Hogwarts Legacy

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7.9

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  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. ShadyPlumber
    Feb 11, 2023
    4
    The game is outstanding, performance (even on my top end system) leaves a LOT to be desired.
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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.
  11. Adam2he
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    The game is awfull, It is only interesting for people who loves Harry potter
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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
  18. DaninoRey
    Mar 5, 2023
    4
    Looks nice.
    But oh so very shallow.
    Dialogue options are non existant and boring
  19. 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
  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. 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.
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. pisscat49
    Feb 8, 2023
    3
    Horrible performance. Crashes often. It has shallow game mechanics and combat and the fps drops are unbearable.
  29. fragileMC
    Feb 18, 2023
    3
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  30. 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
  31. 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!
  32. 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
  33. 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!
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. Draakisback
    Feb 10, 2023
    2
    I read harry potter when I was in High School so I imagine that I am a part of the target demo for this game. That being said, I am also a gamer; and this game is pretty damned MID. The story isn't all that inspired, the world is fine but after a few hours, it starts to feel a lot like a Harry Potter skinned Assassins Creed game. Not to mention all of the hand holding that doesn't go awayI read harry potter when I was in High School so I imagine that I am a part of the target demo for this game. That being said, I am also a gamer; and this game is pretty damned MID. The story isn't all that inspired, the world is fine but after a few hours, it starts to feel a lot like a Harry Potter skinned Assassins Creed game. Not to mention all of the hand holding that doesn't go away even by the time you make it to the late parts of the game. The game doesn't even really do a good job of recreating the magic of being a part of the hogwarts world. You start as a 5th year, and you don't get to take the train... You don't get to specify if you are a Muggle born or a Pure blood, you just are dropped into this story that really isn't all that interesting and are forced to play it out in a somewhat linear fashion. Being in a different house only really effects a couple NPC dialogue options and a single quest in the game (and the obvious stuff like your common room). The classes you take don't really feel like classes as much as they feel like tutorials for the 12 different spells in the game. Nothing in this game is unique or innovative and it seems to try to use its source material as nostalgia bait to try to hide that fact. The Performance of this game is a mess. Even with my very powerful computer; I had crashes and I lost my save file data more than a few times (I had to make multiple copies of each save to prevent losing my progress). FPS would randomly drop in certain areas while in others I would get a consistent 120 FPS (And the FPS wouldn't drop again in the same areas which made it seemingly random). The facial expressions in this game are absolutely ugly as hell; I had to remake my character twice because of how creepy they turned out looking in the cutscenes. This game could have been something really special but its just another mediocre movie game that also has terrible performance. If you are a die hard potter fan, you might enjoy this; but if you just want a good game, look somewhere else.

    The Performance of this game is a mess. Even with my very powerful computer; I had crashes and I lost my save file data more than a few times (I had to make multiple copies of each save to prevent losing my progress). FPS would randomly drop in certain areas while in others I would get a consistent 120 FPS. The facial expressions in this game are absolutely ugly as hell; I had to remake my character twice because of how creepy they turned out looking in the cutscenes.

