To me this was the end of the Harry Potter trilogy of games. I say that because the first three feel very similar and seem like a combination of not only the books content but the movies as well. Every game after this was strictly based on the movies for the most part and even the likenesses of the characters were straight from the film's where as the first three have a more stylized look.

The first 3 Harry Potter games are a shining example of the Golden Age of licensing in video games during the early 2000s. Right up there with the likes of LOTR: Return of the King and Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith

Please, keep doing these. This series is going to be a great warmup before Hogwarts Legacy's launch. I'll definitely rewatch and look for things to compare and see how the games evolved over the years.

I played the PS2 version. Here are some of my memories of it: - Standing around casting the ice spell as Hermione all over the place, just because it looked cool. (no pun intended) - A fun duelling minigame against two teams, though it would sometime softlock and the next duel would never start. - Ron getting knocked down by Buckbeak every time he approached him. I didn't think it was possible to fly with Ron. - The music when Filch catches you, alongside his unsettling laugh. I hated those stealth missions. - Running into the sea. Cue splash sound effect, fade to black, loading screen and then you're back on land.

The battle perspective in the GBA looks almost exactly like Golden Sun, also on GBA

Holy shit, I absolutely lost it at 4:05 when Ron ‘called’ MGS style to ask for the photo haha

Watching the beginning, I convinced myself I didn't play this game as a kid. Then you showed the PC gameplay and the memories immediately came flooding back. Thanks for reminding me of the childhood memories I'd completely forgotten about!

One fun and weird future Harry Potter game: Order of the Phoenix on DS. You actually battle by turning the DS. I don’t want to say much more to avoid spoilers, but it’s super unique. Only seen a couple games on the DS that have done that. Absolutely adored the GBA game as a kid. One of my favorites. I definitely suggest it to anyone that might be interested in playing it.

I had this on the GBA. It came packed in with the SP I got. I'm not sure why but I really enjoyed it. It was so short too that I ended up speed running it multiple times. It had a nice charm to it.

The first three games for HP were golden. I can't wait to hear your opinion swiftly changing on the later console releases. Starting with Goblet of Fire... Order of The Phoenix was slightly better. Would be the best of the 'bad games' ... Then the last ones... My gosh. They just became Harry Potter Call Of Duty. But total crap. 🤣🤣🤣

I would absolutely love to see future videos on the remaining Harry Potter games. Even though there aren’t different versions to compare, I feel like the series just gets so wild and random past this point that it’s still worth looking at.

The Ps2 version was my favourite growing up. This video brought back loads of nostalgia for me

I think the canon explanation as to why you can't use the broom was that since Sirius Black is at large they put a spell on Hogwarts' grounds so that no one can fly into the castle by broom. Thus why you have to rely on Buckbeak

The Gameboy version is nostalgia gold for me. The music is absolutely phenomenal, the art style and animation are gorgeous, and I love the RPG execution. It's everything I ever wanted a Harry Potter game to be, and replaying it years later is always fun. ...and also it's such a shame the following games were so terrible. I remember being so disappointed in the goblet of fire GBA game, and let's not even mention the fifth. Such a pity.

This guy's reeeeally good. His sense of timing is bang-on perfect. He does the cutaway gags like the Metal Gear reference and the Benny Hill gag and doesn't spend too long on them so they don't outstay their welcome and make it cringy. I want more of these.

*I used to play all these games until Ps3 gen. Now I'm over 25 and find everything boring but your videos, priceless reviews. Keep it up*

Nostalgia trip! Really enjoyed watching this. I loved both the PC and GBA versions as a kid. I think the GBA game was also my first RPG! I would love to see you look at the other games as well. :)

The GBA game was one of my favourites growing up. It was my first non-Pokemon RPG, as well as my introduction to the concept of New Game+! I can't tell you how many times I played through that game at Lv. 100, just smoking enemies with max-level spells and chocolate frog abilities.

I often heard people say that the Order of Phoenix game had the best explorable Hogwarts, so I would be really curious to see a video covering that game as well!

Oh hell yeah I played the PC version of the game over and over as a kid, even tried completing it as fast as I could from time to time It's definitely the best Harry Potter game for me in terms of design and atmosphere, it's really like they took what was good about the previous games and then built upon that to make it better.

I'm glad to see someone so passionate about these HP games, most of these games, especially the ps1 and ps2 versions are absolutely epic, keep going with this series, hopefully you'll cover even the quidditch versions

It always upset me that Quidditch was left out of the game, and wasn't given a little more focus in the Prisoner of Azkaban movie. The Third Year is where Harry WINS the Cup. He WINS it. It should have been touched on! It's a HUGE part of Harry's story imo. It's a bummer they left it out.

