In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community has been denied the truth about the teenager’s recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort. Meeting secretly with a small group of students who name themselves "Dumbledore’s Army," Harry teaches them how to defend themselves against the Dark Arts, preparing the courageous young wizards for the extraordinary battle that lies ahead. With the ability to play multiple characters, including Harry Potter, Dumbledore and Sirius Black, the videogame of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix offers fans the opportunity to wield a wand, explore all around Hogwarts, and experience one of the most exciting and dangerous years in the life of the Boy Who Lived.

 

Image : Playstation3 DVD cover (This post features the PC version)

System Requirements

  • Optical Drive: 8x or faster DVD-ROM
  • CPU Speed: 1.6 Ghz or faster
  • OS: Windows XP (or Vista)
  • Disk Space: 4.5 GB or more free space
  • Display: A Video Card with 32 MB (128 MB for Vista) and one of these chipsets required: ATI Radeon 7500 or greater (Radeon 9500 Pro or greater for Vista) NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS or greater (GeForce 6600 or greater for Vista).
  • Memory (RAM): 256MB (512MB for Vista)

Features

  • Discover the real Hogwarts
    Explore the Hogwarts from the movie and discover its magical secrets using the gesture-based spell casting system. Talk to the portraits, complete their missions and gain passwords for shortcuts around Hogwarts. The player can interact with virtually everything they come across, gain discovery points and unlock secrets in the Room of Rewards.
  • Recruit Dumbledore's Army
    Find and recruit the members of Dumbledore's Army. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 's non-linear gameplay allow the player to choose where they go, what they do and when they do it, within the magical surroundings of Hogwarts.
  • Attend Hogwarts classes
    Complete side-missions for teachers and attend Herbology, Charms, Transfiguration and Potions classes to earn O.W.L. grades. Achieving “Outstanding” opens secret areas of the castle!!
  • Play Wizard Games
    Compete in Exploding Snap, Gobstones and Wizard Chess games throughout Hogwarts and challenge the best from each house.
  • Experience the movie in the game
    Play the key moments from the movie, from the Dementor attack in Little Whinging to the ferocious battles at the Ministry of Magic. Experience the most authentic-to-the-movie game experience in Harry Potter videogame history: the castle is built from the same blueprints used to build the movie sets; actual movie assets were referenced to create a more authentic feel; many of the movie's actors have been head scanned and contribute their actual character voices; and the key Harry Potter music theme can be heard in this videogame.
  • Play other favorite characters
    Fly Fred and George out of Hogwarts as they escape Umbridge's regime. Play as Sirius Black to protect Harry as you confront Bellatrix Lestrange and Lucius Malfoy in the Ministry of Magic. Play as Dumbledore in his momentous final confrontation with Voldemort.

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13 Comments

  1. Lightning_Struck_Tower // 7/04/2007 12:28:00 PM  
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  2. Maverick // 7/05/2007 11:47:00 PM  

    Hey LST...

    Will it work only with a dedicated GPU or does it work with integrated graphics renderer on the mainboard...??

  3. Lightning_Struck_Tower // 7/06/2007 09:40:00 AM  

    Maverick,
    Whats your integrated GPU? The game has fairly low system requirements should work with the average integrated GPU (as long as you dont have Vista).

  4. Thiru Cumaran // 7/06/2007 12:27:00 PM  

    Is a GeForce FX5500 256MB VGA ok?

    I hope so!

  5. Lightning_Struck_Tower // 7/06/2007 04:49:00 PM  

    Thirucumaran,
    yes your GFX card will run the game just fine.

  6. Faisal // 7/17/2007 02:52:00 AM  

    Is Nvidia Riva TNT2 Model64 All right????
    I have 1GHz P3
    256 RAM

  7. Faisal // 7/17/2007 02:54:00 AM  

    Is Nvidia Riva TNT2 Model64 (32MB) all right ... with 1GHz and 256Ram

  8. Lightning_Struck_Tower // 7/17/2007 08:28:00 AM  

    faisal,
    Unfortunately your card wont run the game. It's almost 7 years old and wont play any current games. It lacks hardware T&L and Shaders and is a DirectX 7 card.

  9. Faisal // 7/17/2007 08:46:00 PM  

    I am so Sad for that ... but it runs Shrek 2 , chicken little, IGI-2, even HP Goblet of Fire but an error comes while loading the 3rd or 4th level.... and wot is T&L and Shaders???? Please...

  10. Lightning_Struck_Tower // 7/18/2007 10:51:00 AM  

    faisal,
    Well those games are fairly old and have low video requirements.

    Shaders:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_shader

    T&L:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_T%26L

  11. Faisal // 7/19/2007 08:03:00 PM  

    Thanks very much for your comments .... plz tell me your id so i'll add you in my messenger list... thanks...

  12. Lightning_Struck_Tower // 7/19/2007 09:30:00 PM  

    faisal,
    It's filenetworks@gmail.com on Google Talk.

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