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.

But for good or ill, that's not to say the game isn't any fun for the rest of us. By the simple virtue of being a more cleverly designed game than those from recent history combined with the clear love and appreciation for the source material, Lego Harry Potter firmly stands out as the most...

Very rarely, if ever, do you hear reviewers praising a video game or a movie as "predictably excellent." Usually words like "groundbreaking" and "innovative" are used to shower praise on a piece of brilliant entertainment.

You get a rough time of it as a Harry Potter fan, not least if you're a Harry Potter fan over the age of 12. For most people this invol...

Finally captures the proper Potter in a videogame; Magic is great to play with; Nearly perfects the LEGO game template

Broom control is a bit crappy; Inconsistent spell-targeting system; Fixed camera annoys in platforming sections

The best LEGO game in quite some time, and one of the best family titles this year. The obvious sequel will hopefully build on the successful foundations here, although the major issues of similarity and simplicity that make it into all of the games is hardly likely to go away – which is probably...

Like most of the LEGO games, there are some negative aspects. LEGO Harry Potter is best played as a co-op experience with someone else helping you out to solve the puzzles and collect the insane amount of studs on screen.

I'm not gonna lie. I love the Lego games. They manage to tie in with most of the properties that appeal to my inner kid: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Batman…. So, now that Harry Potter has been licensed by Lego, we get the much anticipated (by me, anyway) video game.

Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 was a big risk for Warner Bros, especially considering the past Harry Potter games have been mediocre to say the least. Instead this is the best game for both the Harry Potter and Lego franchises…despite a few niggles playing solo, you wont find a better kids game this...

LEGO Harry Potter is enormous, which is no mean feat given that the title character is two centimetres tall. And plastic.

Revisit Harry Potters earlier years as you play with LEGO! See how well built this game is in our review.