Would like to toss in my request for you to continue this series. Something very interesting about the era where big publishers made multiple versions of the game as opposed to just porting it around. Another great series of games you could do this for is The Sims. I've played most versions of The Sims 2 across platforms, and it's wild how many extremely different takes there were on that game compared to original PC one.

Looking at these character models I'm pretty sure they used The Sims 2 engine for this game. Shading, textures, expressive face animations - all fits perfectly

HP1 & 2 were my childhood. Loved HP3. I was disappointed with HP4 and left the games there. So please, keep doing videos so I can see what I’ve missed. Besides, they are fantastic videos

I grew up with the PC version, and it was honestly my favourite out of the first 3 PC games. That being said. The console version looks great, I wish I had a chance to play it.

ayyy more harry potter content i love these games

I subscribed yesterday after watching the video on Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets and now this. I grew up playing these 2 games ( i am now 25 ) and I still play them pretty often. I played them on PC and they hold a special place in my heart. AND THE SOUNTRACK?! ABSOLUTELY AMAZING and it's probably one of the reasons I find the whole experience so relaxing and enjoyable. Great work with the videos, keep it up! You made me wanna try the Playstation versions too, so gotta go dust that off!

I was fortunate enough to have all 3 versions of PoA. Personally, the PC version is my favorite as it has more nostalgia for me. The GBA is a close second. If you want to do more than the direct tie-ins, you should also check out the Lego and mobile games.

I love the clear but funny style of the video, keep it up mate!

Yes! Please finish the series!!! I stumbled upon your channel about a month ago and love it. I was so excited when I saw you'd uploaded this today!

Been waiting for this one. I grew up on the pc version. Thank you for making this

PLEASE keep continuing the review, your narration is so amazing i actually could pay attention to what you say while multitasking instead of like listening to gibberish, and your memes timing with the related cutscenes are top-notch. I really want to see your reaction on Deathly Hallows upon seeing Seamus being a sniper wizard and neville being a tank

Funnily enough, I have never noticed that the PC version needed to be completed to 100% until recently, and that was just because I always completed the game to 100% before reaching that point.

Coming off of the ps1 games, the xbox version of this game blew my god damn mind. Flying around a big open map on Buckbeak was like nothing I'd experienced before. Then, I got Spider-man 2 which blew my mind even further. It was a good time for movie based games. I'd love to see you talk about the rest of the games in the series. Even though, from here on, they lost a bit of the magic.

Absolutely continue this series, even if the games end up less diverse in the future, I know I'd still watch.

Been looking forward to this. It's interesting to see all the different versions compared.

Just found your videos looking to find the best version of Chamber of Secrets and well, the rest of the games and I'm loving this series. Very well done and definitely a big help. I'll be checking out some of your other non HP comparison videos as well. Keep up the great work!

Love these videos bro! Played all these games growing up and laugh looking back at them!

Dude I love your channel. The humor you sprinkle in is so good and not overdone

I really like these comparison videos. I've never played any of these games but I think it's so cool how different the games were on different platforms.

So entertaining, well-written and nostalgic as always! Thank you so much mate! And please don‘t stop🙌🙌

It's not often I find a channel with videos as good as yours. Watching the first 2 parts of these videos about hp1 and 2 games I remember thinking... hes gonna have a whole series about all of them. Was kind of disappointed to only see the first 2, and then bam a few days later and were back with part 3! Love it

Thank you for this video, I love this opus SO MUCH!! I started with the PS2 version but got stuck at the Hinkypunks challenge in the Muggles Study classroom, so I went to the GBA version and it was a blast! Then I pulled myself together, beat the Hinkypunks and finished the PS2 version. Overall, I love them both equally. The music, the graphics, the voice acting were all awesome and made of Jeremy Soule one of my favorite video game composers. In the end, I simply play sometimes a ROM of the GBA version on my phone because it's more accessible and the speed-up option makes it easier to grind and level up the spells and abilities.

WHOO! YES! I was hoping you would do this video! Thanks, Flandrew, awesome as always!

So far, so good! Can't wait to see your next video game comparison of every version of Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire!

I really liked the GBA version of the prisoner of Azkaban. Sadly, the turn based RPG games of Harry Potter ended in that generation. For the Globet of fire for the GBA and DS they made an ARPG, and the best version was the DS one, on the gameplay they were practically identical but the DS one looks and runs better. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed the globet of fire on DS. For the next ones I lost the interest because I didn't like the fifth movie and when I saw the game for the DS and GBA, it looked pretty bad, so I didn't buy it. I'm really enjoying the series, please continue with the next ones!

