Hogwarts Legacy

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1764 Ratings

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  1. vitorgaioso
    Sep 12, 2023
    7
    Provavelmente a nota aumentaria pelo menos uns 2 pontos se eu fosse fã do universo Harry Potter. Mas como sou apenas fã de souls-like, um 7 é mais que suficiente. História legalzinha, gameplay boa mas repetitiva depois de um certo ponto.
  2. Pipe8600
    Mar 6, 2023
    6
    Without ray tracing this game looks like a 2010 game, is slow, boring and bad optimize.
  3. TruthSeaker
    Aug 15, 2023
    7
    Very solid game. Much more enjoyable in every way than 90% of 2k23 titles.
    Major cons - game is extremely easy and story is really lacking in terms of depth and proper pacing.
  4. walkerz2
    Aug 14, 2023
    7
    Apesar de um ritimo repetitivo, e mecanicas manjadas a roupagem de harry potter agrada a criança interna e compensa a jogatina.
  5. Tacco1306
    Aug 13, 2023
    7
    This game is pure fan-service. i played it on release with some mayor bugs and had a little break... it did not catch me again.
  6. sideshownate
    Aug 13, 2023
    7
    The story is pretty average and boring. There is fun to be made especially for fans of the series but there could have been more.
  7. Hatsspace
    Aug 11, 2023
    7
    its fun for like the first 15 or so hours but gets stale and REPETITIVE their is like so many side activities that are completely useless BUT exploring Hogwarts is incredibly fun
  8. InMassiveDebt
    Aug 11, 2023
    7
    Hogwarts Legacy extends an immersive and enthralling journey into the enchanting realm of Harry Potter. With its captivating storyline, compelling side quests, and visually striking graphics, it initially grips players' attention. Nevertheless, the game falls short in justifying its price due to its brevity and lack of substantial content. Moreover, the limited impact of player choices onHogwarts Legacy extends an immersive and enthralling journey into the enchanting realm of Harry Potter. With its captivating storyline, compelling side quests, and visually striking graphics, it initially grips players' attention. Nevertheless, the game falls short in justifying its price due to its brevity and lack of substantial content. Moreover, the limited impact of player choices on the surrounding world contributes to a somewhat unsatisfying experience, leaving an impression of emptiness.… Expand
  9. Visitbr
    Aug 1, 2023
    7
    o jogo em sí é divertido, o mapa e a ambientação são os pontos fortes, hogwarts é muito bem feita nesse jogo, o combate é muito divertido, o mundo tem muito conteúdo e missões, mas a história principal é muito desinteressante, as missões secundarias do sebastian foram muito melhores que a historia principal, o jogo é lindo e tem cenários fenomenais, mas é extremamente mal otimizado, eleo jogo em sí é divertido, o mapa e a ambientação são os pontos fortes, hogwarts é muito bem feita nesse jogo, o combate é muito divertido, o mundo tem muito conteúdo e missões, mas a história principal é muito desinteressante, as missões secundarias do sebastian foram muito melhores que a historia principal, o jogo é lindo e tem cenários fenomenais, mas é extremamente mal otimizado, ele come memoria ram e vram de maneira absurda ele pesa a placa de vídeo sem ao menos ter gráficos ou um mapa que justificasse todo esse "peso" do game, algo que me decepcionou foi a floresta proibida, nos filmes e livros cita a existência de varias criaturas mas no game só tem aranhas(que por sinal nao faz sentindo existir diversas aranhas sendo que aragog vai aparecer quase 100 anos depois dos eventos desse jogo) e duendes.… Expand
  10. random-dude
    Jul 26, 2023
    7
    Almost excellent game. Gameplay-mechanics and the world design - superb. Music, atmosphere, immersion and exploring in this game is pure bliss. Lots and lots of little lore-accurate details, fun easter eggs and all-around unique charm that only the wizarding world has (and which the later movies lacked). The setting (year 1890) is interesting, and the acting is solid.

