Hogwarts Legacy

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7.9

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  1. Antares8001
    Mar 2, 2023
    6
    An occasionally fun but extraordinarily shallow experience.

    The open world in this game is beautiful and detailed, with great graphics and decent enough performance. Although ray tracing is completely broken, at least on my PC. That being said apart from the visuals the world feels very empty and sterile. The characters barely deserve to be described as such, the dialogue and the a    An occasionally fun but extraordinarily shallow experience.

    The open world in this game is beautiful and detailed, with great graphics and decent enough performance. Although ray tracing is completely broken, at least on my PC.

    That being said apart from the visuals the world feels very empty and sterile. The characters barely deserve to be described as such, the dialogue and the a lot of the voice acting are unnatural at best and most of the side quests and even a lot of the main quests feel like chores. I get that some quests involve completing tasks for classes in the game, but if they feel about a enticing as doing literal homework back in school the developers went wrong somewhere.
    Occasionally the game seems to set up what could be interconnected, branching quests with intriguing premises, only for them to resolve after getting x thing from x place with two lines of placeholder dialogue never to be mentioned again. I think a pretty good early example is a student inviting you to an illegal dueling club after you beat him in a spell duel in class. Sounds rather intriguing right? Definitely some potential for an interesting narrative here right? Except all that happens is you go there, win 3 duels against random people, have an NPC tell you that you did well and that's literally it. It's a similar story with almost every single side quest I played in the game.

    The main story can best be described as straightforward and utterly unremarkable. Up to around the halfway mark you're still hoping for something to shake things up, surely some intricate plot twist is gonna unfold soon, I can't wait for the web of intrigue they're spinning to reveal itself. Unfortunately this is not the case and you eventually just resign and accept that that's simply the way the game is.
    The main character also has the charisma and personality of a wet paper bag. This is further emphasized by both the female and male character's voice acting which sounds beyond phoned in. It is almost as though they were intentionally trying their hardest to not give them any sort of personality. Now if this was branching CRPG with really far reaching choices where the main character is mostly an avatar for the player to project themselves unto, I could somewhat see why they did it. In a straightforward action RPG where choices are mostly window dressing there is no excuse for it, there are just too many games that have done it better.

    To some extend the game is saved by the beautiful open world and a solid combat system, but those can only get you so far and oh boy is it a slog otherwise. In a lot of ways it feels like the worst parts of the newer Assassin's Creed games with very little of the good things in them.
    Overall I enjoyed my time with the game somewhat, but it's definitely the kind of game where I'd recommend watching a show on a second screen or listening to a podcast in the background while you're playing it.    … Expand
  2. eugenji
    Mar 5, 2023
    6
    Spiel durchgezockt. Spielzeit ~50 Stunden.

    Grafik: Der Zeit entsprechend Sound: war nicht weiter auffällig. Weder gut, noch schlecht Gameplay: mit Controller einwandfrei; gameplay an sich ist solide. Story: ist für so ein Spiel okay. Kein Wow Effekt oder Story Twists bzw. unerwartetes Nebenmissionen: bis auf ein paar längere Nebenmissionen von Mitschülern, welche recht brauchbar    Spiel durchgezockt. Spielzeit ~50 Stunden.

    Grafik: Der Zeit entsprechend
    Sound: war nicht weiter auffällig. Weder gut, noch schlecht
    Gameplay: mit Controller einwandfrei; gameplay an sich ist solide.
    Story: ist für so ein Spiel okay. Kein Wow Effekt oder Story Twists bzw. unerwartetes Nebenmissionen: bis auf ein paar längere
    Nebenmissionen von Mitschülern, welche recht brauchbar sind, ist der Rest nahezu 0815 Müll. Geh hin und hol das/kill das. Gäääääääähn
    Hab irgendwann angefangen zu skippen….

    Spielwelt: Hogwarts Schloss ist pure Liebe. Nahezu nie Schnellreise genutzt, sondern vieeeeeel umhergelaufen. Wunderschön.
    Absolutes Highlight die große Halle im Winter. Sind mir fast die Augen ausgefallen.
    Rest der Spielwelt ist leider nicht einmal solide. Generische Welt ohne Highlights oder Wow Effekt. Eine magische Welt mit verhältnismäßig wenig bzw. nahezu 0 Magie.
    Erkunden hat sich kaum gelohnt. Viele Dungeons bzw Höhlen bestehen aus einem Raum und sind 90% Copy und Paste.

    Raum der Wünsche verschenkt auch Potenzial.
    Grundidee ist richtig gut, aber wenn ich zB ein Haus platziere und da nicht mal rein kann, dann ist das eben doof

    Nachtrag:
    Technische Umsetzung ist auch leider nur okay. Gibt hier und da kurze Ruckler/Stotterer.
    Spiele auf 4K mit 4090 (DLSS an)

    Spiel für Potter Fans oder die gerne die Open Worlds „abarbeiten“ natürlich empfehlenswert.
    Ansonsten Zeit für bessere Spiele nutzen oder auf Sale warten :)    … Expand
  3. gr0ode
    Feb 19, 2023
    6
    This is the epitome of Ubisoft's copy-paste open-world style, complete with meaningless side quests, uninteresting NPCs, and an overwhelming number of collectibles that serve no purpose. The constant barrage of notifications is akin to a national emergency alert on your phone. Unfortunately, a neutral rating is not an option on Steam, and sadly I must give this game a thumbs down.

