Comparing Every Version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Game PC/PS1/PS2/XBOX/NGC/GBA/CGB
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- Did you know the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets had five completely unique version from different developers? This game came out on a whopping 8 platforms back in the day (PC/PS1/PS2/XBOX/NGC/GBA/CGB/Mac) and in this video, I'm going to compare every one of them.
My Philosopher's Stone comparison here: • Comparing Every Versio...
Big thanks to Longplay Universe for the GBA and GBC game footage: / longplayuniverse 
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i understand its cheap to reuse assets, but for me as a kid it was comforting to see familiar locations, especially how the castles were pretty much the same in the first two games, it really felt like going back to the same school
I'm gonna be honest who cares if you reuse assets. Game development isnt exactly easy and why remake everything?
@@sethbuscus is not about easy or hard. is a full price game. so if it was made with half the effort why pay the same price. i agree that re using the same location is a good thing but then I expect to see a lot of extra new ones since they saved a lot of time, and as always the critics always go to the companies not the devs themselves since they don't make many decision in games like this where every suit from the game studio and the movie studio are putting their hands in.
@@lucaskp16 60% of the game is the game's engine and code behind it. Sequels are made with almost 100% copies of the games engine. Reusing visual assets is just a means to save time. Then a LOT of time is placing in dialogue(or even hiring voice actors, takes a lot of time too).
As for "a lot of new extras since they saved a lot of time", it also means they can save a lot of money in development and invest in the company itself to create better games in the future. They are still their own entire game. You could buy game 1 while someone else buys game 2, and both have roughly equal amounts of hours of work. Yet game 2 and game 1 have 70% of data on the cartridges overlapping, but the remaining 30% makes them entirely different games and takes the most work of all.
Then you also have the aspect of deadlines where games are sometimes released incomplete(yes, even back in those days) because the devs didnt have time to hone in the extra stuff. A good example is Arkham Knight, they reused a lot of assets from Arkham City and maybe gave them a different skin, but they were absolutely necessary. There is still a lot of cut content in there that would have made it if they could have saved more time.
@@sethbuscus I don't innately have a problem with this, either -- if the games are so closely linked and on the same system, anyway. Not so good to re-use something from HP1 PS1 for HP4 on PS3, though. That would be lazy to the point of game-breaking.
My real issue with this game, by the looks of it, is the general laziness and insane amount of silliness without really capturing the core of the book/movie: adventure and danger. The first one did a better job of this! The PS1 version of HP2 looks pretty bad, sadly. I'm sure it's fine for 10-year-olds, though. Not nearly as much charm as HP1, and way too many 'do this mini-game' without any real gameplay/adventure going on. The whole vomit part and such is just bad and lazy game design by the looks of it. Not that funny or interesting at all.
Of course, one could say that since they reused assets heavily, why would they bother to create anything else new and worthy? I cannot speak to their motives and such, however -- but it was lazy, overall, even if their intention was to make it fun and not too different. It kind of failed in every way other than being just like HP1 only worse, but that's not very impressive to be the same but worse. That's common.
I hear good things about HP3, though! For now, I shall stick to HP1, which I still love and have yet to beat after 17 years! I feel old. But, I do love this game. Final going to complete it today/tomorrow and record it, too. (Long story short, by the way, I almost completed it about 10 years ago at age 16, but my big brother game in and took the PS1 before I could save it right near the end. I never got around to doing it again, and have played it a few times since, but never that far. I think, by now, part of me wants to never complete it... but now, I really am in the mood to finally complete it, haha. As a kid, I was not very good, and never got beyond Gringotts, I do not think. But, endless hours of fun on the early game, many times over as a kid.)
After that, I shall play HP2-7 and the LEGO ones. In the mood for HP games now, for some reason. Some of them look good/interesting, such as the GameBoy versions of 1-3. Some are costly here (North of England), but others are cheap, so that's nice. :)
Also it is supposed to be the same damn castle anyway.
So happy to see the GBC games getting some recognition! TPS & COS on GBC and POA on GBA are some of my favourite ever games, I still revisit them from time to time
Philosopher’s Stone on GBC was my introduction to RPGs. It’s a decent Final Fantasy clone.