    Puzzles... some    Almost excellent game. Gameplay-mechanics and the world design - superb. Music, atmosphere, immersion and exploring in this game is pure bliss. Lots and lots of little lore-accurate details, fun easter eggs and all-around unique charm that only the wizarding world has (and which the later movies lacked). The setting (year 1890) is interesting, and the acting is solid.

    Puzzles... some work, and some are too easy. Most puzzles are repeated too many times. Would've wanter more variety in these, the mechanics and spell combinations would allow for more varied puzzles in difficulty and execution, and I hope this is something they add later on in a DLC.

    Bosses are underwhelming. First few were a copy/paste same fight, and the only good boss with fun and engaging mechanics was the very last one. Though the last boss was good, it didn't feel like the final boss of a game - more like a lead-up to it.

    Main villains weren't much of a fight, and were mostly relegated as mid-bosses with endless adds. The environments in these fights were uninspired, and lacked any opportunity to utilize the surroundings for different tactics, other than the repetitive crowd control you spend most of the game using.

    The story is is another weakness in this game. Its build-up is good, but the resolution comes suddenly bringing the main story to an abrupt end. After completing the main story, there's little to no reason to stick around doing side quests and explore more of the map. Which is a shame, since the world is Beautiful with a Capitol B, and immersive.

    I'll raise my score if they deliver a good DLC, but for now it's a very solid 7.
    Or if they give me quidditch, it's an automatic 10.    … Expand
  11. EKYR
    Jul 11, 2023
    7
    hogwarts legacy is the definitive game to get for a harry potter /fantastic beasts fan, it is great at what it does. I enjoyed my time with this game, the graphics are one of the best ive seen, the world ESPECIALLY hogwarts castle is marvellous, they got that really bang on, nailed it in every aspect. Walking around the castle and having a whimsical feel of magic and wonder around you ishogwarts legacy is the definitive game to get for a harry potter /fantastic beasts fan, it is great at what it does. I enjoyed my time with this game, the graphics are one of the best ive seen, the world ESPECIALLY hogwarts castle is marvellous, they got that really bang on, nailed it in every aspect. Walking around the castle and having a whimsical feel of magic and wonder around you is truly not replicable in other games because other games dont do harry potter like this game does. Walking to and from class, learning new spells, talking to your npc friends, it is super immersive while you are in the hogwarts castle. Hogsmeade is also a treat to explore, fans will recognise many familar places from the movies. The fan service is really done super super well, i must praise them alot for this. Thumbs up. You can even have a pet farm where you can rear animals and make spells, this is like so cool to do in the game, well done.

    However the game is far from perfect!
    as a video game fan, i could easily tell the game fails to really innovate or broaden our expectations of what a modern open world can do, it gets boring very quickly as you do endless fetch quests (while riding various mounts which are quite fun to do ngl, only thing keeping me from falling asleep while doing side quests), the combat is the most basic in a video game ever, every single enemy can be killed with the simple spell you get at the start. The illusion really breaks once you leave the castle and hogsmeade because the world doesnt have much to offer at all. The repeated dialogue is really annoying also. Towards the end, the game can start to feel quite repetitive and dry, with a run of the mill good vs evil storyline, which when considering the audience of the game might include younger klds, its fine i guess,, but story does not stand out and repetitive missions are unwelcome and distasteful.
    Hogwarts Legacy is great at what it does and it really shows, but the game could use some fine tuning such as stronger story and expanded open world concepts.    … Expand
  12. Gaming_Bear
    Jul 7, 2023
    7
    Game started out magical, but very quickly feel into the void of repetitive empty open worlds. They really should have taken not of the top tier open worlds like red dead redemption, Skyrim, witcher 3. This game could have been a classic instead it was just ok.

