Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Sorti le 16 novembre 2010 sur PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC et Wii, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 est développé et édité par Electronic Arts sur le moteur Bright Light Halogen. Classé dans la catégorie des jeux de tir, ce titre s'éloigne délibérément de la structure des opus précédents en abandonnant les éléments de jeu de rôle, l'exploration de Poudlard, la fabrication de potions ou le Quidditch pour proposer une expérience orientée action, dans la lignée de Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
L'intrigue suit fidèlement le film éponyme : le joueur incarne Harry Potter aux côtés de Ron Weasley et Hermione Granger dans leur quête pour localiser et détruire les Horcruxes de Lord Voldemort. Le trio affronte Mangemorts et Raptors à travers le monde des sorciers, apprenant de nouveaux sorts et récupérant des potions au fil d'une progression où « nulle part n'est sûr » et « personne ne peut être fait confiance ».
L'accueil critique s'est révélé contrasté, reflété par une note agrégée de 44,33. La presse a salué la qualité visuelle et le potentiel du concept : GamingXP estimait ainsi que le titre pouvait « créer une nouvelle base de fans pour la franchise Harry Potter », louant une « bonne aventure » portée par une « histoire épique » et de « superbes graphismes ». L'Official Xbox Magazine reconnaissait des « visuels soignés » mais pointait une boucle de gameplay souffrant de répétition : « voir un ennemi, lancer un sort, recommencer ». Du côté des joueurs, les retours étaient nettement plus sévères, certains dénonçant un jeu « bogué, terrible et presque dépourvu de magie », tandis que d'autres jugeaient que les commandes et la caméra « ruinent le jeu », provoquant même du mal des transports dès le niveau d'introduction et déplorant un système de combat « défaillant à tous les niveaux ».
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Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« This is the kind of game that can create a new fan base for the Harry Potter franchise. Finally, a good adventure meets an epic story. The graphics are great, and the atmosphere is overwhelming as well. »
« The actioner certainly has polished visuals, but too often suffers from repetition: see enemy, cast spell, repeat. [Jan 2011, p.75] »
« The game definitely captures the frantic vibe of the later Potter stories, but there are still enough miscues to hold it back from doing the source material justice. »
« What started as a promising and interesting game quickly became boring and frustrating enough to earn a spot on the list of most forgettable games of the year. »
« Like a Quidditch player falling from a broomstick mid-match, this installment loses all forward momentum and goes plummeting toward a faceplant at top speed. »
« The only interesting part in the new Harry Potter game are the Kinect missions, while the main game fails with a flawed enemy AI and a too easy and linear gameplay. »
« Even if you've played and enjoyed the previous games and movies, I'd recommend a rental for Deathly Hallows, Part 1. »
« Harry Potter and the The Deathly Hallows - Part 1 lives up to the eternal tradition of games based on movie licenses simply not being very good. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« The game is glitchy, terrible and has almost no source of magic in it! And I insist do not play this game!!!!! »
« The controls and camera alone ruin the game. The intro level made me motion sick. Combat is lacking in everyway. »
« We've already had a bad Potter game in Goblet of Fire. (Check out my review) Now this franchise has been turned into a shooter, a bad one! The graphics are dull, the enemies are repetitive and the controls aren't well layed out. Harry Potter is just a mindless shooter now, which makes me sad. A good soundtrack, but sadly, there are no other redeeming qualities. »
« This game is just bad. There are sincerely no redeeming qualities I can think of in this unpolished, boring, poorly designed, and simply un-fun insult to the Harry Potter franchise. The story, bad enough in itself, is broken up by tedious and/or outright broken side missions that are more of a chore than anything else. Stupefy is the only useful spell and essentially the entire game will consist of you incessantly spamming it (90% of the games audio is, from a variety of characters and often simultaneously, "Stupefy! Stupefy! Stupefy! Stupefy! Stupefy!..." When you're not in the boring first person shooter campaign missions that are hilariously easy, you're thrown into horrifically broken 3rd person stealth missions using the invisibility cloak. Particularly broken is the meter on the cloak that empties (rather quickly) with movement forcing you to stop and replenish it (ya, remember that in the movie/books?). But half the time your character will slightly drift along on its own accord causing the meter to keep depleting. That's just one of countless issues that make these 3rd person stealth missions tedious and extremely frustrating. Finally, there's literally no polish to this game (overall environment, combat mechanics, etc.), particularly in terms of the characters themselves (that lip-syncing...) Overall its a poorly, lazily designed game that's simply put not worth your money. I'm almost grateful you can beat this garbage in just a couple of hours. »
« This was the first bad game that I actually played and that's disappointing for me. The gameplay was just lame and repetitive and the kinect missions were just unresponsive and boring. »
« I saw previews of this game before it was out, It looked pretty cool. But once I finally got it and started playing it, I was incredibly disappointed and shocked at how bad this game is. Embarrassment to the Harry Potter franchise, don't need to go any further than that. »
« Harry potter and the half blood prince was a step up from order of the phoenix. My favourite harry potter games were the chamber of secrets, prisoner of Azkaban and the philosopher's stone. Although I wasn't expecting this game to be any better than those great games, I at least expected this to be a decent, fun title. The concept is a great idea: a 3rd person cover shooter. Unfortunately, the flaws outnumber the positives, making this the worst harry potter game..ever. »
« No, no I'm pleased... Indeed I am not. But it's not terrible like Dragon Age: Origins. I am not impressed with the angles, or the controls. Pretty good graphics on the plus side, but won't get past the BLAND GAMEPLAY OF TERROR. You probably shouldn't get it, but do it if you must. All I'm saying is that compared to the movie it's a peice of fried poop on a stick. »