I have no idea where I played the Sorcerer's Stone on GBC, but it left a mark. I didn't get far so that's likely why I don't remember much, but yeah.
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It look to me that the GBC developers of the game really tried to make something special whit what they got. It just look like the GBC game have a lot more polish than the GBA version. This must have been a hidden gem back inn the day. If I stood inn the shop and looked at the games I would certainly have thought that the GBA version would have been better than the GBC version.
@@recer7506 agreed. I got the GBC ones because I didn't have a GBA yet. Oddly the Prisoner of Azkaban on the GBA was a sequel to Chamber of Secrets on GBC and not a sequel to the GBA versions, so it seemed briefly like someone realised how much better the GBC versions had been, but unfortunately was the last of the HP turn-based RPG titles (that I'm aware of anyway)
The GBC version was a huge part of my childhood. It's just so great : best graphics for the console, an actually interesting quidditch mini-game, 8-bit music adapted from Soule's soundtrack for the PC/console versions, and it's both fun and faithful to the books, even more so than the movies in some places. I still play it from time to time !
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I replayed the pc version continuously as a kid. Absolute classic 👌
Saaame the PC version was my favorite game as a child
Same here it was my by faaar fav game. I finished it 10 times maybe.
Same!
The atmosphere was unmatched, I still have the disc. I was upset modern PCs can’t run it.
Same. My friend and I still occasionally quote “I’ve got a stomach ache…that’s it…a stomach ache..” we found the delivery so hilarious as kids
The soundtracks are by the amazing Jeremy Soule, who did the Elder Scrolls soundtracks (Skyrim, Oblivion and Morrowind). Guy's a legend!
Don’t forget KOTOR
Wished he returned for Hogwarts Legacy, that would have been amazing!
He's not very popular post-Skyrim however. He took a bunch of Kickstarter money for a symphony and then straight-up didn't write it
@@thekiss2083 Soule was also accused of sexual misconduct by two women and Bethesda cut ties with him, so he's probably not doing TES 6. And I don't think there's much chance of him getting to work on any other AAA game going forward either.
The Guild Wars soundtrack is excellent as well
I wasn't expecting the most interesting version for me would be on the GBC.
I played it it was really good never beat it thought
@@Starwarsdude8221991 I beat the game
Both GBC games have a huge replayability and were one of the first games that had New Game+. I had both and out of the GBC games, they are the ones I most commonly revisit. It's been 3 years, but still, the fact that the games are 2 decades old is huge.
My favourite game on gbc for sure. I used to replay it every few days. Thank god for new game plus
I remember having 99+ hours on my save file because I kept doing playthroughs
It took me years to understand, that crude oil "bleeding from the basilisk" actually bleeds from Riddle's diary, because when the basilisk falls, its fang lands on the diary and pierces, making it bleed (I guess that's what the developers wanted us to understand, with a little imagination xd)
Yes, it's supposed to be ink
I thought that was just obvious that it was ink from the Basilisk's fang that pierces through Tom Riddle's diary by if you saw the movie first with harry doing the same thing to the diary himself by hand in the film when you see it before playing the game, but the game devs obviously couldn't do that the same way in the game so they did it another way.
The early HP games were based on the books rather than the movies, so playing these games is like looking into an alternate universe where Hogwarts looks slightly different. The Jeremy Soule soundtrack also works wonders!
I had the GBC version at some point in the early 2000's. It's one of the games responsible for making turn-based RPGs my favorite genre.
Such a good game
I know the feeling. Growing up with hand-me-downs had given me a respect for older games and RPGs. TCS on GBC was no different. It's a wonderful little RPG with an ost that slaps.
Same! It was one of the first GBC games I got
uhhhhh don't you mean "gba"? Not "GBC". The GBC isn't "turn-base RPG", it's an action & adventure.
@@Gadget-Walkmen No, I meant the Gameboy Color version, which was indeed an RPG, as is shown in the video.
The Harry Potter GBC games were unironically some of the best on the system and the best Harry Potter games on any console. I like how the GBC games adapt the books while every other game adapts the movies.
