In this video I will be comparing every version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The versions include: PS2, PSP, PC, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Xbox and Gamecube.
I remember playing the first three games as a kid and being so excited to see this book, with the whole triwizard tournament, adapted into the same open world format. Each game was getting better and better so this one HAD to be amazing! Never even finished it because it was just so boring and grindy in comparison to the old games.
I skiped the 3rd game and went to the 4th one. I was a big Harry Potter game at the time, the game was annoying the CPU was really stupid they never do what they need to do, the tasks were not fun at all, after I failed few times on the 2nd task I just quit and find something else to play
I loved the adventure concept that the developers used in the First three games, I was waiting for this game in the same way that you describe, and Yeah, it was really sad.
@@alvzcizzler I totally agree. Goblet of fire is literally my favourite book but the movie is such a disappointment. So many things and characters missing
I replayed the first 3 PC games to death, but I didn't even understand this one. Everything was carefully made to be the worst decision possible, and now that you said I actually can blame the AI. I didn't even know if I was doing something wrong, my spells were always the weakest and every spell either was random or had conditions to be used. Will you cover the Lego games? Also the next two are literally my favorites, I could waste hours on the potion minigame.
Yeah it wasnt until much later than I realised that for aqua erecto (heh) and carpe retractum you got to wiggle your analog stick to make your spells stronger
@@arjujannaka9807 Are you serious that my attempt to not be frustrated by this game backfired? Also I recall there was a button for attack and one for "puzzle" so it could be easily transfer to the mouse.
Goblet of Fire has to be one of the all time greatest disappointments in video game adaptations, after the absolute joy of Prisoner of Azkaban I was so excited to play it, and I don’t think a sequel has ever failed this badly before or since… such a shame as the book offers so much good material to work with
The direction they took by changing the game more focused on movies instead of books are the reason the downfall of HP games after Prisoner of Azkaban, though i kinda like Order of Phoenix despite it still bored me through half of the game because the "walking simulator" they implemented most of the time.
I think the biggest fatality wasn't the focus on the movies over the books. While previous games had some balance, the modern console and PC releases had always done that, albeit to a lesser extent. I think what killed Goblet of Fire completely dead was how development was handled. Same thing happened to the Star Wars titles, also at the hands of EA, a few years later. By shifting away from multiple developers making their own versions, and instead to a singular version made by a development team...not inexperienced in general, but with Harry Potter, we lost all of the nuances of the books and the varying quality of releases. A better example can be seen in Star Wars of both the flaws and advantages of this. We got Flight of the Falcon, an absolutely atrocious GBA game, the same year we got fucking KOTOR, which is considered one of the best licensed games of all time, and a truly outstanding RPG. This was what Harry Potter was shaping up to be like. Tons of games, some trash, some treasures, but you would never have to look far for a good one. Then EA got the rights early into the 2010s, releases fucking plummeted like a stone, and we got the content-lacking, decent Battlefront 2015. For major licensed games, it's best to spread it around in the hopes of getting a few bites, rather than risking a flop poisoning the well like Goblet of Fire did.
Okay... How did you know me and my friend used to waste hours dropping boulders on Ron's head? Awesome video btw! I love your concept of reviewing multiple games to compare them. You should really keep expanding, I bet there are thousands of classic games with weird ports out there just waiting for you.
The console version is easily in the top 10 worst games I've ever played. I did a 100% LP of the game a few years back with two friends and we were all miserable the entire time, though it made for some hilarious moments when the game decided to just flat out not work at several points. I'm a bit surprised you didn't mention the Cards and the ability/upgrade system that they were tied to, it was the closest thing to an interesting idea in this game IMO and the cards themselves had some hilarious pictures on them! Edit: Y'all don't need to tell me that there are infamously terrible games out there, I go out of my way to collect and play terrible games, from the ones that are popular to shit on like Superman 64, Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction, and The Guy Game to more obscure ones like Petz Catz 2 (which despite it's title, is in fact not a pet-raising simulator, but actually an unfathomably terrible Legend of Zelda ripoff in which you play as a cat). Heck, I've 100%ed the PS3 port of Sonic '06. Doesn't change my thoughts on GoF here, it doesn't even have the "so bad that it's good" thing going for it, it's just a miserable time.
