For the first true sequel to the third game in feel, this game flat out sucks.
The gameplay (what little of actual true gameplay there is, is very entertaining. However, all the magic is done in duels, and there are only two or three thirty second duels throughout the game, with everything in between being pure garbage. While the minigames are distracting, they are the main focus of the game, which ruined it.
Every person has some sort of task, whether it is fixing some glass cases, cleaning floors, lighting lamps, it all feels the same. Spell casting is mapped to the right analog stick, which utterly cuts the camera control. It wouldn't be so bad if the camera didn't get stuck behind walls every other room. The graphics in this game are simply stunning for a movie based tie-in, but graphics don't make a game. IWhile this game is pretty, I am still playing a smelly brick of poo.
The music in this game is directly taken from the movies, which is good. However, the music barely plays. Maybe every other hours you'll hear some acutaly music, and then there is a cutscene, and the track starts itself over, even if it was in the middle.
Overall, I expected this game to be a hell of a lot better than it was.