Squaresoft for the next Harry Potter games?

[ARAGORN78]

I sure as Hell do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jedi Potter]

They are great at computer, EA games is a good company, but mostly only their sport games turn out the best.

[Kingdom Ops]

Squaresoft is going downhill. Final Fantasy X was not their best. Now they have FF 11, which i'm not impressed with at all. They think they can just release a new FF and it'll be good, and they'll be rich. Yea they have enough fanboys to support that factor. I think EA is doing a fine job with HP, they just need to do some fine tuning.

[Picko]

Well Squaresoft are good developers but there would be better developers for the Harry Potter series.

Personally I'd like to see Sony (the makers of Everguest and the soon to be released Star Wars: Galaxies) make a huge multi-player world based on the books in which we can all play together as wizards and complete quests. That for me if far more exciting than any game based on Harry's years at Hogwarts.

[Kingdom Ops]

I still disagree with the squaresoft bit... but!

I could see a great variant of Everquest. I played Everquest since beta.. then when Shadows of Luclin came out, my computer couldn't take it, nor my wallet. But man I loved that game.

I could defenintly see an MMORPG for harry potter. Maybe it'd be a rip from Everquest, but It could be way cool. I could see a problem with variety. I mean you could choose a path of wizardry to follow. But you'd need a warrior and cleric equivelent. I could see many potter fans angry from in-acuracy.

[Qeomash]

I think Squaresoft would do great. I haven't seen many of their new games, but their SMRPG game (visit my site! :D) is one of my favorites.

I was just thinking today how great Harry Potter would be as an RPG.

[Picko]

But I think if Harry went RPG it would have to be MMORPG, I just think an RPG based on the books wouldn't be very interesting it's not like Harry and Co have many battles.

I'm sure in a MMORPG there would be enough professions for variety, and personally I think it would be awesome to have an entire wizarding world to explore with friends.

[Qeomash]

MMORPG?

I thought I was pretty saavy on Video Game terminology, but that one passes me by. :shrug:

[ARAGORN78]

FF 11 was put on the back burner since they were sidelined with
Kingdom Hearts , FF X-2 and the rumoured most likely going to be
made FF 7-2


Square is a good CO in the Fantasy Adventure Genre

[Picko]

MMORPG? Is Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game as I understand it.

[Qeomash]

Massively Multiplayer Online RPG, nah.

I understand how there really aren't all that many battles, but who said you can't add to the books? Put everything in from the books, and then perhaps add several new obstacles/enemies inside Hogwarts.

[Picko]

Nah, I think MMORPG would be good, it would be awesome teaming up with mates from COS Forums and go hunting dragons or fighting dark wizards or something.

[Jedi Potter]

Yeah that would be cool, it might happen too, especially if SW galaxies becomes a huge success I am sure their is somebody out there that sees money out of the Harry Potter world and LOTR world both could be done into the same thing.

[Chaser]

I wish Nintendo made a Harry Potter game. They nearly got the contract if I remember correctly, but EA beat them. Nintendo could have done an incredible job with the HP world.

I'd also LOVE to see a HP MMORPG, though maybe not the usual type... ie: Wander around a big land killing trolls to gain experience so you can kill more trolls for more experience so you can, wait for it... kill more trolls!

I personally would like a virtual hogwarts much much more... where players assume the role of a student, and go through the years... each year would have its own exclusive events (Quidditch eligibility, yule ball, Tri-wizard tournament)... basically like any other MMORPG, but with less emphasis on leveling up and experience points. Each player would basically be "in the books"... experiencing life in Hogwarts. Well, that's just my idea. Supposedly a HP MMORPG was in the works, or at least considered, I think. Hopefully it'll happen!

Sorry if this is OT.