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The PC game was one of my favorites for a very long time. I loved just running around collecting beans and jumping on bouncy pads. I remember a few glitches too, like beans getting stuck in the walls.
21:51 Funnily enough, band class is a canon course for first-year students mentioned in the books (I don't remember which one) - so it's really awesome that the GBC version made this room visible!
So is the muggle studies class!
Not in the books
Okay I am legitimately shocked by how good the GBC version looks. It seems to be the most faithful to the book out of ALL the other versions?
As much as I adore the first 3 HP games on PC for their wondrous feel and magical atmosphere, they cut out SO much of the story, even from the films to the point it's barely even present anymore. Great to see the GBC version doesn't suffer from the same issues.
Well it is a final year GBC title after all. Much like Shantae they had a better understanding of the hardware by that point, so they could really put that little guy through it's paces.
it's surprising how much GBC version is faithful to the original books. They were made by a different studio and they worked hard to make a good game despite the technical limitations of gbc
I remember my friend having the gbc version and i have to agree its a very solid game does things right for a gbc game
@@larrylaffer3246 And just like Shantae, it's done by WayForward.
The animation quality alone is incredible. The things that do move look so smooth. I mean Harry's hair even bounces in his walk animation. That's a lot of detail.
Grew up with the PC version. Absolutely adore it. And the music is straight up nostalgia
The PC version is the correct version.
Mah dude. Same here. The hogwarts ost sent a nostalgia shivers up me spine
Same brother, same.
It’s a masterpiece
Me too, since my parents wouldn't buy me game consoles like Playstation or Xbox but PC. They said PC got more utilities and more educating while PS and Xbox are specifically for games only which they considered as time waster.
The GBC versions are honestly the best Harry Potter Games and you can really tell they were developed by actual fans of the series. Like those people put so much love and details into these games. And I actually really love that they took some freedom and added things that weren't in the books and movies. Like they make Hogwarts feel alive, making every floor unique, even adding bathrooms and a lot of useless rooms (like that music room or that muggle studies room with the tv). They don't serve a purpose for the game, but those things make Hogwarts feel incredibly realistic and when I played this as a child they influenced how I imagined the school quite a lot. Seriously, those games will always have a special place in my heart.
I played the PC version back in the day, and I loved, how it sometimes had secrets inside secrets
and it's full of puzzles and explorations, really suitable for a Ravenclaw like me who loves puzzles
@@atrudokht A Ravenclaw like you?
Really enjoying these videos and nice to see you have success with them too.
Thank you so much. I've got more videos in the works, but I'm open to suggestions.
@@Flandrew I’ve always been curious about the differences in game versions across different consoles and generations. I really love the format and look forward to more as long as you enjoy making them.
@@Tanner85800 I’m a huge Harry Potter fan of the movies and games so I’m absolutely loving this series so much and can’t wait for Prisoner of Azkaban as that’s my favorite movie and Harry Potter for the GameCube so far but I love ALL the Harry Potter games for the GameCube as I adore that system!
Loving this comparison series so much!
The GBC version is one of my favorite movie tie in games of all time. Up there with Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.
we talking the game boy advanced return of the king? because that was surprisingly good. it was like having diablo on my gba. but the gbc chamber of secrets kept me busy for a whole summer and i loved every moment.
@@leion800 I actually loved the hand-held AND console version but console was the one I was referencing. And yes, Chamber on the GBC is amazing and one of my favorite GBC games and one of my favorite handheld rpgs.
The King Kong game was scary.
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Also Madagascar was really good too.
Replayed it a million times as a kid
Cannot wait to see you do Prisoner of Azkaban next, I played so much of all of these games growing up and this series on the HP games has been fantastic.
One thing I really liked about the PC version was how it was basically a metroidvania. That rug with the fancy design on it as you go up the stairs at 14:15 is actually a bounce pad thing you can activate with a later spell. I've always thought it would be fun to try and do a 100% run of it.
I've done tons of 100% runs of it as a kid. It always was a blast. I still come back to it from time to time.
I also played the pc version of Harry Potter 2 and I remember
There was a leval where I had to sneek around the slytherin room trying not to get caught
I literally just watched the first video less than an hour ago.
