Hogwarts Legacy

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1764 Ratings

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  1. Adam2he
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    The game is awfull, It is only interesting for people who loves Harry potter
  2. MrMefetran
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    It's really terrible. I don't understand why this piece of crap has so high rating. After 60+ hours of playing it was just boring, super repetitive, without any challenge at all and very weak plot. Not to mention the obligatory 2023 agenda. It seems like people have forgotten what really good games used to be like and this low quality games already seem awesome to them.
  3. Paulystan
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've come back to this rating after trying at it again. I regret doing so. It is a very bad game filled with very bad characters and quests. I really do not understand why people think it is so good. If it was possible, I would score this game negatively. Lots of bugs. A very boring start where you literally go to school and sit through dull and overly eager lessons. Massive and very unnecessary woke liberal assault at certain points of the game (some things JK Rowling is on record being opposed to and its her world. She made this world and whether you like her writing or opinions or not, changing somebody else's art is plain wrong). Quests are classic fetch and tell somebody about it stuff. Why is the only way to get xp by completing certain quests?!?! Not killing anything or learning new things. This removes so much interest and makes things more linear, a stupid decision. Limited inventory and itemisation so far, this feels rushed and incomplete. So many options that could have existed were lost. Why is everybody kind of nice? You can't become a power hungry crazy guy at all and I thought that was one of the things about RPGs. Be good, bad or indifferent is a key aspect. Why are there not gangs in Hogwarts? Groups of people who team up as friendships and have rival friendships? Why is bullying apparently normal and you can't do anything about it apart from fetch the bullied kids silly marbles? Why not have an option to go and have a little chat with the older kids of mistreat her. OR join them?!? Where is the gore? So much to complain about and for that much money it's really not good. I am not a HP fan, didn't really like the books, read a third of one and then put it down. Didn't enjoy the films much either. What I do like is RPGs and what I do respect is the original artist. This game fails at both.… Expand
  4. Janen
    Sep 6, 2023
    0
    Chat GPT could write a better story. Most disappointing Game of the year and my life.
  5. Idahoe1984
    Sep 2, 2023
    4
    boring, unimaginative
    after 30 hours in the game I saw 0 interesting quests or characters (really, among all the npc's only sebastian and ominis have some kind of personality - all others are just blank talking mouths)
    castle is too small - but still looks good - although it feels, same as the whole map, so dead and empty... in the night you won't see anyone in the castle. no prefects,    boring, unimaginative
    after 30 hours in the game I saw 0 interesting quests or characters (really, among all the npc's only sebastian and ominis have some kind of personality - all others are just blank talking mouths)
    castle is too small - but still looks good - although it feels, same as the whole map, so dead and empty... in the night you won't see anyone in the castle. no prefects, no teachers keeping the order - even dorms are absolutely empty - no one is sleeping in their beds.
    exploration is very boring, it's all the same: hundreds of tiny treasure caves, but there's only ~5 puzzles you need to solve to get the reward and they are pretty easy
    you have so little enemies... it's so easy to defeat them even on very hard settings, spells are fun tho - almost the only good part about this game, but you can defeat every enemy with 2-3 spells, again, the game is to easy
    graphics is very nice though    … Expand
  6. Hirslay
    Aug 20, 2023
    0
    A little too sloopy and empty. But overall best HP game. Well done! I can't wait for Hogwarts Legacy 2 with bigger budget
  7. Kabbaway
    Aug 15, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This review is NOT objective, but frankly the real-life consequences of financially enabling and endorsing a multimillionaire in their dangerous bigotry is more important than any sort of "objective" game review. The only reason I've change it from 0 to 1 is to acknowledge the hard work of the non-bigoted staff.

    * Extensive history of anti-LGBTQIA+ views (yes, not just the transphobia)
    * Racist dog whistles - "slavery is good, actually" via the elves, stereotypical names for all of the very few BIPOC character, antisemitism via the goblins ("large hooked noses, obsession with gold, greedy/untrustworthy" as with many Jewish caricatures, parallels between goblin rebellion and the Fettmilc riots (Jews were exiled and executed 1612 - 1614), kidnapping children for blood is adjacent to the fearmongering myth of blood libel, shoving non-kosher gorgonzola into a shofar-like horn that was a prized artificact of the goblins), major devs on HL were known Gamergate and right-wingers in online spaces which Warner Bros KNOWINGLY shrugged off when concerns were raised during product.
    * Sexism and fatphobia (thin/beautiful = good and fat/ugly = bad or incompetent especially for women)
    * Ableism - Joanne believes that autistic people are not capable of making their own decisions and doing what will make them happy ( in relation to transphobia due to a notable overlap between the two communities)

    Players are free to do as they wish, but please beware that Joanne has admitted herself that she sees the financial success of the Harry Potter franchise as validation for her dangerous views. Her fans and paying consumers are being used for social and political clout, and she will turn on you just as easily as she did on the above marginalised groups the minute you've worn out your usefulness to her.    … Expand
  8. klementineQt
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    they hyped the sh*t out of the most mid generic open world game imaginable just to reinforce hatred lmao
  9. Doctorsilvana
    Aug 6, 2023
    0
    It's a nostalgia trip through the Hogwarts Museum. The museum interacts with itself but you aren't allowed to touch anything. Just revelio for pieces of information.

    Then you head out into the promised Action-RPG with close to no RPG elements in the game, it feels like a combat simulation with harry potter skin and tedious and repetitive merlin trials, one room dungeons with close to no    It's a nostalgia trip through the Hogwarts Museum. The museum interacts with itself but you aren't allowed to touch anything. Just revelio for pieces of information.

    Then you head out into the promised Action-RPG with close to no RPG elements in the game, it feels like a combat simulation with harry potter skin and tedious and repetitive merlin trials, one room dungeons with close to no creativity. The game was promising but it missed on so many criticial and technical levels. Still it's enjoyable for the average non gamer who wants to explore Hogwarts and fight spiders.    … Expand
  10. 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 nothing to do with the game in order to attack anyone that enjoyed this game
  11. DocJM
    Jul 8, 2023
    3
    Awful game design and controls. Huge pack of spells and only 4 keys for binding. Ok, you have sets of spells but they don't cover all spells anyway.
    And why the character step forward each time when casts?
    Broom control is even more painful. You can't control camera and look up and down. Sure Avalanche, this feature during flight is totally unnecessary. Good job. Moreover all characters    Awful game design and controls. Huge pack of spells and only 4 keys for binding. Ok, you have sets of spells but they don't cover all spells anyway.
    And why the character step forward each time when casts?
    Broom control is even more painful. You can't control camera and look up and down. Sure Avalanche, this feature during flight is totally unnecessary. Good job.
    Moreover all characters are the same, no personality at all.    … Expand
  12. Morivivere
    Jul 2, 2023
    0
    A thin veneer of poorly written story to target and profit off of hate for marginalized groups, team and owner purposely included hateful content with the intent to promote hateful ideologies.
  13. MarcoMasera
    Jun 27, 2023
    3
    I really wanted to like this game, but I can't.
    The only good thing I can say about it is the setting, very nice and curated. It does take you back to old memories and hogwarts has never been so detailed. That said the real game can be described by one word: BORING.
    -Most of the time is spent reaching some point, following a track on your mini-map. Then you reach the point and get 2    I really wanted to like this game, but I can't.
    The only good thing I can say about it is the setting, very nice and curated. It does take you back to old memories and hogwarts has never been so detailed. That said the real game can be described by one word: BORING.
    -Most of the time is spent reaching some point, following a track on your mini-map. Then you reach the point and get 2 minutes cutscene, perhaps some boring assignment or some heavily guided search-and-discover session, and then back to following the mini map track.
    -The game is full of cutscenes and dialogues but they all feels uninspired at best. Really why couln't they hire decent writers?
    -Most secondary missions are so boring they hurt.
    -Puzzles sections are sometimes ok, sometimes so obvious! And of course if you don't solve them in 1 minute the main character will say something that tells you what to do so no brain required at all.
    -Combat is so and so. It is challenging and perhaps someone will like it.