I have a lot of nostalgia for it which may be clouding my judgement, but I don't think it's "one of the worst games of all time" or anything. The visuals are decent, the level design and areas are memorable, and the gameplay is fun with a friend, at least. I guess I'd put The Last of Us as the worst game I've ever played, though, despite it being super popular, so it's all up to subjective tastes.
@@jaredmartin7040 I'm legit curious to know what you think is worse than this. I'm someone who goes out of my way to play and collect terrible games, from the ones that are popular to shit on like Superman 64, Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction, and The Guy Game to more obscure ones like Petz Catz 2 (which despite it's title, is in fact not a pet-raising simulator, but actually an unfathomably terrible Legend of Zelda ripoff in which you play as a cat). Heck, I've 100%ed the PS3 port of Sonic '06. With a collection of well over 1,000 games, I consider Goblet of Fire's console release to be Top 10 Worst easily.
I have a real soft spot for the GBA version of Goblet of Fire. The pre-rendered 3d sprites are really good looking for the time, and I loved the visuals for the spells that looked almost like real-time particle effects. It all felt really sophisticated for how limited the GBA's hardware was. Its gameplay loop was pretty satisfying too, and had a lot of fun interactions like using glacius to cool off the salamanders then dropping them into crates with wingardium leviosa, or trying to levitate the nifflers into their boxes while they try to wiggle free. You could also collect cards for spells, creatures, people etc that had more lore on them, which I always liked. I still occasionally play it these days because it's nice easy fun.
Played both as a preteen, and they both slapped, but I don't think I ever reached the end of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. GoF on the GBA had, in my opinion, the best soundtrack and it's always a blast of nostalgia replaying it. That one particular port and Ultimate Spider-Man for the Gameboy Advanced Micro were my bread and butter whilst reading through the novels. I've since then completed OotP, HBP, DH part 1 and 2 on the Wii and Xbox 360 numerous times, but never played Philospher's Stone, Chambers of Secrets or Prisoner of Azkaban so I have no reference for what the open world gameplay or the puzzle mechanics were like, so I just had GoF and that was good enough I guess. Deathly Hallows part 1 is where I get rage because of how much of a grind it is. I don't like the Xbox version of GoF as much as the GBA port, though I have finished it as well. Mostly, I hate that they didn't include Fire Crabs. I'm in my mid twenties and still building the LEGO HP sets, and my aim is to piece together a fire crab MOC that I found online. Those and the salamanders were my favourite creatures to battle in the good old days. Collecting the lore cards to fill out the Folio Universitas was my own personal badge of honour. The visuals and gameplay mechanics were very good for a game that was released in 2005. Still whistle the main theme when I'm bored at work. 🪄✨️ @darinstaley1993
I'm definitely the odd one out, but I loved playing this game with my two best friends when it released. Just the co-op alone made me grow more nostalgia for this title than any of the previous HP games. It was also the last HP game we ever played, so we kept dusting it off
Same here, I have fond memories of playing this one with my siblings. Out of the series, I have the most nostalgia for this game, as well as Chamber of Secrets on PC
I played this with my cousin, but I also played it many times myself. Man I loved it. It felt like a very cool action game in the HP world. For exploration the other games do it, but for action? This one is honestly better than the deathly hallows games.
I was obsessed with the first three games as a kid, but this one broke that obsession so badly. I don't think I even finished it once, compared to the countless times I played the first three in full.
I love how your channel just slowly but surely become a console version comparison dedicated channel, with most of them includes GBA version. Not that i'm complaining, would love to see more comparison content from you if it means I get to see GBA on the video
I'm excited to see what you say about the Order of the Phoenix game, I remember it being super disappointing as a kid. Hogwarts was more realized than it had ever been before, but there's no actual gameplay to keep you interested so it just becomes a game of walking around the castle grounds and nothing else.
I borrowed that one from a friend at school. already didn't like hp 4 and then the 5th game didn't even have an "real" gameplay. come on, the dungeon based design from the first 3 games was so appealing, why didn't they simply continue with that.
