Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DS
User Score
4.6 out of 10

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 11 out of 18

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  1. GamerForever
    Nov 5, 2011
    1
    Oh God. One of the worst games I've ever played. the Graphics suck. The RPG style spell duels suck. The storyline sucks. The Game Sucks. Here's some advice-buy the book.
  2. mikoroshi
    Aug 23, 2010
    2
    The spell casting is fun, if the same as the previous games, but the rest of the game play is abysmal. The majority of the game is running around dozens of acres of campus in real time which is made tedious enough, but then add in a camera that freaks out regularly and doors that sometimes can not be seen from the only angle you're allowed and it becomes truly maddening.
  3. CoreyL.
    Jan 13, 2008
    2
    The best part of this entire game is easily the multiplayer mini-games. The story line is so watered down that even die-hard harry potter fans will wonder what they are doing.
  4. WilliamT.
    Dec 15, 2007
    4
    Could have been a good game, but has too much running around (With the headache inducing camera), errand running and repetitive gameplay. But altogether it's just BORING. Avoid.
  5. DesmondH.
    Nov 30, 2007
    3
    If you want to play this game, play the console versions. As for the DS version, get a different game.
  6. HermioneGranger
    Sep 20, 2007
    0
    This game stunk like Neville's diapers, it is pointless, stupid, and it didn't feature ME as a playable character, whats up with THAT? No freaking way the SMARTEST character in the books tells you to press A B twice or you die! WHERES RON!!??!?!?!?! I NEED ATTENTION TOO!
    And this game really did suck.
    Love,
     Hermione… Expand
  7. [Anonymous]
    Sep 15, 2007
    4
    The game has horrible camera angles and has a bad storyline. I must admit the minigames are fun, but it is not enough to make up for this poorly made game. And after the Ministry part theres nothing to do except for playing minigames. My advice? Go reserve the Phantom Hourglass
  8. Sally
    Aug 6, 2007
    9
    This game is a bit boring at the start but after the 10th task it gets more intersting.
  9. SargeS.
    Jun 29, 2007
    1
    Very very bad, and incredibly short.
  10. KaiC.
    Jun 27, 2007
    10
    I've played all the Harry Potter games and OOTP is by far the best handhelp HP game out there. Really fantastic.
  11. ChrisC.
    Jun 27, 2007
    5
    Eh, it's a fun game, but most of what you do is just run around the castle, running errands.
  12. FrankD.
    Jun 25, 2007
    10
    Excellent graphics and gameplay !!! I got it this morning and i cant stop playing.
  13. BubuJ.
    Jun 25, 2007
    2
    Maybe the worst HP game ever made.... :(.

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
51 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 15
  3. Negative: 4 out of 15
  1. Nintendo Power
    70
    Order of the Phoenix delivers nice graphics and music, and some genuinely fun activities (including a multiplayer mode) but the endless tasks seem more like prepping for O.W.L.S. than playing a game. [Aug 2007, p.84]
  2. Game Almighty
    55
    The minigames aren’t anything you haven’t seen before on the DS, but they do a good job of breaking up the tedium of travelling Hogwarts.
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  3. IGN
    60
    The minigames are fun and make fantastic use of the DS touch screen in different and interesting ways. At the same time actually reaching the games is frustrating and boring, and the story is handled so poorly that even playing through the game I didn’t get much of an idea what the film will be all about.
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