[Master Dragonfly]

Harry Potter would be a great RPG, except for the fact that there aren't really enemies for you to fight. The Harry Potter games would be better if it was much more like you were a student at Hogwarts (i.e. actual time change so you can actually be late to class, staircases leading somewhere different on a Friday, better Quidditch). It would be pretty cool if there was a game where you were NOT Harry, just a normal student, and you could run around and wreak havoc and such. It would be pretty neat if you could become people's friends based on how much you hanged around with them. Then nearly everyone who played the game would have a different experience. It'd be cool if you could even start fights in corridors and get into duels with Harry and go wrestle trolls in the forbidden forest and sneak into Honeydukes and nick food for parties and throw dungbombs on teachers heads and get books from the library and sneak around at night and go swimming in the lake and visit Hagrid and skip classes and actually get GRADES and choose to either stay at Hogwarts over christmas or not and go look in the mirror of Erised (now what would you see?) and try to have a pee with Moaning Myrtle wailing at you and become a Prefect and become Head Boy and get detention and try to get a date for the Yule Ball and get on the Quidditch team and trade witches and wizards cards and go buy stuff at Hogsmeade and get a wand (different every time!) and get an account at Gringotts and go to Dumbledore's office and look in the Pensieve and ride Hippogriffs and take care of blast ended skrewts and enter in the Triwizard tournament and last but definitley not least become Peeves's apprentice and walk up behind people in your invisibility cloak, grab their noses and scream, "GOT YOU CONK!!!" They could actually make a cool minigame about that...Get more conks than Peeves in the time limit!

[Qeomash]

Actually, I think just about anything besides EA's current games would be great. The GCN game is good in its own right, but it's just not what I hoped from an HP game. Snape was in it three times, and Lockhart only twice (high point!).

Yes, I was hoping to see Peeves bounce around classrooms after dark, but you just get a half-gone psycho woman ghost that wails and then charges you.

[Master Dragonfly]

She IS very annoying when you're trying to get Alohomora. And it's real freaky when there are tons of them in the same room...

Is there a difference in the GC and PS2 games?

[Kingdom Ops]

yea the GC is the best of the three. The loads times are horribly longer on the PS2 then the cube. I hate the ps2 version, I wish it would burn in the firey pits of doom. I think the controls are better too, maybe graphics.

I'm still of the belief, Squaresoft lost their touch after FF8, and just because they make Final Fantasies, that they can't make any game they want. Look at the Bouncer! Jeez..

[Spitf1re]

I wouldn't want Squaresoft to make the Harry Potter games like Final Fantasy - too much fighting. It would be great if they made a MMORPG! In HOGWARTS!

[Qeomash]

Originally posted by Master Dragonfly (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=181416#post181416))
She IS very annoying when you're trying to get Alohomora. And it's real freaky when there are tons of them in the same room...

Is there a difference in the GC and PS2 games?


Possibly one: I thought that the female ghost was annoying when you where trying to get Aberfors (sp?). Alohomora came from Fred & George's (and danged pricy, too!)

No, the HP game I would like to see would be more like the Zelda games and be more on solving puzzles. And be closer to the book--and the movie, for that matter!

[Jedi Potter]

I think the computer version is better than the PS2 version at least the load time isn't so long.

[Master Dragonfly]

I mean you get Alohomora by buying it with beans. Those ghosts take you beans. It's very annoying to have 70 beans and then get down to 0 becuase you had a nighttime stroll and met that stupid woman...

And the Bouncer's cool! And so is FFs 9 and 10! But I would rather if HP wasn't an RPG. I'd like it to be more...I don't know. I wish you could jump.

And I don't get that! Why are the PS2's versions load times so darn long?!?! It's EXTREMELY frustrating to have to wait a minute between rooms!!! The PS2 one was okay (setting aside load times and control schemes) considering they were creative enough to let you fly on the Nimbus outside. Now that is fun!

[Picko]

I wouldn't want Squaresoft to make the Harry Potter games like Final Fantasy - too much fighting. It would be great if they made a MMORPG! In HOGWARTS!

Do you realise how boring that would be? It would be a complete waist of a game, there are so many other wonderful places that could be explored if you based a MMORPG in the entire wizarding world, you could visit Hogwars, Hogsmeade, Knockturn and Diagon Alley. Explore forests, mountatins and other areas. A game based in only Hogwarts would get boring really quick.

And the Bouncer's cool!

I guess we are all entitled to our own opinions but I think the majority view is the game sucked.

[Master Dragonfly]

Whatever. So the characters aren't great. It's a fun game, and that's what counts in the long run.