@@xHeigoux The problem is that the PS3 generation saw two dramatic shifts in the industry: Colorless realism and a focus on making games look exciting and flashy without actually caring about the gameplay design. Harry Potter 5 just followed the trends of the time, and sadly they were trends that really sucked. EA probably thought "as long as the game looks realistic and has a super detailed Hogwarts that's all anyone will care about!" It's a problem that still persists with most of the triple A games to this day, honestly.
I remember liking the dueling. Also, the placement of the 5th and 7th floors massively contradict each other, considering they're both supposed to lead to the clock tower.
This is one of the few classic Harry Potter games I owned (the other three were Chamber of Secrets for GBA and GBC and Deathly Hallows Part 1 for XBOX 360). I owned this on XBOX, and it was brutal. I agree that the AI was terrible; luckily, I had two sisters who were occasionally available to help me out. Playing alone made casting certain spells nearly impossible, so I couldn't collect all of the upgrade cards. I didn't mind the levels but having to replay them over and over again got tiresome very quickly. Instead of returning you to the Level Select screen after collecting each shield and forcing you to start over again, why not let you stay in the level to try to collect all of the shields in one go?
My only memory of this game is randomly running around levels that I have no idea why they exist or what I am supposed to do while enemies keep spawning and interrupting my puzzle solving while AI just dies. I think there are multiple paths through the level so exploration is there, but I really don't remember paying attention to any level design. Also you again forgot LEGO Harry Potter.
I was so dissapointed as a kid and still not over how they messed it up after the awesome first 3 games it made me dislike the movie too had the xbox version
I look forward to your Harry Potter videos, the multiple games per book/movie just always fascinated me, so finally seeing them all tackled like this is so satisfying.
I just got a Vietnam flashback of that stupid dragon level, Ron and Hermione died so many times off screen, that I just gave up. Glad I only rented it in our local DVD store, how time flies. Thanks for the great memories!
You're halfway there! Thank you for taking the time to play these games to make a comparison video for us. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to the order of the Phoenix
Am I really the only person that LOVED this game as a kid?? The way you'd cast spells felt so... real somehow. I 100% this game multiple times because I loved it that much.
Would you ever consider talking about the movie specific levels of the Lego games? I always loved them and think they would fit well in this retrospective
this series is quite funny cause i played not only one but most of the versions of every game. i had this game on pc, psp and GBA and both versions were alright. i played most of the pc version in coop and thats def the way to play it, the sabotaging of other players is just part of the fun. looking forward to the order of the phoenix video, that was always my favourite, because it had the most lifelike castle!
thank you for your continued work on this series. I've always been really curious about the full comparisons after noticing how different all the games were as a kid
Like you said, is it the best of the HP games? Probably not. But little me who just wanted to spend time in the Wizarding World was more than satisfied. I played this game a ton and had loads of fun doing it. Thanks for the video and the fun look back!
11:25 Nostalgia is when you like something JUST because it's from your past, and not because it actually has any merit to it. So, by definition if you like something because of nostalgia then it has nothing else to offer, and thus is bad. Of course, all art is subjective so if someone genuinely felt a game like this has other merit than that's valid, but to say you like it because of nostalgia is really just a backhanded compliment.
Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:52 PlayStation 2/GameCube/Xbox 7:27 PSP/PC 7:53 Game Boy Advance 9:54 Nintendo DS 10:41 Conclusion (Feel free to copy this into the video description to make RU-vid chapters)
Man, after loving the first two games I couldn't play the prisoner of Azkaban on my crappy pc at the time. When this one came out I had upgraded and was looking forward to coming back to the series... After a couple of hours with this one I never played a Harry Potter game again 😅
You're not alone. I played the PS1 game for the first movie, the GBA game for the second, skipped the third, played the fourth on the DS, and then never played a Harry Potter game again until the Lego games. Suffice to say, these vids satiate my curiosity of the games I missed, as well as the other versions of the few games I did actually play.
