Hogwarts Legacy

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  • Summary: LIVE THE UNWRITTEN = Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world. Embark on a journey through familiar and newLIVE THE UNWRITTEN = Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world. Embark on a journey through familiar and new locations as you explore and discover fantastic beasts, customize your character and craft potions, master spell casting, upgrade talents, and become the wizard you want to be.

    Experience Hogwarts in the 1800s. Your character is a student who holds the key to an ancient secret that threatens to tear the wizarding world apart. You have received a late acceptance to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and soon discover that you are no ordinary student: you possess an unusual ability to perceive and master Ancient Magic. Only you can decide if you will protect this secret for the good of all, or yield to the temptation of more sinister magic.

    Discover the feeling of living at Hogwarts as you make allies, battle Dark wizards, and ultimately decide the fate of the wizarding world. Your legacy is what you make of it.    … Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. GamingTrend
    Feb 7, 2023
    95
    Full to bursting with unparalleled world building and lore, Hogwarts Legacy shows a level of care rarely seen. I’m stupefied with how amazing it is from top to bottom, and I have a feeling you’ll be hooked the moment you put on the Sorting Hat.
  2. IGN
    Feb 6, 2023
    90
    In nearly every way, Hogwarts Legacy is the Harry Potter RPG I’ve always wanted to play. Its open-world adventure captures all the excitement and wonder of the Wizarding World with its memorable new characters, challenging and nuanced combat, and a wonderfully executed Hogwarts student fantasy that kept me glued to my controller for dozens of hours. It’s certainly weighed down by technical issues, a lackluster main story, and some poor enemy variety, but even those couldn’t come close to breaking its enchanting spell over me.
  3. Windows Central
    Feb 9, 2023
    90
    This is truly a special game. It's obvious that Hogwarts Legacy was made by passionate Harry Potter fans for passionate Harry Potter fans as there are plenty of Easter eggs to discover, magical abilities to unlock, and fantastical experiences to uncover. However, the game is not so obtuse as to push away newcomers or those who haven't engaged with Harry Potter lore in a while.
  4. The Games Machine
    Feb 6, 2023
    85
    Harry Potter fans will go mad at the chance to experience an epic adventure within a familiar setting recreated with such passion and accuracy, but those who crave it for action RPG soul should know that Hogwarts Legacy is not it features exceptionally deep mechanics. It's a game with a lot of heart, there's no doubt about it, it's simple to play and effective in catapulting you into the Wizarding World thanks to a fun combat system, a narrative component with the right attitude and an open world that may not be huge but certainly with all the curves and POIs at the right point.
  5. Ragequit.gr
    Feb 24, 2023
    81
    Hogwarts Legacy is an altogether excellent port of Wizarding World to PC screens. It proudly belongs to the Young Adult fiction genre, which may make immersion difficult for older gamers.
  6. Eurogamer Germany
    Feb 6, 2023
    80
    Even though its world isn’t quite perfect, Hogwarts Legacy is compelling on many levels and surprises with inventiveness and loving details.
  7. NME
    Feb 6, 2023
    60
    Hogwarts Legacy is fun and manages to get a lot of things right, but it already feels somewhat dated, no doubt a hangover from the six-year development cycle. It’s a stunning way to experience Hogwarts and the surrounding area and is probably the best representation for fans of the universe, regardless of the medium. Honestly, this is an exceptional piece of fan service and a loving recreation that for performance reasons and dated design, doesn’t quite come together.

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  1. Positive: 447 out of 685
  2. Mixed: 112 out of 685
  3. Negative: 126 out of 685
  1. Carda1972
    Feb 11, 2023
    10
    The amazing detail and love of the studio for this game is a real welcome in this day and age. I'm taking this game very slow, enjoying everyThe amazing detail and love of the studio for this game is a real welcome in this day and age. I'm taking this game very slow, enjoying every hall and stairs in Hogwarts. I am totally not familiar with Harry Potter movies but enjoying the game for its atmosphere. Could use a small PC fix for performance though but its not as broken as Forspoken, that's for sure. Deserves game of the year already tmho… Expand
  2. AsboXFlemzo
    Feb 10, 2023
    10
    Greatest game ever created, wow must buy game of the year contender that has hundreds of hours of gameplay
  4. DavidFCorreia
    Feb 8, 2023
    10
    We all have to put out there for this studio to know: This game is so **** good! The love and hard work that I am seeing is mindblowing! IWe all have to put out there for this studio to know: This game is so **** good! The love and hard work that I am seeing is mindblowing! I literally lost myself exploring the castle, didn't know where I was, from where I came, but was a feeling of lost that I didn't experienced with a game for like 5 years. I just wanted to explore more and more and see all the little details.

    Avalanche, you deserve all the love from a gamer, you really beat the hype, the controversy, the experience to make a game of this magnitude. Congratulations and thank you for this game!    … Expand
  5. LucvdM
    Feb 10, 2023
    9
    Yer a wizard, Harry! This game is quite honestly the biggest surprise of the year so far. Cyberpunk 2077 has taught me that when a game seemsYer a wizard, Harry! This game is quite honestly the biggest surprise of the year so far. Cyberpunk 2077 has taught me that when a game seems too good to be true, it probably is. So imagine my surprise when I was 8 hours into Hogwarts Legacy and realized the game was exactly what I hoped for, and more. This game truly does live up to the hype!
    I would have given it a 10/10 but sadly I had to deduct a point for the fact that even after the day 1 patch, the performance of the game isn't exactly great. I'm playing the game on an RTX 4080 with a Ryzen 7 5800X and 32GB of RAM, on a 4k monitor, and even with DLSS set to Balanced and DLSS frame generation turned on I would get unacceptably low framerates when traveling through the castle, which seemed to get worse over time. Restarting the game helped minimize this, which makes me believe the game must be suffering a memory leak. I hope this will get patched soon so I can give this game a 10/10!    … Expand
  6. Alvelian
    Jun 5, 2023
    8
    Отличная реинкарнация вселенной ГП. Хогварст восхитителен, музыкальное сопровождение замка на высоте. Видно что авторы потратили много времениОтличная реинкарнация вселенной ГП. Хогварст восхитителен, музыкальное сопровождение замка на высоте. Видно что авторы потратили много времени чтоб насытить школу разными мелочами.
    А вот на окрестности сил не хватила. Карта невероятно большая но выходя за пределы замка ощущаешь скуку, миллион репитативного контента который не представляет особой сложности и быстро наскучивает.
    Отсутствие квиддича считаю преступлением, разрабы обязаны выдать длц с ним.
    Никакого РПГ тут нету, отыгрыш роли отсутствует полностью, выбор факультета влияет только на внешний вид.
    Боевка довольно интересная, выучив все заклинания можно исполнять нереальные трюки на поле боя.

    В целом игра хорошая, хотел бы увидеть продолжение от этих разрабов с исправлением ошибок и более интересным насыщением мира активностями.    … Expand
  7. zerocode0101
    Feb 10, 2023
    6
    Ub soft-style games
    Instead, this game wore a Harry Potter jacket.
    Don't buy this game unless you hate repeat quests and are a big fan of    Ub soft-style games
    Instead, this game wore a Harry Potter jacket.
    Don't buy this game unless you hate repeat quests and are a big fan of Harry Potter.    … Expand
  8. MayaSarasfall
    Jul 31, 2023
    0
    not perfect, but still an excellent game to play through. Too bad an absolutely abhorrent community used the lives of people who have nothingnot perfect, but still an excellent game to play through. Too bad an absolutely abhorrent community used the lives of people who have nothing to do with the game in order to attack anyone that enjoyed this game… Expand

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