    After 5 to 6 hours I don't find myself wanting to play anymore. The world is massive and curated but I don't want to visit it because there is nothing interesting to do.    … Expand
  14. Sullix29
    Jun 25, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Franchement, je ne vois en rien qui soit similaire à la saga harry potter, ça fait vieux monde, rpg comme les autres, pas de quidditch, 0 joie de vivre, grosse déception, 5eme année mon cul ouais, je m'attendais à une bonne 1ere année bien festif avec de la magie constamment qui nous entourent mais là, y'a vraiment rien et le personnage principal est Dieu lui-même et fais ce qu'il veut du monde. nan mais wtf ?

    3/10    … Expand
  15. LetsGoPokemonLu
    Jun 23, 2023
    4
    I reeeeally wanted to like this game, and I tried my very best to do so, but it just falls flat in most aspects outside of the representation of Hogwarts itself.
  16. Hochbichler
    Jun 18, 2023
    4
    Hogwarts Legacy is an open world action RPG released in 2023. Before the release I read an article that said that you should only buy this game if you hate transistors and jews. So you can see why I was tempted, but in the end, cooler heads prevailed and I procured the game the usual way. I am very glad that I did, for this game is the worst dump of SJW crap that I have ever seen. ButHogwarts Legacy is an open world action RPG released in 2023. Before the release I read an article that said that you should only buy this game if you hate transistors and jews. So you can see why I was tempted, but in the end, cooler heads prevailed and I procured the game the usual way. I am very glad that I did, for this game is the worst dump of SJW crap that I have ever seen. But let’s start on a positive note. First of all the graphics is very nice, animations are splendid, all seems slick and smooth and polished. The castle itself is just fantastic. A lot of work and passion obviously went into building that castle. The animated paintings are also very cool and really help to build the atmosphere of the world of magic. It is a very nice start. The menu is very clear and the game font is likeable. So far I am impressed. As far as creative writing goes, I was only somewhat impressed by the shadow questline, it is the promise of what could have been. The dark atmosphere of the Salazar Scriptorium and the simple dark heart beat like music. Wow, that is very good, I wonder what will come next. Sadly what comes next is the ugandan questline and for some weird reason I was not as invested in that one. But let’s leave the SJW aside just for a little while longer and focus on the other negatives. For me the game was just too immature. I know it may sound weird and I know that the game and the whole HP world is meant primarily for children, but still, it was too simplistic, too bleak. The school houses do not play any role, students from all houses and seemingly of all ages simply mix everywhere, even in the classes. There was not even the slightest hint of anything sexual, even though a castle full of teenagers seems like a very good place for a little romance. But it is not just the story and characters that are simplistic, the gameplay as such is also very easy, there is no challenge even on hardest difficulty, the puzzles are a joke. That particularly is a pity, for I would think that the Hogwarts castle would be a perfect place to be filled with myriads of devilishly hard and hidden puzzles. The game also really relies on the movie adaptations a lot, and that is an understatement. If there is a Herbology class scene, of course you repotting Mandrakes. And it is like that with everything in this game. However I understand why that is so, because whenever the creators were forced to actually create something new by themselves, they created something bleak and uninteresting, something that did not fit the world of HP at all. The lighting in this game also needs some more work I would say. And finally we arrive at the SJW. It is truly ever present and so intrusive that it made me want to stop playing immediately a couple of times and at other times it was just so laughably clumsy and awkward. The innkeeper is the obvious example, but there is so much more, all the lesbians, Fatimas and other minorities. A NPC actually says: A gentleperson and a scholar, as if that is the most natural phrase that everyone uses. Wow. And what is best is that all this is supposed to be set in the 1800s, which makes it all the more bizarre. Why would you want to set your game in the 1800s when you also want to fill it with the demographics of 2023 London? Nobody even tries to speak like it is the 1800s. Ridiculous. Oh, and of course, you need to be educated on yet another matter. The bad guys are not only racists (obviously), but many are also poachers. You know, hunters, gun owners and meat eaters. The animals themselves are pretty likeable and fluffy and cool, true, but that cannot save this game, not in my eyes. I finished the game in about 50 hours on a PC playthrough. In the end, I could not be bothered to finish all the generic secondary quests and collections. This game features microtransactions and is riddled with SJW to a ridiculous point. To me this is immorality, this is depravity, this is abomination.

    Is this the best HP game of all times? Probably, although that is not saying much. Do not get me wrong, the game does have its moments. Like when the boggart takes the form of a random black man. Talk about the magic of the unwanted. Final verdict: 44%    … Expand
  17. tangerine_dream
    Jun 14, 2023
    3
    I rate it as 3 because of 1 - great OST, 1 - great graphics, 1 - Hogwards itself is great in-game. But everything else is a failure or "meh".

    Plot is so childish and bland it's not even funny. Game offers you many choices but they almost never matter. You can't choose between "good" and "bad" sides, although there are Curses and Dark Arts in the game... lol, yeah you can even use Avada    I rate it as 3 because of 1 - great OST, 1 - great graphics, 1 - Hogwards itself is great in-game. But everything else is a failure or "meh".

    Plot is so childish and bland it's not even funny. Game offers you many choices but they almost never matter. You can't choose between "good" and "bad" sides, although there are Curses and Dark Arts in the game... lol, yeah you can even use Avada Kedavra as a 15yo student. But you are still getting pipelined by a plot. Even House choice doesn't matter, there's no rivalry between houses, no intrigues, nothing.

    It has an open world, yet it's too generic and empty, no variety of enemies is present, it's more like Ubisoft games-styled grinding for a sake of grinding. And some quests are level locked so the game forces you to grind stuff at some point.

    Combat is okay, but not like "hard" or anything, it's basically LMB spam, abilities spam (with CD being the only limit, no mana in game) and dodge/block spam with laughable CD and no stamina being present in game either!

    NPC are more like furniture, you can't interact with them, hit them, or get punished for anything. Feels unnatural and ruins the immersion. Side quests they give you is the most generic "go there, fetch this, kill 15 wolves" stuff you'd imagine.

    If you are a very casual gamer, and/or die-hard HP universe fan, then you'll enjoy this game for sure. Otherwise try Bully Scholarship Edition, it's light years ahead "schoolboy sim" game compared to HL.    … Expand
  18. aaaskeptic
    Jun 9, 2023
    4
    Pretty average unfortunately. Nothing really special here apart from it being a game in the HP universe. It nails the HP vibes with good aesthetics and great sound design, combat is also quite good. Fans will definitely like this.

    The rest however is pretty uninspired, it's a generic open world flooded with map markers, nothing really exciting to find and stupid chores. That's also    Pretty average unfortunately. Nothing really special here apart from it being a game in the HP universe. It nails the HP vibes with good aesthetics and great sound design, combat is also quite good. Fans will definitely like this.

    The rest however is pretty uninspired, it's a generic open world flooded with map markers, nothing really exciting to find and stupid chores. That's also where the focus of the game is - You are out in the wild murdering millions of goblins and people, you are rarely at Hogwarts and if you are you are mostly doing fetch quests for incapable NPCs or speedrunning classes. Nothing you do has any consequence whatsoever and there aren't any real choices. A lot of mechanics are in the game, although they are all too shallow for my taste. The game feels a lot like Ubisoft made this. Looks great, especially at the start but is so shallow and boring underneath that really makes it just average. The dungeons are very uninspired, every cave I've found leads to exactly one treasure chest. Loot is boring, everything is just average.    … Expand
  19. Poti
    Jun 4, 2023
    0
    Denuvo = 0, you pay to play a worse version of the game and that's a 0 dc the game
  20. Midyen
    Jun 1, 2023
    4
    Based on the gameplay, graphics, sound, content, and originality of the game, I will give it a rating of 4.
  21. Hashmeag
    Jun 1, 2023
    0
    Thank you for making this interesting game. Please make better games of magical worlds. You have shown that you know how to make a game.
  22. Har8
    May 26, 2023
    0
    I just don't understand all the positive reviews of this game. After 60+ hours of playing it was just boring, super repetitive, without any challenge at all and very weak plot. Not to mention the obligatory 2023 agenda. It seems like people have forgotten what really good games used to be like and this low quality games already seem awesome to them.
  23. TypInSomething
    May 29, 2023
    1
    The Good Stuff: This game captured the harry potter world so perfectly. I mean the material world, not the people. Every single gameplay design is perfect.
    I love how the spells work.
    I love how the flying works. I love how the world looks. I love the music. I love to explore this fascinating world. I love the combat. The Bad Stuff: who was this story made for? I know the books    The Good Stuff: This game captured the harry potter world so perfectly. I mean the material world, not the people. Every single gameplay design is perfect.
    I love how the spells work.
    I love how the flying works.
    I love how the world looks.
    I love the music.
    I love to explore this fascinating world.
    I love the combat.