I only had the GBA version. It holds quite a bit of nostalgia, so I do replay it once in a while, but only up to the bathroom levels. I absolutely LOATHE that section because it's repetitive to the point where I feel trapped in some infinite loop nightmare of plumbing. I usually skip to the maze and final fight, and then it's put away for another year until I forget how awful the bathroom was and want to crack it open again.
I had the DS version and hated that stage too. It was already odd that Ron not only wanted to come along to the Prefect's bathroom, but Hermione did as well...and then it was even more odd to find out what said "bathroom" entailed. It's pretty much a sewer level, and we all know how great those are in retro-style games... Now that I think about it, this game is actually retro now.
I remeber the DS version of order of the pheonix having a really cool spell system where you used the stylus to draw the spells the idea being they where the wand movments, I remember liking this mechanic but I dont know if it was broken half the time.
You don't know how much I loved this game. I played it countless of times. It's really sad to see how much hate it gets, people just wanted something different I guess.
I actually owned the DS version of this game as a kid. It was one of the first games I got for the console and the first Harry Potter game that I actually owned and absolutely played it to death. Never beat the final Voldemort duel but I have a lot of nostalgia for the mini-games like the Niffler training and Chocolate Frog squashing. Good memories. And yet, as soon as I got the Order of the Phoenix game (on Wii iirc) this got tossed to the wayside. Haven't booted it up in well over a decade and likely never will lmao
Imagine me. My PC didn't have the buttons required to play the game properly, so I could never get past the beginning. And when I finally was able to, this is what welcomed me. I remember liking the look of the herbology level but that's about it lol.
So hilarious that I've been considering making a RU-vid series almost identical to these videos for the past 10 years, but never did because of procrastination. It's kind of hilarious to point out my natural illogical frustration that somebody else "stole my idea" when I never even began doing it in the first place over the span of a whole decade. What I really mean to say though, is that I very much appreciate these videos and thoroughly enjoy them. They're likely better than anything I would've made anyway. All the Harry Potter games had a huge impact on my life, ever since HP1 on the PS1 which was my first ever video game. Because I got all the different console versions, I actually thought that was the norm in the gaming industry, to be completely different on every system. I felt scammed once I got some other games later on as a kid on multiple systems when they were almost identical. This is even my first comment on any of these videos because each time I (ironically) procrastinated commenting because I had too much to say about each version of each game. Enough commentary and opinion (ironically again) to fill a RU-vid video with haha Thanks again Flandrew, for doing something I never did (and probably never would do let's be honest, 10 years might as well be 100)
Your channel helps me get my retro gaming room games up with games like this and the others you've reviewed. I never knew about these games and if I did guess never cared lol
I grew up playing the PS2 version with my little brother. We had so much fun with this game. I aggree that the game is very repetitive, but I have a great affection for this game. I also liked playing the GBA version.
The only thing positive I can say about the GOF PS2 game is that I respect the developers for trying something different and not slavishly following the games that came before
8:36 Oh good, I'm _not_ the only person in existence who had to put up with the Virgin Games version of Aladdin (Genesis/Mega Drive). It's legit the second video game I've ever owned after Sonic 2 (which came with my Genesis as it was a later release but my next door neighbor had Sonic 1, which I was even _worse_ at) because it was the game I got from the mail-in promo. Edit: I forgot this was the version Disney ported recently instead of the apparently superior Capcom version for SNES and GBA that I really need to get around to playing. A truly baffling decision.
I only played the GBA version and remember it being pretty decent. Hold B for any spell that's channeled and spam A for any spell that's instant. Simple enough. The Moody level was to show you that the spells you unlocked later trivialized a lot of the enemy types that were health sponges earlier, so if you wanted to collect everything you could breeze through the old levels. The Yu-gi-oh card Voldemort throws at Harry is Expelliarmus, but since it's only cast in cutscene I think that was just for lore purposes so you could read about it in the menu. The multiplayer if you had a link cable was the Yule ball or any of the 3 tri-wizard tasks, and you could select either Harry, Fleur, Cedric, or Krum and their sprites for the water level and Yule ball accurately reflected their method for swimming underwater in the book as well as their costumes in the movie, but I think everyone had the Horn Tail because I don't remember any other dragon head chasing me. Looking at this, I think it might have been the best version. At the time I wished I had the PC port but now I'm glad I didn't.