    Pro Combat is ok Graphics are decent Cons World feels repetitive and empty Need to work on making the world feel organic and    Game started out magical, but very quickly feel into the void of repetitive empty open worlds. They really should have taken not of the top tier open worlds like red dead redemption, Skyrim, witcher 3. This game could have been a classic instead it was just ok.

    Pro
    Combat is ok
    Graphics are decent

    Cons
    World feels repetitive and empty
    Need to work on making the world feel organic and interactions exist and occur organically and don't pull you from the world . Red dead 2 does this well.
    Music needs to be more effective. Flying mechanics need to be fully redone especially if there is going to be Quidditch. Should be able to do complex arial manuvers while still being able to look so around. Final con...no Quidditch... How dare they.    … Expand
  13. SkateWitches---
    Jun 29, 2023
    5
    We wanted bully with magic but we got cyberpunk fantasy edition, a graphically and visually impressive experience that fails miserably in the gameplay department, a total lack of any sort of interaction with the other students, the teachers or with the school itself other than a few lines of dialogue make the carefully designed world feel fake, all of this along with a plethora of fakeWe wanted bully with magic but we got cyberpunk fantasy edition, a graphically and visually impressive experience that fails miserably in the gameplay department, a total lack of any sort of interaction with the other students, the teachers or with the school itself other than a few lines of dialogue make the carefully designed world feel fake, all of this along with a plethora of fake choices and an underwhelming story make hogwarts legacy nothing more than a theme park ride, the potential of the combat system is overshadowed by a lack of enemy variety making the fights stale and boring and the narrative potential of finding yourself forced to use the unforgivable curses is broken by the fact they didn't bother to implement any sort of punishment, if you cast avada kedavra in front of a teacher, they will say "don't do it again" if you do it again, they will say a different line, and that's it, to me, that the recap of the entire experience, a game world that looks pretty and that doesn't give a s**t about the player. If you want to look at nice furniture for €50 I suggest you instead go to an ikea store, where you can do it for free.… Expand
  14. xgatto
    Jun 24, 2023
    7
    Great start, tons of potential, but you can tell it's a bit of an "amateurish" work. From distorted, badly mixed voices, to lag and glitches. Excited for a sequel if they ever make one. As far as this one goes, it's pretty average.
  15. MarsKramer
    Jun 24, 2023
    5
    5/10. Avoid if you hate Ubisoft style games. Message cannot include less than seventy-five letters, so I have to write it.
  16. co3676
    Jun 23, 2023
    6
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  17. Renaigse
    Jun 22, 2023
    7
    Пример игры, которая получила огромную популярность и завышенные оценки просто потому, что сама франшиза, по которой сделана игра, крайне популярна + давно не было по ней высокобюджетных проектов. Буквально люди, которые практически не играют в игры, зашли поностальгировать по Гаре Потнаму, отсюда и такие баллы. На деле же игра сделана по всем канонам ААА дрочилен: незапоминающийся главныйПример игры, которая получила огромную популярность и завышенные оценки просто потому, что сама франшиза, по которой сделана игра, крайне популярна + давно не было по ней высокобюджетных проектов. Буквально люди, которые практически не играют в игры, зашли поностальгировать по Гаре Потнаму, отсюда и такие баллы. На деле же игра сделана по всем канонам ААА дрочилен: незапоминающийся главный сюжет, второсортные допы, куча выпадающего разноцветного лутячего, отвратительные диалоги и оптимизация, но отличная графика, анимации и проработка самого мира.… Expand
  18. nuglord
    Jun 16, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. + Massive, beautiful world with great depth of development.
    + Simple, fun mechanics - flight controls feel especially good.
    + Large map to explore with tons of content.
    + Lore and storyline feel fun, lighthearted, and true to franchise.

