I picked this up on DS for one of my kids. After playing it myself for a while, I got the PC version. The graphics are simple so they play well on our older, secondary computer, but it still looks great. Gameplay is very fun. The tasks get somewhat repetitive, and trying to find those last few Golden Blocks and Character Pieces is sort of dull, but the heart of the game is a blast for kids and for adults who need a break from "grown-up" games. The co-op mode is brilliant; no more tug-of-war at the edges of the screen. This also makes it much easier to teach the younger set how to play and where to go.
This game is very, very long. A lot of games are relying on online multiplayer to "lengthen" them while throwing in a short single player story. Not so here. When I/we finished the first year, I thought we were done. In a "grown up" game I would have been. Turns out, we were less than 25% of the way through. After completing all years, there are a lot of reasons to go back as a dark wizard and do it again.
If you're a Harry Potter fan, a kid (or a kid at heart), then you'll love this. If for nothing else than to blast Malfoy into pieces.
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