    The    This is the epitome of Ubisoft's copy-paste open-world style, complete with meaningless side quests, uninteresting NPCs, and an overwhelming number of collectibles that serve no purpose. The constant barrage of notifications is akin to a national emergency alert on your phone. Unfortunately, a neutral rating is not an option on Steam, and sadly I must give this game a thumbs down.

    The poor dialogue and open-world design, leave much to be desired. Despite being somewhat enjoyable, this game is frustrating due to its missed potential.

    The incredible art style is overshadowed by the lack of good design direction, ultimately leading to disappointment. This game serves as a prime example of the shortcomings of the open-world style, and its issues are indicative of a wider problem in the gaming industry. If you can't do an Elden Ring or BoTW style open world type game, don't even try.

    It's clear that not every game can deliver an open world experience like Elden Ring, and those that can't should consider a different approach. Rather than filling their game with endless amounts of copy-pasted content, they should focus on delivering a simple, streamlined experience with engaging gameplay. In fact, in today's gaming landscape, the length of a game can often be more of a negative than a positive, as it serve as a proxy for the amount of copy-pasted trash content. Too often, open world games rely on the quantity of content rather than its quality, resulting in a bloated and underwhelming experience.

    Positives:

    The world-building in Hogwarts and Hogsmeade is well done.
    Combat is better than expected (after the initial tutorial)
    The game features good music, visuals, voice acting, and atmosphere in certain areas.
    Broad strokes of the story are interesting
    Open world looks amazing.

    Negatives:

    The open-world content is basic and identical, with numerous copy-pasted cairn dungeons that lack variety and offer little in the way of exploration or challenge.
    Combat becomes repetitive towards the latter half of the game, with few enemy types and limited customization. The stat system is flawed, with a level difference between a player and enemy making a significant difference in gameplay difficulty.
    Generic and unitersting npcs with forced and unnatural dialog and most quests are explained like you are mentally retarded.
    Very little enemy variety, with combat designed for boss battles, you still fight trash mobs 99% of the time.
    You play the map, not the game for the majority of the game as the game encourages quick travel and following the map blindly, with too little time spent in Hogwarts.
    The accessibility settings are not well designed, with a lack of options for players seeking to play without assistance.
    Hogsmeade is underwhelming, with only shops and repetitive puzzles.
    The player's choice of Hogwarts house has no significant impact on the game.
    The game's plot would have been better suited for a regular RPG focused on Hogwarts and immediate surroundings, with a regular character experiencing Hogwarts for the first time rather than a fifth-year student who excels at everything.
    The game does not offer the player any meaningful choices or the option to pursue a darker path.
    No humor, nothing memorable, it's just kinda meh and forgettable.

    Overall I give this a 6/10. About what you can expect from a western open world style game, with the added point for the nice harry potter atmosphere.    … Expand
  4. pizzalover2788
    Apr 3, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lo bueno:
    El castillo de Hogwarts es una maravilla y he disfrutado mucho explorándolo. Eso lo mejor que tiene. El combate es entretenido en cierto modo. Me ha gustado bastante. Al igual que la Sala de los Menesteres.

    Lo malo:
    La historia es aburrida y a los personajes les falta algo. La progresión del personaje solo sirve para el combate, lo cual me ha decepcionado un poco. No tomas decisiones sobre nada y no hay diferentes caminos para la historia. No encarnas a tu propio personaje, es solo estético. Los desafíos no son nada interesantes. Se hace repetitivo.

    No he podido acabarlo al 100%.    … Expand
  5. Pipe8600
    Mar 6, 2023
    6
    Without ray tracing this game looks like a 2010 game, is slow, boring and bad optimize.
  6. karahangke267
    Apr 2, 2023
    6
    Overall it was a very enjoyable experience. It was a rather bland game for me. I wish the battles were a little more diverse. You get more pleasure after the middle of the game, but you continue to get the same pleasure until the end of the game.
  7. love2watchp
    Feb 12, 2023
    6
    Good sides:
    1) Good music and sound effects
    2) World is stuffed with living things 3) Colors of the game are amazing 4) Combat is well paced and fun Cons: 1) FPS drops, stutters, bad optimization. 2) Despite Hogwarts is full of NPCs, they are dummies that just have couple of actions. You better move along or it cringes you, how soulless world seems around. 3) Collision of items    Good sides:
    1) Good music and sound effects
    2) World is stuffed with living things
    3) Colors of the game are amazing
    4) Combat is well paced and fun

    Cons:

    1) FPS drops, stutters, bad optimization.
    2) Despite Hogwarts is full of NPCs, they are dummies that just have couple of actions. You better move along or it cringes you, how soulless world seems around.
    3) Collision of items
    4) Forced cultural representation
    5) Radical fans, that are haters of everything that criticizes the franchise, won't allow to improve the game by downvoting and hating constructive feedback.
    6) Story is "average" and there is no "oh wow" moments. Just... okay    … Expand
  8. Zuu_la
    Mar 19, 2023
    6
    its a fun game with an intriguing story, although it has its technical downsides:
    first of all, I've ran into way more bugs playing this game than when I played cyberpunk
    the game also feels poorly optimized for pc, with the menu screen needing both mouse and keyboard inputs to navigate, and to lock on to enemies, you need to youse your third arm so that you can have one on wasd one on    its a fun game with an intriguing story, although it has its technical downsides:
    first of all, I've ran into way more bugs playing this game than when I played cyberpunk
    the game also feels poorly optimized for pc, with the menu screen needing both mouse and keyboard inputs to navigate, and to lock on to enemies, you need to youse your third arm so that you can have one on wasd one on the arrow keys and one on your mouse
    lastly, it has some raytracing shadow problems, which makes the game unplayable with raytraced shadows activated.    … Expand
  9. catmom1964
    Feb 28, 2023
    6
    I think this is a very, very average game--I'm not sure how it got such a high score. I suppose it might be really fun for those that love the world and the series, but I definitely went into it thinking of it more as a game and it's doing the same thing other games do, just not nearly as well.

