Electronic Arts Inc. has announced that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will be available on your mobile phone in the form of an RPG. It’s set up as a quick and easy game where you can pick up and play. All that is required is that you use the handset to make selections and move Harry around and talk to others. The storyline follows the book where Harry is helping students form “Dumbledore’s Army”. It can be finished in about two and a half hours.Duels are fought through a mini-game where your wand moves over different points on the screen and you need to hit the button at the right time to cast the spell. Each time you mess up the timing, the spell diminishes and won’t cause as much damage. For a mobile game, the graphics are nicely done in a 2D environment. There are two levels of difficulty and you have the option to play the duels as a mini-game rather than go through the dialogue of the actual game.
This game is mostly there to pass the time if you’re waiting around doing nothing. It reminds me of the old adventure PC games, but there really isn’t much to do except to play the duels. All it involves is pressing a button when the wand aligns with the spell.
Depending on the provider, the game starts at $3.99 and players will have access to personalized content based on the book and film such as ringtones, wallpapers and ringback tones. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will be available from major wireless carriers in the US and Europe in June.
I am a Canadian living in California with my husband and my precious baby Bailey (95lbs of labrador fun). I work full time and go to school, so finding the time to play video games is tough. I still manage to sneak some time in, whether it's playing on my GBA while I wait in line or sitting in the back seat of my car so I can use our dvd player to play the Gamecube on long trips. I've always been fairly decent at playing games to give my younger brother some competition. I started at the early age of 6 when I inherited an Atari 2600. I played any computer game I could get my hands on during those Commodore 64 days. Now I'll play anything from RPGs to first person shooters, racing games or basically anything that's fun and allows me to play with at least 3 other people.