    The Bad Stuff: who was this story made for? I know the books were for kids. But those kids are now grown-up dads at this point. Why does the story of this game feel like it was written for kids or teenagers? Devs didn't know their audience?
    The next con goes hand in hand with this. Every single dialogue is either > “be good dialogue” or “be a bit less good but still good dialogue”. Where is the option to be bad or to be neutral? This makes the game more boring and stale.
    Side quests are barely any quests. Come on, you put so much effort into making this world but forget to make dialogue enjoyable. Every single NPC other than the main plot characters talks like a **** robot.
    Oh, don't even forget about the **** woke stuff. "oh no our games won't do good if we don't have a trans or **** in it." **** disgusting. No need to shove it in the face. Like wtf?
    The performance is **** af. Which machine did they test it on? **** supercomputers? People are still rocking the 1060s and 1650s. And they make a game that can't run on low smoothly. Fps drop and stuttering are a feature in this game. The mod community somehow put some tape on this wound.    … Expand
  24. fawxgaming
    May 28, 2023
    2
    It just looks good - thats all. no interesting characters nor a good story. why this special type of magic? no one needs it. it feels completly wrong in my opinion. the main char is blank sheet without any depth and the npc feel like robots. no good game.
  25. DexSK
    May 22, 2023
    0
    i7-13700k, 32GB DDR5, GeForce RTX 3070 8GB. Installed on a SSD (Samsung 980 Pro PCI-E 4).
    DLSS on, High settings on graphics & Raytracing. Unplayable. (out of memory at various intro stages).
    DLSS on, High settings on graphics, Raytracing off. Unplayable. (out of memory at various intro stages). DLSS on, Medium settings on graphics, Raytracing off. Unplayable. (out of memory at loading    i7-13700k, 32GB DDR5, GeForce RTX 3070 8GB. Installed on a SSD (Samsung 980 Pro PCI-E 4).
    DLSS on, High settings on graphics & Raytracing. Unplayable. (out of memory at various intro stages).
    DLSS on, High settings on graphics, Raytracing off. Unplayable. (out of memory at various intro stages).
    DLSS on, Medium settings on graphics, Raytracing off. Unplayable. (out of memory at loading of Hogwarts Castle after getting through Intro).
    Build version 1117238.
    Trash.    … Expand
  26. strelavkolene96
    May 10, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Rating of the game: 5 with a huge minus / 10. - Absolute mediocrity in everything. From the beginning to the end of the whole game you will be told how good you are "just like that" and even after passing the game you do not know anything about your character. You will communicate with "incredible" lifeless plush characters.

    - The main villain of the game is a goblin who took offense for being called names. And he decided to kill everyone for it. - It is not difficult to assess the strength of the further plot. - You will be given a great opportunity to be a "chosen" messenger on errands in countless exciting bring-and-serve quests. - If you are a seventy-year-old woman who has no one to talk to, it will be very pleasant and fun to listen to every NPC who will tell you his incredible biography from conception to the present day... If you thought these would be fascinating stories (NO). - Distribution ceremony, Yule score, Quidditch game, trips with the faculty to Hogsmeade - no. Running after goblins and creatures on the edges near Hogwarts - yes. If that's how you imagined the magical world of Rowling - welcome! I personally don't see it that way    … Expand
  27. H1Ghiqgamer
    May 5, 2023
    0
    Satanic game, that is an affront to our lord and savior jesus christ! Witchcraft is condemned in the bible Acts 8:9-13.

    Also the game sucks graphics look like ps1 era. The characters look so uncanny it would give you nightmares. **** game waste of money. Would have given a five but the game’s lack of content and repetitive gmeplay is nail in the coffin. This is like no man’s sky when    Satanic game, that is an affront to our lord and savior jesus christ! Witchcraft is condemned in the bible Acts 8:9-13.

    Also the game sucks graphics look like ps1 era. The characters look so uncanny it would give you nightmares. **** game waste of money. Would have given a five but the game’s lack of content and repetitive gmeplay is nail in the coffin.

    This is like no man’s sky when it first came out but for some reason everyone brainwashed to simp for this satanic piece of crap. Maybe jk rowling gave its soul to satan or something? thats the only explanation.

    The satanic witchcraft I can tolerate but the **** graphics and gameplay? Nah.

    Would have given 0 you are better off playing ps1 games. Game looks like it was made in the eighties. Only buy if you like retro games.    … Expand
  28. somovbiu
    May 2, 2023
    0
    This game is like something out of 2010. The graphics are there, but everything else is totally outdated. This just shows how pathetic Harry Potter fans are. All HP games up till now are really bad, and fans have longed for a good HP game, but this? This is mediocre at best. Not to mention it's buggy, laggy and stuttery. I can't even remember the last time I dropped below the map in aThis game is like something out of 2010. The graphics are there, but everything else is totally outdated. This just shows how pathetic Harry Potter fans are. All HP games up till now are really bad, and fans have longed for a good HP game, but this? This is mediocre at best. Not to mention it's buggy, laggy and stuttery. I can't even remember the last time I dropped below the map in a game, but it happened here xD. And also, you'll need a beefy rig because it's pretty pretty demanding, especially that it's not stunningly beautiful. Bad optimization, both on PC and on the consoles.… Expand
  29. DrPeach
    Apr 25, 2023
    1
    I thought it was a good game until I met a stupid bug (HL-851) that blocked me from continuing my mission. This bug has affected thousands of players but WB and AS are still ignoring it. What a joke!
  30. Parasective
    Apr 22, 2023
    0
    Absolutely abysmal game. Maybe the worst game I've ever played. I could go on for hours about how I don't like J.K. Rowling as a person but that's not what we're here for. The gameplay is so boring. The story isn't true to the original plot whatsoever. Worst game I've played since Super Mario Sunshine. Absolute disappointment.
  31. mberzah
    Apr 18, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this can be a masterpiece but unfortunately is not. First of all game world is not living, every dialogue and characters are linear, almost nothing is natural. Some puzzles repeat themselves and map design is so awful..

    All spells are already know at the beginning, storyline is not interesting and do go on..    … Expand
  32. Liquid_Cold
    Apr 14, 2023
    3
    + fights, castle, grafics, witch broom
    - magic, storyline, quests, NPC, no quidditch, optimization

    it's an ocean as deep as a puddle!
  33. muzmuz
    Apr 11, 2023
    4
    Slow paced, uneventful, linear storyline (with the illusion of choice) structured with forced side quests and crafted with highly repetitive and shallow gameplay and boring puzzles. There is nothing inherently wrong with the story itself, but the way it is presented in the game makes the experience feel like a lengthy, monotonous trek.

    There's a lot of major core issues with Hogwarts    Slow paced, uneventful, linear storyline (with the illusion of choice) structured with forced side quests and crafted with highly repetitive and shallow gameplay and boring puzzles. There is nothing inherently wrong with the story itself, but the way it is presented in the game makes the experience feel like a lengthy, monotonous trek.