    The combat is okay, there's a good flow to it and you've got lots of options, but many of the    I think this is a very, very average game--I'm not sure how it got such a high score. I suppose it might be really fun for those that love the world and the series, but I definitely went into it thinking of it more as a game and it's doing the same thing other games do, just not nearly as well.

    The combat is okay, there's a good flow to it and you've got lots of options, but many of the options do essentially the same thing. The spell combo system has some fun parts, but it can get VERY repetitive. There's not a huge variety of enemy types, and they all respond in pretty much the same way. Dial the difficulty up, because it gives you a LOT of time to dodge/counter otherwise and it really makes it less fun.

    The exploration is alright, but it's stuffed like a bad Ubisoft title with the collecting. Progression is pretty simple--XP gives you points in terms of HP bonuses and talents, but a few of the talents are INCREDIBLY overpowered and make everything else a bit too easy. Other than that, collecting things, finishing challenges, etc. mostly lead to cosmetic unlocks and nothing that changes gameplay.

    I found the music kind of dull--it didn't have the same brightness as the film soundtracks. Graphically it was okay, but I found most of the characters fairly dull looking. It had some FPS drops and a few glitches in the inexplicable underwater sections--not even sure why those were necessary. The flying was REALLY not fun for me, and the crafting was basic.

    This feels like a game that you'd buy a younger person to get them more interested in gaming, but the experience of it wasn't something I enjoyed too much.    … Expand
  10. Sicusino
    Feb 15, 2023
    6
    It isn't that good. I never read the books but I liked the movies a lot. I ain't a Harry Potter hater and I don't care about the J.K Rowling Trans thing. The game has the same Ubisoft action/skill wheel that most Rpgs have and it makes the gameplay feel samey. The graphics are nice with a few hiccups but the game feels boring. The amount of cutscenes is nuts and the gameplay is not very fun.
  11. chip1980
    Feb 21, 2023
    6
    A nearly perfect game if you are a HP fan, otherwise it's a polarized yet decent gaming experience. This game has a detailed world to enjoy, well designed, that feels alive, and a great music score and atmosphere. However, it has some of the worst characters I've ever seen in a video game. Poor story telling, repetitive missions, that almost ruin the experience. The game stops being funA nearly perfect game if you are a HP fan, otherwise it's a polarized yet decent gaming experience. This game has a detailed world to enjoy, well designed, that feels alive, and a great music score and atmosphere. However, it has some of the worst characters I've ever seen in a video game. Poor story telling, repetitive missions, that almost ruin the experience. The game stops being fun after 15h or so, so for 60$ it's a no-go. I only recommend it if you are a HP fan, otherwise wait for a price drop around 30-35$… Expand
  12. pepejuan
    Feb 15, 2023
    6
    The game is amazing. The only problem is the pro-diversity message and all of those stupid stuff about inclusion that makes no favor to the game so it wouldn't be fair to put a Zero or One, its a shame we need to take this nowadays. Just a quick reminder for game developers and publishers, yes, the people who don't like the inclusion, diversity, woke stuff still exist and if you are goingThe game is amazing. The only problem is the pro-diversity message and all of those stupid stuff about inclusion that makes no favor to the game so it wouldn't be fair to put a Zero or One, its a shame we need to take this nowadays. Just a quick reminder for game developers and publishers, yes, the people who don't like the inclusion, diversity, woke stuff still exist and if you are going to follow this way, we may follow the way of pirating your games or even don't play them.… Expand
  13. zerocode0101
    Feb 10, 2023
    6
    Ub soft-style games
    Instead, this game wore a Harry Potter jacket.
    Don't buy this game unless you hate repeat quests and are a big fan of Harry Potter.
  14. Keis17
    Feb 13, 2023
    6
    Hogwarts legacy disappointed me a lot. The story is extremely banal and full of clichés, the classic story of the chosen one who is the strongest of all. (Basically the plot of the movie, but dumber). The combat is fun at first but after 10-15h of play it starts to get repetitive. The setting is beautiful but it is ruined by the bad optimization for PC.
    The game gives a pretend freedom of    Hogwarts legacy disappointed me a lot. The story is extremely banal and full of clichés, the classic story of the chosen one who is the strongest of all. (Basically the plot of the movie, but dumber). The combat is fun at first but after 10-15h of play it starts to get repetitive. The setting is beautiful but it is ruined by the bad optimization for PC.
    The game gives a pretend freedom of decision through the dialogues, but in reality 99% of our answers do not affect the story. The chosen House does not affect the story, nor the personality of your character and his classmates. The game is filled with boring side quests that are made mandatory to continue with the main story. Simply put, this game should cost half what it costs now.    … Expand
  15. ARMDAL80
    Feb 13, 2023
    6
    Nothing outstanding, quite a commercial game with good graphic and a game-play with a lot of "already seen mechanics".
    Dialogs and missions are quite bad and the whole game look like a museum where you are just taking a tour, doesn't really feel like a true rpg.
    Totally a "fan boy game".
  16. dsderf
    Feb 17, 2023
    6
    The game is based only on nostalgia for Harry Potter, but if you look at it from a different angle, the game is boring, side quests are not interesting, the main quests are so boring that you want to sleep, in addition, fps drops, I'm a big fan of Harry Potter, but this game is just boring.
  17. FireJach
    Apr 18, 2023
    6
    The is absurdly repetitive, it smells like an Ubisoft game which doesn't mean it's great. It's fine, above average. I think the first hours are made really nice and engaging but after there is nothing to do because all quests and activities are pointless and boring.
  18. JDear
    Mar 12, 2023
    6
    I'm quite confused on the positive reception of this game.
    Obviously the HP fan have the best depiction of Hogwarts, but that's it. That's the only positive things about the game.
    RPG system is a joke. Gameplay is very repetitive. Very few enemies with very few attacks repeated. 3 Puzzle repeated ad nauseam. Story completely shallow and on top of that, all characters are lifeless and    I'm quite confused on the positive reception of this game.
    Obviously the HP fan have the best depiction of Hogwarts, but that's it. That's the only positive things about the game.
    RPG system is a joke. Gameplay is very repetitive. Very few enemies with very few attacks repeated. 3 Puzzle repeated ad nauseam. Story completely shallow and on top of that, all characters are lifeless and without any personalities. Optimization is quite bad and is quite buggy. And the world, outside of the aforementioned Hogwarts Castle, is very bland.
    Is one of those game were nostalgia won over proper value.    … Expand
  19. co3676
    Jun 23, 2023
    6
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  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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..
  25. AcerolaOrion
    Mar 1, 2023
    5
    Insanely mediocre and incredibly poorly reviewed game.
    Make no mistake this is just another MMO quest design open world checklist game. The writing especially is ATROCIOUS! A 14 year old intern could have written better dialogue than this. How do you mess up the writing in a game based on an insanely successfull book series this badly? If anyone got paid for this garbage you got scammed!    Insanely mediocre and incredibly poorly reviewed game.
    Make no mistake this is just another MMO quest design open world checklist game. The writing especially is ATROCIOUS! A 14 year old intern could have written better dialogue than this. How do you mess up the writing in a game based on an insanely successfull book series this badly? If anyone got paid for this garbage you got scammed!