I also just came from the first video
I just came 10 seconds after watching that oneXD
Me too 😂
Same
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I think you're being a smidge unfair to the PC version. Some areas are sorta the same, but they built a properly contiguous castle hub with primarily original layouts, and even the areas that are reused have extra secrets layered in and more stuff going on compared to the relatively dead locations in the first game.
And you could actually explore the castle hub anytime you weren’t in a mission. The first game you basically only got to look around when you were in between classes, and sometimes once a door closed it basically stayed closed permanently so there was no way to go back and get any cards you missed.
I would say the PC version was more "open world" then TPS, I believe there are like 3-4 hubs (The castle grounds, the ground floor with the dungeon/the great hall-ish and the Grand Staircase) and you can go where ever you want between classes/challenges or objectives.
HP1 PC locations were so underwhelming... some beans and maybe 1 card every bunch of time sometimes..... they were good looking though and very atmospheric.
HP2 is a great step up in every way, HP3 is very good too on PC.
And the character models are WAY better in the 2nd PC game. They have articulated fingers and their faces animate while talking
@Some Guy what??
I have always talked about how GOOD the GBC game is and people don't believe me. This was by far one of my favorite GBC games and I still own my copy because I could never part with it. So glad it is getting people's interest!
The nostalgia i get from the ps1 version of this game is unreal. Great video man
My first ever videogame was Chamber of Secrets for PS1. I make it a annual routine to play the game every year. Apart from the out-of-date graphics, it offers a ton of different levels and minigames to play. The Burrow level is my favourite part of the entire game. Years later, I got to play the PS2 version, which is great as well. And earlier this year, I finally got to play the PC version. Enjoyed playing it, but was disappointed that it didn't allow players to explore the Burrow and Diagon Alley.
The voice cast being shared is certainly interesting. Some of the PC versions of the early HP games actually have unused lines lingering around in the files that *do* get used in the console versions, so it seems to be that they all took from the same pool of recordings, but it was up to the development team as to which of the many different takes they wanted to utilize.
That is also the case for the German games. They simply dubbed everything even if it was not used in the end.
On the other hand, there are a bunch of cases where the same lines (taken from the book) in the different versions use different takes. IIRC I remember reading from someone involved in the development that the different studios basically wrote their own scripts - I presume the recording team at EA looked for ways to reuse lines between versions where possible.
@@lbsc1201 That makes sense. Get a basic game design down, each studio asks for what it needs, and EA records everything with the one cast and then sends everything needed to each studio.
The Gamecube version of Chamber of Secrets means so much to me. I played that game every day after school.
I always come back to the GBC version to enjoy all the little things it offers. The Aragog battle and the boss theme playing at the same time is such an experience.
My earliest memory of my childhood was that I got COS and the GBC as a gift and loved it to death, I still play it from time to time to feel the nostalgia. I wish I had the original hardware to play it though.
These are great comparisons! Looking forward to a Prisoner of Azkaban video if you get to it, and it'd be great if you'd consider doing one of these for the Lord of the Rings tie-ins, there's a lot of variety with those.
@Bluespirit for GoF onwards, the PC version is the same as the console versions. I think the handheld versions were the only ones that were completely different games.
Man the PC versions of these were my jam as a kid. My memory is that The Prisoner of Azkaban was the best, gonna be awesome to see your comparisons for that entry!
Same man. I got the PC trio and never looked back.
Wow the quality in the GBC version is intense! I have to admit, out of all the games it seems the most complete, and fun to play.
Mann, your videos sure deserve more attention, keep up the good work !
Thank you
Grew up with the PC Versions of 1 and 2! These videos were a blast from the past and really well done!😍
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:03 PlayStation 1
9:33 PlayStation 2/GameCube/Xbox
13:19 PC
17:32 Game Boy Advance
19:54 Game Boy Color
23:33 Conclusion
(Feel free to copy this into the video description to create RUclips chapters)
Thank you so so much!! I was wondering where the pc version was lol. Was figuring he would have talked about it next to the ps1 version
@@citizensnips2400No problem!