    - Functionality gated behind the typical AAA collectible grind.
    - Disappointing ending after an otherwise compelling storyline.
    - Terribly optimized with lots of bugs, glitches, and lack of polish.
    - Narrative is fun, but lacks depth or significant character development.
    - Many key elements missing - quidditch being the primary among them.    … Expand
  19. mdk567
    Jun 10, 2023
    6
    추억을 되살려주는 훌륭한 ost와 호그와트 재현도. 호그스미드로의 여행, 빗자루 비행과 마법 사용
    그에 반해 흥미롭지 않은 중반부터의 스토리와 수치만 달라지는 장비 시스템, 텅 비어있는 오픈월드, 플레이타임을 늘리기 위한 빽빽한 수집품 품목. 끔찍한 최적화..
  20. Maquan97
    Jun 10, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well. The jest part of the game is Hogwart but you spent to less time there. Instead you running like auror and kill enemies. The game have so good opinions because of Harry Potter universum. Without it its maybe 4. The story? Well only part With deathly halows and Sebastian were good. Just average game for me. Btw im fan of HP. In fact i have more nostalgia and having better fun playing one night siting Harry Potter 2 really...… Expand
  21. TinyMeatGang
    Jun 6, 2023
    6
    I really wanted to like this game, and I tried very hard to do so, but it just falls flat in most aspects outside of the representation of Hogwarts itself, which is easily the best one to have ever existed. I would highly recommend reading the mixed and negative reviews before buying this game, especially at full price. Not the ones by people who forgot that you're not supposed to iron theI really wanted to like this game, and I tried very hard to do so, but it just falls flat in most aspects outside of the representation of Hogwarts itself, which is easily the best one to have ever existed. I would highly recommend reading the mixed and negative reviews before buying this game, especially at full price. Not the ones by people who forgot that you're not supposed to iron the folds out of your brain and complain about wokeness and "AgeNDa", but the ones by people who actually break down the good and bad aspects of the game.

    If you stripped out the Harry Potter name and theming of the game, you're left with a mediocre product at best. Once you've played the first 4 or so hours of the game, you've already experienced everything the game has to offer; the remaining 16 or so are just the first part but copy/pasted with a bit of variation.

    If you just want to experience Hogwarts and have fun casting spells, this is a great game for that. If you want an immersive and interesting story, world, or characters, this falls way short. It's worth playing, but I would definitely wait until it goes on sale before picking it up.    … Expand
  22. ObsessedMeat
    Jun 6, 2023
    7
    I can't complete this game. The first 15/20 hours are amazing. Then, you are left with no more spells to learn, maybe a few new animals to catch, and the emptiness of a map loaded with those boring as hell Merlin's trials. Technically is good, mechanics are kinda interesting, but after 20 hours into the game, i just can't play for more than 5 minutes withouth getting bored.
  23. Razrback16
    Jun 1, 2023
    5
    Cons:

    * Denuvo, performance-impacting DRM is present, hurting framerates and game smoothness and making sure you don't ever really own your copy of the game * Game uses Epic Online Services - the presence of this means I will never purchase the game * Woke / alphabet agenda with trans / crossdressing / homo content present in a number of places in the game whereby they just have to    Cons:

