Harry awoke from a dreadful nightmare one that felt like it lasted at least twenty-six years. He was drenched in a cold sweat. “Harry, what's wrong?!” exclaimed Hermione.

“I had the most awful dream that I had a bratty son in the future that time travelled and almost allowed Voldemort to be victorious with the help of... and I can't quite believe it myself, but help from Voldemort's daughter!”

Ron and Hermione exchanged a glance, before laughing. “Oh Harry, that sounds as ridiculous as the two of us getting married and living happily ever after! Now come on, let's get to potions class.”



We're back!

Yes, after many months the best Harry Potter games Let's Play series on the Eyes on Final Fantasy forum is back! And what better way to start us off than getting incredibly lost.


Oh lord, I don't remember where the castle is.

But fortunately for me today, the exploration leads me to some neato prizes.



I think this is the first time a Harry Potter game has not kicked me in the head for daring to explore.

I will spare you the endless hunt for Hogwarts, and take you straight to where the action is. That's right: the Dungeons and Potions Class!


No, the chest did not provide such excellent gifts this time

Harry, Ron and Hermione get all cosy around their cauldron, ready for whatever terrible minigame potion-making was going to be. Oh god, please don't let it be too terrible. I don't think I can handle it. Please Professor Snape, say it ain't so!?


ermagerd it's preffesar snop

Ahahahahahaha, brilliant. No matter what this class throws at me, my glee will not be dampened.

Frickin' derp Snape


I WONDER WHO THE VOLUNTEER IS GOING TO BE HMMMMM

Yet, to my surprise...



I have an important choice here...

Why the heck would you not choose Harry? I mean, he is the main character. He will be fighting the final battle in this dumb game. Why would you not want him to get as much experience as possible? Unless you have some great desire to get Ron and Hermione alone together...

Anyway, we get our task.


What an interesting recipe...

Anyway, it shouldn't be that hard getting this stuff from the store room. In we go!


Oh.

I know I made a joke earlier about this. But I was kind of hoping that it wouldn't come to this. Why would the potions class have a maze? Why? There is no need for any of this!

But it is the same old, same old. Use the right spells to get past the right obstacles.


Uh maybe Ron would have been a good idea here, what with his famous Alohomora spell usage

We also get some new and not a recolour enemies here! Salamanders!



Li'l cuties

So cute in fact, that they drop super cute equippable items too!


Sadly Harry cannot be adorned with such cuteness

You may think I would be mildly pleased with this turn of events, but it just led to another nitpick. Because these games can never let me be happy for any length of time.



Sure thing Hermione, just put that bow on your wrist, why not, go for it

What do you MEAN the bow isn't a hat? How can you even wear a bow and a hat at the same time? Why would you even want to? I can barely understand the logic.

With a change of topic almost as quick as the leaps this game pulls off, we press on into the maze. It's really not very maze like at all. Straight lines.

I find my first item!


uh no comment moving swiftly on

More palette swap enemies!



Mortis bats these are. That's all I got for you

Honestly, this game is so incredibly samey. There's nothing new I can say since it keeps throwing the same things at me over and over again. Same enemies. Same dungeons. Same tasks. It doesn't help that none of the places really look very different. I apologise for the boring commentary.

Anyway, the less I chat about how boring this is, the faster I will get through this section. HERE ARE THE THINGS I FOUND.



At least neither of these look... questionable

Only a few more bits to gather and then I can get the hell out of here! But first...


Why the god damn hell is there a troll in here

Why has Professor Snape sent students into this maze when he knows full god damn well there is a troll just hanging around? It's a river troll too. Why is there a river troll in a castle?!



He certainly ain't impressed with me

The river troll is also level 20 compared to my... not level 20. Things ain't great.


ow

Luckily I find out that he appears to be weak to incendio! So I of course spend the rest of the battle trying out all my other spells to see if they have as much of an effect as incendio.
The results were as follows:




To say I had some regrets would be a mild understatement

Honestly, this game punishes you for trying things out, to see if other spells do as much damage. Harry has around 30MP? And one incendio does 6MP. Diffindo does 10MP. Vermillious does 3MP. Try out them all and you're already down to less than half your MP. And if it turns out Diffindo is great, well, you're boned. Yes you can use Pepper-Up, but you're usually trapped in a healing cycle because all the enemies hit hard. Unforgiving.

Luckily it still doesn't reset back to an earlier save, and just to the start of the dungeon. With all your progress saved! This time you're going DOWN troll!


Aw yeah, powered up Incendio gonna take you DOWN


That's more like it

The troll also has some useful drops


Snape sent students down with the knowledge that a troll held some of the required items for the potion sure why not

And just behind our troll friend, we have our last ingredient!


Delicious

Now that we have all the ingredients, time to get back to-


yes thank you Hermione

A short backtrack through the maze, and we return to the potions class, met with celebrations over our defeat of the river troll in the dungeons.


You sent us into a maze how can we draw attention to ourselves

They are trying really hard with Snape here. REALLY hard. Too hard, some may say.

Ushered back to our cauldrons, it is time for Ron's stupid question hour


I don't know maybe follow your recipe

Or...


Just let Hermione do it. Of course!

We follow her indepth instructions. Herbs in. Ingredients in.

…

Are herbs not included as ingredients?

Cool I'll roll with it.


Somehow this worked

Our potion is a success. What do you think, Professor Snerpe?


LEVIOSAAAAAAAAAAHHHH

Sheesh, calm the heck down Snape. We just did what you told us to do. In your class. Which was make a potion. Nobody's expecting anything.

Anyway, we get sent away because it's time for...


Hooray!

DADA! Everyone's favourite class!


Uh oh

I have no idea where this is. God help me. I'll be another few months.