    Play every other open world game before buying this. its okay at being a boring MMO open world checklist game but literally dont expect any competence beyond that.    … Expand
  26. 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
  27. DeeNinja
    Mar 17, 2023
    5
    Nostalgia tinted glasses for an otherwise middling game experience. It’s…fine.
  28. 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
  29. Barbarrox
    Feb 8, 2023
    5
    Peformance is HORRIBLE. The Game could be really good. 9/10. But Parts of the game are even complelty unplayable with this insane framedrops
  30. Chumbo
    Feb 10, 2023
    5
    Game is good. Performance is poor. Framerate issues no matter the settings. 2080S 3900X 32GB Buy the game after they finish it.
  31. Govninjo
    May 4, 2023
    5
    Nice graphics and atmosphere but in terms of gameplay and story it's a bad Ubisoft-like game.
  32. breadman123
    Feb 19, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am about 19 hours in and maybe level 22 and while I have enjoyed some of the game, overall it is a major best part of the game is the initial roaming of Hogwarts and in the combat system. Otherwise everything seems either half baked or flat and hollow. I really think the open world aspect actually hurts this game for the most part. I’ll probably play through the main story some more and possibly to the end but mostly I’ll play because my kids enjoy it. Save your money for a deep discount one day or pass it by.… Expand
  33. hileger
    Feb 26, 2023
    5
    Без идейная хуйня ,ну визуал по гарри петру и , майн квест хуета хует . для детей подростков ок но не более, все остальное скучно . Дроч аля отсасин вариативности ноль, варить зелье дерьмовое qte где не ошибешься ну и нарушение собственного лора . оценка игра мечтыБез идейная хуйня ,ну визуал по гарри петру и , майн квест хуета хует . для детей подростков ок но не более, все остальное скучно . Дроч аля отсасин вариативности ноль, варить зелье дерьмовое qte где не ошибешься ну и нарушение собственного лора . оценка игра мечты
  34. KOMC
    Feb 26, 2023
    5
    the best quest is Playstation exclusive, we pc dog have to wait at least one year.....feel like a clown buying this on full price
  35. Ratingss
    Feb 28, 2023
    5
    Really wanted to like this one because of the type of people it pisses off, but the gameplay is too casual and the world is just an errand boy checklist simulator with below average interaction
  36. Kroztty
    Feb 9, 2023
    5
    Mal optimizado, el juego se corta constantemente de forma brusca para meterte una cinemática ademas de tener pantallas de carga de la época de Skyrim.
    Viniendo de jugar GOW donde no te cortan ni para transportarte este juego se siente realmente mal.
  37. Zquaranteneuf
    Feb 24, 2023
    5
    This game is certainly a product that exists. Great graphics and immersion in the world of Harry Potter... but that's pretty much it.