[Picko]

Whatever. So the characters aren't great. It's a fun game, and that's what counts in the long run.

I wasn't having a go at you so there was no need for the childish "Whatever". The problem with the game is simply that it takes no time at all to finish and most of the game is merely FMV, there is also no need or desire to play the game again and again. It's worth a rent at best.

[Master Dragonfly]

What? What do you mean you weren't having a go at me?

[Picko]

What? What do you mean you weren't having a go at me?


The way you said "whatever" implied that you didn't like or respected what I said so I was just clearing things up and making sure you didn't think I was having a dig at you because I wasn't.

[Kingdom Ops]

yes the Bouncer was horrible, as was FF9. FF10 could've been much much better.

A Harry Potter RPG(not neccesarly) MMORPG, could be cool... It would take you from book 1-5(or whatever depending on when it comes out) You start out as harry, and your party can grow. You can have Ron and Hermione, or prehaps the ghosts and others. Fred and Geroge, Wood, Fleur, Cho, lots of people. Yea it may not follow the story whole out with those characters in your party, but it would make an interesting game.

With the mmorpg thing, of course it wouldn't just be hogwarts. You could journy into the "real" world. You wouldn't be able to use magic and such, but if you did you'd have to fight cops and what not. There would obviously be many more areas then we know of.

To be sorted, if you're in hogwarts, you could go on some quest to determine it. How you do it, what you do it with etc. would determine.

You'd be able to pick what school you'd goto at the beggining too.. it could work.

[ARAGORN78]

Square could make another crossover game like Kingdom Hearts
HP characters meet FF characters from 7 , 8 , and 9 that would be great

[lanifiel]

Originally posted by ARAGORN78 (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=196295#post196295))
Square could make another crossover game like Kingdom Hearts
HP characters meet FF characters from 7 , 8 , and 9 that would be great


*Shudder* Please no cross-over games...

[Master Dragonfly]

That would be cool! At least it'd be okay...But I still like that other thing better...where YOU do stuff, you know, not HARRY does stuff.

[Qeomash]

Hey, what about a Wizard Dueling game? Kinda like street fighter, only with wands? I'd probably buy that...

[ARAGORN78]

Kingdom Hearts Battle system but which magic system

GF ,Magic Books, Materia so many choices

[Chaser]

Crap, my first post was ignored (Whine whine whine).

Qeomash, that sounds pretty cool! I'd pay to hear all the HP characters yelling spells out at each other, 7 spell combos, special attacks, all in Capcom style handdrawn graphics. :crush:

As far as the MMORPG, well I hope they make it hehe. You sign up, create your player, buy your supplies at Diagon Alley, then enter hogwarts as a newbie first year... work your way up, meet people, duel other students, see Harry and the other main characters occasionally, trade chocolate frog cards, play quidditch, take classes to learn new things, recieve side quests from professors, go to Hogsmeade, look for all the things you read in the book, send owl post to a friend, etc etc...

I'd love it.

[Picko]

...and then head into the real world, get a job, go on adventures, determine whether you become a good or bad wizard, and adventure around with other members of COS Forums :D I'd definately play that.

[Kingdom Ops]

no more cross-overs.... Kingdom Hearts was a good game(I'm at the very end, so I can say that ^_^). But it's not going to always work. KH2 will work yes, but not Final Fantasy and Harry Potter will never ever go together. What next Harry Potter and Disney meets Xenogears?
*dies*

[ARAGORN78]

Rumor and this is a Rumor I got from IGN

Yu Suzuki the man who created the Shenmue series is thinking about making a HP game I definately hope this rumor is true because Shenmue was the most Realistic game out there and it would definatley work if Yu Suzuki made a HP game after Shenmue is done

[Qeomash]

Originally posted by ARAGORN78 (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=204346#post204346))
Rumor and this is a Rumor I got from IGN

Yu Suzuki the man who created the Shenmue series is thinking about making a HP game I definately hope this rumor is true because Shenmue was the most Realistic game out there and it would definatley work if Yu Suzuki made a HP game after Shenmue is done


I couldn't spot that. Could you give us a link?

