LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
Xbox 360
Review
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Xbox 360)
A Step in the Right Direction
by Sarah

When Lego Star Wars came out a few years ago, the charming and surprisingly fun gameplay quickly made its way into gamers’ hearts, and spawned an unlikely franchise in which developer Traveller’s Tales combined popular licenses with Lego bricks. Since then, however, the series has slowly declined in quality and entertainment, with the last two installments, Lego Batman and Lego Indiana Jones 2, launching with glitches and questionable design choices. While that may have turned most gamers away from the series, using the Harry Potter films as the basis for the next Lego game was too hard to resist for me, and I gave Traveller’s Tales one more chance. After experiencing Harry’s first four years at Hogwarts, I think that the Lego franchise may be back on track, though it still has a way to go before achieving greatness.