    There's a lot of major core issues with Hogwarts Legacy on top of its terrible performance in PC; if you think it'll get better as you progress, prepare to be disappointed.    … Expand
  34. Alejale
    Apr 7, 2023
    4
    It is very poorly optimized many pulls many failures on top having a good PC the game at first is cool but then you get tired and you want to finish it
  35. RoseBomb
    Mar 29, 2023
    3
    It is a modern open-world, mission-based game, no more and no less than that, and ultimately it's a far cry from capturing the same magic that the first couple of open-world Harry Potter games did.
    There is no real exploration, just going to checkpoints, there is no real discovery, just casting a couple of spells on anything that has a white outline around it, and unless you want to have    It is a modern open-world, mission-based game, no more and no less than that, and ultimately it's a far cry from capturing the same magic that the first couple of open-world Harry Potter games did.
    There is no real exploration, just going to checkpoints, there is no real discovery, just casting a couple of spells on anything that has a white outline around it, and unless you want to have no idea where you're going in the incredible dense map, you will be running around, not looking at the halls or details in them, but looking at you mini-map for the line that tells you where to go.
    And to top it all off, as I hope we all know at this point, spending any money on this game, even when it's reduced, gives a cut of that money to the world's most prominent transphobe, so all-in-all, not worth it.    … Expand
  36. vavrinko
    Mar 26, 2023
    2
    Beautiful world but no substance.
    Another open world collect-athon with no emotion. All the criticism towards this game seems to be oriented towards the main protaonist low-energy soulless performance. So let me point out another huge fault that somehow avoided the attention of the intellect of most of the players.
    The dialogues. I could not tell you how blank it is. No one seems to    Beautiful world but no substance.
    Another open world collect-athon with no emotion. All the criticism towards this game seems to be oriented towards the main protaonist low-energy soulless performance. So let me point out another huge fault that somehow avoided the attention of the intellect of most of the players.

    The dialogues. I could not tell you how blank it is. No one seems to care about anything. Someone dies, let's just forget about that in a second. You just experienced a life threatening situation... that must've been awful, how's your tea by the way? Every character acts as non-offensive as possible, to the extent that their actions or reactions make no sense, which makes up for the most flat and boring dialogues I've ever seen in a game. And let me tell you, this time even the bad guys are flat as a plank. In the mind of Moira Squier a bad person means simply a rude jerk.

    Gameplay is ok. A formula that has been here since skyrim, slightly twisted to fit the setting. The game is a looker and a nice virtual tour for the fans of the films. Yet, it will kill off the rest of your brain cells in the proicess.    … Expand
  37. akujiwar
    Mar 20, 2023
    2
    Had potential. Ultimately it is just a **** console port. Controls are useless. PC handicapped by console gamepad schemes. Spell actions bars are a joke. 4 slots and toggle bars by mousewheel? and the extra bars had to be unlocked by talents. Most other abilities are tucked into action wheels that respond slowly. come on.. Movement is clunky. dont get me started on broom.. Menus areHad potential. Ultimately it is just a **** console port. Controls are useless. PC handicapped by console gamepad schemes. Spell actions bars are a joke. 4 slots and toggle bars by mousewheel? and the extra bars had to be unlocked by talents. Most other abilities are tucked into action wheels that respond slowly. come on.. Movement is clunky. dont get me started on broom.. Menus are horrificly slow and layered. It's a chore. Stutters a lot. Vram requirement is silly. Optimization where? sure you can lower some settings but the requirements vary so much by area that there is a lot of wasted potential most of the time. Would upgrade but this game is not worth it, nor may it actually help. Then there is the issue of rowling. what a jk. None of the rest matters at this point. Such a waste.… Expand
  38. retroisback96
    Feb 19, 2023
    4
    Decent game but it's an awful pc port with horrible frame stutters and poor optimisation. The game is riddled with bugs I'm about 20 hours in and have seen so many bugs some game breaking others just minor. The world looks good but is pretty shallow, you can't sit down in the common room for example or anywhere in the world for that fact. The Hogwarts castle itself could feel more aliveDecent game but it's an awful pc port with horrible frame stutters and poor optimisation. The game is riddled with bugs I'm about 20 hours in and have seen so many bugs some game breaking others just minor. The world looks good but is pretty shallow, you can't sit down in the common room for example or anywhere in the world for that fact. The Hogwarts castle itself could feel more alive but the details within the castle are well thought of.

    The story is a bit mid for a game based off the Harry potter universe they could've done a lot but decided to play it safe, the game is a 12 rated and it really feels like it, constantly reminding you what to do in puzzles with cringe dialog as well as hand holding throughout the story which becomes tiresome. I do not like the trials either which is the core of the story they are generic and boring.

    Outside of the story there's your standard AAA fluff, trials, caves, puzzles, monsters den's etc. Very few monster types here though which is a shame considering the material they had to work from. There's a Pokémon mode that I'm not a fan of as the animals look ridiculous like something out of a 90s Disney movie. The flying is one of my favourite parts of the game, but as soon as the story starts they tell you quidditch is not in the game, you can tell the Devs ran out of time on that one because the quidditch pitch has been moddled to a very high detail, seems odd to have done that but no official mode for it

    Edit: I'm lowering my score to a 4 since the Devs have failed to fix performance issues on pc after multiple patches and since the old gen versions are soon to release I highly doubt these will be resolved soon. Such a shame, all I wanted to do was explore hogwarts in high fidelity without bugs, maybe next year the game will be playable.    … Expand
  39. vova22379
    Mar 12, 2023
    1
    ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  40. Lecum
    Mar 11, 2023
    0
    Too much bugs. Sometimes music stops sounding. The only good thing is the concept art. I dont recomend this game at all.
  41. Vasot
    Mar 9, 2023
    4
    Another shallow game with Denuvo DRM anti-tamper garbage the game suffers from performance issues because of this DRM junk. As about the game itself it's an insult to Harry Potter universe side quests are all boring and feel like a chore as for the main story is actually a short experience and not something that J. K. Rowlings will ever write forget any replayability. As about the openAnother shallow game with Denuvo DRM anti-tamper garbage the game suffers from performance issues because of this DRM junk. As about the game itself it's an insult to Harry Potter universe side quests are all boring and feel like a chore as for the main story is actually a short experience and not something that J. K. Rowlings will ever write forget any replayability. As about the open world approach, forget about random encounters, forget about finding something unique, forget about random fun stuff. The world is full of boring activities and boring NPCs with similar faces (Ubisoft style).… Expand
  42. Siavashaleahmad
    Mar 8, 2023
    0
    This game is so **** good!Thx to the developers.I'm in love with this Game!
  43. Sanbarra
    Mar 8, 2023
    3
    Harry Potter IP is well used and feels magical for the first few hours of play.
    What follows is the worst open world I've seen so far.
    Even a Far Cry 6 is more innovative and that says a lot. I don't understand this high rating. People should stop judging only the first 5 hours of play and the marketing trailer. - Generic open world activities without any reward. - A pointless    Harry Potter IP is well used and feels magical for the first few hours of play.
    What follows is the worst open world I've seen so far.
    Even a Far Cry 6 is more innovative and that says a lot.
    I don't understand this high rating. People should stop judging only the first 5 hours of play and the marketing trailer.
    - Generic open world activities without any reward.
    - A pointless resource system.
    - Only 5 different enemy types.
    - Every square meter of the game world is similar to the other.
    - No reason to travel the open world. Side quests have no content. No magic, hardly any fantasy, no puzzles included.
    - Combat system is fun at first, but wears out quickly due to lack of enemy variety.    … Expand
  44. RedGallus
    Mar 8, 2023
    4
    Disappointment. Game made for HP fans with about zero experience in video games. It's not bad, it's just throwing rest of the audience out.
  45. nuhah100
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    Game is super buggy, fps drops, BSODs, crashes, render issues.
    And woke propaganda...
  46. OberiousLocke
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    Ignoring the bankrolling of an actual degenerate, as a lifelong gamer and a former childhood fan of Harry Potter, this is, bluntly, among the blandest things I've subjected myself to, and one of a very few games to ever earn the "Did Not Finish" designation for me. Like, even if you "acquired" it another way I feel like you'd be getting ripped off with time if not money.

    Everything    Ignoring the bankrolling of an actual degenerate, as a lifelong gamer and a former childhood fan of Harry Potter, this is, bluntly, among the blandest things I've subjected myself to, and one of a very few games to ever earn the "Did Not Finish" designation for me. Like, even if you "acquired" it another way I feel like you'd be getting ripped off with time if not money.

