Harry Potter games attempt to ape Gears of War, look silly while doing it - Page 2

Azisien · 06-05-2010, 12:14 PM

I can't help but hijack the YouTube comments because they're hilarious.

Apparently if Harry gets 3 kills in a row, he gets a mug of butterbeer to restore health. If he gets 5, Hermione shows up and casts some actual good spells. If he gets 11, you switch perspectives and get to bombard the battlefield for 30 seconds as Dumbledore's Ghost. If you get to 25...well...you don't want to know.

Bob The Mercenary · 06-05-2010, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Azisien

I can't help but hijack the YouTube comments because they're hilarious.

Apparently if Harry gets 3 kills in a row, he gets a mug of butterbeer to restore health. If he gets 5, Hermione shows up and casts some actual good spells. If he gets 11, you switch perspectives and get to bombard the battlefield for 30 seconds as Dumbledore's Ghost. If you get to 25...well...you don't want to know.

Harry does a live rendition of EQUUS. (do not do an image search)

Jagos · 06-05-2010, 03:07 PM

Dammit Bob, I was trying to forget that! >_<

PhoenixFlame · 06-05-2010, 04:28 PM

What...

I mean, they don't even learn battle magic, so... What. I mean, it's probably the stupidest concept of the series and why I can't take it seriously. (If I were fighting a war, you'd be sure there'd be "Battle Magic" classes.)

Words, I lack them.

Jagos · 06-05-2010, 09:05 PM

Phoenix, they learned those spells on their own. Remember, Dolores Umbridge REALLY was that evil to ban the classes.

PhoenixFlame · 06-06-2010, 06:44 AM

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Phoenix, they learned those spells on their own.

No, they didn't. So far as I can remember, they have a stun, a disarm, a startlingly effective kill spell (which nobody uses, but the bad guys seem to exploit with aplomb), and Harry ALONE can competently use a somewhat effective telekinetic attack. I guess Snape too, for that matter, since he invented it, and all that jazz. Really, that gives him (Snape) what few awesome points there are in my book.

Has no-one ever attempted to use the humble fireball, to... I donno, set the person trying to kill them on fire? It's nothing lethal... just enough to make them twitch wildly and scream? Even the adults fight stupidly in battle, and I can't imagine Aurors being any more effective than say... X-Com recruits with pistols agaisnt Ethereals.

Naqel · 06-06-2010, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by PhoenixFlame

Harry ALONE can competently use a somewhat effective telekinetic attack. I guess Snape too, for that matter, since he invented it, and all that jazz. Really, that gives him (Snape) what few awesome points there are in my book.

Not to mention that other spell that Snape invented: Sectumsempra, the one that has the target slashed with an invisible sword. If we're allowed to do that in the game, I'm forgiving it all bad aspects it'll have and buy it the day it's released.

Magus · 06-05-2010, 10:03 PM

There's only like three battle spells in the books, though, if I remember correctly, or at least it seemed like they only used the spell that stuns the enemy or makes them lose their wand, and the bad guys only ever used Avada Kedavra to try and kill them.

Archbio · 06-05-2010, 10:34 PM

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Dumbledore's Ghost

Doesn't that seem very much at odds with how Dumbledore's death and aftermath was dealt with in the books?

Magus · 06-05-2010, 10:43 PM

If you're implying that this game is ruining the dramatic weight of Dumbledore's death, in what way did you ever doubt it was going to do that?

06-05-2010, 03:07 PM	#3
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06-05-2010, 04:28 PM	#4
PhoenixFlame ☢!CAUTION!☢ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Beneath Gensokyo Posts: 3,668	What... I mean, they don't even learn battle magic, so... What. I mean, it's probably the stupidest concept of the series and why I can't take it seriously. (If I were fighting a war, you'd be sure there'd be "Battle Magic" classes.) Words, I lack them. __________________ "Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic." -from The Sayings of Muad'Dib by the Princess Irulan

06-05-2010, 09:05 PM	#5
Jagos FRONT KICK OF DOOM! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Howdy pardner... Posts: 6,399	Phoenix, they learned those spells on their own. Remember, Dolores Umbridge REALLY was that evil to ban the classes. __________________ Copyright musings World ramblings Scifi stories

06-05-2010, 12:14 PM	#1
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	I can't help but hijack the YouTube comments because they're hilarious. Apparently if Harry gets 3 kills in a row, he gets a mug of butterbeer to restore health. If he gets 5, Hermione shows up and casts some actual good spells. If he gets 11, you switch perspectives and get to bombard the battlefield for 30 seconds as Dumbledore's Ghost. If you get to 25...well...you don't want to know.

06-05-2010, 10:03 PM	#8
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	There's only like three battle spells in the books, though, if I remember correctly, or at least it seemed like they only used the spell that stuns the enemy or makes them lose their wand, and the bad guys only ever used Avada Kedavra to try and kill them.

06-05-2010, 10:43 PM	#10
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	If you're implying that this game is ruining the dramatic weight of Dumbledore's death, in what way did you ever doubt it was going to do that?