Many of the puzzles involve lifting various crates around in one combination or another. What we have instead is a mildly challenging adventure game where the player is required to leverage the power of each of the three protagonists as they battle demons, acquire spells and solve simple puzzles. Granted, puberty is not something I'm dying to experience again, even virtually, but the game could have been a more engaging epic if some of the story's emotional complexity had been included. Where the video game fails is in translating the third book's feeling of dark foreboding (and onrushing puberty experienced by Harry and pals) into gameplay. The game also does well by their school, Hogwarts, capturing it in all its British eccentricity. Released on the heels of the third movie in the Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," the game, looks great.Ĭharacter models for the three protagonists, Harry, Hermione and that pale twit Ron, are impressive and the excellent voice acting lends a dose of realism.
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" Youngsters and anyone without an appreciation of sci-fi camp should stay away, however. But the violence is all comic book violence and like a good pulpy comic book, the fun factor is high. "Psi-Ops" successfully parlays our society’s appreciation of government conspiracies with solid action, graphics and sound effects straight out of "The Forbidden Planet." It’s a dumb game, sure, and one that's horribly violent. Game progress yields new mind powers like mind control, pyrokinesis and X-ray vision.
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