[ARAGORN78]

I got it from the message boards I don't know if it's still there also Shenmuedojo or any other Shenmue site might have this interesting news.

[Picko]

Well if Yu Suzuki makes a HP game I think I'll die a happy man and the Shenmue series is one of complete greatness. The only thing that makes this rumour seem unrealistic is that HP is a franchise that is bought by the highest bidder, I've got no idea why EA would allow HP to go to someone else. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

[Guy Fawkes]

If Harry was to become an Auror later down the road that could lead to a great foundation for a game of any kind, and a MMORPG would be simply amazing if it was done correctly.

[Master Dragonfly]

An Auror game would be so sweet! Run around and blast dark wizard's heads off...My face lights up just thinking about it! So would a dueling game, Marvel vs. Capcom style! Just not Marvel vs. Capcom...it'd be Harry Potter vs. Voldemort?

[bjackm]

Quite frankly, you're never going to see much in the way of a really good, innovative Harry Potter game. Video games and Harry Potter just have two very conflicting images.

For example, if you were to go to a video game forum (www.gamefaqs.com for example) and start a topic on Harry Potter, or even a Harry Potter video game, all I can say is that I hope you remembered your flame shield, cause you'll need it.

I would like to see a Harry Potter 3-D RPG a la Super Mario RPG (perhaps made by Camelot or Enix, cause Square sucks now-a-days (I mean give me a break, Final Fantasy X-2? :rolleyes: )).

[Kingdom Ops]

first of Gamefaqs forums is some of the worst forums ever. I have never heard or seen anything good out of them. It's a bunch of "l337" kids who think they know everything and think Final Fantasy 7 is the best ever, when thats what they started on and have never touched the ones before hand. Ohh how I hate those fan-boys... Second of.. HP VS. Vold? NO WAY
MvsC2 was an alright game, the only good VS series from Capcom is CvS2. Seriously a fighting game based off of HP? That'd be so lame. Shoot little fireballs from your wand, just press qdf+X and boom! The way the HP games are now are just fine, they do the books justice. Sure they could use some improvments and learn how to port to systems so the PS version isn't a 30sec-1min load time. Maybe some more and new puzzles. Oh and what game isn't good without mini games! Sure there was quiddich and flying through rings, but i'm talking so more exciting stuff, we could follow the trend of today and implent a card game! No not really, but something more then quddich and throwing skin'd textures they called gnomes.

oh and Square and Enix are the same now. Least i'm pretty sure Square bought enix, or Enix bought Square... I really think Square bought Enix though.

[Master Dragonfly]

A fighting game based off HP wouldn't be all that bad, considering that they fight that way in HP. Would you prefer a turn based Harry Potter fighting game? An HP fighting game would be fun, because you wouldn't be limited to Harry, and it's fast. Games are fun when they're fast. Let's face it, the current HP games suck. They don't do the books justice. They are WAY too short and aren't even true to the book. I want an HP game that is WORD FOR WORD exactly like the book. The only real cool thing about the CoS game was that you could ride your broom around the grounds and sneak by prefects at night. Come on! I want detention when I get caught! I want to go fight guys on the way to class! I want to explore the school and find tons of secret passages like Fred and George did! I want to make my own decisions in the game! I shouldn't HAVE to fight the Basilisk if I don't want to!

[Kingdom Ops]

a turn based....fighting...game?! You're joking. Man, they don't fight in a MvC2 style. Then you want a game word for word. Thats kinda stupid... I mean seriously you can't have a game word for word, it just doesn't work. Then you ask for a game where you can do what you want "I should have to fight the basilisk if I don't want to!" thats a contradiction to what you just said, word for word... I'm lost. Sorry bud, a "true" game is proabably never going to happen. Neither is this mysterious "turn-based" fighting game.. don't tell me you're talking Pokemon style...please don't...

[Daala]

" Electronic Arts has announced details on the next Harry Potter game it will publish, one that will feature the high-flying “sport” introduced in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone—Quidditch.
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup is in development by EA’s United Kingdom Studio and will be released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance and PC this fall."

[Jedi Potter]

Cool it seems like a perfect idea, I wonder how many Harry Potter characters will show up in the game.