You showing the GBC version reawakened memories from my childhood I didn't know I had. Thank you. Those icons. I REMEMBER those icons!
Damn. The GBC version is so insanely polished. It would give many SNES games a run for their money, holds up better than most N64 games, and being an 8-bit game, the closest related console would be the NES, which this would have been an S-tier AAA game in terms of animation quality and quest size. Damn.
Yeah, it really helped the system go out with a bang.
Really enjoyed your case studies from HP1 and HP2 video games. Well researched, lots of good footage, and pointed out some great pros from each game. Fascinating to see the differences and similarities.
Thanks for your work!
Thank you
I had the GBC version, and it was far and away one of my favorite games to play on my Gameboy Advance. Probably helped to reinforce my love of turn-based RPGs as a kid.
15:26
You can do 3 different spells, only 1 of them being a bounce-back spell, so you can actually battle with firing spells
16:23 the nostalgia hits hard ._.
Character: accidentally drops something on the floor
Devs: YES, A CHASE!!
Color version is amazing, best one hands down. Definitely a hidden gem that most don't know about.
I grew up playing the ps2 version and I loved it. My favorite HP game of all time will always be PoA for GCN, hope we get a subsequent video about that one!
The PS2 version of this game was fantastic and a favorite as a kid.
the game boy color one was secretly the best. anyone thats played it, knows
I'm so happy to see so much love for the GBC version, It was such a niche game that I owned and no one i knew had even knew of it's existence, fond memories of an unironically good game
The funniest part in the GBC version is the fight with Aragok. Beaten enemies dont die, they run away. So when you manage to beat Aragok only her mandibles run away leaving the rest of her behind.
Fantastic video! So remember why I said blending accuracy mattered? Without it, that's why the grass looks dark and full of seams at 10:19. It's missing both the lights and the texture blending that lets the grass transition smoothly into rockier or grassier surfaces. Also, forgot to say it before but a cheatcode can be used to double the framerate back to 50/60, and another to make the game true widescreen. Which means if you have a very beastly PC, you got there the best classic Harry Potter home console experience, ridding yourself of the poor graphics, lag and long load times. And it took us two decades to make such levels of emulation possible, that's very very recent for HP2 specifically.
Can't wait for HP3, that's where I have no knowledge, despite the movie being my favorite!
For me, the GBC version is the one I'm most fond of, but I also like the PC version. I couldn't really get into the GBA version. the 6 gen console version are in my backlog
RUclips just recommended this, I'm hoping - like me - more people stumble upon your videos and your subscribers keep going up! Great video!
On the Gameboy Color version, the classroom with the television was supposed to be the muggle studies classroom, I believe.
It's been ages since I've played it, but I think there was a whole side quest where you had to trade items with students in each of the different classrooms.
I forget how it started or if I ever finished that side quest, lol. But this was the main version of the game that I played.
Seeing more Harry Potter game love at this high of editing quality is ALWAYS a pleasure ❤️
I think because of upcoming Hogwarts Legacy game more people got interested in earlier installments in the franchise.
The GBA version is for sure underrated. I remember starting and completing the game while me and my family took a 3 day drive across the country when I was little. Same thing with Philosophers Stone GBA
Those are the definitive versions I remember, especially as a kid sitting up at night trying to get past those DAMN HALLWAY SECTIONS
@@aliceangel03 staying up all night and trying to get good light to actually even see the screen
@@averageGoat_meh_eh_eh_eh I had the GBA SP, so it wasn't a problem for me lol
God seeing the GBA version fulls me with so much nostalgia
6:56 I nearly pissed myself in fear of the voice and then in laughter when you mentioned Professor Sprout
I just watched the Philosophers Stone one and I am SO happy to see this. I own all versions and I love them all, maybe PC and GBC are my favourite because I absolutely played them to death.
This is very interesting. I can't wait for the comparison of Prisoner of Azkaban, which is one of my favourites from the first three games ❤
Having had a PC bias with Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets, going from playing PS2 Prisoner of Azkaban, to the PC version 10+ years later out of curiosity... I never thought I'd see a PC version get the MASSIVELY short end of the stick.
