LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Sony PSP)

I own both the PSP and the Nintendo DS and I bought the PSP version of this game because of the bigger screen. But it's very hard to control the characters with the PSP and I think using the DS's stylus would be much better. I thought that the game was defective because I couldn't move a crate using the directional buttons, until I accidentally pressed two buttons at the same time.

The game is also very dark, even on the brightest setting, and the instructions are practically non-existent. You also can't save manually and the game only saves at the end of a level.

So far it seems like a children's game (I'm an adult). The "Simon Says" minigame only consisted of four colors to duplicate one time. Mine were green, green, blue, blue. And Harry has to run around collecting "studs" which are the game's money. So far the quests are stupid and simple, like saying "Hello" to three people that are right there in the room with you. Big deal.

I'm from the old school of DOS adventure games for the PC. How I wish that LucasArts would make their Monkey Island games for these handheld platforms. Those are what games should be like.

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My first impressions of the game were above average with only mild disappointment and I'm hoping the game will get better as it progresses as I've only just recently arrived at Hogwart's.

However after reading bugbears review and searching on youtube for gameplay video's It's clearly

obvious that he is correct. The psp version is definitely scaled down version of the higher end platforms.

It has a fixed (looking downwards) camera angle that never changes, The text boxes are a tad Nintendo 64ish.

I also agree with the other review that this game (dont know about the other platforms on this aspect) has

too much hand holding throughout the quests and puzzles and leaves no room for trying to figure things making it

seem more like following directions rather than solving a game on your own.

One of the major differences that ruins the psp version for me is that you only ever have one character that you see on the screen

and cycle through them using the "R" button whereas the Xbox/PS3/WII versions are confirmed at having multiple characters

on the screen at the same time. This alone is a deal breaker for me as I would much rather run around Hogwarts/Hogsmead etc

as a group and see that Hermione/Ron etc are with Harry for the adventure.

Instead on the psp you only see the one character you are currently playing so it is completely missing one of the stories main

element that friendship and love are best. e.g. at the end in OotP, He feels pity for Voldemort because will never know what

he's missing. Who ever made the choice (or why) to drop that defining quality from the psp version must not have known anything

about the books.

Another point that really stinks about the psp version I discovered the gameplay video's (linked below). While walking around Hogwart's

I noticed the paintings didnt move and had thought how awesome it would be if they did. Well in the XBox version they definitely do.

Not only to the paintings move but you can interact with them with spells etc, as well.

Here are a some comparison vids on youtube (psp vs xbox)

PSP Gameplay Video on youtube titled "Harry Potter Lego Years 1-4 Gameplay PSP"

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Now check out this awesome footage of the xbox platform titled "LEGO Harry Potter Exclusive Gameplay"

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I think the comparison of the video says it all and the psp version is an entirely different game as stated by the other reviews here and not worth the price. I really wish I had spent the extra 16 bucks for the xbox version. So dont short yourself what seems to be an amazing game by getting it for the psp.

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This could quite possibly be the worst game ever. I wish I would have waited a few days and read some reviews. Nothing like the other Lego games. This is my first HP game, and I should have known it was going to be lame.

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