7.8 /10 1 Votes
Series Lego Harry Potter Genre Action-adventure game | 77% GameFAQs Initial release date 11 November 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Engine Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues Publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Platforms PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Wii Developers Traveller's Tales, TT Fusion Modes Single-player video game, Multiplayer video game Similar Traveller's Tales games, Action-adventure games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Released on 11 November 2011 in North America and 18 November in Europe, the game is based on the Lego Harry Potter line and is based on the final three books and four films in the Harry Potter series: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. The game was released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Microsoft Windows, iOS and Android. The first trailer of three trailers was released 6 October 2011, and the demo was released on 1 November. The game was released on Steam on 5 January 2012. The OS X version of the game was released by Feral Interactive on 7 March 2012. The game was released for the PlayStation 4 on October 21, 2016, as part of the Lego Harry Potter Collection, which bundles the game with its predecessor, Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4.
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Gameplay
Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 basis gameplay follows the standards of that of the previous game as adapted to the story of the last three books and four films, covering a wide range of new characters, locations and items. The online play feature that appeared in Lego Harry Potter Years 1–4 is absent from the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of this game.
Development
Directly after Years 1–4 was announced, it was speculated that a Years 5-7 would be released in the near future. It was actually revealed to be slated for a Holiday 2011 release on 19 May 2011 by an announcement by Warner Bros. and TT Games. In the instruction booklet for various Lego Harry Potter 2011 sets, a page shows an ad for the game with Harry and Voldemort having a climactic duel (Harry casting Expelliarmus and Voldemort shouting Avada Kedavra, a scene from the final book/movie). During an exclusive gameplay session with TT Games, it was announced that there would be an iOS version to be released on the iTunes App Store later this year. The cover art for the game was released on 1 September 2011. A few days after, they released a trailer featuring Voldemort and Bellatrix. Those two, and a third, are available on the official site.
The game was released on the Mac App Store on 22 March 2012. On 3 May 2012 an iOS port of the DS game was released.
Reception
The game received generally positive reviews. IGN gave Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 an 8 out of 10. They praised the humorous cutscenes, the use of the film's music tracks, the amount of gameplay available after the main adventure is cleared, and that the game is simple enough for anyone to pick up and play.