So Lego Harry Potter covers the first few escapades that Harry has at school, including the events from The Philosopher’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban and the Goblet of Fire. The main events and ‘boss fights’ are all in there and you’ll encounter all the familiar faces that you’d expect to, except they’ll be made of Lego.

Although Lego Harry Potter is based around the story elements of the books/films, the game is centered on exploration elements and collecting items, and there is a lot to collect. While traversing throughout Hogwarts, players can smash and interact with objects using wands or spells in order to complete objectives, unlock areas and grab collectibles.

Another big part of the game is learning, using and gathering spells as they become the main components to solve puzzles, help with objectives and every now and then blast enemies. Players can also create potions to achieve certain objectives. The correct ingredients need to be found and the outcomes (whether good or bad) are often really funny.

Although single Lego pieces appear simplistic and dull, everyone knows that magic can be made when tons are put together, and Lego Harry Potter really is a testament to this. The game looks awesome with great visuals and a whole bunch of creative re-imagining using the Lego universe. A concurrent element of the Lego video game series is the omission of speech, and this is a good thing as it makes the humour and funny gestures really shine throughout the game.

Lego Harry Potter has made the series fun again with an enjoyable story mode and a wealth of side-missions, but the majority of the fun comes in platforming, smashing and collecting stuff, and that fact that there’s  co-op makes it all the more appealing.  So even though Harry Potter would probably be about 24 years old now, hitting on some young Hogwarts girls in a Wizardry nightclub, the legend still lives on through the world’s favourite plastic blocks.