Fan's Council For The EA OotP Game, *part II* |
 Sep 9 2006, 02:08 PM
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Missus Lupin and Mistress Crouch Posts: 5,269 Joined: 4:57am January 28, 2005    |
Hi all!
So here is my initial write-up from the previous thread  . Please feel free to add things, change things, elaborate on things. I am your representative and I would like to do the best job I can for you.QUOTE SUGGESTIONS AND QUESTIONS FROM THE LEAKY CAULDRON FANSITE TO EA GAMES • They would like shorter loading times, or at least an indicator to show them how much has loaded whilst they are waiting. • Can they take OWL exams? • With regard to exploring Hogwarts, can the player do this at any time or just at the end of the game? The “Hogwarts: Endless Day” idea has been extremely well received and the overall consensus is “Give us back our Hogwarts”!!! The fans want to explore all of the castle and grounds – is this possible? • How does the house point system work? • Is the game free-roaming? • One criticism of GoF is with regard to the lighting and camera angles. Can these be better for the OofP game? • With regard to character development, can fans have Ron from the books and not “wimp” Ron from the films, and can they also have DD from the books and not “angry” DD from the films? • (This one is repeated again and again!!) – Please do not make it like the GoF game! • The fans would like real students to chat to as Harry explores the castle and not random students – characters like Neville, Luna, even Moaning Myrtle. • Can the player explore Grimmauld Place and other locations? • Please make the cut-scenes actually relate to the story and the book. • Is it possible to have seasons and an environment like snow or rain? • The fans are really keen to learn new spells. Will you be able to choose your spell and which ones will be in the game? • The fans are really disappointed with the news there is no Quidditch in the game. Will there be an opportunity for them to fly with the Advance Guard or on the Thestrals to the MoM? • With regard to the soundtrack – is it possible to link up the soundtrack to the game and the film, ie, “Hedwig’s Theme”? • Please don’t have idle chat amongst the characters, for example, “get the beans”! • Peeves! • How will the Marauders Map be used? • After a player has finished a level, will they have the opportunity to go straight back and play it to look for things they have missed, or will the game take them straight onto the next section? • Will the hearing at the MoM be part of the game? • How many discs will there be for the PC-CD ROM version? • Can the player save when they want? • Cost?! • Will there be duelling? • As there are no beans in this game, can the player purchase extras? • How will the Occlumency section work? • Is Dobby or Winky going to feature? • Will all the features so far confirmed be on all of the gaming platforms? • Will the player be able to explore Hagrid’s Hut, the Hogwarts grounds, including the lake, Forbidden Forest, the greenhouses or Hogsmeade? • Will there be cheats? • How soon can fans expect screenshots? • Playing Sirius in the MoM is resulting in queries. Basically because he dies and so how can a player win this game? • Will the player be able to create their own wizard characters and explore Hogwarts that way? Donna |
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Sep 9 2006, 02:31 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 2 Joined: 9:18pm September 4, 2006 |
Also, a living world would be cool. Kinda like what EA did with The Godfather game.
examples: 1.) Real information filled classes going on during the day that you can sneak into. 2.) People everywhere just having conversations about current events. 3.) Chilling in the Great Hall and have letters come down to kids from the owls, having the kid open what he got and talk about it. |
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Sep 9 2006, 02:56 PM
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Kibble Boy/Girl at the Magical Menagerie Posts: 307 Joined: 4:21pm August 29, 2006 Location: EA OOTP Fan's council thread! |
Cool! Thanks Donna!
So are you going to send the list of suggestions/question to EA? If so will they respond, answering our questions? Or are they already looking here and see the list first-hand? Thanks I know that I have said these in the last thread, but I thought I might want to say them here as the were not on the list: - When at Hogwarts, ALL STUDENTS should be wearing ROBES. In GoF, there were no robes at all! - Cutscenes need to be real, none of the picture stuff from GoF. Make the graphics in (moviing) cutscenes simply stunning, like most other games do. - Hogwarts should have many students abroad, doing various things. In PoA there were no other students outside at all, and in GoF, there weren't ay to be found at all. - Menus can be made with a cooler look; the GoF menu would look coll if those bars on the top and bottom of the screen were gone. - Don't make the game for small children only; make it for older people too. - Not as straight forward; make the possibilities endless. This post has been edited by hallowethe: Sep 9 2006, 03:10 PM --------------------  |
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Sep 9 2006, 07:52 PM
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Inquiring about Double-ended Newts Posts: 969 Joined: 1:23am August 30, 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia |
to donna:
-i know you said in the report to add flying with the advance guard and also to the minstry but can you also add flying either on a broom or even better, flying a thestral around hogwarts and its grounds. this would just add a different feel of exploration into the game. i loved flying in previous games!! -i agree that the students should where muggle clothes when travelling to different places then wear robes when at hogwarts. also wear muggle clothes when in hogsmeade if it is explorable. -also add multiple player. i think this was best done in POA on PS2 where you can easily switch between characters. maybe also do the GOF thing where players can drop in and out so you can play with others. -be able to use an extensive range of different potions depending on what type of spell you've been hexed with or what type of creature you've been injured by. -include hagrid's garden again and look for potion ingredients, but make it more mature and more difficult to obtain these ingredients. -if possible, add the trailer for the movie in the extras section. or maybe in the extras see the making of stuff of the movie AND the game. -will there be a lost item board? -your character should be able to jump in the console platforms. not just when you run to a ledge or cliff but at any time like in the PC games. -include care of magical creatures and any other class harry undertakes at hogwarts. -when you find a card, don't go to the folio magi instantly, this gets annoying. just quickly collect you card and be on your way or manually check what card it is yourself. other than that, the report is very good and i can't think of anything else to add because it is so detailed. thanks again donna! ryanfrost88 This post has been edited by ryanfrost88: Sep 9 2006, 08:06 PM |
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Sep 9 2006, 09:07 PM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 97 Joined: 1:03pm August 18, 2006 Location: Pestering Maurading Don on the EA games fan council topic II |
Hey Donna i have a few things i want to ask you.
