Still Playing...Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Alright - so I'm about four hours into 'the chamber', and I'm a little less optimistic about my enjoyment of the overall experience.

The voice acting quickly became grating, the aforementioned load times have become a relentless nuisance, and the gameplay is often clunky and obtuse.

I'll give you a prime example of how annoying the load screens can be. There are two main types of missions in the game - day missions and night missions. Day missions include going to your classes, playing Quiddich, trading wizard cards and the like. At night, a lot of other things open up, but the hallways are also patrolled by prefects, or "hall monitors" for you muggles.

So because you lose house points if you're caught out at night, you need to put on your metal gear hat and sneak around the guards. And like metal gear, if you're seen you can quickly leave the room and come back in before they catch you. BUT. Everytime you open a door, there is a 15-20 load time. So I often find myself being like "Yes! I got away...awwwwwWWWWWW!" as the stupid load screen pops up.

The game even has to load after you assign a spell to a button. Imagine playing Zelda and every time you equipped your bombs, a 5 second loading screen popped up.

ANNOYING!