The facial expressions and emotions of the characters on PS2 are just really really good!

Great video. It was always so weird back then how there were always so many ports and how they were all so different from each other.

Thank you for the time to play these different versions of one game! Please make more of these comparisons! This one probably took less time to make compared to the first two games. The next one is interesting because there 3 portable console versions compared to only GBA in this one.

Been waiting for this! Your Philosopher's Stone video got me into your channel, no video has disappointed!

yes please keep this series up been loving it

I love watching these, please finish the entire series of games!

I've really really loved your take on these games. I had a few of these, but it's been so long that I've forgotten exactly which ones I had. Because of this, I am watching your reviews to see if any of them spark my notice. I appreciate your hard work and dedication to these videos and look forward to all of your upcoming content.

AH HELL YEAH I WAS WAITING FOR THIS ONE.

I just discovered your channel and have been binging your hp series ever since. Your videos are really well made and it is a joy to watching them. Keep up the good work! Can't wait to also check your other videos besides the hp stuff :)

I never knew that there were some pretty good turn-based RPGs made for the Harry Potter series. Might want to try them out. Would love to see you cover the rest of the Harry Potter games.

Yes, please continue doing this series! I grew up on the first few games in this series and I think they were among my first games (on the PC at least). I'm not sure of the later games that I didn't play but am curious to see what changed for them. It's funny, I distinctly remember the HP games being in the Education section of my local Best Buy and at the time my parents would never get me games unless they were educational in some way. Luckily they weren't too bright either so I was able to get away with them buying me these games just for being in that section.

I would like to see you keep going. This is a really entertaining series.

Great job with the video! I would love to see you cover the Lord of the Rings games! Those are so nostalgic and I remember having a great time with them.

I cant wait for the globet of fire video, I used to play the heck out of the ps2 version, it's a big part of my childhood, excellent video as always!

I was waiting for this! As I said in the previous video, I’m Very fond of the PS2 version of prisoner of Azkaban. It was my first Harry Potter game and the thrill of riding buckbeak was amazing, especially that music. Man so nostalgic.

honestly, how this channel dont have more subs? he has a nice voice, his mic is good, he speaks fast, the editing dont have any ear rape, he got some jokes, he could easily be a channel of 500k at least, i hope he really makes one of these hp videos viral, then ppl will come in, i just sub so i dont miss this channel, im gonna watch all videos, GOOD LUCK flandrew

After watching the trilogy of those vids, I'm convinced I have to play the Six Gen console versions, since I only ever played PC versions and PS1 titles, due to never owning even just a PS2. Personally, I would love to see an exploration of Order and Prince, those were really damn unique and uniquely charming due to their freeroam exploration angle.

I seriously love your videos, can’t wait to see you grow even more!

Loving this series! Please keep making them!

I'm really enjoying this series. I'm sad Griponite weren't allowed to keep doing the portable versions.

Please keep this series up it's honestly amazing

Awesome video, i never knew about the rpg handheld games. hoping that you do rest of the series as im curious about your thoughts on them and how they changed.

Ah yes, there's my favourite generation of Harry potter games. Didn't expect you to follow up so soon! Well done!

Been patiently awaiting for this one

Just found your channel a few days ago. Love the content keep it up!

Please keep doing these, would love to hear your take on OOtP and see if you decide to try the handhelds in the next episodes as well :)

I've only just started watching your channel the other day due to a random recc by youtube, but I ADORE this type of series retrospective for multiple reasons! For one, I was the kid who grew up wanting to play the weird kinda different games that everyone dismissed, so I was constantly in rummage bins at the local game shop trying to grab me a copy of something people played 2-5 hours and put away forever. I love looking at something like DKC on the game boy color and recognizing how visually awful it is, but also how impressive it is as a port in some ways. In addition, I worked in game testing for a time. So while I can't openly discuss many projects I may/may not of worked on, I thought the idea of a game hitting multiple skus and being different in ways (either to make up for hardware differences or being a later version) was always exciting in that "I found the television that breaks the game if you go in a particular line from first boot to it that doesn't exist in other versions" way. The eras these HP games existed on are a great testing ground for new ideas and innovations. They also at times feel like the last era in which major and midlevel developers took risks with projects objectively, even if that's not inherently true. To see those points potentially coalesce on licensed games, often the weakest and safest projects nowadays, is utterly fascinating. Can't imagine what this looks like to a newer younger gamer just getting to understand the industry.

