Did you ever play a Harry Potter game and think "You know what? This needs to play like Gears of War!" Well, the Deathly Hallows game looks just like that, a Gears of Potter.
Hear the melodramatic score, observe how the grimdark effect is ruined by the silly wand waggling.
According to
Gamespot this will indeed feature a cover system (ugh) and the spells are, for the most part, different guns. The ability to confuse enemies sounds nice though.
A strange direction to take the series in, and it will probably be the best hp game yet, Depressingly.