I have been a fan of the TT Games LEGO game franchise since the first LEGO Star Wars dropped. Ever since then, I have been rabid about the games, ready to play the next one as soon as I hear about it. The same is true about LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7.

TT Games has their formula down and since their first LEGO games back on the PS2, not much has changed. So why, after all these years, do I sit down to play every LEGO release to this day?

Playing with blocks has never felt so good.

As Harry Potter closes in on adulthood, his struggle to outwit evil Lord Voldemort grows ever more taxing. But who says fulfilling your destiny means you have to abandon your favorite childhood toys?

+ New spells and abilities; fun boss battles; familiar kid-friendly charm, + Long campaign saves the best for last; lots of characters and collectibles

- Greatly diminished thrill of discovery; few puzzles require any thought, ?

It's all in the wand. This tool of mystical power may be threaded with a phoenix feather in J. K. Rowling's ubiquitous mythology, but here, in the latest of Traveller's Tales' similarly successful mash-ups, its core is pure brick. Create and destroy.

If you have played any of the other LEGO games you already know what to expect with LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7. Set in the LEGOfied w...

Using magic in the LEGO universe; Collecting additional characters; The LEGO version of the story

Theres nothing new; Targeting can be temperamental; Resisting the urge to collect every single stud

A series, and a game, that seems to have lost a remarkable amount of lustre and just doesn't feel as interesting to play through as some of it's peers. The story is drab and drawn out, plus the tasks that litter the game are overly simplistic even for a kids title.

the lego games have allways been fun to play especialy the harrypotter ones the first one was amazing except i could never get this dorr open even though i had bet the game and alll of that i recently played the new one i loved it i didnt have any issues with it.

Harry Potter's innocent days are over. The boarding school antics have trickled to a halt, classrooms have gone silent, and even Quidditch matches--once the mark of happier times--have fallen by the wayside.

Diverse; entertaining gameplay with lots of replay value; Effortlessly charming; Great reinterpretation of the original text and films

A couple of disjointed moments between story and gameplay

Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 picks up where the last game ended with the start of Order Of The Phoenix and plays through to the final conclusion of the Harry Potter books. Once again the gameplay is a mirror of all the other Lego titles that are available, and while there are a few new spells to...