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The gameplay of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone on PC is far better than you would think. Granted the games that would follow this look way better, but there is a certain almost “old school” charm to the game that I do like. These are very well done and I do like how they capture the imagination of JK Rowling very well. The environments are the best part of the game.

The characters may have a bit of a blocky look to them, but you can easily tell who everyone is. However, there is also a PlayStation version of this game and the PC one absolutely destroys it in terms of visuals. If you take a look at the graphics of the game now, they are very early 3D graphics, this game was released in 2001 after all. Even if you have just seen the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone movie, you will find the story very familiar. If you liked the book then you will not have any complaints about the story here. The game does a great job of including all the big set pieces from the book and has all the characters represented pretty well here too. You are Harry who has discovered he is a Wizard and off to Hogwarts, he goes to learn how to use his powers. The story follows the events of the first book very closely. There are many different versions of this game released, including a remake of this title a few years later. Also, this is the PC version I am talking about today that was released in 2001. As a result of this though, this first game was more based on the books than it was the movie. EA really did strike gold when they snapped up the rights to this franchise before the movies come out.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was released just before the first movie hit the big screen.

Download the new Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone