Now, does that sound like the basis for an interesting yarn? Secret meetings and lurking doom? It should, but it's unfortunate that the developed wholly diffuses any potential drama by loading the game with an unbearable series of fetch quests.

Naturally, not every teacher in the school thinks of Harry in the same way as Dumbledore and Hagrid, so he must also contend with just the general difficulties of unwanted celebrity. Potter thinks the student body is woefully unprepared to defend against what he expects is an imminent attack, so he forms the secret 'Dumbledore's Army' to disseminate knowledge that will help guard against Voldemort's return. Lord Voldemort still haunts the boy, but too many ranking members of the magic community have put their heads in the sand about him. The Order of the Phoenix joins Potter for his fifth year at the school of wizardry. But once the initial dazzle of the open world Hogwarts starts to fail - and it does because of a handful of very disappointing design decisions - the urge to request a full refund on tuition kicks in. You get to explore the entire facility with Harry and his friends, Ron and Hermione, retracing the steps of the boyish hero in one of his darker adventures. The first impression of the game is easily the best, as you see a full and faithful rendering of the Hogwarts campus unfurl across the PSP screen.

In fact, fans are far better served investing in the DVD releases or even the previously released console editions of Order of the Phoenix - the entertainment value of Electronic Arts' PSP Phoenix simply doesn't match up.

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