I will say, the Game Boy Color’s gnome tossing mini-game was awesome. As a child I spent hours just doing that part.
Thank you for putting this up! I had the GameCube version and I love it so much I played it again recently. The nostalgia is strong 💪🏼
The pc versions of CoS will always have a place in my heart as the best HP pc game.
Now I just wonder how much crunch these devs must have gone through to finish the game all on the same date
Best version and HP game ever.
My sister had Chamber of Secrets and I had Philosophers Stone for the GBC, we used to fight over CoS all the time because it was the better version of the GBC games. I still remember grinding the hell out of Philosophers Stone to finally defeat the end boss for legit over a year because I didn't know how to cheese the card system.
Seems like they introduced the duelling club in CoS the make the grinding a bit easier
Having a gameboy color game that uses subpixel animation is hella cool. You can tell those pixel artists really knew what they were doing
YOU ABSOLUTE LEGEND!! Just had the first video pop up on my main page and come to your channel only to see my silly comment asking for more meant nothing because you're already such a ledge! Thanks much man for real!!
My man's just gone and done it like a day after I asked for it! lol
Can't wait to watch this on my lunch break! Played all 5 versions back in the day so its gonna be a nostalgia trip!
Fun fact: the GBC version had a lot of stuff from the book that wasn't in the movie, because the publisher EA didn't care about GBC at all - since GBA was already out, they considered the GBC version "free money". So they didn't really pay attention to the developers making that version of the game, where all the other versions they would micromanage development and not allow anything that wasn't strictly in the movie.
Again a case where executive meddling results in an inferior product? And coming from EA? Why am I not surprised?
And in the end, gbc version was better than the gba version. Nice story.
@@sjogosPT Not in my opinion. I had both and far prefered the GBA version, better graphics and more engaging story. Plus would Harry be fighting Aragog?
The GBC version was the one I played, and really enjoyed playing too. It had some nice replayablilty to it, allowing you to play through the game as many times as you want, keeping your upgraded spells each run, making you incredibly overpowered. Fond memories indeed, seeing Aragog again brings back memories big time.
The GBC version was awesome. I remember playing new game+ over and over again to collect everything.
Personally my favorite was the GBC version
I had the PC and PS2 games as a kid. I’d seen the gameplay trailer for the PS1 version as an extra on the DVD of the movie and had always wanted a copy but never found any at the time (I had the PS1 version of Philosoper’s Stone though, everyone did).
Then ten years later I finally stumbled upon a copy of the PS1 game down a Flea Market that was still new in the shrink. Got to have an absolutely out of body experience playing a game I’d always desperately wanted and had a rush of nostalgia for how stylistically similar it was to the first game.
The PC version of this game is also an all time top 10 favorite video game for me. Probably pure nostalgia goggles, but there’s an unexplainable charm to that game that I just love.
The fact that you reused so many lines and so much footage from the first comparison video is so freaking amazing. Love it!
It’s so cool watching these videos of Harry Potter games. They bring back childhood memories 😊 I have played the Ps2 version hundred times and I never get bored.
Good job 😍
I always felt the PlayStation 1 Harry Potter and the philosopher's Stone game was like a tech demo for chamber of secrets
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Loved the video, I remember playing the PC version many years ago. Hope you do the same with Prisioner of Azkaban, ending the trilogy of games that weren't completely based on the movies. For this video and the PS one, you got a new subscriber!
My sisters and I LOVED that old PC game. The best parts were taking Harry up to high places and jumping off so he would hit the ground and die in front of those students who trade you potion ingredients, so it was Harry flopping over and going "OOOF" while the other kid yelled "FANCY A TRADE? I'VE GOT FLUBBERWORM MUCUS!!"
And the other best part was finding the gnomes in every spell challenge to drag one around to the very end, because when you beat the challenge you'd strike a victory pose and the camera would turn arrive you in slow-motion, so the gnome would just flap around majestically in the air by its ankle in the cutscene, it was FANTASTIC
Chamber of Secrets for the GBC was the first game I ever owned and I've replayed it almost every year since launch.