    Everything about it beyond the universe it takes place in is literally bog standard open world #98573-B, it could give Ubisoft a run for their money.

    I'd probably feel more charitably about it if it was an outright bad game, but it just sinks into this gray space between good and bad by being entirely unremarkable if you've played even a single open world game before it. At least it came out early in the year so as to be out of the way for games that might be actually worth it and won't be bankrolling a sentient trash-bag? It's disappointing.

    Trans rights are human rights :D    … Expand
  47. DaninoRey
    Mar 5, 2023
    4
    Looks nice.
    But oh so very shallow.
    Dialogue options are non existant and boring
  48. sex69
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    Not really. The character is so ugly. The story is boring and sleepy. It's no fun.
  49. Inuyasha17
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    HOGWARTS LEGACY has very serious lag. The game is annoyingly slow. It breaks frequently.
  50. Lamabunnyvile
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    This game is incredibly boring and absolutely not worth full price, it runs like garbage even on high-end hardware and the ray tracing is absolutely awful.
  51. GOTYEldenRing1
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    발적화가 심각하고 렉이 심각합니다. 프레임 드랍이 많습니다. 최적화가 엉망입니다;
  52. Inuyasha1
    Mar 4, 2023
    0
    발적화 때문에 게임을 하기 힘듭니다. 지금은 하지 않는 것이 좋습니다.
  53. Thesaurus_Rex
    Mar 3, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How would I rate this game? I don't know. But I can tell you that I would play it for a week straight with no sleep or food (piss jug required). Directions weren't clear I did end up with the controller in my mouth a few times. Not bad.… Expand
  54. GPim94
    Mar 3, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good things
    I like the graphics, not because it's something next-gen or it looks like cyberpunk but because it gives me a fairytale feeling.
    The intro was something I didn't expect. From the first minute we have action, some kind of mystery,death..
    Music which have some sounds from the films and give you some nostalgic feeling.
    Char editor is good.

    What I not like.
    The npc are all the same without their own character except sebastian who has the potential to became something like mini voldemort. They are no one who will bothering us like malfoy or Snape. Everybody is ohhh the new one help me you are the only one who can do it.
    The spell and how you learn them. You going to the class and you expect to something inside it not just press 1 2 buttons and learn a new skill or go do this and came back to me. If I do everything outside the school why am I going on class? Some spells are the same with a little difference and you learning them all in the first hour of the game because you need them for the stupid side quests which you need them to open skins and buff something.
    The missions are the same and the whole story are boring. I played 20 hours trying to find all the chest, to find this or that or open doors to get some clothes to get some more exp for my lvl but this is useless. Clothes with bigger stats are dropped all the time. Your lvl doesn't count in battles because they are chaotic. 10 goblins are firing and teleport at you at the same time and you must press O all the time and try to levitate the half of them to can kill the other half.
    Collect animals is useless.
    There is no mystery, no jokes, no hate, this is a game for kids between 12 and 18 who never played games like witcher, dragon age, skyrim or even the old HP games. BUT the kids this age doesn't know the HP universe so good like us who are 28 29 30 yo. The grow up with marvel, pubg, fortnite and tiktok. So for who is this game made for?
    I crying for my money and I happy I found the game cheaper and didn't pay the whole price.    … Expand
  55. Modeofdanger
    Mar 3, 2023
    4
    I am above 15h currently and all i've seen is spiders and goblins so far, every cave is a copy of each other and the story is so boring for an adult person, there's no interesting enemies or characters that will be the motivation of keep playing.

    Combat mechanics is the only thing that makes this game playable but just because of the lack of enemy variety, even this mechanics cant make    I am above 15h currently and all i've seen is spiders and goblins so far, every cave is a copy of each other and the story is so boring for an adult person, there's no interesting enemies or characters that will be the motivation of keep playing.

    Combat mechanics is the only thing that makes this game playable but just because of the lack of enemy variety, even this mechanics cant make this game playable after 15h    … Expand
  56. ggc98
    Mar 2, 2023
    0
    El rendimiento es bastante malo pese a haber desarrollado el juego durante años y sin ser los gráficos especialmente realistas.
    La historia sobretodo si tienes expectativas altas por las películas resulta decepcionante ya que es muy simple, predecible e infantil.
    El combate me parece original y entretenido. El castillo y algunas zonas son impresionantes aunque son mucho más coloridas y    El rendimiento es bastante malo pese a haber desarrollado el juego durante años y sin ser los gráficos especialmente realistas.
    La historia sobretodo si tienes expectativas altas por las películas resulta decepcionante ya que es muy simple, predecible e infantil.
    El combate me parece original y entretenido.
    El castillo y algunas zonas son impresionantes aunque son mucho más coloridas y animadas que en las películas.    … Expand
  57. Reymundo
    Mar 1, 2023
    0
    Extremely poor optimization. Stuttering non stop, even on lowish settings on a 3080ti. All forum optimization tricks applied. Will update the review if these issues are fixed, as it stands I cannot even enjoy the game.
  58. poli_lali
    Feb 28, 2023
    0
    Incredibly high minimum requirements. The graphics for such requirements are poor. A bug with hair that falls into textures, even in The Sims there is no such thing. Endless freezes and drops up to 10 fps. Can't make it full screen. Can't open settings during cutscenes. I am totally disappointed in this game as a harry potter fan.
  59. robomartion
    Feb 26, 2023
    0
    Awful looking washed out blurry graphics than run like a potato even on a 4070. Dialogue is like chalk on a nail board and the gameplay is just total crap. All the characters faces look like they are randomly generated in metahuman with no personality. NPCs say random lines that make no sense if you listen to their conversations. Areas don't load seamlessly and it feels worse than everyAwful looking washed out blurry graphics than run like a potato even on a 4070. Dialogue is like chalk on a nail board and the gameplay is just total crap. All the characters faces look like they are randomly generated in metahuman with no personality. NPCs say random lines that make no sense if you listen to their conversations. Areas don't load seamlessly and it feels worse than every previous Harry Potter game, even the PS1 version. The worst performance of game I have ever played on a PC. Its not even a game just a buggy mess and hodgepodge of random cutscenes and glitches.… Expand
  60. Lafyuin
    Feb 26, 2023
    0
    просто худшая игра от ворнес бразерс... оптимизация ужаснейшая, изза денуво даже пиратка лагает меньше а сюжет на уровне принеси подай, никому не рекомендую этот высер.
  61. vovik86
    Feb 24, 2023
    1
    Hogwarts Legacy is bad console port with a generic story and horrible controls. I'm indifferent about the Harry Potter IP so I'm looking at this game as a stand alone title.

    This is the most generic "chosen one" story I've ever seen. If you ever even heard of a bethesda game, you already know everything you need to about HL and won't miss anything by skipping every main quest cutscene    Hogwarts Legacy is bad console port with a generic story and horrible controls. I'm indifferent about the Harry Potter IP so I'm looking at this game as a stand alone title.

    This is the most generic "chosen one" story I've ever seen. If you ever even heard of a bethesda game, you already know everything you need to about HL and won't miss anything by skipping every main quest cutscene and dialogue.

    Mouse+keyboard controls are the worst of any game. Manual targeting doesn't work. Spells harmlessly pass through enemies unless you highlight or tab target them first. And trying to do something as simple as highlighting a target at the center of your screen is a total crapshoot. The most puzzling thing is you can only assign keybinds to 3 of your 25 or so available spells and to use the rest of them you have to juggle between 4 different bars. Makes me wonder if the intern responsible for designing the UI has ever even seen a keyboard before.