~Do you know if there will be hogsmeade or the shrieking shack? ~if so do you know if they eill be on the endless day? ~and I kind of liked the beans and i understand that we wont have them , but will we have money so we could buy stuff from fred and george , or at hogsmeade? thank you for your time! hope that you reply! --------------------  proud member of chamber 007, W.O.M.A.T. Grade 2=E, Leaky News IQ test 234/250 |
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Sep 9 2006, 09:37 PM
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Million Post Man Posts: 543 Joined: 11:18pm September 2, 2006 Location: OotP Video Game Thread =] |
♥ Great so far Donna.
Cant think of anything else. -------------------- "To the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure." R.I.P To all the characters who died for a better world |
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Sep 10 2006, 02:02 AM
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Inquiring about Double-ended Newts Posts: 969 Joined: 1:23am August 30, 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia |
to add to the report:
i was just playing POA on PS2 and realised that i have never needed to use the marauders map. you always know where to go like in the corridors so the map was quite useless. i hope EA makes better use of the map in OOTP and make it harder to navigate around hogwarts to increase the exploration. i also noticed in the 3rd and 4th games that the controlling of the characters was a bit sluggish, for example, when you push the left knob to walk it takes harry a split second later to react to this so it makes it harder to sneak because by the time he does move you have pushed the knob to far and he just sprints instead of sneaking. hope this is improved in OOTP. also, is the first level with the dementors playable or just a cut scene? it should be playable and really scary. also you should be able to explore the streets before you find dudley. ryanfrost88 This post has been edited by ryanfrost88: Sep 10 2006, 02:06 AM |
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 Sep 10 2006, 10:18 AM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 97 Joined: 1:03pm August 18, 2006 Location: Pestering Maurading Don on the EA games fan council topic II |
QUOTE(ryanfrost88 @ Sep 10 2006, 02:02 AM) [snapback]944239[/snapback] to add to the report: i was just playing POA on PS2 and realised that i have never needed to use the marauders map. you always know where to go like in the corridors so the map was quite useless. i hope EA makes better use of the map in OOTP and make it harder to navigate around hogwarts to increase the exploration. i also noticed in the 3rd and 4th games that the controlling of the characters was a bit sluggish, for example, when you push the left knob to walk it takes harry a split second later to react to this so it makes it harder to sneak because by the time he does move you have pushed the knob to far and he just sprints instead of sneaking. hope this is improved in OOTP. also, is the first level with the dementors playable or just a cut scene? it should be playable and really scary. also you should be able to explore the streets before you find dudley. ryanfrost88 dood ryan dood those are some great ideas. i like the street idea too. ------------------------ umm donna will we be able to buy our things at hogsmeade and diagon alley like in cos? and i wish we could have explored the knight bus in poa but dont they ride the knight bus in ootp so maybe they could feature it in the game like the hogwarts express. can we roam the knight bus and hogwarts express? or was the knight bus ridden in the hbp? oh well i think that would be cool. ----- i have all my hp stuff sfuffed onto a 5 shelf 7 foot bookshelf with several different copies of the knight bus anmd all of my stuff still wont fit lon it. ;( i was mad i put that thing together last nightlol anyway i really hope we get HOGSMEADE THE KNIGHT BUS THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS AND DIAGON ALLEY!   
-------------------- proud member of chamber 007, W.O.M.A.T. Grade 2=E, Leaky News IQ test 234/250 |
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Sep 10 2006, 10:22 AM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 97 Joined: 1:03pm August 18, 2006 Location: Pestering Maurading Don on the EA games fan council topic II |
THE ROBES: ok we can have a mix of robes and casual clothes. they arent called muggle clothes cause wizards dont just wear robes unless ur an adult. so casual clothes and robes to class
 
-------------------- proud member of chamber 007, W.O.M.A.T. Grade 2=E, Leaky News IQ test 234/250 |
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Sep 10 2006, 11:04 AM
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Kibble Boy/Girl at the Magical Menagerie Posts: 307 Joined: 4:21pm August 29, 2006 Location: EA OOTP Fan's council thread! |
QUOTE(ryanfrost88 @ Sep 10 2006, 03:02 AM) [snapback]944239[/snapback] to add to the report: i was just playing POA on PS2 and realised that i have never needed to use the marauders map. you always know where to go like in the corridors so the map was quite useless. i hope EA makes better use of the map in OOTP and make it harder to navigate around hogwarts to increase the exploration. i also noticed in the 3rd and 4th games that the controlling of the characters was a bit sluggish, for example, when you push the left knob to walk it takes harry a split second later to react to this so it makes it harder to sneak because by the time he does move you have pushed the knob to far and he just sprints instead of sneaking. hope this is improved in OOTP. also, is the first level with the dementors playable or just a cut scene? it should be playable and really scary. also you should be able to explore the streets before you find dudley. ryanfrost88 Yup. I know EXACTLY what your talking about, and I totally agree. I never used the Marauders Map in POA once. -------------------- |
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