    If you are a die hard potter fan, you might enjoy this; but if you just want a good game, look somewhere else.    … Expand
  37. Idelan
    Feb 10, 2023
    2
    By far the worst performance I've experienced in a pc game. I'm using 2070 super, 16gb ram and 6 core and still have 5-10 fps drops and some parts of the game are unplayable. I bought the 72h early access and it's one of the most regreted decisions of my life, the game is a scam because even tho you buy it early you can't even play it properly until they release the patch (which theBy far the worst performance I've experienced in a pc game. I'm using 2070 super, 16gb ram and 6 core and still have 5-10 fps drops and some parts of the game are unplayable. I bought the 72h early access and it's one of the most regreted decisions of my life, the game is a scam because even tho you buy it early you can't even play it properly until they release the patch (which the company haven't addressed yet). Right now I'm proccesing the refund of this hot garbage. (Beware: I don't give a **** about all the twitter drama, I'm just talking facts about my experience on pc of this game)… Expand
  38. 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
  39. Onixus
    Feb 10, 2023
    2
    Сыро.
    Интерфейс для ПК и схема управления - ущербны более чем. Создается впечатление что играешь в мобильную помойку, при этом каст скилов через цифры 1/2/3/4 - а дальше? Заклинаний много, а слотов 4. При этом в схеме управления на гейпаде это ограничение понятно. Часть интерфейса сделана под мышь, но игра явно точилась под геймпад.
    Техническая часть: Ну тут даже не оптимизация, а    Сыро.
    Интерфейс для ПК и схема управления - ущербны более чем. Создается впечатление что играешь в мобильную помойку, при этом каст скилов через цифры 1/2/3/4 - а дальше? Заклинаний много, а слотов 4. При этом в схеме управления на гейпаде это ограничение понятно. Часть интерфейса сделана под мышь, но игра явно точилась под геймпад.
    Техническая часть:
    Ну тут даже не оптимизация, а просто кривущие руки разрабов, похоже индусы-джуны писали код.
    1440р
    RTX 4080 - 60% утилизации
    Ryzen 3900x - 25% утилизации
    RTX + DLAA - on
    DLSS - off
    70-80 FPS в городе, при этом в хогвартсе около 100 FPS и загрузка видеокарты. Игра тупо не хочет использовать ресурсы ПК
    Подгрузки у дверей в хогвартсе - а зачем тогда ResizibleBAR я включал?
    RTX - это сказка, отражения зеркала - мыло мыльное, а при использовании фонарика новые тени не появляются, кстати в игре про магию с кастом огня от огня нет новых теней, даже от костров и факелов не всегда бывают тени.
    И вишенка на торте первые 2 часа это унылое обучение, первые локации сильно ограничены что бы выдать картинку хоть как-то похожую на игру, а дальше у вас заканчивается время на возврат и игра проседает.
    К 15 часу игры я получил гипогрифа и метлу, т.е. вот бонус за предзаказ я увидел через 15 часов. Но крафт и фарм ингридиентов в реальном времени м... Как вам 25 ждать ингредиентов на улучшения шмота? ТЗ у разрабов было явное: Игра на 60+ часов

    В игре никто не хочет пояснить за мир, за сюжет, почему я на 5 курсе попадаю в школу, что там за баллы и что они дают, почему я с самого начала умею кастовать с палкой, но меня посылают за новой палкой, почему гоблин кастует с руки без палки? При этом игра на каждое действие пихает активно обучение, затягивая попадание в неоптимизированные локации.    … Expand
  40. 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.
  41. 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
  42. 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.
  43. 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
  44. FelipeABA6
    Feb 15, 2023
    2
    i tried all possible settings but still got stutterings, this optimization is sad
  45. Frebad
    Feb 9, 2023
    2
    Awful PC experience. This game have so many graphics lags and need videocards 40 series for what? 2017 graphics? Check rdr 2 please. Unplayable at this moment. Big dissapointment for a big fan...
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. vova22379
    Mar 12, 2023
    1
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  50. 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
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. 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!
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. 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.
  58. 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
  59. 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
  60. nzsher
    Feb 23, 2023
    0
    Best game ever made about the world of Harry Potter. Many thanks to developers!
  61. ultima67
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    Atrocious game, barely runs, full of plot holes and the story makes no sense, glitches everywhere, combat is terrible and there's only like 5 different enemy types, empty world with nothing to do, load screens everywhere, performance issues galore and runes even worse on PC than on console somehow!
  62. 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.
  63. 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.
  64. 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.
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. Tatsu_chan
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is unimaginably horrible and it's baffling it's the hill so many are willing to d*e on. There is no enemy variety, which is for sure a good idea for a modern open world game. There is no spell variety either, which again certainly great idea for a modern rpg based solely around it's magic, but Harry Potter has always had a terrible magic system so. For reference Final Fantasy (1987 NES) has triple as many spells (60), and Skyrim a more modern open world game for comparison has over 100 and both those games have multiple combat classes. The game will let you use the "unforgivable curses" but it has no morality system to give any meaningful consequences to your actions because according to the devs it would be "too judgmental on the game maker's part". The game is also a buggy mess and anyone saying otherwise is just lying, the game literally has Denuvo. But none of this is surprising, every trailer made it look lackluster and it's made by the developers infamous for Disney tie-in shovelware.