    I was curious about this game due to the hype and controversy but it's total disappointment and a chore to play.    … Expand
  62. PenetratorGod
    Feb 24, 2023
    4
    It's a hot fanservice game, but it's not a game that will appeal to adults with real gaming taste. If you are a Potterhead, buy it, if not, don't bother because it is a waste of time and money. This is a game that will mean nothing to you.
  63. borgaborga
    Feb 24, 2023
    0
    the game has bugs and performance issues on my computer. The story is mediocre at best and the character dialog is boring. Game is very forgettable overall. not reccomended
  64. nzsher
    Feb 23, 2023
    0
    Best game ever made about the world of Harry Potter. Many thanks to developers!
  65. Deliverance91
    Feb 22, 2023
    0
    Awful, generic, bland, repetitive, mindless timesink. How trash like this can have anything higher than a 3 here is a mystery to me.
  66. PaulGR
    Feb 21, 2023
    3
    Assassins Creed: Hogwarts Odyssey.

    It's not a bad game, but it most definitely is not the RPG the HP fans wished for. - Zero role-playing elements. - Choices hardly matter. - Your House choice just changes the Common Area and a few dialogues, nothing major. - No classes to attend, no schedule (other than the 1-2 at intro which feel more like private tutoring). - No proper    Assassins Creed: Hogwarts Odyssey.

    It's not a bad game, but it most definitely is not the RPG the HP fans wished for.

    - Zero role-playing elements.
    - Choices hardly matter.
    - Your House choice just changes the Common Area and a few dialogues, nothing major.
    - No classes to attend, no schedule (other than the 1-2 at intro which feel more like private tutoring).
    - No proper day-night cycle.
    - No relationship building with students and faculty.
    - No interactions with NPCs. They are just (in)visible husks. They do not react to anything.
    - No House rivalries/drama.
    - No Quidditch.
    - No choices to decorate your Dorm. Contrary to what they made it look like at pre-release trailers. Your Dorm area/bed is just useless.
    - You can't even sleep at your Dorm. Can't sit or do other simple actions.
    - Character creation is EXTREMELY limited. You can only pick between presets. All MCs look the same. White complexion choices are limited. Majority are Black/Philippino/Asian/Indian.
    - The Character Creation character doesn't match the in-game character you see. It looks like the facial rig is bugged. All presets look the same in-game. Where is the "make any character you want" they advertised?
    - In-game character models look like PS2 era graphics.
    - Students and faculty disappear from existence at night. Students are not even at their Dorms. Hogwarts is just empty dead.
    - No curfew at night. You can enter the Restricted Section of the Library and nobody is there to stop you. It's just an abandoned castle. All NPCs disappear!

    It feels like you join 5th year as a transfer student just to ditch at the end of the questline. No attachment to the place at all.    … Expand
  67. LiteBabochka14
    Feb 21, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Кто купит, у того мать авада кедавра в могилу. Картонная хуйня, я того рот ебал… Expand
  68. bennymate
    Feb 20, 2023
    4
    Got a refund after some time with the game and I'm so glad I did, the story, characters and writing is so weak its not even funny. The quests are just boring, repetitive fetch quests and the game world, while vast and pretty feels hollow and boring, is this really the standard we're setting with triple AAA games in modern times? The gameplay is also vert average and basic.

    If you're a    Got a refund after some time with the game and I'm so glad I did, the story, characters and writing is so weak its not even funny. The quests are just boring, repetitive fetch quests and the game world, while vast and pretty feels hollow and boring, is this really the standard we're setting with triple AAA games in modern times? The gameplay is also vert average and basic.

    If you're a big harry potter fan I'm sure you can see some joy in it, but this really wasn't it dawg.    … Expand
  69. rafaeal
    Feb 12, 2023
    1
    Tinha dado 7 antes mas não tem como dar nota alta, a performance desse jogo é algo nojento. Um lixo
  70. loosechange09
    Feb 18, 2023
    0
    Impressed with the graphics, and creativity. However, the "game" has become a chore to play. It's another conversation simulator...
  71. DovahFeyn
    Feb 18, 2023
    0
    Au moins 6 crashs et 2 bluescreen, un stuttering (bégaiement d'image) de malade, des drops de FPS monstrueux et omniprésent des que le personnage se déplace...
    Malgré les forums, les mod et autre méthode, rien n'y fait pourtant les jeux sous unreal engine sont courant donc normalement maitrisé mais non...
    Pas mal de jeux actuels se battent pour le titre du jeu le plus mal optimisé mais    Au moins 6 crashs et 2 bluescreen, un stuttering (bégaiement d'image) de malade, des drops de FPS monstrueux et omniprésent des que le personnage se déplace...
    Malgré les forums, les mod et autre méthode, rien n'y fait pourtant les jeux sous unreal engine sont courant donc normalement maitrisé mais non...
    Pas mal de jeux actuels se battent pour le titre du jeu le plus mal optimisé mais là, nous avons trouvé le maitre...
    UNE HONTE avalanche software de sortir un jeu dans cette état… dommage j’attendais ce jeu et j’aimerais vraiment y jouer mais c’est actuellement impossible.    … Expand
  72. ads7
    Feb 18, 2023
    0
    this optimization is worst thing that ever happened to me, on RTX 3060 12gb u cant even play on low settings in 720p XD, if game somehow wont crash at the start, you will play whole 15 minutes with 20 fps in 720p before out of video memory error message pop up, AND OH MY GOD THAT DENUVO BULLS*IT, U CANT EVEN VERIFY YOUR STEAM FILES CUZ U WILL GET ANOTHER AMAZING POPUP WITH ACTIVATION ERRORthis optimization is worst thing that ever happened to me, on RTX 3060 12gb u cant even play on low settings in 720p XD, if game somehow wont crash at the start, you will play whole 15 minutes with 20 fps in 720p before out of video memory error message pop up, AND OH MY GOD THAT DENUVO BULLS*IT, U CANT EVEN VERIFY YOUR STEAM FILES CUZ U WILL GET ANOTHER AMAZING POPUP WITH ACTIVATION ERROR XD hopefully game will be playable maybe after 1/2 months and then i will give it a real score (divided by 2 because of first impression)… Expand
  73. Smithsmc
    Feb 14, 2023
    2
    Edited: I gave 4 after 10hrs of gameplay. Now after 30hrs i change it to 2.

    Game is good, im just giving 4 because of the propagand that this game gives to children. Some conversations are disgusting and uncomfortable and definitely some people forced this ideology into the game. Games dont need this type of **** Gameplay is ok. One thing im not happy is extremely long time needed to    Edited: I gave 4 after 10hrs of gameplay. Now after 30hrs i change it to 2.

    Game is good, im just giving 4 because of the propagand that this game gives to children. Some conversations are disgusting and uncomfortable and definitely some people forced this ideology into the game. Games dont need this type of **** Gameplay is ok. One thing im not happy is extremely long time needed to start exploring freely. You get access to some content after many hours of storyline.

    Edit:
    After 30hrs of playing i can tell you there are so boring side activities, only timewasters. Too long animation scenes that extened gameplay. 90% of Hogwarts teachers/shop vendors/ other npcs in this game are some colorful rainbow indians/africans/chinesee/japanesee. I have no immersion to british 19th century or HP world at all. Even side quest about tritons in the lake smells with this ****

    One good thing is i dont encounter any bugs etc playin on 3080 and ryzen.    … Expand
  74. Litomaikel
    Feb 18, 2023
    3
    Un juego con un apartado artístico remarcable, con eventos visuales y cinemáticos bastante sorprendentes (las primeras horas al menos), pero por debajo de lo aceptable en todo lo demás:
    Misiones secundarias vacías
    Sistemas de equipamiento y recompensas por misiones o puzzles penosos. Menú feo y como de hace 15 años. A nivel cinematográfico un esperpento (guión, planos y doblaje    Un juego con un apartado artístico remarcable, con eventos visuales y cinemáticos bastante sorprendentes (las primeras horas al menos), pero por debajo de lo aceptable en todo lo demás:
    Misiones secundarias vacías
    Sistemas de equipamiento y recompensas por misiones o puzzles penosos. Menú feo y como de hace 15 años.
    A nivel cinematográfico un esperpento (guión, planos y doblaje horribles)
    Personajes planos
    Historia mala y mal contada.
    Rendimiento ridículo en Hogsmeads    … Expand
  75. lobanski
    Feb 18, 2023
    0
    i am a transgender and i love this game. amazing game with a huge world and high-quality gameplay.
  76. fragileMC
    Feb 18, 2023
    3
    Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant
  77. BestTrueCritic
    Feb 17, 2023
    4
    Worse Magic mechanics than Skyrim (2012)
    Worse NPC mechanics than Gta Sa (154 before christus)