    * Denuvo, performance-impacting DRM is present, hurting framerates and game smoothness and making sure you don't ever really own your copy of the game
    * Game uses Epic Online Services - the presence of this means I will never purchase the game
    * Woke / alphabet agenda with trans / crossdressing / homo content present in a number of places in the game whereby they just have to make a point of making sure you know they're gay, trans, etc. Heck, one of the side quests is seemingly designed to drum up sympathy for the crossdressing character...sigh. We need to stop enabling & encouraging so much mental illness in our culture; this is one of the key reasons so many people are on anti-depressants these days. The presence of this type of content likewise means I will never purchase a personal copy of the game
    * Awful game performance even on a high end rig with an RTX 3090 (poor optimization, effectively)
    * Even the deepest masculine voice for the character sounds like an effeminate boy
    * Once you get past the game's fantastic graphics, it's honestly kinda boring... the combat is mediocre and gets repetitive VERY quickly
    * No romance options in the game - and don't get me wrong, not saying there should be sexually explicit scenes or anything like The Witcher since this isn't an adult game, but you are playing the game as a teenager, and romantic relationships are a pretty big part of that part of a person's life - it can create dramatic situations and dynamics as well between other characters who may be competing for the same girl, etc. They could introduce this in a follow-up sequel when the main character sees some of his friends again that he developed good friendships with such as Poppy Sweeting, etc.
    * I'm admittedly baffled by the really high praise reviews; again not saying this is an awful game, but it's really nothing spectacular when you get past the graphics / animation quality and attention to the world itself. The actual game mechanics are not very impressive. It's just another open-world RPG style game like Witcher 3, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, etc. just in the Harry Potter universe.
    * The day / night cycle in the game is like a lot of open world games nowadays where the day cycle is way too short
    * Game feels a little dead in terms of the cast / environment and what I mean by that is while it's very pretty aesthetically, and there is a large cast of characters, they aren't really developed very well and so it feels somewhat empty. For example you might do a side quest for one character in the school, a fellow student...and you work with them on the quest and complete it. But then you never really interact with that student again despite going to school at Hogwarts every day with them. So it feels very sterile as far as the cast - you need to have fairly frequent contact with characters in order to generate a feeling for the player like they are there, and that the world really is alive. It's missing that feeling from Harry Potter movies where Harry, Ron, Hermione, etc. were frequently together working on things, and in this game you rarely see the main character with a similar group of people outside of some specific side quests.
    * Game has an exclusive quest locked down to Playstation - so chalk that up to anti-consumer behavior from the developer / publisher
    * Way too many cosmetics as the rewards for completing quests, challenges, etc. You'll complete certain challenges throughout the game, and worthless cosmetics seem to be overwhelmingly common - should have more narrative / dialogue as rewards, or something actually useful

    Pros:

    * Kudos for only giving (2) options during character creation for the Wizard / Witch and not trying to define the make-believe notion that there are more than two genders
    * Graphics are pretty darn good, they dedicated a lot of attention to detail when designing the world which is great to see. This is probably the highlight of the game
    * Lots of little events as you're walking around with things happening in the world - the animation work is fantastic by the development team. They really put monumental effort into constructing the world, and they deserve the absolute highest praise for that.
    * Relatively solid, yet nothing ground-breaking, main questline story. The end of the game sets up well for a sequel where, like the Harry Potter movies / books, the main character can return to Hogwarts for the 6th year and have more things to look forward to.

    Game Length: 59 Hours - I did probably ~95% of the game. I didn't pick up all of the treausre chests, but did basically everything else - every side quest that was available, all of the Merlin Trials (quite tedious as there are like 95 of them), all of the star constellation tasks, completed the field guide, etc.

    Final Rating: 5/10.    … Expand
  24. Wondux
    May 23, 2023
    7
    Currently, I am 21 years old. I spent my childhood watching Harry Potter movies over and over. (Yeah, I have never read the books... Sorry lol) I was at some points obsessed. I would find a twig and roleplay as a wizard in my room. I even knew almost all the names of the spells, and what they did. So you may imagine what a blessing this game would have been to me when I was at that age.Currently, I am 21 years old. I spent my childhood watching Harry Potter movies over and over. (Yeah, I have never read the books... Sorry lol) I was at some points obsessed. I would find a twig and roleplay as a wizard in my room. I even knew almost all the names of the spells, and what they did. So you may imagine what a blessing this game would have been to me when I was at that age. Even now, it was a beyond incredible experience. However, the developers have also made very bad decisions.

    Pros:
    -The combat feels amazing. Having so many different types of spells and being able to cast them is a blessing for someone like me. Making strong combinations from the different spells felt amazing. Combat animations were amazing. I could feel that I was actually damaging my opponent.
    -The castle is beyond incredible. Every second I spent there, I could feel the passion emitting from the developers. No words. It was perfect. The ambiance, the music, everything.
    -Room of requirement was a great addition. Very fun to make potions, and collect beasts.

