| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 |
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| Developer(s) | EA Bright Light |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Designer(s) | Darren Potter (producer) Kelvin Tuite (art director) Matt Birch (creative director) |
| Composer(s) | James Hannigan |
| Series | Harry Potter |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii |
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| Genre(s) | Third-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Media/distribution | DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Wii Optical Disc, Nintendo DS Game Card |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 is the second part of a two-part third-person shooter video game developed by EA Bright Light and published by Electronic Arts. It was released on 12 July 2011 in North America and 15 July in Europe to coincide with the film's release date.[1]
The game continues to follow Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger on their quest to defeat Lord Voldemort by destroying his remaining Horcruxes, items which contain part of his soul.
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Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their epic quest to destroy the remaining Horcruxes. Harry must face Lord Voldemort for the last time and defeat him.
As Harry, the player (with the help of Ron and Hermione) breaks into The Lestrange vault at Gringotts. Then the player goes to Hogsmeade and battles Death Eaters as the trio try to get to Honeydukes. When this fails, Aberforth (the owner of the Hogs Head) helps the trio get into Hogwarts. In the Great Hall, Harry confronts Snape and defeats his bodyguards, The Carrows. McGonagall then fights and defeats Snape who flees.
As the Battle of Hogwarts begins, control switches to Hermione and the player must reach the Chamber of Secrets with Ron and destroy the cup Horcrux. Seamus then plants charges on the wooden bridge which Neville detonates. Neville manages to hold Scabior off whilst running from the crumbling bridge. McGonagall then defends the Viaduct from two of Voldemort's giants.
After talking to the ghost of Helena Ravenclaw, Harry goes to the Room of Requirement and battles Draco Malfoy, Gregory Goyle and Blaise Zabini with the help of Ron and Hermione. Harry finds the Diadem Horcrux but the trio are forced to escape the Fiendfyre before destroying the diadme. The trio then fought their way to the Boathouse where Voldemort is hiding. In the Entrance Courtyard, Hermione defeats Fenir Greyback. At the boathouse Voldemort kills Snape so he can control the Elder Wand. Snape gives Harry his memories and Harry learns that Snape loved Harry's mother, Lily, that Dumbledore's death was planned between Snape and Dumbledore and that Harry himself is a Horcrux.
Harry made his way to the Forbidden Forest and surrenders to Voldemort who kills him. In limbo, Dumbledore tells Harry that the part of Voldemort's soul in him is dead and that Harry can return to the land of the living. Voldemort orders Hogwarts to surrender but the defenders refuse and Neville pulls the Sword of Gryffindor from the Sorting Hat. Harry reveals that he is alive and he and Voldemort duel, with Harry leading Voldemort away from courtyard into the castle. Ron tracks down Nagini, Voldemort's snake and the last Horcrux. Ginny defends the school from attackers and Molly Weasley kills Bellatrix Lestrange. Harry and Voldemort continue to duel until the two duel their way to the Entrance Courtyard. Neville kills Nagini leaving Voldemort vulnerable. Harry and Voldemort's spells lock and Voldemort's curse rebounds, killing him. Harry reveals to Ron and Hermione that the Elder Wand answers to Harry as Malfoy disarmed Dumbledore, the wand's previous owner, first before Snape killed him and Harry disarmed Malfoy. Harry destroys the Elder Wand and ends its cycle of destruction.
Nineteen years later, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny see their children off on the Hogwarts express hoping that their time at Hogwarts will be less eventful than their own.
The following actors have contributed their voices to the game for their characters:
The gameplay of Deathly Hallows – Part 2 differs from Part 1, in order to address complaints made with the previous game.[2][3][4] The game progresses linearly, through cutscenes but does not include side missions like the previous game.[2] Combat in Deathly Hallows – Part 2 involves button presses which initiates spell-casting as an attack. Three face buttons, usually with a symbol or a letter, on the controller have two spells each, and by pressing a button twice the player can access the buttons second spell.[2] A new feature is the ability to "Apparate", which allows the player to teleport in and out of battles, as a form of defence.[2] The player is able to control several characters from a third person over-the-shoulder camera including Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Minerva McGonagall, Seamus Finnigan, Ginny Weasley and Molly Weasley.[5][6][7]
Part 2 of the video game was released to coincide with the release of the second part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. EA released a teaser in their Facebook page on April 21 and released the Part 2 video game site on the same day.
On the 8 May 2011, EA revealed the game covers for all the major platforms. The cover depicts the trio, surrounded by fellow Hogwarts students, and Death Eaters, and a destroyed Hogwarts in flames in the background.[8]
Part 2 is also the first and only Harry Potter video game to feature PlayStation Move functionality. On 26 May 2011, 6 new images from the game surfaced online along with a new interview with IGN.[9] The images included, duels between the core characters, and the Hogwarts castle itself, under severe stress. On 21 April 2011, Emma Watson released the first trailer.[10] On 1 June 2011, Rupert Grint released a new trailer, showing all the playable characters. Later, A two new trailer was presented showing the tagline "War is Coming" and "The Battle for Hogwarts". On July, before the movie release, the official launch trailer was released.[11]
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (NDS) 67.00%[12] (X360) 44.68%[13] (Wii) 42.67%[14] (PS3) 46.44%[15] (PC) 43.00%[16] |
| Metacritic | (NDS) 55/100 [17] (X360) 44/100 [18] (Wii) 47/100 [19] (PS3) 43/100 [20] (PC) 42/100[21] |
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| Publication | Score |
| GameSpot | 4.0 / 10 |
| IGN | 5.5 / 10 |
Reviews and overall score to the game has been mixed to negative. GameSpot gave the game a 4.0 out of 10.[22] IGN gave it a 5.5 out of 10.[23] Game Rankings gave the video-game itself mixed reviews. The highest rated platform was the Nintendo DS. It was given 67/100 on its website. However, with 42.67%, the Nintendo Wii version was the lowest rated.
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