    Good Harry Potter Story, as a film this game is very good.
  78. chevychiller
    Feb 17, 2023
    0
    This game has serious performance problems, it is barely playable. I am disappointed by the story and overall design, as well. The visuals are beautiful, but everything else seems half-baked and not very much fun.
  79. FelipeABA6
    Feb 15, 2023
    2
    i tried all possible settings but still got stutterings, this optimization is sad
  80. Lazerkat789
    Feb 15, 2023
    1
    I'm rating low because the developers screwed many of us over with delaying release for old gen consoles. It's completely ruined my experience with this game and I have cancelled my pre order. Not only was the game spoiled for me before I could get a copy, but I looked like an idiot when I showed up happy in line for my copy, only to be told I'd have to wait 2 months, thanks for punishingI'm rating low because the developers screwed many of us over with delaying release for old gen consoles. It's completely ruined my experience with this game and I have cancelled my pre order. Not only was the game spoiled for me before I could get a copy, but I looked like an idiot when I showed up happy in line for my copy, only to be told I'd have to wait 2 months, thanks for punishing the poor you ****… Expand
  81. PandoraActorr
    Feb 14, 2023
    0
    This game is not really stable at the moment. The open world formula is just like any generic open world out there, NPCs does not feel like they have any personality at all. And thinking back on the review bombs of Elden Ring which said the game was buggy and stutter, this game has the exact same problem which makes me realize how hypocrite fan boys really are.
  82. Gigi23
    Feb 12, 2023
    0
    I would've given 7-8, if it wasn't for the terrible optimization and the unacceptable bugs that affect the game. First, there are stuttering and drops to even 10 fps; however they are limited in some areas and thus bearable. Second, some quests are bugged in a way that ruins completely the experience. Third, last but not least, a quest got bugged in a way that it become impossible to beI would've given 7-8, if it wasn't for the terrible optimization and the unacceptable bugs that affect the game. First, there are stuttering and drops to even 10 fps; however they are limited in some areas and thus bearable. Second, some quests are bugged in a way that ruins completely the experience. Third, last but not least, a quest got bugged in a way that it become impossible to be completed; so, I am stucked there. I tried to reinstall the game but nothing. I tried to load previous saving, but they all bring to the same result. So I am now forced to restart the game after 15 hours of play and it is unacceptable. That's why I put 0: terrible optimization and unacceptable bugs that totally compromise the experience… Expand
  83. Kiyratari
    Feb 13, 2023
    0
    Lackluster experience carried only by a wave of nostalgia that wears away quickly.
    Missions are boring, the character creator is awful.
    The variety of spells is minimal and the enemies are repetitive. The entire experience plays like a 2012 game and overstays its welcome by quite a bit. Poorly optimized for PC and incredibly slow transition to LOD to High poly models at times. Story    Lackluster experience carried only by a wave of nostalgia that wears away quickly.
    Missions are boring, the character creator is awful.
    The variety of spells is minimal and the enemies are repetitive.
    The entire experience plays like a 2012 game and overstays its welcome by quite a bit.
    Poorly optimized for PC and incredibly slow transition to LOD to High poly models at times.
    Story is subpar and the world surprisingly empty.    … Expand
  84. Atomy
    Feb 13, 2023
    0
    Seems like a decent game but holy crap the optimization is dreadful. Severe fps issues on my rtx 3070.In cinematics the background keeps going blurry and clear again. Also how can a game in 2023 not have playstation controller button prompts. Its hard to find a new game that doesn't do that... Wait for them to fix performance issues before you buy!
  85. nofunaloud
    Feb 13, 2023
    0
    lol hogsmeade as a first year. They don't care about the IP at all. Just slapped a name on a generic game to move copies.
  86. nobukatsu37
    Feb 13, 2023
    0
    dull games such as final fantasy and dragons dogma managed to emulate the wizard experience with better ease and they were launched almost a decate ago
  87. RiverTheUmbreon
    Feb 13, 2023
    0
    Wow this is a nothing game! It literally has nothing for me to say its just an insult
  88. JVPlay
    Feb 13, 2023
    3
    Jeu clairement pas fini (on dirait que ça devient une habitude aujourd’hui), avec des bugs à la pelle et des textures qui « pop » tous les 3 mètres sur PC. Un gameplay daté et des dialogues souvent ennuyeux ou enfantins (du moins une très longue partie de l'intro, il faut donc s'accrocher pour avancer) et puis.. c'est assez moche pour quand on regarde les personnages (pour un AAA sorti enJeu clairement pas fini (on dirait que ça devient une habitude aujourd’hui), avec des bugs à la pelle et des textures qui « pop » tous les 3 mètres sur PC. Un gameplay daté et des dialogues souvent ennuyeux ou enfantins (du moins une très longue partie de l'intro, il faut donc s'accrocher pour avancer) et puis.. c'est assez moche pour quand on regarde les personnages (pour un AAA sorti en 2023).

    Il y a cependant des bonnes choses, les musiques sont bonnes et le casting de la VF est excellent, mais les développeurs en sont à leur premier gros jeu et ça se sent fortement. Le jeu est étiré, l'histoire est fade et éloignée de l'imaginaire du monde des sorciers, et les temps de chargement sont ahurissants, avec un temps monstre pour naviguer dans les menus, passer les dialogues, pour quoi que ce soit en fait...

    Ce n'est pas le jeu que j'attendais, c'est une grosse déception et ce n'est certainement pas le jeu de l'année. Arrêtons d'être des fangirls/boys et soyons objectifs ce qu'il vaut réellement, alors que des jeux comme A plague tale Requiem n'ont même pas cette note ou ce score, bien qu'ils fassent nettement mieux. Ce jeu me laisse le sentiment d'être un fan-service sans réelle substance.