Please keep doing these!, I’m actually watching through the movies for the first time since deathly hollows originally released so it’s like watching new films all over again for me and I only knew about these 3! I didn’t even know they made games for goblet of fire and afterwards!

Love these videos! Please keep going with them 🙏

GBA version was one of my first ever console games, RPG games, and Harry Potter games overall. The music in it is very nostalgic for me. Keep up the great vids!

The gamecube game was one of the very few games I owned as a kid. I would take the game manual to school with me because it had the spells in it and I showed it off to my friend that also loved Harry Potter. I didn't really have access to the internet yet so I didn't know how to get all the collectible cards and was always sad every time I beat the campaign, knowing I hadn't completed 100% of it. But when you go to the great hall at the end, thats it. No free roam afterwards. Credits. Done. Thank you for making these videos, they bring me joy.

I love these comparison videos. Please keep digging for them wherever they exist. I really enjoy how you're looking at "How many games for X movie" like Attack of the Clones and your Harry Potter series I guess we can say.

I love this channel. Scratches my nerdy itch about games franchise I'll never play (although I loved the first two ps1 games) and also has funny jokes and edits, but not in an immature way. The jokes are pretty relatable to how I feel about things too. Up there with Sseth and Mandalore Gamings videos

I really like that they use Hermione for squeezing into small spaces. I think it's because it's the kind of thing you wouldn't usually think about, it's kinda cute, and it humanizes her, unlike the movies which turn her more than often into just a strict smart person. It's like yeah, she's "the smart one," but she can help in other ways, too.

First off, let me say that I think these three videos are amazing, as a proper retrospective of the HP games. And this video tops them all, with a clear focus and funny editing, which honestly made me cackle at times. So props to you, Flandrew, and thanks to the YT algorithm! I owned the PS2 version of this, but I am honestly bummed that I never bothered to play the GBA version as that looks stellar, from both gameplay and graphics perspective. I might pick it up in the future, maybe to stream with my HP loving fiancee. So, thanks to introducing me to this version!

Can't wait to see you become a huge hit. Glad I found you this early in your career.

As expected my guy has done a great Job explaining the differences between each version. Now im Playing each potter game on pc and ps2 after watching your videos! I guess we wont skip the 4rd game as they are all the same on pc and console. I think even the psp version is the same like pc. But keep it up! Enjoying these comparisons 🤙🏻

Brilliant, I only just watched the Chamber of Secrets video yesterday!

I was so happy to see a new video of this series! I am kinda intrigued about the game boy HP games now, and am surprised a dang HP game has better animations than Pokemon, which is the highest crossing franchise on the market. Anyway, theae videos are fun and interesting and me and my friends enjoy these a lot. Please keep making these!

U make these videos very enjoyable mate.no one is doing these types of videos,keep doing what u r doing 👍

Yes, please keep doing these! I never played these games when they were originally released, but it's still fascinating to see the differences between these games. I hope you do other franchises as well, I'd love to see a video on the Lord of the Rings games!

always nice watching this, good job!

These videos are great!, i have never played this one but it looks pretty fun as i was a big fan of the first 2 games on ps1 so i think ill give this a try, also please upload the Hagrid video

Please continue the series, I’m loving it so far!

great video. so many games that i want you to review like this omg always thought the best reviewer on yt would be a mix between Jirard Completionist and Nick Game apologist(he did that one big video on all spider-man 3 games). your stuff hits all those right beats

Prisoner of Azkaban was probably my _most played_ XBOX game lol, I loved it. I’d love to find a way to play it again! Another fantastic video 👏

You should definitely do more of these. They're quite entertaining, plus after your last video on The Chamber Of Secrets games, I went to dig out my old GBC version of the it and found out that I have Goblet of Fire on DS? I booted it up and despite having a save file at the very end of the game, I have absolutely zero recollection of the game or ever playing it. Guess now is as good of time as any, to give it a go while waiting for the next video.

Loving these videos! Keep it up!

Please keep making videos in this style!

I absolutely love this! Hopefully you continue the series, I want to see all the Harry Potter games because this is just amazing! Maybe you could even do The Lord of the rings comparison? That'd be awesome!

Love these videos! I sure hope you'll keep making them :D

These are so entertaining, keep it up.

The PS2 of Azkaban was my favorite growing up because it took aspects from Chamber of Secrets but with the unique abilities of Ron and Hermione required to complete. It is frustrating to some but I think it was excellent gameplay and I wish they continued this in future games. The competition between developers is why these games were the pinnacle of the HP franchise. Can't wait for Hogwarts Legacy.