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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone PC
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65 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. GameZone
    80
    What I liked best about the game was the ease of play. You didn’t have to fumble through spells to see what works. If a spell could be cast, the appropriate spell would be used automatically.
  2. Four Fat Chicks
    75
    The PC game does little to replicate the depth of the rich, magical yarn that is woven throughout the Harry Potter series.
  3. Electric Playground
    70
    The video game falls short of the quality Potter fans expect, and provides nothing more than a simple platform/adventure game that young fans will adore, but older fans will feel disappointed with.
  4. Yahoo! Games
    70
    A slightly ropy control system, and disappointing length let us down on what is otherwise a truly enjoyable experience. Flipendo!
  5. Computer Gaming World
    70
    If you’re a Harry Potter fan, this is a surprisingly fun title. The 7-year-old gives [it] four stars. [Mar 2002, p.88]
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  6. Quandary
    70
    Even if you have no knowledge of things Potterish, detail abounds in the 3D animations, and poking about a school for witches and wizards full of ghosts and secret passages can be enthralling.
  7. GameSpy
    68
    The game runs poorly on just about any machine.
  8. IGN
    64
    It also seems to me that most of the budget for the game went into licensing. I can't see that a lot of effort was actually spent on the production of the game side of things.
  9. G4 TV
    60
    This game is about jumping puzzles, timing puzzles, and exploration -- all very simple and not at all challenging.
  10. PC Gamer
    59
    I’m confident that young kids will get a kick out of HP:SC, but everyone else is better off doing their adventuring elsewhere. [Feb 2002, p.68]
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  11. GameSpot
    55
    Underwhelms with an extremely brief story, overly simplistic platform jumping sequences, and repetitive gameplay...Suitable only for children.
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7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
  1. HarryPotter
    10
    This game rocks and if anyone wishes to know I can do real magic.
  2. JBJblaze
    5
    First of all, I love the fact that you get to play as the World Famous Wizard with the World's best scar on one's forehead, not to mention, you get to play with MAGIC!! But, otherwise, this was also a MAJOR let down: The difficulty level is utterly high; (the graphics aren't too shabby;) the storytelling is magically thinned down with mediocre voice-overs, and during any dialogue, the characters' mouths NEVER move--not even up and down! Games before this, like Half-Life (Valve, 1998), had ITS characters ACTUALLY move their mouths in dialogue--and, yea, it's about 3 YEARS OLDER! I like this first Harry Potter game somewhat, but most of all, it's just too difficult just to play it. This game only casts itself up to a 4.5/10! You can also find this review at http://s-me.weebly.com/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerors-stone.html!… Full Review »
  3. WilliamT.
    6
    A fun game to play when you want to kill some time. But Harry's stiff controls and little story development prevent it from being anything else. Kids will enjoy it though.… Full Review »
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