    Cons:
    -The story was terrible. Except for one, the characters are not memorable. Any one of the random side events from Red Dead Redemption 2 has a better story than that of Hogwarts Legacy. The starting idea is good. The villains are not well-written. The characters are not well written. The dialogue is very bad-written. They are not realistic. The protagonist is just blank. Not as a silent protagonist though. For example, the Persona series have silent protagonists, but I find them to be likable, even only from their dialogue options. This protag's dialogue options also sucked.
    -The open-world experience was not likable. It's extremely repetitive.
    -The student experience is terrible. I hated how I had to collect ingredients to unlock spells. It made no sense story-wise and was not enjoyable gameplay-wise. I almost never felt like a student at Hogwarts.
    -I despised the political correctness. I fully support LGBT. Some of my best friends are a part of the community. I have friends from various ethnicities and colors. I am also brown. However, the story takes place in 1890 England. They should not be at a point where they know not to assume someone's gender. They should not have controversies about pronouns. Trans people should not be normal in that period. There shouldn't be so many different races at such a major number. Even though this is not ok with me, it's a harsh reality. This majorly kills off immersion. If you want to do this, make a game that takes place in 2023, and I would absolutely be OK with that.

    Even though I had so many negative comments, the atmosphere of the castle and the combat, never bored me. They were incredibly done. However, I am very biased. If I was not a Harry Potter fan, or if this was not a Harry Potter game, I would have rated it much lower. But, this was the dream of my childhood. It was very enjoyable and I religiously played it, getting 100% at 66 hours. Very nice job.    … Expand
  25. zNeverSleep
    May 14, 2023
    7
    Alright, I was caught by surprise with this game.

    When it was first announced, I didn't care much for it. Fantastic Beasts was a flop, and even though I'm a big fan of Harry Potter, I don't trust the games industry anymore. I thought the release date was much further away, so I only discovered it one month before release, and my interest started to grow slowly. After getting my hands on    Alright, I was caught by surprise with this game.

    When it was first announced, I didn't care much for it. Fantastic Beasts was a flop, and even though I'm a big fan of Harry Potter, I don't trust the games industry anymore. I thought the release date was much further away, so I only discovered it one month before release, and my interest started to grow slowly. After getting my hands on it, here are my thoughts:

    The beginning of the game is not its strong point, especially if you expect something like the movies. But the more you play, the better the game becomes.

    The main story was okay, but what really got me into the game were the relationship quests and how they were connected to the main storyline. Unfortunately, the influence of these quests - in the consequences factor - was literally irrelevant, but the atmosphere was there. The development of the characters could have been better, but following them on their journey was good enough. I also loved the way the developers approached the houses. In the movies, besides Gryffindor, most characters were one-dimensional and behaved according to the stereotypes of their houses. That's not the case here. As a critic, I must say that the conclusion of those side quests could be more unpredictable. Actually, I could say that about all of the main quest storylines.

    Is the game difficult? It depends. It can be, but it's up to you. I played on hard and chose to use the minimum amount of potions as possible, including life. That way, three hits and I was dead. After getting used to the spells and the enemies, it becomes okay. All I needed was to understand the weaknesses of my opponents and pay attention.

    Hogwarts is beautiful. Not as magical as in the movies, but pretty good. Exploring it is rewarding, and the way the developers placed chests and challenges was amazing. The open world surprised me a lot. I didn't expect such a huge place, with so many possibilities for exploration. Another thing that made me love this game was how much content is in it. A good example is the Room of Requirement. I lost count of how many times I thought it was over, but no, they just throw more and more content at you - and that happened even in the last stages of the game. Amazing. You know when you're playing a game that was made with love.

    But there's something I still haven't talked about, and it can be a game-breaker for a lot of people: the optimization.

