More photos and a preview of the LEGO Harry Potter Years 1-4 game are now online. The photos, posted by Gamespot, give us more shots of the the flying lesson, the Great Hall, and more!
Also, Eurogamer have done a review of the game, comparing it quite often with the LEGO Star Wars game. Here are a few excerpts:
But as we’re hurtled through a quick hands-off demo of the latest game at a suitably Wizardy location in central London - there’s plenty of wood panelling, ushers decked out in school robes and, rather worryingly, real owls - it’s obvious that, while LEGO Potter is hardly a revolution, the designers have certainly spent the last few years hard at work, sounding out the peculiar strengths of JK Rowling’s books and seeing how they can tailor their own formulas to mesh with hers.
Mostly, Traveller’s Tales has been looking at Hogwarts. A familiar ramble of stonework and tapestries, stained-glass, shifting staircases and talking portraits, in LEGO Potter the venerable old pile is not just a simple hub. It’s the heart and soul of the game, in much the same way as it is with the novels: a place that will change while the teenage wizard grows, gradually unlocking its secrets as the adventure progresses.
It’s been created with typical class: sunlight slants through windows, beds in the dorm rooms are ripe for bouncing on, and everywhere you look there are pots of LEGO flowers to destroy for studs, or promising stacks of bricks gently spasming on the floor, calling out for investigation. The latest LEGO game may be unusually focused on a single location, but it’s the series’ biggest area yet, and its busiest too, filled with endless distractions and little gags.
If it’s starting to sound a little lazy, there are a few surprises in store. The LEGO physics model has been reworked - characters now send blocks skidding along the floor while they wade through them, and exploding scenery scatters in a more satisfying manner. At the crux of the recalibration, however, is the new “magical building” system, which gives the player the chance to use the levitation spell to move certain bricks about as they wish, rearranging and experimenting with them at will.
Read the entire review here.
The game will be out in May 2010. You can pre-order them at our Amazon store here:
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