[Kingdom Ops]

I haven't read into this, but what I imagine, is something similar to the blitzball engine in Final Fantasy 10. You have teams, you can recruit, trade, fire players. There'd be select special moves you could do, etc. Tournments would be availbe, seaons, etc, all ending in the World Cup.

This is like a pseudo bump post too mind you, I still stand by what I said earlier about the HP games.

[Master Dragonfly]

Yes, when I said turn based, I meant like Pokemon stadium. There's something that would REALLY suck.

And by saying word for word, I mean EXACTLY what happened in the book, or pretty darn close. Except I want a game that is the book, but it's YOUR adventure, not Harry's, meaning if you play the game out a certain way it's exactly like the book. If you play it a different way you get a different adventure. Not many games are like that, which is why I want one.

And why wouldn't a Marvel vs. Capcom style fighting game work? I just mean the same type of gameplay, not the same name or characters or anything. That would rock, mainly because wizard duels are very much like the fighting style of that game (and I'm sure the other games in the series have the same fighting style as well). For example, in HP it's two on two battle. Just like in Marvel vs. Capcom. In addition, in HP, if you die, someone comes to take over for you. Just like in Marvel vs. Capcom. The only thing that is different about the two is that HP is less physical and more like launching projectiles.

And by the way, is this Quidditch World Cup just a rumor, or is it real? Because it sounds too good to be true. OF course, with OotP's release, the HP hype will be refueled, thus making this the perfect time for a new HP game...

[VIETgrlTerifa]

There's a thread about it some where here. Also, EA is showing it off in the E3 Gaming expo in LA. Go to IGN.com and go to the Gamecube section, and you'll see an article about it, and a screen shot.

[Kingdom Ops]

Originally posted by Master Dragonfly (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=310465#post310465))
Yes, when I said turn based, I meant like Pokemon stadium. There's something that would REALLY suck.

And by saying word for word, I mean EXACTLY what happened in the book, or pretty darn close. Except I want a game that is the book, but it's YOUR adventure, not Harry's, meaning if you play the game out a certain way it's exactly like the book. If you play it a different way you get a different adventure. Not many games are like that, which is why I want one.



You're still asking for two different things though! You can't have a game that is so close to the book it's crazy, but then do whatever you want to. What I see you asking for is essentially a Harry Potter RPG. With mutilple endings depending on which way you take during the game. Once again won't follow the book, i'm so confused with what you're asking for it's not even funny.

And why wouldn't a Marvel vs. Capcom style fighting game work? I just mean the same type of gameplay, not the same name or characters or anything. That would rock, mainly because wizard duels are very much like the fighting style of that game (and I'm sure the other games in the series have the same fighting style as well). For example, in HP it's two on two battle. Just like in Marvel vs. Capcom. In addition, in HP, if you die, someone comes to take over for you. Just like in Marvel vs. Capcom. The only thing that is different about the two is that HP is less physical and more like launching projectiles.

First off, MVC and MVC2 are launching projectile games. Physical games are like Tekkan and Soul Caliber. For Sure not MVC. Second there would be such little variation between characters it'd be boring. Sure you could throw in wolves and other such creatures, but then it would be more Evil Monsters VS a few HP people. I just don't see this working.

[SiriusPig]

I can't wait till the next ea games Harry Potter games in the future especially POA I have the other two games and I have beaten the both plus QC. Plus squaresoft would have sucked at doing the HP games they only are good for the Final Fantasy games.

[Dragonfly the 2nd]

Okay, Kingdom Ops, you're confused, I'm confused. I'm saying that the game should be like the book, but then it should also be open-eneded. So when it follows the story of the book, then it doesn't leave anything out. Yeah, I know that's impossible, but a guy can dream can't he?

