of rapidly pressing buttons and hoping you don't die before your foe. even so, the flying techniques are so miserable that i never got past the flying keys on my way to the sorceror's stone. it's a miracle i passed quidditch practice.

    ANYWAY. hpotp is AH.MAZE.ING. everyone online was raving about hogwarts, but i didn't understand until i actually started playing the game (it starts out with the dementor attack, then you go to grimmauld place for a bit and THEN you arrive at hogwarts). the creators actually took apart all five movies and all six (or seven, by that time?) books to make a hogwarts EXACTLY as it would be. it's HUGE. i'm already 24% of the way through the game and i've only seen about 12% of the castle. there are times when i'm completely lost, and the graphics are jaw-droppingly, mind-numbingly amazing (not with the characters so much as the scenery and surroundings).

    the one thing that keeps it perfect (and not just a dauntingly impossible prospect) is the marauder's map: you can do a search for specific people (like angelina johnson, to ask about quidditch practice) or specific places (like umbridge's office, to do your detention), and little footsteps appear before you to point you in the right direction. you can turn them off at any time, though. AND there's an invisibility cloak!

    it's evident that the game was originally designed and made for the wii. you can definitely tell that when playing it on the ps2...instead of pressing a button for a spell and another button for another spell, you use the r analog stick in different movement combinations to cast different spells, almost like the wii remote. incendio is up down up down, wingardium leviosa is up left right left right, accio is down down, protego is up up, reparo is counterclockwise rotation, stupefy is clockwise rotation, etc. it would be SO MUCH COOLER with a wii remote!

    anyways...hogwarts really is stunning. the game is based so much more around exploration and tasks than simple dueling, although there is dueling as well. every single tapestry and painting and broom cupboard and student can be interacted with, and i've even learned how to play wizard's chess (but am still losing miraculously. i'm quite good at exploding snap, though).

    instead of corny little mini-tasks used by most games (i remember in ps2's hp and the cos game that ginny "lost her quill and cauldron while using floo powder to get to diagon alley"--which was obviously a complete waste of my life and just a desperate attempt by the creators to keep the player occupied for just a bit longer before arriving at hogwarts).

    each task is relevant to the game and is rather fun to carry out...they require thinking and careful tactics. for example, in order to recruit ginny to the da you have to get a bottle of doxy venom fred and george were using to make skiving snackboxes. the problem? it's been confiscated and is in umbridge's office, which is guarded by umbridge on the inside and by two students outside. how do you distract them long enough to slip by while wearing your invisibility cloak? hm...

    anyway, this is easily my absolute FAVORITE hp videogame, and possibly one of my favorite videogames of all time. i'd recommend it for people looking to have a storyline and a great time manuevering throughout the game, who AREN'T just looking to throw spells around.    … Expand
  9. lumito
    Nov 26, 2010
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Magnificent game. Good:
    I love the concept of being able of walking all over school.
    Great music.

    Minus:
    Is there a mute-button for Hermione's nagging?    … Expand
  10. doomfist229
    Aug 17, 2018
    0
    retarted game 0/10 ipgwejhpigjipqjpqgj-[qej9-q3uj-j-9j-9j-9122222122222222222222
  11. SrPepe
    Nov 1, 2017
    8
    Unos gráficos que parecen de la siguiente generación y una gran jugabilidad. Me encantó poder recorrer el castillo otra vez como antes, y el sistema de combate muy bueno.
  12. RandomWhorie
    Jul 7, 2017
    5
    Mmmm este Potter era un videojuego de transición debido al cansancio que conllevaba ser un mago ajetreado contra los malvados.
    Recuerdo que costaba una barbaridad y requería ayuda divina para ejecutar un triste hechizo, cosa que solucionaron en el siguiente videojuego de la serie.
    Los duelos eran interesantes de hecho se parece mucho en eso éste y el principe mestizo.
  13. genji22
    Aug 18, 2018
    0
    retarted game 0/10 ipgwejhpigjipqjpqgj-[qej9-q3uj-j-9j-9j-9122222122222222222222
  14. lidwang
    Mar 26, 2019
    5
    An extremley mediocre game but with a great presentation and graphics, and the way to cast spells is preety creative, but everything else doesn't have anything special.
  15. piuscorvus
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This could have been much better game. It has so much improved graphics compared to the previous Harry Potter games even though I do not like the fact that all characters are copied actors from the movies. If feels as if you do not play as Harry Potter anymore but as Daniel Redcliffe. The Hogwarts is very big and alive but it could have had much more exploration to offer. This game hasThis could have been much better game. It has so much improved graphics compared to the previous Harry Potter games even though I do not like the fact that all characters are copied actors from the movies. If feels as if you do not play as Harry Potter anymore but as Daniel Redcliffe. The Hogwarts is very big and alive but it could have had much more exploration to offer. This game has plenty of side mini games taken from the books that wizards play and I have to say, it was fun to stick with it for a while. The story is unfortunately shortened as it was in every Harry Potter game, which won't make Harry Potter fans happy.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#71 Best PS2 Game of 2007
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#17 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2007
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#64 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2007

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61

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 17
  3. Negative: 3 out of 17
  1. IGN
    70
    It is by far the most immersive journey to Hogwarts to date thanks to the realization of a truly enormous, often-beautiful world that is wholly connected without any load times.
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  2. Official Playstation 2 Magazine UK
    80
    The best Potter adventure ever and the best licensed game on PS2. For fans, it's essential and for everyone else, it's highly recommended. [July 2007, p.74]
  3. Gamer 2.0
    80
    Order of the Phoenix is without a doubt the best entry in the Harry Potter game series to date.
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