Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 is easily the best Harry Potter game to date, though if that sounds like a backhanded compliment, consider this: It's one of the finest Lego adventures to date as well, which is no faint praise.

Funny and charming; Tons of variety and replay value; Downplays combat in favor of coin collecting; Lots of hidden nooks and crannies

Inconsistent targeting; Random bugs

I often wonder what my generation will leave behind for the next. What our legacy will be. Oh, I'm not waxing philosophical on world leaders or global issues, I'm thinking about pop culture.

The best part of this game is going around the castle looking for figures,gold bricks and extras.

Very amusing game to spend some time with, but there are too many bugs in it. One in particular is the Dark Tower level in year 3 as you hit two statues that have to melt an ice wall, the game just stops and you have to shut it down and start over again and again.

Easy to learn; Entertaining; Fun To Play

Bugs

I'm having the same problem I read about in other reviews.The game keeps freezing.I contacted their tech dept. who e-mailed me a file that was supposed to fix the problem but it didn't.They say that a patch will be out soon to fix it.Wait till then.Otherwise you will be as disappointed as my...

It's (almost) Perfect! The problem is the absent of a detailed guide thru the rooms and levels. Sometimes its hard to find a solution...

Like all the other Lego games great great fun. Not a HP fan but this game convinced me to buy all the films and have HP session so I understood what was going on. Needless to say now a Harry Potter fan. (The books are on order). A message to Steviekid I think your computer has a problem.

Really fun to play and can eat away hours of your time collecting everything.

Easy To Learn; Gameplay

Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 is a witty, endearing, wholesome and irreverent adaption of the films, but you don't have to be an avid fan of the series to enjoy Traveller's Tales romp through Hogwarts. Great family entertainment.

A very smooth difficulty curve; The interaction between characters and the variety of spells adds great depth to the puzzle-solving; Hogwarts is a joy to explore.

Some frustrations with targeting; The audio can get repetitive.

Lego Harry Poter follows the great formula of the previous games though the numerous glitches ruin it (with a good system you can manage to avoid all the glitches but the most common).