In a new interview from
EA Games, the executive producer of the new
Order of the Phoenix video game, Henry Elliot, answers many questions about the game.
He reports that the actors of the films had their faces scanned so that the game would get an authentic feel of the book, film, and proper age of the characters.
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IGN: How is Hogwarts represented in The Order of the Phoenix? Is it an open world, are the level loads, etc.?
Harvey Elliott: Making it an open world was a huge task, but one the team have met incredibly well. We set the bar very, very high: to create an open world game that looks better than traditional linear games, and build it in a way that the player never has to pause for a load screen, and we don't change the architecture of movie Hogwarts just to make it easier for ourselves. We don't believe that open world has to mean poor graphic quality so we've pushed really hard to make it look and feel amazing. And this isn't just for next gen, we set the same high bar on PS2. I've seen so many people pick up the controller in the Great Hall, run up the Grand Staircase, pick a door (or secret passageway) to run through and two hours later they're still astonished that they're finding new rooms, new courtyards, new professors and students to talk to and of course, more secrets to discover. They just get blown away by the scale of the castle. Fortunately, we've added a magical navigation system that allows you to select your destination from the marauder's map and be led in the right direction by magical footprints until you start to learn the layout.
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Also, the game will be sticking pretty closely to the book and movie. Some of the questions he answered had to do with how the game depicts how Harry, Ron, and Hermione cope with adolescence and first love. Even the nervous moments with Cho will be included!
Harvey Elliott says:
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Oh yes, we had fun recreating the turmoil of teenage relationships. Whenever Cho and Harry meet in the game, they fumble around for the right words, and most times Harry just fails to say the right thing and ends up feeling a bit stupid. And in the background, Ron is totally oblivious to the whole romance, occasionally making it worse for Harry by criticizing Cho for her sudden support of the Tornados Quidditch team just because they're playing well -- although at one point he does ask Hermione if she's noticed Harry acting a bit strangely around Cho. The script is really strong. And, of course, we feature the famous first kiss.
To read the whole interview, go
here.
Furthermore new images from the game can be seen
here.
Thanks to
HPANA for the tip!
OotP video game producer talks romance + new images 
Can't wait to play! 
