Unfortunately, it's just simply not fun to do any of these things. Individual bricks can also be rotated and colored for maximum customization. You can create your own LEGO figures, build constructs out of a large selection of individual pieces, and arrange preexisting objects in Harry Potter-themed environments.
To its credit, LEGO Creator: Harry Potter does offer a number of different activities and options. And this isn't just a matter of aesthetics - the visuals are slow enough that they further interfere with the gameplay. To make matters worse, the visuals are choppy and slow, even on a system that has no problem achieving high frame rates with more graphically intensive games like Return to Castle Wolfenstein. The controls and interface are so sluggish that it's not uncommon to have to click and double-click an item several times to achieve the desired result. It's not that the underlying concepts of the game are complicated it just takes such an effort to achieve even the simplest of tasks that it's not worth the trouble. Parents would definitely need to help their children come to grips with the game, if they can figure it out themselves, that is. For a game aimed at a younger audience, the menus and screen layout are presented in a surprisingly non-intuitive manner, a fact reinforced by the necessity for a manual that's nearly 50 pages long.
Unfortunately, the flawed interface puts a wall between the user and their creativity. The concept behind LEGO Creator is solid: Take the piece-by-piece building of the physical toys and transfer it to the digital world, where the user is not limited by space or the number of LEGO bricks in their collection. As you might imagine, the result is unfocused, offering little of the enjoyment that could be found by playing with real LEGOs, reading the Harry Potter books, or watching the movie.
One of the more convoluted examples of media convergence, LEGO Creator: Harry Potter is a computer game based on a toy that's based on a movie that's based on a novel.
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