    The gameplay is soo formulaic - totally by the numbers, exactly like all the other similar AAA games out there. Plus, the usual hand-holding, non-stop cutscenes, overly long cringe dialogue, invisible walls, pointless fetch quests that ask you to run from    This game is certainly a product that exists. Great graphics and immersion in the world of Harry Potter... but that's pretty much it.

    The gameplay is soo formulaic - totally by the numbers, exactly like all the other similar AAA games out there. Plus, the usual hand-holding, non-stop cutscenes, overly long cringe dialogue, invisible walls, pointless fetch quests that ask you to run from point A to point B and then back to point A again, main character constantly narrating what you're supposed to do, etc.

    The NPCs literally tell you "check the to do list and get back to me to advance the quest".. like.. they don't even bother. The game tells the player to check the quest log, do the chores, and come back. It really feels like a rigid videogame, and a tedious one at that.

    The combat is okay, and so are the puzzles.

    As for the exploration, it's kinda fun if you can put aside the atrocious map you're obligated to deal with to understand where to go and/or warp. What were they thinking?! Baffingly bad.

    Finally, the controls aren't very intuitive, questionable even, and for people hooked on aCcEsSiBiLiTy there's no option to remap the buttons. WHY.

    All and all not the worst experience, but certainly nothing special. Constantly varies from cool little moments to extremely boring, clunky, or annoying parts.

    Aren't game developers tired of playing it safe and always doing the same goddamn game that caters to the lowest common denominator?    … Expand
  38. 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.
  39. karligerkurt
    Mar 6, 2023
    5
    Basic Ubisoft-like Openworld, but people are polarized by the Setting and the WOW-effect.
    So if it wasnt Wizarding-Wolrd Universe it would propably be perceived more honest.
    Gets repetitive fast, your character feels lifeless and rewards for exploring stop after a short time. I mainly focused on the negatives here since few other reviews mention them. It's a visualy stunning game, but    Basic Ubisoft-like Openworld, but people are polarized by the Setting and the WOW-effect.
    So if it wasnt Wizarding-Wolrd Universe it would propably be perceived more honest.
    Gets repetitive fast, your character feels lifeless and rewards for exploring stop after a short time.
    I mainly focused on the negatives here since few other reviews mention them.
    It's a visualy stunning game, but gets bland after 20ish hours. Somehow its rated by a lower standard than e.g. Assassins creed games.    … Expand
  40. yourstupidmon
    Mar 6, 2023
    5
    Honestly.. this game is nothing special. Just another boring open world game filled with repetitive side activities and fetch quest just with Harry Potter IP. And obviously terrible performance.
  41. Hyperfailure
    Mar 23, 2023
    5
    Works well as a Harry Potter walking sim, if you're a fan of the series. Sub-standard Ubisoft style gameplay, mostly stale characters and dead fish of a protagonist make this a slog, though. Didn't finish.
  42. Alcraft
    Feb 8, 2023
    5
    The game looks great but performs too badly in PC. I have a GTX 3070 and can't play in high, nor even in mid quality without a lot of FPS drops (like every minute). The prologue worked great in Ultra quality but when I arrived Hogwarts it was unplayable, I downgraded it to High quality (no ray tracing, no V-sync, settings as described in some webs) and FPS went from 80 to 20 like every 30The game looks great but performs too badly in PC. I have a GTX 3070 and can't play in high, nor even in mid quality without a lot of FPS drops (like every minute). The prologue worked great in Ultra quality but when I arrived Hogwarts it was unplayable, I downgraded it to High quality (no ray tracing, no V-sync, settings as described in some webs) and FPS went from 80 to 20 like every 30 seconds. This is even worse when you leave hogwarts, where it is almost unplayable. I hope they fix this issues soon because the game looks great and the prologue was a 10 so far.… Expand
  43. Floof123
    Feb 8, 2023
    5
    Solid game, insanely good graphics and world design, gave me that feeling I got the first time I played skyrim
  44. hereforthechaTz
    Feb 12, 2023
    5
    I am liking the game and graphics are good but one issue... it doesn't have the mystery, magic and warm of Hogwarts. You don't have the magical experience of 9 and 3 quarters and the train ride into Hogwarts, everything feels to easy to get into and visit, no need for a cloak, no real feeling of welcomed into ur house and class mates, feels less exciting. the colors feel like Skyrim, sameI am liking the game and graphics are good but one issue... it doesn't have the mystery, magic and warm of Hogwarts. You don't have the magical experience of 9 and 3 quarters and the train ride into Hogwarts, everything feels to easy to get into and visit, no need for a cloak, no real feeling of welcomed into ur house and class mates, feels less exciting. the colors feel like Skyrim, same with the buildings, feels empty of texture color and less of an experience with narrative and lack of detail, it just feels empty and the magic is gone, no moaning mertal the bathrooms look different like a Disney bathroom, I just don't feel like I'm in Hogwarts and that really disappoints me and makes me want to not play, I was hoping for patches to fix it. Also a town for a pvp meet up between things would of been amazing, like guildwars.… Expand
  45. Harziboo
    Feb 9, 2023
    5
    I give this game a 5/10 because the story and gameplay is good but sadly I cant condone the performance issues the game has. My system is not bad but its not great either and I am literally struggling to stay above 60 fps most of the time and this is with DLSS on. Sadly I know the cause of this and its Denuvo. Any review that says it runs great on pc I am sorry but they are lying or theyI give this game a 5/10 because the story and gameplay is good but sadly I cant condone the performance issues the game has. My system is not bad but its not great either and I am literally struggling to stay above 60 fps most of the time and this is with DLSS on. Sadly I know the cause of this and its Denuvo. Any review that says it runs great on pc I am sorry but they are lying or they are blind to the fact.… Expand
  46. Andrews3
    Feb 10, 2023
    5
    To be Fair - i dont see why all of these 10/10s are posted here . this game has a lot of problems - first of all it has no interesting characters and plot is very weak , i havent met a single interesting character in this whole game . they all act and speak like robots . enemies are all the same - spiders , goblins , humanoids or stone giants and rarely you meet some animals or trolls .To be Fair - i dont see why all of these 10/10s are posted here . this game has a lot of problems - first of all it has no interesting characters and plot is very weak , i havent met a single interesting character in this whole game . they all act and speak like robots . enemies are all the same - spiders , goblins , humanoids or stone giants and rarely you meet some animals or trolls . dungeons all look the same too . you can use unforgivable spells near your proffessor and he wont care . also i have only enjoyed 1 quest in this whole game .