    And now for the elephant in the room... The game doubles down on all the r*cism and antis*mitism of its source material, anyone saying Terfling had nothing to do with this game is bending the truth. The official Q&A for the game on their site says they worked closely with her team so it perfectly fits her world, and that it does a little too perfectly. The main premise is squashing a goblin rebellion riddled with antis*mitism. The goblin rebellions are not new to the franchise, they are a thing mentioned in the books and expanded material as something the students learn in history class. And what were all the rebellions about? The lack or basic rights like using wands, and *checks notes* wizards attempting to ensl*ve them "as house elves" but we’re supposed to believe they’re still the villains throughout the franchise?
    Which brings us to the next topic, the house elves... As in the source material Hogwarts is run by sl*ve labor and the franchise doesn't want us to look deeper into what that means, waving it off with "well they like it". But if wizards can attempt to ensl*ve goblins as “house elves” what does that actually mean, what exactly is a “house elf” and why doesn’t the series want us to examine it? The head house elf at Hogwarts becomes a companion, so you don't actually get to own a sl*ve but you still get one by proxy. The game also lets you decorate the Room of Requirement with mounted house elf heads, with how controversial this aspect of the books has always been idk who on the dev team didn’t think “maybe we shouldn’t keep the mounted head of a sapient creature decoration item”. Again none of this is surprising given the source material where they decorate houses with elf heads and the kids put little hats on during christmas, oh isn’t it so cute and whimsical? The game is also a prequel set in the 1800s so it can't actually effectively deconstruct the issues with the source material, the goblins are still the antis*metic bankers, the house elves are still sl*ves, and the wizards are still the good guys that have every right to oppress them. Just like Terflings own politics and the politics of the source material the game's message is about preserving the status quo, nothing meaningful can change and it shouldn’t cause we have a continuity to uphold d*mnit!
    The game also throws in the series "first trans character" who they named "Sirona Ryan", this is a name of a Celtic goddess (as many people will point out in an attempt to ignore criticism, despite that bit not being the issue with the name) but just like "Cho Chang", "Anthony Goldstein" and "Kingsley Shacklebolt" it's certainly a choice out of all the Celtic goddess names to deliberately use that one for your first trans women. Sirona was also very obviously thrown in last minute in an attempt to say the game was divorced from Terflings and her raging transphobia, but as you can see the game is quite the opposite.

    In conclusion this game is truly the “Legacy” of this franchise and I can see why fans say “this is everything I ever wanted in a Harry Potter game” because this is all the franchise really truly is. I certainly hope everyone who bought the deluxe edition for the sole reason to spite a minority the author is actively harming daily love their overpriced shovelware and sodder off. Remember yall were the same people in the 90s who hated and wanted to boycott the books for being “satanic”.

    And for anyone who can’t let go of the franchise because of “childhood” and cause “it’s so magical”, let me recommend “Earthsea” by Ursula K. Le Guin, “Discworld” by Terry Pratchett, and “Percy Jackson” by Rick Riordian. None of those series are perfect and have their fair share of problems, but they were written by authors who actually cared, who actually took criticism and grew from it. You can let go and grow too.    … Expand
  68. nicerdicer
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    Brilliant. Impressive attention to details. Immersive open world, so many things to do around. So many things to discover. We are so lucky to have it during out timelines.
  69. nuhah100
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    Game is super buggy, fps drops, BSODs, crashes, render issues.
    And woke propaganda...
  70. Inuyasha17
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    HOGWARTS LEGACY has very serious lag. The game is annoyingly slow. It breaks frequently.
  71. sex69
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    Not really. The character is so ugly. The story is boring and sleepy. It's no fun.
  72. 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.
  73. Siavashaleahmad
    Mar 8, 2023
    0
    This game is so **** good!Thx to the developers.I'm in love with this Game!
  74. JoshuaVon4
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    Ryzen 5700
    3070 8GB 16 GB DDR4 Ram
    It's just like the Batman games first launch. runs roughly 50 frame at 2k with crashes and a lot of noticeable frame drops, which are really annoying! A lot of crashes happened after a cutscene With opening MSI afterburner I found that the game was running out of ram and Vram. 3070 runs perfectly with cyberpunk 2077 first launch This is very bad PC    Ryzen 5700
    3070 8GB 16 GB DDR4 Ram

    It's just like the Batman games first launch.

    runs roughly 50 frame at 2k with crashes and a lot of noticeable frame drops, which are really annoying!