    It's broken. I had to spend hours looking for mods to fix the game. After trying many of them, I found one: Ascendio 3.0. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't be writing this review, so a huge thanks to the modders. With the mod, I played the game with 45 fps locked at 1080p, with most settings on high. And it was beautiful - but obviously not as much as the requirements to play it suggest, since 16GB of RAM is not enough without a mod. Overall, I'm happy with the game. There's so much to talk about, but I'm getting tired of writing. I do recommend it, but be aware of its optimization problems. Maybe in a year, it will be playable without mods - but if you have a console, you can disregard this.

    First playthrough date: 03/2023    … Expand
  26. OmegaGiven
    May 11, 2023
    5
    The game has stunning visuals/graphics and a Decent combat system, so why am I rating it so low? Because the story and dialogue choices are poorly written/done. Everything else would be fine but no dialogue option made any difference making me actually not want to play the game and rather watch all cutscenes on YouTube aka I wouldn’t have bought this game for the story. I thought thereThe game has stunning visuals/graphics and a Decent combat system, so why am I rating it so low? Because the story and dialogue choices are poorly written/done. Everything else would be fine but no dialogue option made any difference making me actually not want to play the game and rather watch all cutscenes on YouTube aka I wouldn’t have bought this game for the story. I thought there would be branching choice trees and what you did would effect the outcome but nothing actually changes. The game starts out impressive I always wanted to explore hogwarts and I got to for a few hours until I realized that that’s all it offered in creativity. I think it’s a decent play if you go in knowing nothing matters else I wouldn’t buy it if you really want to know what happens and the process just go watch anyone’s play through nothing would be different.… Expand
  27. Govninjo
    May 4, 2023
    5
    Nice graphics and atmosphere but in terms of gameplay and story it's a bad Ubisoft-like game.
  28. Jcdusss
    Apr 30, 2023
    6
    The game is not bad, and Hogwart is just splendid and really fun to navigate in, but it has a lot of problems. The game mechanics don’t go well with each other, and everything starts to feel boring and pointless soon. Why would I explore that cave with another gloves in a chest at the end, gloves that I will never use anyway because there is way too much loot everywhere. Somme stories andThe game is not bad, and Hogwart is just splendid and really fun to navigate in, but it has a lot of problems. The game mechanics don’t go well with each other, and everything starts to feel boring and pointless soon. Why would I explore that cave with another gloves in a chest at the end, gloves that I will never use anyway because there is way too much loot everywhere. Somme stories and quests are good though, like these with Sebastian. Play it if you like the universe, but be prepared: it’s a game for fans, and not a game for people used to playing.… Expand
  29. ATLAUS
    Apr 28, 2023
    7
    Hogwarts legacy is okay for HP fans,it highly reproduces movies and novels,including types of magic and academic design,and its just so so for normal player,fighting is a bit boring / few things that can interact with each other.
  30. heavybadas
    Apr 28, 2023
    6
    The world feels magical at first, but the more you play, the more meaningless the world gets. for it's vastness it feels rather empty quite fast. There are really lame parts of the story, some of the characters are lame and feels out of place.

    The only story that was worth engaging in was a side quest, the game still has woke elements, there are too many empty repetitive "go kill x    The world feels magical at first, but the more you play, the more meaningless the world gets. for it's vastness it feels rather empty quite fast. There are really lame parts of the story, some of the characters are lame and feels out of place.

    The only story that was worth engaging in was a side quest, the game still has woke elements, there are too many empty repetitive "go kill x amount of Y" or "go fetch x" style side quests, inventory system is annoying, puzzles are repetitive and the merlin trials are necessary.

    There's no point to grind the repetitive tasks other than cosmetic rewards to grind repetitive tasks in game. I already do that in real life.

    I have read all the books, and I love the Harry Potter Franchise, but I was honestly disappointed with this game and was actually really looking forward to this.    … Expand
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83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  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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