    this game reminds me of something that ubisoft would create - a shallow experience that looks cool . this game is completely average and shallow in my opinion .    … Expand
  47. mebamissle1
    Feb 18, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Hogwarts Legacy ending has you become the only Keeper, either absorbing or hiding Isidora’s magic under Hogwarts. It doesn’t matter which choice you make.

    In the good ending, you hide Isidora’s magic away from the Wizarding World, hoping that no one will ever find and abuse the power for themselves. In the bad ending, you decide to use it for ‘good’, absorbing it yourself. Either way, Professor Fig meets his demise, and Ranrok is killed.

    Afterwards, both endings have the school hall packed with students, hearing Professor Weasley’s eulogy of Professor Fig. However, school isn’t over just yet, and you need to complete the Hogwarts Legacy side quests and fill in your field guide to complete your O.W.Ls.

    You get a secret third ending after completing reaching level 34, however, it’s just an announcement of the Hogwarts Legacy House Cup winner. Of course, the winner is whatever House you’re part of.

    You're welcome. I just saved you 60 dollars.    … Expand
  48. Jhurley125
    Feb 12, 2023
    5
    6 hours into the game so far and i WAS enjoyig myself.. until i came back today to not be able to load into the game. it crashes my PC every time i try and boot it up. (RTX3080, ryzen 3900x, 64gb ram).... framerate is horrific and stutters and crashes all the time. its a shame, the guts of the game are pretty fun.

    also, its not really an rpg. the environemts dont react to you at all,    6 hours into the game so far and i WAS enjoyig myself.. until i came back today to not be able to load into the game. it crashes my PC every time i try and boot it up. (RTX3080, ryzen 3900x, 64gb ram).... framerate is horrific and stutters and crashes all the time. its a shame, the guts of the game are pretty fun.

    also, its not really an rpg. the environemts dont react to you at all, the npcs are bland and boring filler that dont react when you walk by them or shoot them. You can break into houses and loot everything with no consequence etc.

    fix the game devs. please    … Expand
  49. jbram56
    Feb 16, 2023
    5
    While Hogwarts Legacy certainly lives up to the world it is set in, it fails to create a game strong in its mechanics and open world structure. In fact, the downfall of this game is that its elements are serviceable to a larger audience, therefore exceeding at nothing in particular.

    Hogwarts Legacy brandishes itself as an "rpg". Technically, this is right considering the different    While Hogwarts Legacy certainly lives up to the world it is set in, it fails to create a game strong in its mechanics and open world structure. In fact, the downfall of this game is that its elements are serviceable to a larger audience, therefore exceeding at nothing in particular.

    Hogwarts Legacy brandishes itself as an "rpg". Technically, this is right considering the different dialogue choices and different endings. However, these "rpg" aspects are frankly disrespectful to the genre in their dullness. In most dialogue scenarios you have two options: Angel of God or complete **** Neither of which really affect anything in the game in particular. Furthermore, the dialogue in this game is actually painful to listen to, as if they found random kids on the street and held a knife at their throats while they voiced their characters. It feels so unnatural when compared to titles where good voice acting is one of the key components in their story (RDR2).

    Speaking of the story, I couldn't find myself to care about any of it due to mainly the open world design and of course the dialogue. I wanted to; however, many games fall victim to a lack of urgency, especially Ubisoft titles like Far Cry. Essentially, the world is obviously in place for you to explore, however, sometimes it serves as more of distraction to the detriment of the main story. Let's say that you have to deliver some urgent goods from point A to point B. Typically, you'd believe that you have to go to Point B right away, however, no one really cares what you do and how long it actually takes you to get to point B. It's times like these where I feel like these types of game just don't take their story serious enough. Like seriously, I could not tell you anything about any story of Far Cry, AC, Horizon Zero Dawn, etc bc they do not care about strong and coherent story telling where as RDR2 and the Witcher 3 (although not perfectly) nail this idea of creating urgency on the head.

    The open world itself is not good either. In fact, nothing is actually worth your time exploring the world. you will encounter all you need to see by exploring the first Region of the game and simply nothing more due to the copy and paste puzzles and areas of the map. Furthermore, the map in the game lists off all the boxes you need to check in order to complete a region, turning this fun game into a chore. This idea of copy and paste puzzles and areas of the map are downright lazy. Exploration is broken in this not only due to the repetitiveness of the map but because the loot system is awful as well.

