Chapter 2

There in large cursive letters stood the wonderful message that was going to be my family's entertainment and my own chance at redemption.

'The New Adventures of Harry Potter'

'Congratulations and Welcome to The New Adventures of Harry Potter. The first video game of it's kind. You get to play as our world's hero whose job it is to ultimately defeat evil.'

Below the welcome message was a list.

'New Game'

'Load Game' which was greyed out

'Settings'

'Achievements'

'So which should I pick then?' I asked turning to the group.

'New Game' shouted Sirius while Dad jumped up and down and shouted 'Achievements'. Mum and Remus shouted for 'Options'.

Nodding I moved my hand over to Options and the display changed.

'Difficulty'

'Audio'

'Point of view'

'Realism'

'Subtitles'

'Tutorial'

'Main Main'

By this point my curiosity took over and I began to move over to the difficulty setting. Once highlighted on Difficulty the view changed. Four options were present now and under each was an explanation.

'Hell'

'Enemies are extremely aggressive, violent and deadly. All situations are realistic without the option to save or reload.'

'Hard'

'Enemies are aggressive, violent but slightly inaccurate. All situations are realistic without the option to save or reload.'

'Normal'

'Enemies are violent but ineffective. Save mode available. Injuries and Health slowly regenerate.

'Easy'

'Enemies are easy to fool and ineffective. Save mode available. Injuries and Health regenerate quickly.'

Noticeably different to the others was the Hell Difficulty that was highlighted in Red. Moving my hand over the different highlighted levels removed the red from Hell to Normal and then onto Easy. As soon as Easy was highlighted Sirius and Dad started to Boo until I moved the highlighted red to Normal and then returned to the Options Menu.

Audio option allowed me to decide on weather to allow bad language or not. I bowed to peer pressure and allowed bad language despite Mum's protests.

Point of view was weird and I couldn't imagine being able to cope with third person perspectives so I left it on the first person.

Realism was interesting and I decided that realistic feelings and visuals were for the best instead of the no blood option. Realistically I figured how I could help somebody injured if I couldn't see the blood or where they were hurt.

Subtitles seemed silly to me so I decided to not enable them.

Tutorial was perhaps the most helpful part in my opinion as it informed me how to save, simply state 'save', and return to the main menu by saying 'main menu'. Also available was the option to turn off or leave on tutorial tips during the beginning part of the game.

When I returned to the main menu I moved over to the Achievements Tab much to Sirius's moans of disappointment but he need not have worried as each achievement was covered with ? The only helpful information here was a single sentence.

'Achievements become available when discovered and increase your characters power, health and character skills.'

'Well this is awesome so far' said Sirius with a petulant face as Dad threw popcorn at his head.

'Hush Sirius, Harry's ready to start now so don't be such a child' chided Remus. Nodding I moved over to Mum and the others giving them each a hug and receiving more in return.

'Ok Honey, careful now and don't forget that you can come back to us anytime you like. We love you Honey and please have some more fun this time, even if it is only to give your Dad and the mutt something fun to watch.' Said Mum with a small smile and a wink.

'I will Mum don't worry. See you all soon.' I said as I turned around and put my hand against the New Game option.