The Chamber of Secrets game follows Harry in his second year at Hogwarts as he attends classes, duels, and plays quidditch. Ron and Harry fly their car to wizard school and land in the Whomping Willow. Then, it's off to classes, just like in Game I. Harry learns three new spells and you can have him duel as much as you like. He also meets a lot of tiresome fire crabs and orange snails, which you not only knock out, you can push around. You'll find a lot of beans which you trade for potion ingredients. This is a must for the final scenes.

Some nice improvements over Game I are: The character's mouths move when they talk, Harry turns around when you back him up, and you're told if doors aren't going to open so that saves trying again and again. Best of all, you can press Enter to bypass the cutscenes! As Harry, you can wander over the Hogwarts grounds whenever you want to (although you can get lost!)

This game follows the plot of the book and film closely and is easier to play than Game 1. It's definitely addicting and lots of fun for all Harry Potter fans. Have fun. (P.S. I hope you're not afraid of spiders!!)

The PC game of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is radically different from, and vastly more enjoyable than, the game console versions of the game. Whilst the game isn't as big as the PS2 version, its gameplay is superior.

The emphasis is on exploration and problem solving, rather than the tedious prefect-avoiding, spell-confusing nonsense of the console game.

The controls and general set up are similar to the Philosopher's Stone game but generally better (although I'm one of the few who preferred the "learn the spell" version in Philosopher's Stone). Quidditch is better - it's actually fun! Wizard duelling is also a nice addition although too easy (the console version is equally too easy to become Number 1)

There's a stronger narrative from the film version than the last game, so those who've seen the film (or read the book) will recognise what's coming.

All in all a very highly recommended PC game. well done EA!

It was no surprise that the first Harry Potter games were a huge success, but what was unusual was that they were actually pretty good. Millions of fans will be pleased to hear that the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets game is even better.

Taking its visual and audio cues from the movies but sticking closer to the book than a two-hour film ever could, the PS2 game begins as Harry starts his second year at Hogwarts despite an ominous warning from Dobby the House Elf. At its heart Chamber of Secrets is a 3-D platform game, similar to Super Mario or Jak & Daxter, with the same basic controls being used for the majority of the game. However, the nature of the story means the game is peppered with various mini-games and side quests, including Quidditch and Wizard duels.

In between the major quests you get a chance to explore Hogwarts, which is impressively massive and filled with hidden secrets--the collecting of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans being of particular importance since they can then be traded with Ron's brother for everything from Famous Witches and Wizards Cards to upgrades for your Quidditch kit.

If the game has only one fault it's the extremely long and unusually frequent loading screens that keep popping up, and which you soon get very tired of seeing. It's not nearly enough to ruin the game though, which must go down as one of the best book/movie conversions of all time. --David Jenkins of Amazon.co.uk