    Pour résumer : horrible les 5-10 premières heures, tout juste sympa ensuite. J'espère qu'un patch majeur viendra corriger le jeu car il avait pourtant du potentiel.    … Expand
  89. Warbring3r
    Feb 12, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Buggy, boring. Predictable story, poor graphics. Invasive denuvo drm. Your teacher Eleazar dies in every ending no matter what choices you make. They put a trans character in the game to pinkwash it. The game supports chattel slavery because JK Rowling can’t handle any change in her static, stale, neoliberal universe.… Expand
  90. Andrii228
    Feb 12, 2023
    3
    Terrible game. Fake windows, terrible face animations, terrible physics. Why in 2023 I should play games with fake mirrors? Why main characters clothing newer become wet after swimming or dirty after fight? Why open world is so empty? Don’t waste your time and money. This game is totally overpriced!
  91. tontonac
    Feb 12, 2023
    0
    Runs really, really bad on PC, almost unplayable. Constant suttering, lag, freeze, crash, textures loaded litterally seconds after they should be, no matter your config or the game settings (low to ultra). Some people seem to run the game fine, even with entry level configs , it seems very random.
    Developper MUST know the problem, but they released the game anyway in this state.
    The game    Runs really, really bad on PC, almost unplayable. Constant suttering, lag, freeze, crash, textures loaded litterally seconds after they should be, no matter your config or the game settings (low to ultra). Some people seem to run the game fine, even with entry level configs , it seems very random.
    Developper MUST know the problem, but they released the game anyway in this state.
    The game itself is OK, without the HP license it would be an average game, with very dated open world mechanics (skyrim in 2011 offered much better), but the story and setting are wonderfull.    … Expand
  92. PedritoPT
    Feb 12, 2023
    0
    I want to give this game a 9/10, but I can't. My conscience does not allow me. The game is beautiful, yes, it's the game that all fans want, yes, but the performance in the PC version is very bad, frame drops, stuttering, etc, by now we all know that. The video game industry should have more respect for consumers, I bought the deluxe version, almost finishing the main story, and with a badI want to give this game a 9/10, but I can't. My conscience does not allow me. The game is beautiful, yes, it's the game that all fans want, yes, but the performance in the PC version is very bad, frame drops, stuttering, etc, by now we all know that. The video game industry should have more respect for consumers, I bought the deluxe version, almost finishing the main story, and with a bad performance experience over the last few days, with no patch fix in sight. We have to claim in some way, we have to demand more polished games at launch. Postpone the game if you have to, since we are in this fashion times.… Expand
  93. CorruptShaolin
    Feb 11, 2023
    4
    This game is a huge disappointment. I feel like the Harry Potter fandom is making this game out to be way more than it actually is. The story is very bland, doesn’t seem to have much direction and the cutscenes take up an abhorrent amount of time away from actual gameplay. Can’t go literally 3 minutes without a damn meaningless cutscene filled with dialogue I literally could not give aThis game is a huge disappointment. I feel like the Harry Potter fandom is making this game out to be way more than it actually is. The story is very bland, doesn’t seem to have much direction and the cutscenes take up an abhorrent amount of time away from actual gameplay. Can’t go literally 3 minutes without a damn meaningless cutscene filled with dialogue I literally could not give a damn about. Combat is very basic and repetitive, Not unique or interesting at all. I thought it would have some intricate combat system with complex combos with this being a game about magic attacks and spells but it’s literally just a mash fest. Spam the attack button and block when the indicator pops up. It’s so incredibly terrible. I regret buying this game. The only good part was the visuals and the world of hog warts itself. It’s definitely eye candy for people who love great visuals and graphics in game but gameplay is far more important and it lacks that. The ratings hyper inflated imo.… Expand
  94. ShadyPlumber
    Feb 11, 2023
    4
    The game is outstanding, performance (even on my top end system) leaves a LOT to be desired.
  95. dictusSix
    Feb 11, 2023
    2
    Terrible optimized, intro works on my 3070 perfectly on high, after reaching hogwarts and outdoors are a lot of frame drops, unplayable atm. Normally the frame rate is reasonable arround 50 - 60.
  96. SeanD
    Feb 11, 2023
    0
    This would be a very generic and mediocre (and somewhat short) open-world romp IF it didn't have the myriad of performance issues and graphical glitches that it has. As it is right now it's not really worth anybody's time. The high critic review score is due to the backing of the big publisher while the high user-review score is due to the **** teens and manchildren deciding that praisingThis would be a very generic and mediocre (and somewhat short) open-world romp IF it didn't have the myriad of performance issues and graphical glitches that it has. As it is right now it's not really worth anybody's time. The high critic review score is due to the backing of the big publisher while the high user-review score is due to the **** teens and manchildren deciding that praising this lackluster game like it's the second coming of Jesus and putting coin in the purse of the large corporation that published it is somehow going to let them have some power over "the Twitter mob."… Expand
  97. Maxmynerv
    Feb 11, 2023
    1
    What a terrible game?
    Yes, you can throw her a couple of balls, that she is not overbooked and works.
    And everything. Oh can we run to HOGWARTS?! What a sensation. And what's next? Play old Harry Potter games that are a million times better made. Screenwriters, throw a bunch of meaningless text on the fan. Another stream of consciousness, from the writers. Who is this game made    What a terrible game?
    Yes, you can throw her a couple of balls, that she is not overbooked and works.
    And everything.
    Oh can we run to HOGWARTS?! What a sensation.
    And what's next?
    Play old Harry Potter games that are a million times better made.
    Screenwriters, throw a bunch of meaningless text on the fan.
    Another stream of consciousness, from the writers.

    Who is this game made for?
    For those who are mired in a fictional world about Harry Potter and who lack communication?
    Why do you need all these meaningless dialogues in the game?

    Classes are not interesting, stupid and simple.

    The study of spells is boring and the same, while even silent.
    Piu-Piu is not a spell.

    In Harry Potter, we saw the invisibility cloak.
    And here, what? A spell??? From where, how, why? It doesn't even have a usage time.
    You don't even have to turn on your brain to solve some puzzles during stealth missions.

    The game is so shallow and dull that there are not even words to describe it.
    This game does everything to infuriate the player, while it is also toxic.

    There are no normal fights in the game either, everyone has shields. The enemies know exactly the same thing that the main character knows.

    Yes, Forspoken is a masterpiece compared to Hogwarts Legacy, although they are similar in many ways, but there is at least a little bit more interesting.

    Again, a stupid plot about the "chosen one", nothing better could have been invented?

    Returning to the stupid plot, what kind of nonsense is it when a character is taken to the 5th year of study at school?
    At the same time, here it is necessary, only 3 characters before that, got to the 5th course, the same way.
    At the same time, everyone has the same power... and magic.
    At the same time, the hero grasps everything on the fly, there is not even a fraction of the feeling of learning magic or the efforts of the character or player.

    The whole game — give, bring.
    No, interesting events or situations.
    And everyone talks and talks and talks, completely useless information that is simply not interesting to listen to.

    Again, though AGAIN!!! Dead and empty scenery that the player just looks at, but does not take part in…
    Why are detailed worlds worth it? If it's a dummy?

    At the same time, there are no adventures, school adventures, or at least the adventures of friends in the game…
    It is so dull, cloying, licked and at the same time toxic that after a couple of hours, you just want to turn it off.

    From the part, in the game, all the same problems as in the Witcher 3, but at the same time it does not resemble the Witcher 1 at all…

    The player should be immersed in history, in this world ... and not torment him with activities and dialogues.

    Screenwriters. Learn how to write scripts for games already at last, and if you don't know how, it's better not to take it at all. The game does not equal the book. The approach is completely different. The game should be fun to play, not that's all. A nasty, empty game, without even a slice of talent. Skyrim is still more interesting after all these years. But where have you been? Did you sleep? In general, 1 point out of 10, for the fact that this game at least works fine, without a bunch of bugs. Everyone who could, did, **** off, everyone did everything on **** off. It's not even Hogwarts, it's a museum of some kind. And it's certainly not a school of magic. P.S. There is a feeling that in the beginning they wanted to make an MMO with a donation from the game, but then they realized that they would not be able to do it and changed their minds, and many gameplay elements remained.    … Expand
  98. cheesecakekille
    Feb 11, 2023
    0
    Too bad.
    I have technical difficulties with my Ryzen5 5600 and a 6800XT on WQHD. Not only that depending on the location in the open world and also in cut scenes, there are blatant frame drops, which ensure that you fall below 30FPS. But also that for unexplained reasons now and then the entire PC goes out and does not boot properly when restarting, but the graphics card also hangs.
    It    Too bad.
    I have technical difficulties with my Ryzen5 5600 and a 6800XT on WQHD. Not only that depending on the location in the open world and also in cut scenes, there are blatant frame drops, which ensure that you fall below 30FPS. But also that for unexplained reasons now and then the entire PC goes out and does not boot properly when restarting, but the graphics card also hangs.
    It is said, no OC, everything is from the manufacturer. Drivers are up to date. Have even ray tracing, scaling, and details down screwed.

    All this is particularly annoying because the game otherwise looks fantastic, the combat system is varied and the open world is a lot of fun.
    Really a downer.    … Expand
  99. FluteSalad
    Feb 11, 2023
    1
    Not visually impressive these days, uninteresting story. Repetitive gameplay, combat is the most mid thing ever to exist and by buying it you’re giving money to someone that hates the existence of transgender people… give it a pass
  100. CosmicScarab
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Runs like trash on even the highest end hardware once you get past a certain point.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 22
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  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    May 4, 2023
    85
    Beautiful, cozy and incredibly detailed, Hogwarts Legacy suffers from overabundance of side activities that offer no story, substance or good gameplay. [page 42]
  2. GameSpace
    Apr 4, 2023
    80
    The success of Hogwarts Legacy clearly shows that good sales and warm feedback from players are ensured not so much by the gameplay thought out to the smallest detail but by carefully reproducing the right atmosphere. But this is already a subtle moment, akin to real magic, and here the nameless developers of Avalanche Software succeeded.
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  3. 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.
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