    Well, if all these parts of the game are bad surely the side quests must be good? No. They are easily the worst part of the game. Every single one of them is either go here kill this or go here, kill this, then return me this. Other, better, rpg games like Fallout NV use their side quests to either add to the main story or add to the worldbuilding. Hogwarts Legacy instead decided to implement these dry and easily replaceable side quests that could easily be implemented into any other game with very minor tweaking. You are better off ignoring the side quests altogether.

    I understand I have pretty negative in my review so to clarify, what I value most in a video game is mostly strong story telling. I can overlook average gameplay/combat (Witcher 3) if the story is able to keep me engaged and wanting to play. However, this obviously wasn't the case for HL. I did, however, enjoy the combat in the game although it was stupidly easy. Being able to perform these cool combos never failed to make me feel like a badass.

    As an avid HP fan, I will not deny the joy I felt getting sorted into my house for the first time and exploring Hogwarts. This initial rush of nostalgia and dopamine is easily the best area of the game. Hogwarts is beautifully crafted so much so that I'd consider one of my favorite set pieces in any game I have ever played. It is filled with secrets to uncover and areas to see from the movies and books. the game is also visually gorgeous, sometimes I sat in awe when looking at the castle from a distance.

    However, when I turn around and face the rest of the map, I can't help but see a game filled with mediocrity and cut corners.    … Expand
  50. austinneitch
    Feb 17, 2023
    5
    I'm 30 hours in and while I do love the game, the performance issues can't be ignored. I'm running a 3080 10gb, 8700k, 16gb DDR4, m.2. I think I've spent as much time watching YouTube videos and reading Reddit posts searching for a solution as I have playing the game, but nothing seems to work. Frame drops and stuttering are constant and I've had to restart the game multiple times due toI'm 30 hours in and while I do love the game, the performance issues can't be ignored. I'm running a 3080 10gb, 8700k, 16gb DDR4, m.2. I think I've spent as much time watching YouTube videos and reading Reddit posts searching for a solution as I have playing the game, but nothing seems to work. Frame drops and stuttering are constant and I've had to restart the game multiple times due to the floor disappearing or just freezing altogether. This game would be a 9/10 for me, but I refuse to ignore poor optimization. I now understand why console players were so frustrated by the launch of Cyberpunk 2077.… Expand
  51. mambetskyoto
    Feb 23, 2023
    5
    Боевка и мир (визуально) просто прекрасны, сделано прям замечательно, но чем этот мир заполнен (за исключением хогвартса, его исследовать очень интересно ), сюжет, диалоги и тот болванчик на главном герое, это ужас, дерьмо дерьма просто.
    Надеюсь что эти разработчики сделают новую игры во вселенной гарри поттера с нормальным персонажем, которого не нужно создавать (худшая часть в игре это    Боевка и мир (визуально) просто прекрасны, сделано прям замечательно, но чем этот мир заполнен (за исключением хогвартса, его исследовать очень интересно ), сюжет, диалоги и тот болванчик на главном герое, это ужас, дерьмо дерьма просто.
    Надеюсь что эти разработчики сделают новую игры во вселенной гарри поттера с нормальным персонажем, которого не нужно создавать (худшая часть в игре это создание персонажа), с нормальным сюжетом и без этих тупейших заданий от учителей (собери 2 пиписьки тролля и сожги 100 человек).
    Надеюсь след. игра будет намного лучше    … Expand
  52. itzshadic
    Feb 23, 2023
    5
    As someone who doesn't like harry potter, the game and its world is pretty fun. It's optimization is eh however and the game became stale pretty quickly to me. Possibly because of me never really getting into the harry potter series but this game is decent, not amazing like most say, but not as bad as most say.
  53. EpicPatrick
    Feb 24, 2023
    5
    This game encapsulates the magic from the world of Harry Potter. The spell casting animations and the combat is superb and fresh, I find myself addicted to it! The amount of freedom and exploration is satisfying. I love RPGs and have found myself feeling overwhelmed by some with everything that there is to do. But not with this one. The structure of how this game slowly introduces you toThis game encapsulates the magic from the world of Harry Potter. The spell casting animations and the combat is superb and fresh, I find myself addicted to it! The amount of freedom and exploration is satisfying. I love RPGs and have found myself feeling overwhelmed by some with everything that there is to do. But not with this one. The structure of how this game slowly introduces you to new things is impressive. The stories are intriguing and leave me wondering what happens next. Side quests do not feel forced or simply slapped in the game. Most of the voice acting is well done. After beating the game I went straight to finishing everything else. I have never wanted to 100% an RPG before.

