So those of you who watch my on xbox know that I have been playing Lego Harry Potter, shall we say obsessively? Well, last night I finished. I didn't just beat the game...that was the easy part. The hard part was getting the 100% completion. I managed last night and it was soooo awesome. I can no play as Voldemort! The hardest part was finding the last 2 gold blocks, even with detectors on! Why? because I had trouble systematically scouring the entire school to find them, until I found a map online and sat down and mark off each room/area as I went along. It was fantastic, and the bonus level where you earn that coveted Voldemort character? Well it's all destruction, you simply go around and blow stuff up, and if you ever have or do play a Lego game you know or will know this is a lot of fun and strangely satisfying. It's kind of strange that I almost don't want to play years 5-7 mainly because I don't like that feeling of NEEDING that 100% ha ha ha and once you start it's hard not to NEED it. ha ha ha. I would however, totally recommend the game and to all ages who love or even like Harry Potter, it's just too much fun and for kids pretty friendly (no limit to lives) you just run around looking for things and busting up Lego stuff! For those of you out there like me who want that 100% and like me don't care to get help, aka cheat (but not really), there are plenty of sites out there that help with item locations (not really cheating see? you still have to go get the stuff which it just as hard as finding it...sometimes.) and the game has built in detectors for all the objects you are meant to find, the catch is you have to find the item that unlocks the features (a red block for each), you then need to "buy" them with Lego pieces, then activate them under the extra menu (so you don't HAVE to use them) but they are VERY helpful, and part of the game and many are still difficult to figure out even WITH the detectors on, because you usually have to do a set of actions (destroying stuff or hitting stuff) to get them to appear, or in some cases have to use the time turner and the indicator works only then, meaning, in real-time the indicator won't show up but in time turning time will, since that's where you find it. Sooo, yes I would recommend the game to anyone who likes these games and would probably play it again, but will patiently wait for November when the new one comes out. :o)
