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===PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox=== ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' received mixed reviews. The game was compared to the ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' video game with ''[[IGN]]'' saying the game was "[...] like the digital equivalent of a [[Ron Weasley]] hand-me-down[...]"<ref name="ignxbox" /> and ''[[GameSpot]]'' saying the graphics "[...]doesn't look as sharp as Chamber [of Secrets][...]".<ref name="gamespyps2" /> ''Worthplaying.com'' praised the games voice acting saying "Voice acting is probably the game's best aural aspect as the voice talent[...] deliver[s] their lines in a believable and fitting style."<ref>{{Cite web|title=PS2 Review - 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'|url=http://worthplaying.com/article/2004/3/2/reviews/15562/|publisher=Worthplaying|date=March 2, 2004|last=The Cookie Snatcher|first=|accessdate=June 7, 2010}}</ref> ''IGN'' found the voice dialogue to be "[...] well acted and very crisp."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone|url=http://au.cube.ign.com/articles/445/445527p3.html|publisher=[[IGN]]|date=December 9, 2003|last=Casamassina|first=Matt|accessdate=June 7, 2010}}</ref> ''[[GamePro]]'' said the game was "[...] more interactive and enjoyable[...]" than the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] version.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone|url=http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/31993/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/|publisher=[[GamePro]]|date=December 9, 2003|last=Elektro|first=Dan|accessdate=June 7, 2010}}</ref> ''ComputerAndVideoGames.com'' commented on [[Hogwarts]] saying it is a "[...]curiously flat experience, and not helped by the chronically jerky frame rate."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Review|url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=99968|publisher=[[ComputerAndVideoGames.com]]|date=January 6, 2004|last=|first=|accessdate=June 7, 2010}}</ref> ''[[G4tv.com]]'' said the games camera angles were [...] the worst offender[...] It's a maddening and uncooperative a system."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Review|url=http://g4tv.com/games/gc/20956/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/review/|publisher=[[G4tv.com]]|date=January 19, 2004|last=Schkloven|first=Emmett|accessdate=June 7, 2010}}</ref> ''Soundtrack Geek's'' Jon Blough identified [[Jeremy Soule]]'s music for the [[soundtrack]] as too short. He also added that "[...] the menacing and relaxing cues [in the music] fail[ed] to provide anything definitive."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Soundtrack Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Video Game (2001)|url=http://soundtrackgeek.com/2009/07/20/soundtrack-review-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone-video-game-2001/ |publisher=''SoundtrackGeek.com''|date=July 20, 2009|last=Blough|first=John|accessdate=June 7, 2010}}</ref> ''[[GameZone]]'' observed the tasks and quests and stated they [...] aren't as compelling [Chamber of Secrets], and the puzzles seem a little lacking."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Harry Potter Sorcerer’s Stone - GC - Review|url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/item/harry_potter_sorcerer_s_stone_gc_review/ |publisher=[[GameZone]]|date=January 2, 2004|last=jkdmedia|first=|accessdate=June 7, 2010}}</ref>
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