This is the best in the series by far. Any fan of the first two games should give this one a try.

User Rating: 9.9 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban PS2
I love the Harry Potter series. I started with the first one on the PC, and the second one on the PS2. I finally got The Prisoner of Azkaban when the movie hit theaters. This game does a good job of following both the movie and the book. While it doesn't have the best graphics in the world, it is still an amazing movie game. It starts off in a realtively good place, The Hogwarts Express, and gives you the tutorials and sticks you right in the action. The game is paced very well and has the charm people have come to expect from Harry Potter. The game starts decently easy, and then gets difficult without being hard.

Ont top of all that, this game leaves the stealth aspect from the first two behind, shooting it dead. It's all about the action, the puzzles, and the boss fights. Most of these are really good. There are some truly challenging puzzles, but nothing that'll make you suck your thumb and crouch into the fetal postion. Most of the bosses are cunning and require specific attacks at specific times, making it just not your average button masher. While all of those are great, the only thing that mars this awesome game is you can't fly on a broomstick at all. Instead you fly on a Hippogriff. While you still get to fly, this replaces both of the Quiditch matches with lengthy scenes. The main reason the first two games were enjoyable was for the Quiditch.

The sound complements this game perfectly and pulls you in. The tracks are really excellent and were composed really good. Overall, I love this game to death, and would love to buy it again. If you like platformers AND excellant action/adventures, you'll more than likely love this game.