While we all have grown up watching Harry Potter movies, the craze for same seems everlasting. Harry Potter is once again back in news but this time it has come in the form of a mobile game designed for Android and iOS. “Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery” is already in chartbusters and has crossed 1 million downloads at Google Play store in just 3 days of its release.
The game has been developed by Jam City, Inc for Warner Brothers’ new Portkey label and is free to download, however, comes in a freemium version with some in-app purchases priced between Rs65 and Rs6,500.
Set against a backdrop of Hogwarts before the time period mentioned in the first book, the game doesn’t let players step in shoes of their favorite characters Harry, Hermione or Ron, which is actually a let down for fans.
But it has a dose of other things to keep you glued especially with its outstanding graphics and stellar ambiance light. Characters like Snape, Professor Dumbledore seem very realistic and successfully match real movie scenes.
Furthermore, the game lets players set up their own custom student-choosing features such as skin color, facial characteristics, hairstyle as well attire. The game begins with a student is put into the Hogwarts School, where he/she has to learn the trade by attending classes and practicing new tricks, just like in the Harry Potter movies.
As the story proceeds, the student gets mysteriously disappeared and this is where the action begins.
Users have to look for pieces of evidence and solve puzzles in between classes and the usual chores to find the missing student. The game requires users to interact with other students and teachers by choosing one of the custom responses which show at the bottom of the screen.
The Game can be downloaded as 149 MB file from Google Play store which upon installation will take up about 900 MB of space. The internet connection must be stable too for it to work smoothly, however, the good part is that the game does not crash upon losing connectivity and resume from the point where users had left.