    A lot of crashes happened after a cutscene
    With opening MSI afterburner I found that the game was running out of ram and Vram. 3070 runs perfectly with cyberpunk 2077 first launch This is very bad PC optimization, I can't believe first launch AAA game with worse optimization than Cyberpunk 2077 and with worse image texture.

    The Rasterization on the PC port is worse than PS4 Marvel Spiderman, it reminds me about the final time of PS3 era..

    Do your optimization Warner!    … Expand
  75. Inuyasha1
    Mar 4, 2023
    0
    발적화 때문에 게임을 하기 힘듭니다. 지금은 하지 않는 것이 좋습니다.
  76. 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
  77. ktoeto
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Game crashed on start. I have super performance PC with 13900k processor and strong nvidia GPU, but game tell me about insufficiency resources.
  78. rayzerisbest
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    Very disappointed with the PC performance of the game, lags too much in Hogwarts, I've had this kind of issue with a lot of other Unreal Engine game for some reason and the situation is the same her as well.
  79. 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
  80. 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
  81. 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
  82. jsmith1972
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Just like Callisto Protocol and Witcher 3 Next Gen this game has serious issues with CPU overhead/bottleneck in certain areas of the game especially with RT enabled causing GPU utilization and in turn frame rate to nose dive. I do not consider this in any way shape or form acceptable and the fact that pretty much every new pc release has been plagued with this issue is a joke. If you haveJust like Callisto Protocol and Witcher 3 Next Gen this game has serious issues with CPU overhead/bottleneck in certain areas of the game especially with RT enabled causing GPU utilization and in turn frame rate to nose dive. I do not consider this in any way shape or form acceptable and the fact that pretty much every new pc release has been plagued with this issue is a joke. If you have a 40 series card you can use the frame generator to help alleviate the problem but what percentage of players have access to one of these cards? Devs need to step up their game and fix this piece of ****… Expand
  83. RiverTheUmbreon
    Feb 13, 2023
    0
    Wow this is a nothing game! It literally has nothing for me to say its just an insult
  84. gaiatiful
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    beyond awful, fueled only by nostalgia and spite, this is one of the worst rpg ive ever seen
  85. lobanski
    Feb 18, 2023
    0
    i am a transgender and i love this game. amazing game with a huge world and high-quality gameplay.
  86. 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.
  87. tarkahdok
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Holy moly this game has some problematic writing. It's also got Denuvo in it, which is straight up malware. Avoid.
  88. Dadazuma
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Repetitive and boring children's game. Avoid at all cost if you don't want to be disappointed.
  89. GOTYEldenRing1
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    발적화가 심각하고 렉이 심각합니다. 프레임 드랍이 많습니다. 최적화가 엉망입니다;
  90. 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.
  91. CosmicScarab
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Runs like trash on even the highest end hardware once you get past a certain point.
  92. 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.
  93. afroman123456
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    stutter and stutter what wrong with all tripleAAA games this year not optimized at all and Horrible performance. Crashes often
  94. 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
  95. LilyMa
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    Disgusted the see that the entire story of this game is just antisemitic myths and conspiracies with the names switched out.
  96. 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
  97. ryderrr
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Diversity, wokism all over the place as always. Lame optimization, performance. Gameplay boring quickly, dead world, dead game. Better go read the original books and watch the movies. Such sh*t show.
  98. Heretoir
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    Game has malware (DENUVO)
    Game stutters sometimes at 1080p even in my 1080
    Game is awful and positive reviews are biased by nostalgia and politcal views.
  99. Medic_Gaming
    Feb 8, 2023
    0
    Incredibly disappointing. UI and various other elements look like they come from a mobile game and were haphazardly shoved onto consoles and pc, yet performance begs to differ. If you are a harry potter fan, I still cannot recommend it. It is so derivative and dull. If you want to relive the magic of the movies, either watch the movies or buy the (far cheaper) lego games. This game is notIncredibly disappointing. UI and various other elements look like they come from a mobile game and were haphazardly shoved onto consoles and pc, yet performance begs to differ. If you are a harry potter fan, I still cannot recommend it. It is so derivative and dull. If you want to relive the magic of the movies, either watch the movies or buy the (far cheaper) lego games. This game is not worth its price tag, and unlikely to be even on any sales the developers put on it.… Expand
  100. Melodyisded
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    This game is not only a total scam, but also boring and short. Do not recommend.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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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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