Farlands Design Den's video: Game Designer Critiques HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER S STONE GBA

Lead Ubisoft Game Designer Stanislav Costiuc keeps dissecting the Harry Potter games, this time going through the GBA version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (known as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US). It is a game that looks very nice on screenshots, but didn't gain much of a following. What could be the reason? Let's find out! If you enjoy this video and want to check out critiques of other games, from Harry Potter franchise including, please subscribe! Check out other Farlands videos - https://www.youtube.com/c/Farlands?sub_confirmation=1 Support Farlands on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/farlands Follow Stanislav on Twitter - https://twitter.com/farlander1991 00:00 - Introduction 00:26 - Design - Exploration 01:38 - Design - Levels 02:56 - Design - Mechanics 07:20 - Context 10:51 - Aesthetics 13:17 - Cohesion 14:29 - Emotions 15:05 - Stasocritic Score Video Game Footage Used: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (GBA)