[ARAGORN78]

First off EAs other Movie based games ROTK , Two Towers, Chronicles of Riddick, Van Helsing etc were great titles. However I highly doubt JK rowling will condone EA creating a type side story type of game or a POA with extra side stories like ROTK and Two Towers and Enter The Matrix

[Polychrome]

If you were to choose a completely different team for the HP games, I'd personally go for Konami. Their work on the Silent Hill games shows they can obviously mesh action with a good storyline and even better music. (And personally, I'd love to hear Akira Yamaoka's musical approach to it. *GRIN*)

But really, Know Wonder at this point is kinda like Ron at Goalie. The talent is there, now they just gotta put some confidence behind it. My guess is that Goblet of Fire, which is mostly action, will be easier to adapt as a game, and probably provide the foundation for them to come up with a truely amazing game.

Squaresoft? They're....um.......okay. But as others have said, overrated.

[Danilo]

Well if you want an MMORPG that is already in existance, http://www.HogwartsLive.com has a really fun one!

[Aseldar]

Square would make an awesome HP RPG!

I want a real HP MMORPG. I'm sick of the php based ones.

[Gippal]

Nah. It just wouldn't look right. HP isn't really...Japanese orientated, y'know? So..HP should stick with EA.

[switch]

omg... i can't belive i have just read this thread with out ROCKSTAR GAMES being mentioned. grand theft auto has to be one of the most innovative games i have played in years. im am 100% sure if they had the harry potter game licence they would spend the time and money making sure that it would be an unbelievable game. i have to mention tough that i have never played any of the other potter games but after playin rockstars other games im pretty comfident that they will do tha best job!!!!!!!! :rotfl:

[Drop32]

The only way to do a great HP based RPG game on a console(which would likely work best on the PS3 or Xbox 2 coming out within the next 2 years) is do something where you start out as whatever you like really(wizard, goblin, half-giant, etc.) around the age of 18 and embark on adventures which are true to the HP world. Where you could become evil and fight off aurors or be a half giant and face prejudice(which could be a good way to start duals). In my opinion this would be an absolutely brilliant game. Other ideas for what could be incorporated.
-meeting strange folk in the pubs off in faraway places like Albania would be incredible.
-Running through countrysides wrestling trolls.
-Going into deep forests and meeting the evil creatures we've seen in the books.
-Werewolves, vampires, dark wizards... there really is an endless amount of possibilities.
-Portkeys and disapparating can make everything very exciting and add entirely different elements to the game.
-Interacting with all of the HP charecters(which JK would only allow after she writes the 7th because of future deaths).

Also, turn based combat would work soo much better than it does in other games because wizard dualling is basically turn based combat. However if it was possible to stay away from that and come up with a truly innovative way to fight off creatures and wizards(like half-giants could wrestle and whatnot) that would, IMO, be the way to go. To be honest one of the only things I liked in the HP games was the way they did the wizarding duals. However, in an MMORPG there'd need to be a much wider array of spells at our disposal.
Is there anything else anybody would like to add to this? A game like this needs to be made. EA has put HP games to absolute shame(no denying it). Their POA game was just as uninspiring with poor storyline and absolutely no replay value. Quidditch World Cup was an inspiring effort, but left a lot to be desired. And to be honest it's quite impossible to re-create a game so brilliant as that.

Any other ideas for an HP RPG????

[Dragonfly the 2nd]

Turn-based battle system would be the best way to go, I think. As for an MMORPG, I've thought long and hard about this, and I think it would be possible. There are several different classes, right? Transfiguration, Divination, Potions, DADA, whatever. Each class has its own little set of jobs you can become once you make it out of school. Some examples I guess would be Aurors and Seers and Animagi. All those jobs fit into specific classes, right? DADA goes with Aurors and Seers go with Divination, while Quidditch players go with flying. The jobs all have their own little niches to fill.

Now, as for playable races...I would think there should be more than one playable species. Humans, Half-giants, House-elves, etc. I think it would have to take place sometime after the books, so that all the different races could attend the same schools of magic. Durmstrang, Beuxbatons, and Hogwarts, of course. The way you would advance through the school years, I suppose, would be similar to the way you advance through the ranks of FFXI. You do a bunch of quests for the teachers till your "fame" is high enough, take an exam (in the form of a boss battle), and if you pass the exams in each class, you make it to the next year. After 7 years you become an adult, and you live in the "real" world. You do a quest to get your job (the Auror quest has three sections and is very difficult), and then you...you know...do whatever...I guess.