


The first consisting of a basketball-style game where teams try to score as many points as possible by throwing the quaffle through the opposing team's hoops which directly affects the second style of gameplay, catching the snitch. Quidditch World Cup also managed to intelligently solve one of Qudditch's main issues, chief amongst them being that, in the books, Quidditch is simply a plot device created to give Harry his moment in the sun when he wins games almost single-handedly.ĮA UK solved this issue by splitting the gameplay into two sections. The game's pacing was excellent, with competing for the Hogwarts Cup acting as the game's tutorial before challenging national teams in the World Cup. RELATED: 10 Crazy Things You Didn't Know About The Harry Potter Quidditch Video Game EA capitalized on this in 2003 with Quidditch World Cup. Since the first Harry Potter film hit theaters in late 2001, a Quidditch video game seemed like a money-making idea just waiting to happen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (38) So to give Harry Potter fans something to keep them busy in the meantime, we have expanded this list to include every Harry Potter game that has been rated by the review aggregator Metacritic.

Sadly, it was announced at the start of 2021 that the game had been delayed in 2022. After years of waiting, Potter fans have finally gotten their wish, as Hogwarts Legacy was announced in 2020 with the promise of letting players explore an 1800s rendition of the castle's grounds. Updated Januby Jack Pursey: Since the first Harry Potter film hit cinemas in November 2001, gamers have been crying out for an open-world role-playing adventure set in the wizarding school Hogwarts. Although a handful of games have managed to capture the franchise's magic, there have been a few that fell flat on their face. Rowling's wizarding world provided developers with the perfect base for a video game to be built upon, with the wand-waving combat, strong narrative, and beautiful castle grounds that appear in the books and films. RELATED: 10 Harry Potter Spin-Off Stories That Would Make A Great Video Game Despite this, the Harry Potter series has been able to churn out several solid games, helped in no small part by having industry giants EA publishing and developing many of them. Movie tie-in games tend to get a bad wrap developers often have to contend with tight schedules to work with to ensure that the game's release date coincides with the corresponding film's.