21:53 that could be Muggle Studies! It's a canon class in Hogwarts. Doesn't make much sense to be fair, but it's there.
I had the PS2 version of this game... good memories, simple times.
Love the video! The gbc version was my childhood game I always ran half a generation late as a kid. Didn't even know there was a third game in that style on GBA until the comments here so I can't wait to play it.
I am so glad to have stumbled upon your channel. Thanks for those. I had the NGC and PC version of COS. But my alltime favorite was always the GBC version of TPS. And now that you showed this I have to get COS for GBC. Thank you very very much!
I remember playing the PC version and the GBC version of the philosophers stone.
I didn't really care that the pc version cut out large parts of the story (or rather put them into cutscenes). The puzzles and leveldesign were fun, punching Malfoy was a blast and the satisfaction of exploring all the nooks and crannies of hogwarts after getting new spells or getting hundreds of beans in the bonus level is hard to beat.
With all the small details and the jokes in the chocolate frog cards it really makes you think that the developers must have loved Harry Potter considering how much stuff they put it that can be easily missed.
Your first video about HP just made me install the pc trilogy.
Hopefully it runs without too many bugs :p
I played the game boy color one and oh god it's strange how many things I just remembered from that game after 20 years.
A fun detail about the GBC version is that Harry destroys Tom Riddle’s diary with the sword rather than the fang, which is still consistent with what we later learn about destroying Horcruxes.
alright now that i've actually watched
YES
THANK YOU
the GBC game has no right to be as good as it is
Fun fact: I used to be a caretaker of a school. One day when I was prepping the field for the sports festival one of the teachers asked if I needed helpers. I said yes, and I got the (anti) help of 4 assholes who wouldn't stop fighting or undoing what I needed to do.
Hagrid is brave to outsource his job to students. Kids are diet headcases...
I just stumbled across your channel the other day. I've watched your videos, and I've gotta say, I don't know how you came up on my main feed, but I'm really glad you did. Watching your videos felt like a breath of fresh air. Your content is awesome, and you do amazing work.
Thanks very much
I saw a video with a similar comparison of these games but I liked your take and style a lot better! Great content
I love the gameboy color and xbox versions the most.
The PC and GBC games were my childhood. I have 100% completed the PC version countless times, and I always return to it. It's one of my all-time favorites. I also the PS2 version, but I wasn't as big of a fan of it. The prefect stuff gave me severe PTSD. I did play the GBA and PS1 versions in later years, and they're ok. I hope you'll cover PoA next, even though it only has 3 definitive versions. Each game after that just has a console and handheld version like every other franchise.
The comparison videos are entertaining. I remember as a kid being confused by how the various Lord of the Rings games were so different despite having the same titles and box art.
I remember playing the PC game as a kid. I was absolutely terrified by the big spider enemies! Needing to close my eyes and ears for 5 minutes before I found the courage to actually fight against them.
I'm so surprised about how good the GBC version is. The art style and animations are so nice!
I had the Gamecube version as a kid and always enjoyed it. I remember hooking it up to the GBA version and being a little underwhelmed at the additional content, but younger me didn't understand it was really just an add-on gimmick back in the day. It's really interesting to see that the PS2 version actually allowed for full exploration of the castle, even if the lighting and cutscenes look worse. The entire game seems to be cast in a yellow hue, but maybe that's just outside.
Hulkamania running wild in the thumbnail!
I played the absolute heck out of the GB colour game, so many good memories. There's a cool secret where if you get enough money in Knockturn Alley you can buy Ron a shirt and he gives you something which you give to someone else and so on till you get a Dragon armour cloak at the end
hell yeah i was wondering if you'd make one of these for CoS as well! thanks for making this. would be interested in an Azkaban video as well (even if there weren't *as* many different versions)
Thanks, it’s definitely in the pipeline
@@Flandrew HELL YEAAAAH
I LOVE the PC and GBA versions. I've played them dozens of times and they're a big part of my childhood. The three others versions are also pretty good.
Literally needed this as a nice little throwback to younger me keep up with these dude really looking forward to the next :)
awesome video dude
safe to say this channel is gonna be hitting some milestones soon