    To conclude, I am very satisfied that the developers chose to not crutch the unforgivable curses. (Apart from some main story battles, but this is totally understandable)

    Portkey Games has given us a beautiful wizarding world that gives you a spoonful of what it may be like to be a wizard at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
    If you have been wondering whether it is worth your money or not and you enjoy RPGs and exploring, then I confidently answer your question by saying yes. You will have an unforgettable adventure when you dive into this.
    So happy exploring, and happy spellcasting!    … Expand
  54. vietho03
    Feb 25, 2023
    5
    Best experience. Feel like watching a new Harry Potter film again. Really recommend this game.
  55. Holydrago
    Feb 28, 2023
    5
    Graphics 9/10
    Quests 4.5/10
    Story 4.5/10
    Sounds 6/10 The game is a playable game for harry potter fans, but if you are unfamiliar with the universe, the only thing that will interest you is its open world and content, unfortunately, it is an incomplete production.
  56. kobravis
    Mar 1, 2023
    5
    Сама по себе задумка неплохая , ноооо....
    1- нет почти оптимизации
    2- очееееень длинные диалоги
    3- графика не тянет на те характеристики которые просит
  57. nintihahuyb
    Mar 20, 2023
    5
    Fan service versus good service.
    The proposal of Hogwarts Legacy is to take the fan of the Harry Potter saga to the world he fell in love with. The game gives you all the references of the books and movies, besides touching on interesting points of the secret histories of the wizarding world. The fan of the famous saga will certainly feel pleased to pay 70 dollars to enter even more    Fan service versus good service.
    The proposal of Hogwarts Legacy is to take the fan of the Harry Potter saga to the world he fell in love with. The game gives you all the references of the books and movies, besides touching on interesting points of the secret histories of the wizarding world. The fan of the famous saga will certainly feel pleased to pay 70 dollars to enter even more prolonged into the universe of magic they have always loved. Mainly because the Harry Potter fan does not need to be a "gamer". He doesn't need to know what an "RPG" or an "action game" is, he just wants to enjoy his enchanted wand while casting an "Avada Kedavra" against an enemy. There is no problem with that. However, for the slightly more conscientious "gamer" who doesn't usually tear up money, the $70 was expensive. Anyone who has seriously played a good RPG will not be able to love Hogwarts Legacy, a work that is a kind of shoddy copy of The Witcher 3 (2015). Besides being dated in many ways (from the graphics, to the characters' expressions, to the gameplay itself), the game fails to reach the level of detail required for a AAA, even when compared to "Skyrim" (2011). It's not hard, for a "gamer" with some background, to realize how Skyrim's quest system is infinitely more consistent than that of Hogwarts Legacy. It would even be mean to compare it to Rockstar's titles. GTA V (2013) and Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) are frighteningly more imposing, interesting and consistent than the Warner Bros. game. With several quests with puny, tiresome and/or repetitive objectives, our character almost never faces real challenges. Moreover, other premises of RPGs are neglected: the background of our character basically does not exist; our actions and choices serve no purpose, they do not make a significant impact on the world (it is not even possible to be a dark wizard!!!); our house has no influence on the story; and the most shocking of all is that the world simply does not respond to our actions. Skyrim, in 2011, introduced a "revenge" system that consisted of mercenaries trying to kill us under contract if we had murdered some loved one of some other character. And that's just one example! Hogwarts Legacy is a mediocre game that will mean little or almost nothing to gaming posterity, if not as an example of "fan service", and nothing more. It's a shame that consumers are so satisfied with so little.    … Expand
  58. linuquix
    Apr 5, 2023
    5
    It's "an ok game", but just that, all the NPCs are boring too.

    Idk, I think this game is made for fans of harry potter, if you want to play a nice game, play skyrim.

    This HL is a predictable game
  59. 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
  60. 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
  61. 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
  62. 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
  63. 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
  64. 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
  65. ShadyPlumber
    Feb 11, 2023
    4
    The game is outstanding, performance (even on my top end system) leaves a LOT to be desired.
  66. 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
  67. 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
  68. 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
  69. 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.
  70. Adam2he
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    The game is awfull, It is only interesting for people who loves Harry potter
  71. 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
  72. 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
  73. 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
  74. 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.
  75. 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.
  76. 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
  77. DaninoRey
    Mar 5, 2023
    4
    Looks nice.
    But oh so very shallow.
    Dialogue options are non existant and boring
  78. 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
  79. 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.
  80. 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.
  81. 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
  82. 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
  83. 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
  84. 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
  85. 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
  86. 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
  87. pisscat49
    Feb 8, 2023
    3
    Horrible performance. Crashes often. It has shallow game mechanics and combat and the fps drops are unbearable.
  88. fragileMC
    Feb 18, 2023
    3
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  89. 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
  90. Andrii228
    Feb 12, 2023
    3
    Terrible game. Fake windows, terrible face animations, terrible physics. Why in 2023 I should play games with fake mirrors? Why main characters clothing newer become wet after swimming or dirty after fight? Why open world is so empty? Don’t waste your time and money. This game is totally overpriced!
  91. 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
  92. 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!
  93. 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
  94. 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
  95. 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
  96. 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
  97. 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
  98. 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
  99. 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.
  100. 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
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 22
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  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    May 4, 2023
    85
    Beautiful, cozy and incredibly detailed, Hogwarts Legacy suffers from overabundance of side activities that offer no story, substance or good gameplay. [page 42]
  2. GameSpace
    Apr 4, 2023
    80
    The success of Hogwarts Legacy clearly shows that good sales and warm feedback from players are ensured not so much by the gameplay thought out to the smallest detail but by carefully reproducing the right atmosphere. But this is already a subtle moment, akin to real magic, and here the nameless developers of Avalanche Software succeeded.
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  3. Ragequit.gr
    Feb 24, 2023
    81
    Hogwarts Legacy is an altogether excellent port of Wizarding World to PC screens. It proudly belongs to the Young Adult fiction genre, which may make immersion difficult for older gamers.
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