Oh I loved that niffler mini game on the ds! That's honestly one of the only things I remember about it, because I used to spend hours cleaning and feeding him 😭
I remember playing this on the PSP, I was so disappointed in the loss of features from previous games. I actually assumed that the version I was playing was some inferior version made just for the PSP and that the kids who got it on PS2 were having a much better time than me... it's a weird relief all these years later to see I was wrong.
Haven't played this game in many years now, but I have mostly fond memories of the GBA version, and mostly not so fond memories of the PC version. I stopped playing the PC version at the bathroom level and never went back, until my sister picked the game up like 7 years later. She managed to get to the end, but struggled with the final fight, so I helped her clear it, so I guess I kinda beat GoF for PC as well.
9:38 That thing is _way_ too thick to be a thin piece of cardboard with a children's trading card printed on it. I thought it was a book at first but it's not thick _enough_ to be a book. Using the full stop and comma keys on the video to go frame by frame, I discovered it popped out of him rather than him throwing it too.
Interesting fact about Philosopher's Stone: KnowWonder pitched the idea to EA as an Xbox exclusive using an engine they created for one of the early Xbox titles, Azurik: Rise of Perathia. Alas, EA decided to go with the PS1 Argonaut version
Excellent comparison video as always!! I look forward to seeing Order of the Phoenix comparison. I loved the PSP version but would be interesting to see how it compared to the console version.
the nostalgia wave from your HP games videos is insane! You got blessed by yt algorithm as well because I always see your vids on my rec feed. Amazing work lad, keep em coming
The first video game I ever got for myself (by which I mean my parents got for me, we had a PS1 from before I was born) was a gameboy advance deal that came with the Chicken Little game and Harry Potter 4. Despite getting stuck on level 3 with the Salamanders, it gave me enough interest in the series that I actually picked up the books and then watched the movies. I came back to the game a few years later, realized I just didn't read the tutorial close enough, and then this became the first game I ever beat. I think it was just ok, like a 5/10, maybe 4 for repetitiveness, but because it lead me to reading the books I can't help but remember it fondly.
I was grounded for an entire year before I could play this. It was bought and everything. Then I had to wait months before it worked on the computer I had. Finally when I played it, I quit playing after 2-3 sessions. Ugh.
@@Flandrew I don't remember too well. Might've punched a kid or cussed in class and got suspended. It also might have been the gaslighting incident where I sent a hate letter to someone from themself in the future. I was an evil gremlin.
this and the next one are the games i remember the most (console versions) although i know i played the three prior on xbox. this series is a bit of a blessing and i can feel my brain rattling when looking at these visuals since i was really young playing these ... thank you so much, and i'm really excited for the order of the phoenix because that one was my favorite
The Goblet of Fire on Xbox was the only Xbox game I bought on release date. It felt so grown-up, dark and serious. Unlike the childish wonder of innocently exploring Hogwarts in all the predecessors. Despite not enjoying the game as much as the others I almost felt obliged to play it to feel more grown up, like shit is real now, I'm not a kid anymore, no more playing around in Hogwarts... There were a couple shields that I just remember spending hours trying to get after "finishing" the game, but never managed to do so. It drove me crazy as a completionist. I really should get back to it.
Interesting, the GBA Voldemort looks a lot like the Lego minifigure they made of him when the movie came out despite not looking that much like the movie. P.S. Your Yu-gi-oh comment was hysterical!
Another fantastic comparison and an awesome video as per usual, my dude! 😁👍👍 I remember having fun playing the PS2 version of GoF back in the day. However, even with that being said, in hindsight & retrospect I can definitely say without a moment’s hesitation beyond a shadow of a doubt that I enjoyed the original trilogy of HP games a heck of a lot more. 🎮⚡️🪄🦁🐍🌕🐺 I’m hoping that when time permits you’ll continue this series of videos. 🙂🤞🤞 Until then, I’ll be keeping an eye of my bell notifications feed for a HP and the Order of the Phoenix video from yourself. 🔔🗒😄👌 Cheers to you, my man! 🥃🥃