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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 9 critic reviews
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Based on 6 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Electronic Arts / Warner Bros.
Developer: Electronic Arts UK
Genre(s): Third-Person Action, Adventure
Players: 3
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: November 8, 2005
Summary
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry is mysteriously selected as the fourth competitor in the dangerous Triwizard Tournament. Each contestant in this international competition must confront a fire-breathing dragon, rescue friends from the icy depths of the Black Lake, and navigate the twisting mysteries of a vast, dangerous maze. Players experience all the thrills of the movie - from the Quidditch World Cup campsite to a heart-stopping duel with Lord Voldemort himself. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are all playable characters, modeled after their big-screen counterparts. In this game, an all-new spell-casting system allows players to feel the magic for the first time as the controller shakes and reacts with every flick of the wand. Players can also team up with friends in co-operative play to combine their magic and produce more powerful spells than ever before. [Electronic Arts]
Also On Metacritic
FILM: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
GAMES: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
Also On The Web: Official Website
What The Critics Said
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NintendoWorldReport
A fine portable adventure game, and as licensed movie games go, it's downright remarkable. The game is on the easy side, but it's good fun even for advanced players; they'll just blow through it more quickly, that's all.
Read Full Review >PGNx Media
The game doesn’t include all of the additional features of the Nintendo DS version but includes enough to make it a worthwhile purchase if you don’t own Nintendo’s newer handheld.
Read Full Review >Nintendo Power
The lack of RPG depth is a disappointment, but the titles are solid additions to the Harry Potter gaming world. [Jan 2006, p.107]
GameZone
This is essentially the same as the DS version minus the touch and dual screen features. Unless you hold the games side-by-side as I did you won’t be able to pick out many differences.
Read Full Review >IGN
While the GBA title pushes the system and gives players a truly impressive one-player package mixed with a few multiplayer elements, the DS version only adds to the previous game with duel mode and a few mini-games.
Read Full Review >Next Level Gaming
Sure, the story mode and graphics are almost identical to the DS, but the DS features are what really made the game stand out, and they are understandably missing here.
Read Full Review >Worth Playing
With overly long levels, it's built for road trips, but will quickly become played out within a few days. If you have to buy a Harry Potter game for the road, consider getting the DS rendition of Goblet of Fire.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
Goblet of Fire is a decent game, but exploring the large levels becomes repetitive after a while.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
Most companies believe slapping a license is work enough, and while the Goblet of Fire isn't a terrible adventure, it's not nearly as compelling from a visual or gameplay standpoint than what you could pick up for your GameCube.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 6.6 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
William T. gave it a4:
Another liscensed game. Hoo boy. Usually, when a feature film is released, game designers hurry and stick some simple code and sprites, some movie stills, blah blah into a blank cartridge. Goblet of fire is like that. It has no interesting gameplay, the sound gets on your nerves after just a few tries and - most importantly- it's DULL. This game just places a few levels and forces you to use the same tactics that you used for level 1,2,3,4, hell the entire game, to see to the end of it. Its just quickly made, gameplay forgotten, and bam! Selling. Utterly annoying, repetitive and boring.
