Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Hints and Tips (PS3)
Beat the chess champions and find the important items
By Alexandru Stanescu, Editor, Gaming Reviews (Consoles)
28th of June 2007, 12:11 GMT
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a computer and video game that is based on the fifth installment of the popular Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling and the film adaptation. The game has been released for Windows and will be released for the Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance and Mac OS X. The object of the game is to explore Hogwarts and follow the story from the book and movie. However, unlike prior games like the action-oriented Goblet of Fire, this time the adventure will be a sandbox style game, similar to GTA and Bull.
Furthermore, there will be battles between groups of students, as shown in the game trailer. Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger return to Hogwarts and discover that much of the wizard community is in denial about Harry's encounter with Lord Voldemort. This time you will not be able to play as Hermione or Ron, you will however be able to play as Fred and George Weasley, Dumbledore
and Sirius at certain points in the game.
Item locations First item - Is in the Entrance Courtyard under a pile of leaves, on the right hand side, 2nd pillar, look to your left to use WL spell on the broom. Then take it to the Right side and sweep away. There you find a Shoe/Blue looking object.
Second item - Walk inside the Great hall, look on the second table to the left and the robe/coat is right there.
Third item - Is in the library when you walk in look at the table where the students are playing chess, walk a bit till you see a big brown goldish bulb.
Forth item - Walk to the portrait that is in the Viaduct entrance room. I am guessing this is the Newspaper item, looks white with black lines.
Fifth Item - Walk to the Clocktower courtyard. Walk straight don't turn or anything, keeping going till you hit the water fountain. Look down, here is the last item.
How to beat the third chess champion She is difficult because she makes fewer mistakes than the other two players and she is very aggressive with her Queen. You must play very patiently against her. Make sure you never move a piece to a square where it is unprotected, that is the key. If you lose a piece, you can always recapture as long as that square was protected by another piece. Eventually the computer will make a mistake and you'll be able to make some good exchanges.
It's also important to try to control the center of the board. A good opening is to move your Queen's pawn, then move the King's pawn up one to help protect it. It's also a good idea to try to get your Knights out early, your goal should be to try to get a "fork attack", so that no matter what the computer does it will lose a piece. I'd also try not to move my Queen out too early. Leave her back for defense and only bring her out if you need to.
Just try to stay patient and eventually the computer will leave itself open. The key that I cannot stress enough is to make sure every piece is protected by another piece. You also might want to do a Google search for some famous opening moves (like the first 5 or 6 moves)...they will set you up with a very strong position right from the start and you'll have the advantage.
Here's the game's trailer in case you see some gameplay footage: