Hogwarts Legacy

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1764 Ratings

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  1. fawxgaming
    May 28, 2023
    2
    It just looks good - thats all. no interesting characters nor a good story. why this special type of magic? no one needs it. it feels completly wrong in my opinion. the main char is blank sheet without any depth and the npc feel like robots. no good game.
  2. akujiwar
    Mar 20, 2023
    2
    Had potential. Ultimately it is just a **** console port. Controls are useless. PC handicapped by console gamepad schemes. Spell actions bars are a joke. 4 slots and toggle bars by mousewheel? and the extra bars had to be unlocked by talents. Most other abilities are tucked into action wheels that respond slowly. come on.. Movement is clunky. dont get me started on broom.. Menus areHad potential. Ultimately it is just a **** console port. Controls are useless. PC handicapped by console gamepad schemes. Spell actions bars are a joke. 4 slots and toggle bars by mousewheel? and the extra bars had to be unlocked by talents. Most other abilities are tucked into action wheels that respond slowly. come on.. Movement is clunky. dont get me started on broom.. Menus are horrificly slow and layered. It's a chore. Stutters a lot. Vram requirement is silly. Optimization where? sure you can lower some settings but the requirements vary so much by area that there is a lot of wasted potential most of the time. Would upgrade but this game is not worth it, nor may it actually help. Then there is the issue of rowling. what a jk. None of the rest matters at this point. Such a waste.… Expand
  3. FelipeABA6
    Feb 15, 2023
    2
    i tried all possible settings but still got stutterings, this optimization is sad
  4. Frebad
    Feb 9, 2023
    2
    Awful PC experience. This game have so many graphics lags and need videocards 40 series for what? 2017 graphics? Check rdr 2 please. Unplayable at this moment. Big dissapointment for a big fan...
  5. strelavkolene96
    May 10, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Rating of the game: 5 with a huge minus / 10. - Absolute mediocrity in everything. From the beginning to the end of the whole game you will be told how good you are "just like that" and even after passing the game you do not know anything about your character. You will communicate with "incredible" lifeless plush characters.

    - The main villain of the game is a goblin who took offense for being called names. And he decided to kill everyone for it. - It is not difficult to assess the strength of the further plot. - You will be given a great opportunity to be a "chosen" messenger on errands in countless exciting bring-and-serve quests. - If you are a seventy-year-old woman who has no one to talk to, it will be very pleasant and fun to listen to every NPC who will tell you his incredible biography from conception to the present day... If you thought these would be fascinating stories (NO). - Distribution ceremony, Yule score, Quidditch game, trips with the faculty to Hogsmeade - no. Running after goblins and creatures on the edges near Hogwarts - yes. If that's how you imagined the magical world of Rowling - welcome! I personally don't see it that way    … Expand
  6. rafaeal
    Feb 12, 2023
    1
    Tinha dado 7 antes mas não tem como dar nota alta, a performance desse jogo é algo nojento. Um lixo
  7. Maxmynerv
    Feb 11, 2023
    1
    What a terrible game?
    Yes, you can throw her a couple of balls, that she is not overbooked and works.
    And everything. Oh can we run to HOGWARTS?! What a sensation. And what's next? Play old Harry Potter games that are a million times better made. Screenwriters, throw a bunch of meaningless text on the fan. Another stream of consciousness, from the writers. Who is this game made    What a terrible game?
    Yes, you can throw her a couple of balls, that she is not overbooked and works.
    And everything.
    Oh can we run to HOGWARTS?! What a sensation.
    And what's next?
    Play old Harry Potter games that are a million times better made.
    Screenwriters, throw a bunch of meaningless text on the fan.
    Another stream of consciousness, from the writers.

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

    Classes are not interesting, stupid and simple.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Screenwriters. Learn how to write scripts for games already at last, and if you don't know how, it's better not to take it at all. The game does not equal the book. The approach is completely different. The game should be fun to play, not that's all. A nasty, empty game, without even a slice of talent. Skyrim is still more interesting after all these years. But where have you been? Did you sleep? In general, 1 point out of 10, for the fact that this game at least works fine, without a bunch of bugs. Everyone who could, did, **** off, everyone did everything on **** off. It's not even Hogwarts, it's a museum of some kind. And it's certainly not a school of magic. P.S. There is a feeling that in the beginning they wanted to make an MMO with a donation from the game, but then they realized that they would not be able to do it and changed their minds, and many gameplay elements remained.    … Expand
  8. vova22379
    Mar 12, 2023
    1
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  9. FluteSalad
    Feb 11, 2023
    1
    Not visually impressive these days, uninteresting story. Repetitive gameplay, combat is the most mid thing ever to exist and by buying it you’re giving money to someone that hates the existence of transgender people… give it a pass
  10. vovik86
    Feb 24, 2023
    1
    Hogwarts Legacy is bad console port with a generic story and horrible controls. I'm indifferent about the Harry Potter IP so I'm looking at this game as a stand alone title.

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

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

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

    I was curious about this game due to the hype and controversy but it's total disappointment and a chore to play.    … Expand
  11. Lazerkat789
    Feb 15, 2023
    1
    I'm rating low because the developers screwed many of us over with delaying release for old gen consoles. It's completely ruined my experience with this game and I have cancelled my pre order. Not only was the game spoiled for me before I could get a copy, but I looked like an idiot when I showed up happy in line for my copy, only to be told I'd have to wait 2 months, thanks for punishingI'm rating low because the developers screwed many of us over with delaying release for old gen consoles. It's completely ruined my experience with this game and I have cancelled my pre order. Not only was the game spoiled for me before I could get a copy, but I looked like an idiot when I showed up happy in line for my copy, only to be told I'd have to wait 2 months, thanks for punishing the poor you ****… Expand
  12. TypInSomething
    May 29, 2023
    1
    The Good Stuff: This game captured the harry potter world so perfectly. I mean the material world, not the people. Every single gameplay design is perfect.
    I love how the spells work.
    I love how the flying works. I love how the world looks. I love the music. I love to explore this fascinating world. I love the combat. The Bad Stuff: who was this story made for? I know the books    The Good Stuff: This game captured the harry potter world so perfectly. I mean the material world, not the people. Every single gameplay design is perfect.
    I love how the spells work.
    I love how the flying works.
    I love how the world looks.
    I love the music.
    I love to explore this fascinating world.
    I love the combat.

    The Bad Stuff: who was this story made for? I know the books were for kids. But those kids are now grown-up dads at this point. Why does the story of this game feel like it was written for kids or teenagers? Devs didn't know their audience?
    The next con goes hand in hand with this. Every single dialogue is either > “be good dialogue” or “be a bit less good but still good dialogue”. Where is the option to be bad or to be neutral? This makes the game more boring and stale.
    Side quests are barely any quests. Come on, you put so much effort into making this world but forget to make dialogue enjoyable. Every single NPC other than the main plot characters talks like a **** robot.
    Oh, don't even forget about the **** woke stuff. "oh no our games won't do good if we don't have a trans or **** in it." **** disgusting. No need to shove it in the face. Like wtf?
    The performance is **** af. Which machine did they test it on? **** supercomputers? People are still rocking the 1060s and 1650s. And they make a game that can't run on low smoothly. Fps drop and stuttering are a feature in this game. The mod community somehow put some tape on this wound.    … Expand
  13. DrPeach
    Apr 25, 2023
    1
    I thought it was a good game until I met a stupid bug (HL-851) that blocked me from continuing my mission. This bug has affected thousands of players but WB and AS are still ignoring it. What a joke!
  14. Kabbaway
    Aug 15, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This review is NOT objective, but frankly the real-life consequences of financially enabling and endorsing a multimillionaire in their dangerous bigotry is more important than any sort of "objective" game review. The only reason I've change it from 0 to 1 is to acknowledge the hard work of the non-bigoted staff.

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

    Players are free to do as they wish, but please beware that Joanne has admitted herself that she sees the financial success of the Harry Potter franchise as validation for her dangerous views. Her fans and paying consumers are being used for social and political clout, and she will turn on you just as easily as she did on the above marginalised groups the minute you've worn out your usefulness to her.    … Expand
  15. robomartion
    Feb 26, 2023
    0
    Awful looking washed out blurry graphics than run like a potato even on a 4070. Dialogue is like chalk on a nail board and the gameplay is just total crap. All the characters faces look like they are randomly generated in metahuman with no personality. NPCs say random lines that make no sense if you listen to their conversations. Areas don't load seamlessly and it feels worse than everyAwful looking washed out blurry graphics than run like a potato even on a 4070. Dialogue is like chalk on a nail board and the gameplay is just total crap. All the characters faces look like they are randomly generated in metahuman with no personality. NPCs say random lines that make no sense if you listen to their conversations. Areas don't load seamlessly and it feels worse than every previous Harry Potter game, even the PS1 version. The worst performance of game I have ever played on a PC. Its not even a game just a buggy mess and hodgepodge of random cutscenes and glitches.… Expand
  16. Deliverance91
    Feb 22, 2023
    0
    Awful, generic, bland, repetitive, mindless timesink. How trash like this can have anything higher than a 3 here is a mystery to me.
  17. Warbring3r
    Feb 12, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Buggy, boring. Predictable story, poor graphics. Invasive denuvo drm. Your teacher Eleazar dies in every ending no matter what choices you make. They put a trans character in the game to pinkwash it. The game supports chattel slavery because JK Rowling can’t handle any change in her static, stale, neoliberal universe.… Expand
  18. OberiousLocke
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    Ignoring the bankrolling of an actual degenerate, as a lifelong gamer and a former childhood fan of Harry Potter, this is, bluntly, among the blandest things I've subjected myself to, and one of a very few games to ever earn the "Did Not Finish" designation for me. Like, even if you "acquired" it another way I feel like you'd be getting ripped off with time if not money.

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

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

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

    Trans rights are human rights :D    … Expand
  19. nzsher
    Feb 23, 2023
    0
    Best game ever made about the world of Harry Potter. Many thanks to developers!
  20. ultima67
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    Atrocious game, barely runs, full of plot holes and the story makes no sense, glitches everywhere, combat is terrible and there's only like 5 different enemy types, empty world with nothing to do, load screens everywhere, performance issues galore and runes even worse on PC than on console somehow!
  21. nofunaloud
    Feb 13, 2023
    0
    lol hogsmeade as a first year. They don't care about the IP at all. Just slapped a name on a generic game to move copies.
  22. Lamabunnyvile
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    This game is incredibly boring and absolutely not worth full price, it runs like garbage even on high-end hardware and the ray tracing is absolutely awful.
  23. MrMefetran
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    It's really terrible. I don't understand why this piece of crap has so high rating. After 60+ hours of playing it was just boring, super repetitive, without any challenge at all and very weak plot. Not to mention the obligatory 2023 agenda. It seems like people have forgotten what really good games used to be like and this low quality games already seem awesome to them.
  24. borgaborga
    Feb 24, 2023
    0
    the game has bugs and performance issues on my computer. The story is mediocre at best and the character dialog is boring. Game is very forgettable overall. not reccomended
  25. Poti
    Jun 4, 2023
    0
    Denuvo = 0, you pay to play a worse version of the game and that's a 0 dc the game
  26. Tatsu_chan
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is unimaginably horrible and it's baffling it's the hill so many are willing to d*e on. There is no enemy variety, which is for sure a good idea for a modern open world game. There is no spell variety either, which again certainly great idea for a modern rpg based solely around it's magic, but Harry Potter has always had a terrible magic system so. For reference Final Fantasy (1987 NES) has triple as many spells (60), and Skyrim a more modern open world game for comparison has over 100 and both those games have multiple combat classes. The game will let you use the "unforgivable curses" but it has no morality system to give any meaningful consequences to your actions because according to the devs it would be "too judgmental on the game maker's part". The game is also a buggy mess and anyone saying otherwise is just lying, the game literally has Denuvo. But none of this is surprising, every trailer made it look lackluster and it's made by the developers infamous for Disney tie-in shovelware.

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

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

    And for anyone who can’t let go of the franchise because of “childhood” and cause “it’s so magical”, let me recommend “Earthsea” by Ursula K. Le Guin, “Discworld” by Terry Pratchett, and “Percy Jackson” by Rick Riordian. None of those series are perfect and have their fair share of problems, but they were written by authors who actually cared, who actually took criticism and grew from it. You can let go and grow too.    … Expand
  27. nicerdicer
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    Brilliant. Impressive attention to details. Immersive open world, so many things to do around. So many things to discover. We are so lucky to have it during out timelines.
  28. nuhah100
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    Game is super buggy, fps drops, BSODs, crashes, render issues.
    And woke propaganda...
  29. Inuyasha17
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    HOGWARTS LEGACY has very serious lag. The game is annoyingly slow. It breaks frequently.
  30. sex69
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    Not really. The character is so ugly. The story is boring and sleepy. It's no fun.
  31. Har8
    May 26, 2023
    0
    I just don't understand all the positive reviews of this game. After 60+ hours of playing it was just boring, super repetitive, without any challenge at all and very weak plot. Not to mention the obligatory 2023 agenda. It seems like people have forgotten what really good games used to be like and this low quality games already seem awesome to them.
  32. Siavashaleahmad
    Mar 8, 2023
    0
    This game is so **** good!Thx to the developers.I'm in love with this Game!
  33. JoshuaVon4
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    Ryzen 5700
    3070 8GB 16 GB DDR4 Ram
    It's just like the Batman games first launch. runs roughly 50 frame at 2k with crashes and a lot of noticeable frame drops, which are really annoying! A lot of crashes happened after a cutscene With opening MSI afterburner I found that the game was running out of ram and Vram. 3070 runs perfectly with cyberpunk 2077 first launch This is very bad PC    Ryzen 5700
    3070 8GB 16 GB DDR4 Ram

    It's just like the Batman games first launch.

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

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

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

    Do your optimization Warner!    … Expand
  34. Inuyasha1
    Mar 4, 2023
    0
    발적화 때문에 게임을 하기 힘듭니다. 지금은 하지 않는 것이 좋습니다.
  35. SeanD
    Feb 11, 2023
    0
    This would be a very generic and mediocre (and somewhat short) open-world romp IF it didn't have the myriad of performance issues and graphical glitches that it has. As it is right now it's not really worth anybody's time. The high critic review score is due to the backing of the big publisher while the high user-review score is due to the **** teens and manchildren deciding that praisingThis would be a very generic and mediocre (and somewhat short) open-world romp IF it didn't have the myriad of performance issues and graphical glitches that it has. As it is right now it's not really worth anybody's time. The high critic review score is due to the backing of the big publisher while the high user-review score is due to the **** teens and manchildren deciding that praising this lackluster game like it's the second coming of Jesus and putting coin in the purse of the large corporation that published it is somehow going to let them have some power over "the Twitter mob."… Expand
  36. ktoeto
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Game crashed on start. I have super performance PC with 13900k processor and strong nvidia GPU, but game tell me about insufficiency resources.
  37. rayzerisbest
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    Very disappointed with the PC performance of the game, lags too much in Hogwarts, I've had this kind of issue with a lot of other Unreal Engine game for some reason and the situation is the same her as well.
  38. tontonac
    Feb 12, 2023
    0
    Runs really, really bad on PC, almost unplayable. Constant suttering, lag, freeze, crash, textures loaded litterally seconds after they should be, no matter your config or the game settings (low to ultra). Some people seem to run the game fine, even with entry level configs , it seems very random.
    Developper MUST know the problem, but they released the game anyway in this state.
    The game    Runs really, really bad on PC, almost unplayable. Constant suttering, lag, freeze, crash, textures loaded litterally seconds after they should be, no matter your config or the game settings (low to ultra). Some people seem to run the game fine, even with entry level configs , it seems very random.
    Developper MUST know the problem, but they released the game anyway in this state.
    The game itself is OK, without the HP license it would be an average game, with very dated open world mechanics (skyrim in 2011 offered much better), but the story and setting are wonderfull.    … Expand
  39. Hirslay
    Aug 20, 2023
    0
    A little too sloopy and empty. But overall best HP game. Well done! I can't wait for Hogwarts Legacy 2 with bigger budget
  40. ggc98
    Mar 2, 2023
    0
    El rendimiento es bastante malo pese a haber desarrollado el juego durante años y sin ser los gráficos especialmente realistas.
    La historia sobretodo si tienes expectativas altas por las películas resulta decepcionante ya que es muy simple, predecible e infantil.
    El combate me parece original y entretenido. El castillo y algunas zonas son impresionantes aunque son mucho más coloridas y    El rendimiento es bastante malo pese a haber desarrollado el juego durante años y sin ser los gráficos especialmente realistas.
    La historia sobretodo si tienes expectativas altas por las películas resulta decepcionante ya que es muy simple, predecible e infantil.
    El combate me parece original y entretenido.
    El castillo y algunas zonas son impresionantes aunque son mucho más coloridas y animadas que en las películas.    … Expand
  41. jsmith1972
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Just like Callisto Protocol and Witcher 3 Next Gen this game has serious issues with CPU overhead/bottleneck in certain areas of the game especially with RT enabled causing GPU utilization and in turn frame rate to nose dive. I do not consider this in any way shape or form acceptable and the fact that pretty much every new pc release has been plagued with this issue is a joke. If you haveJust like Callisto Protocol and Witcher 3 Next Gen this game has serious issues with CPU overhead/bottleneck in certain areas of the game especially with RT enabled causing GPU utilization and in turn frame rate to nose dive. I do not consider this in any way shape or form acceptable and the fact that pretty much every new pc release has been plagued with this issue is a joke. If you have a 40 series card you can use the frame generator to help alleviate the problem but what percentage of players have access to one of these cards? Devs need to step up their game and fix this piece of ****… Expand
  42. RiverTheUmbreon
    Feb 13, 2023
    0
    Wow this is a nothing game! It literally has nothing for me to say its just an insult
  43. gaiatiful
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    beyond awful, fueled only by nostalgia and spite, this is one of the worst rpg ive ever seen
  44. lobanski
    Feb 18, 2023
    0
    i am a transgender and i love this game. amazing game with a huge world and high-quality gameplay.
  45. Lecum
    Mar 11, 2023
    0
    Too much bugs. Sometimes music stops sounding. The only good thing is the concept art. I dont recomend this game at all.
  46. tarkahdok
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Holy moly this game has some problematic writing. It's also got Denuvo in it, which is straight up malware. Avoid.
  47. Dadazuma
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Repetitive and boring children's game. Avoid at all cost if you don't want to be disappointed.
  48. GOTYEldenRing1
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    발적화가 심각하고 렉이 심각합니다. 프레임 드랍이 많습니다. 최적화가 엉망입니다;
  49. PandoraActorr
    Feb 14, 2023
    0
    This game is not really stable at the moment. The open world formula is just like any generic open world out there, NPCs does not feel like they have any personality at all. And thinking back on the review bombs of Elden Ring which said the game was buggy and stutter, this game has the exact same problem which makes me realize how hypocrite fan boys really are.
  50. CosmicScarab
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Runs like trash on even the highest end hardware once you get past a certain point.
  51. chevychiller
    Feb 17, 2023
    0
    This game has serious performance problems, it is barely playable. I am disappointed by the story and overall design, as well. The visuals are beautiful, but everything else seems half-baked and not very much fun.
  52. afroman123456
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    stutter and stutter what wrong with all tripleAAA games this year not optimized at all and Horrible performance. Crashes often
  53. somovbiu
    May 2, 2023
    0
    This game is like something out of 2010. The graphics are there, but everything else is totally outdated. This just shows how pathetic Harry Potter fans are. All HP games up till now are really bad, and fans have longed for a good HP game, but this? This is mediocre at best. Not to mention it's buggy, laggy and stuttery. I can't even remember the last time I dropped below the map in aThis game is like something out of 2010. The graphics are there, but everything else is totally outdated. This just shows how pathetic Harry Potter fans are. All HP games up till now are really bad, and fans have longed for a good HP game, but this? This is mediocre at best. Not to mention it's buggy, laggy and stuttery. I can't even remember the last time I dropped below the map in a game, but it happened here xD. And also, you'll need a beefy rig because it's pretty pretty demanding, especially that it's not stunningly beautiful. Bad optimization, both on PC and on the consoles.… Expand
  54. LilyMa
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    Disgusted the see that the entire story of this game is just antisemitic myths and conspiracies with the names switched out.
  55. DexSK
    May 22, 2023
    0
    i7-13700k, 32GB DDR5, GeForce RTX 3070 8GB. Installed on a SSD (Samsung 980 Pro PCI-E 4).
    DLSS on, High settings on graphics & Raytracing. Unplayable. (out of memory at various intro stages).
    DLSS on, High settings on graphics, Raytracing off. Unplayable. (out of memory at various intro stages). DLSS on, Medium settings on graphics, Raytracing off. Unplayable. (out of memory at loading    i7-13700k, 32GB DDR5, GeForce RTX 3070 8GB. Installed on a SSD (Samsung 980 Pro PCI-E 4).
    DLSS on, High settings on graphics & Raytracing. Unplayable. (out of memory at various intro stages).
    DLSS on, High settings on graphics, Raytracing off. Unplayable. (out of memory at various intro stages).
    DLSS on, Medium settings on graphics, Raytracing off. Unplayable. (out of memory at loading of Hogwarts Castle after getting through Intro).
    Build version 1117238.
    Trash.    … Expand
  56. ryderrr
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Diversity, wokism all over the place as always. Lame optimization, performance. Gameplay boring quickly, dead world, dead game. Better go read the original books and watch the movies. Such sh*t show.
  57. Heretoir
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    Game has malware (DENUVO)
    Game stutters sometimes at 1080p even in my 1080
    Game is awful and positive reviews are biased by nostalgia and politcal views.
  58. Medic_Gaming
    Feb 8, 2023
    0
    Incredibly disappointing. UI and various other elements look like they come from a mobile game and were haphazardly shoved onto consoles and pc, yet performance begs to differ. If you are a harry potter fan, I still cannot recommend it. It is so derivative and dull. If you want to relive the magic of the movies, either watch the movies or buy the (far cheaper) lego games. This game is notIncredibly disappointing. UI and various other elements look like they come from a mobile game and were haphazardly shoved onto consoles and pc, yet performance begs to differ. If you are a harry potter fan, I still cannot recommend it. It is so derivative and dull. If you want to relive the magic of the movies, either watch the movies or buy the (far cheaper) lego games. This game is not worth its price tag, and unlikely to be even on any sales the developers put on it.… Expand
  59. Melodyisded
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    This game is not only a total scam, but also boring and short. Do not recommend.
  60. FrinkFronk
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    A good walking sim for the adult child.
    Most will find a game that’s both overfilled and underdeveloped, with serious graphical challenges. But those obsessed with recreating the magic of their childhood marketing-driven desires will get to continue to cocoon themselves in mediocre bliss.
  61. Ackvendor
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    The plot holes and the writing being worse than a mid tier JRPG is enough to warrant a low score. The game really does not have much to offer outside of the main game as most of the side content are just fetch quests. So the main game and the story not being a rehash and mix of plot points form the books would have been at least worthy of some respect. Instead this game gives us aThe plot holes and the writing being worse than a mid tier JRPG is enough to warrant a low score. The game really does not have much to offer outside of the main game as most of the side content are just fetch quests. So the main game and the story not being a rehash and mix of plot points form the books would have been at least worthy of some respect. Instead this game gives us a macguffin and 26 measly spells. The macguffin is the end point of the game and it's ancient.

    Combat is where I really laughed a lot at the game. Forspoken got a lot of deserved criticism but its spells looked better and even the combat felt slightly better than this point and shoot. Though what really made me laugh at the combat were idiotic mechanics where the spell has to be the same color as that of the shield to break the shield. The mechanics and the purpose of the spell be damned, the color is what determines duel outcomes. Every complex and compelling magic system I can think of, like Oblivion or Magicka has been respectful of their audience to give them more. The fact that games not based on magic have more variety and quality in their spells catalogue than Hogwarts Legacy is both insulting and amusing.

    The open world is not really open if one examines it closely. The aesthetics are decently done but that would be a very insignificant plus point as opposed to gameplay in that world feeling hollow. Once you scour the countryside a bit more, you realise that the so called open world is anoter exercise in Ubisoft open world shenanigans. The difference is that a modern Ubisoft Assassin's Creed has still more to offer than Hogwarts Legacy. Granted that's because of Ubisoft flinging more quantity and getting a few lucky shots, but in this race to the bottom, I can only draw these forms of comparisons.

    The only bits funnier than the combat system are the reviewers insisting that there is build variety in the game. I expect this game might get microstransactions in the future and some more minigames because well the fans of hte franchise are very easy to exploit and gaming fans even more so, as EA and Activision have continually demonstrated over the last decade or so.

    0/10 all day.    … Expand
  62. Jsmit1007
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Clunky gameplay, limited spells, awful IP in general. 0/10 would not recommend
  63. Kir65431
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Briefly and clearly. An imperfection. A degenerate fan service, not a game. Why degenerate? That's a beautiful wrapper and a tasteless candy.

    I was playing for 28 hours. It seems the guys who rates this game with max. score, played 3 hours max.
  64. ClairePlayer
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    ➤ Lifeless NPCs, lazy models without variety, clones EVERYWHERE, they are static with looping animations or walking aimlessly, non-existent AI.
    ➤ Repetitive combat, mediocre enemy variety. (Wizarding world has so many creatures, and Avalanche only adds dark wizards, trolls, goblins, generic spiders? really?)
    ➤ TONS of generic collect quests. ➤ Poor writing, choices don't matter, they    ➤ Lifeless NPCs, lazy models without variety, clones EVERYWHERE, they are static with looping animations or walking aimlessly, non-existent AI.
    ➤ Repetitive combat, mediocre enemy variety. (Wizarding world has so many creatures, and Avalanche only adds dark wizards, trolls, goblins, generic spiders? really?)
    ➤ TONS of generic collect quests.
    ➤ Poor writing, choices don't matter, they don't affect anything, Absolutely no way to play evil.
    ➤ Dead bodies, environment objects, EVERYTHING disappearing instantly (Is this game from 2023? or do we go back to 2000?)    … Expand
  65. cheesecakekille
    Feb 11, 2023
    0
    Too bad.
    I have technical difficulties with my Ryzen5 5600 and a 6800XT on WQHD. Not only that depending on the location in the open world and also in cut scenes, there are blatant frame drops, which ensure that you fall below 30FPS. But also that for unexplained reasons now and then the entire PC goes out and does not boot properly when restarting, but the graphics card also hangs.
    It    Too bad.
    I have technical difficulties with my Ryzen5 5600 and a 6800XT on WQHD. Not only that depending on the location in the open world and also in cut scenes, there are blatant frame drops, which ensure that you fall below 30FPS. But also that for unexplained reasons now and then the entire PC goes out and does not boot properly when restarting, but the graphics card also hangs.
    It is said, no OC, everything is from the manufacturer. Drivers are up to date. Have even ray tracing, scaling, and details down screwed.

    All this is particularly annoying because the game otherwise looks fantastic, the combat system is varied and the open world is a lot of fun.
    Really a downer.    … Expand
  66. PedritoPT
    Feb 12, 2023
    0
    I want to give this game a 9/10, but I can't. My conscience does not allow me. The game is beautiful, yes, it's the game that all fans want, yes, but the performance in the PC version is very bad, frame drops, stuttering, etc, by now we all know that. The video game industry should have more respect for consumers, I bought the deluxe version, almost finishing the main story, and with a badI want to give this game a 9/10, but I can't. My conscience does not allow me. The game is beautiful, yes, it's the game that all fans want, yes, but the performance in the PC version is very bad, frame drops, stuttering, etc, by now we all know that. The video game industry should have more respect for consumers, I bought the deluxe version, almost finishing the main story, and with a bad performance experience over the last few days, with no patch fix in sight. We have to claim in some way, we have to demand more polished games at launch. Postpone the game if you have to, since we are in this fashion times.… Expand
  67. Gigi23
    Feb 12, 2023
    0
    I would've given 7-8, if it wasn't for the terrible optimization and the unacceptable bugs that affect the game. First, there are stuttering and drops to even 10 fps; however they are limited in some areas and thus bearable. Second, some quests are bugged in a way that ruins completely the experience. Third, last but not least, a quest got bugged in a way that it become impossible to beI would've given 7-8, if it wasn't for the terrible optimization and the unacceptable bugs that affect the game. First, there are stuttering and drops to even 10 fps; however they are limited in some areas and thus bearable. Second, some quests are bugged in a way that ruins completely the experience. Third, last but not least, a quest got bugged in a way that it become impossible to be completed; so, I am stucked there. I tried to reinstall the game but nothing. I tried to load previous saving, but they all bring to the same result. So I am now forced to restart the game after 15 hours of play and it is unacceptable. That's why I put 0: terrible optimization and unacceptable bugs that totally compromise the experience… Expand
  68. nobukatsu37
    Feb 13, 2023
    0
    dull games such as final fantasy and dragons dogma managed to emulate the wizard experience with better ease and they were launched almost a decate ago
  69. Atomy
    Feb 13, 2023
    0
    Seems like a decent game but holy crap the optimization is dreadful. Severe fps issues on my rtx 3070.In cinematics the background keeps going blurry and clear again. Also how can a game in 2023 not have playstation controller button prompts. Its hard to find a new game that doesn't do that... Wait for them to fix performance issues before you buy!
  70. Kiyratari
    Feb 13, 2023
    0
    Lackluster experience carried only by a wave of nostalgia that wears away quickly.
    Missions are boring, the character creator is awful.
    The variety of spells is minimal and the enemies are repetitive. The entire experience plays like a 2012 game and overstays its welcome by quite a bit. Poorly optimized for PC and incredibly slow transition to LOD to High poly models at times. Story    Lackluster experience carried only by a wave of nostalgia that wears away quickly.
    Missions are boring, the character creator is awful.
    The variety of spells is minimal and the enemies are repetitive.
    The entire experience plays like a 2012 game and overstays its welcome by quite a bit.
    Poorly optimized for PC and incredibly slow transition to LOD to High poly models at times.
    Story is subpar and the world surprisingly empty.    … Expand
  71. ads7
    Feb 18, 2023
    0
    this optimization is worst thing that ever happened to me, on RTX 3060 12gb u cant even play on low settings in 720p XD, if game somehow wont crash at the start, you will play whole 15 minutes with 20 fps in 720p before out of video memory error message pop up, AND OH MY GOD THAT DENUVO BULLS*IT, U CANT EVEN VERIFY YOUR STEAM FILES CUZ U WILL GET ANOTHER AMAZING POPUP WITH ACTIVATION ERRORthis optimization is worst thing that ever happened to me, on RTX 3060 12gb u cant even play on low settings in 720p XD, if game somehow wont crash at the start, you will play whole 15 minutes with 20 fps in 720p before out of video memory error message pop up, AND OH MY GOD THAT DENUVO BULLS*IT, U CANT EVEN VERIFY YOUR STEAM FILES CUZ U WILL GET ANOTHER AMAZING POPUP WITH ACTIVATION ERROR XD hopefully game will be playable maybe after 1/2 months and then i will give it a real score (divided by 2 because of first impression)… Expand
  72. DovahFeyn
    Feb 18, 2023
    0
    Au moins 6 crashs et 2 bluescreen, un stuttering (bégaiement d'image) de malade, des drops de FPS monstrueux et omniprésent des que le personnage se déplace...
    Malgré les forums, les mod et autre méthode, rien n'y fait pourtant les jeux sous unreal engine sont courant donc normalement maitrisé mais non...
    Pas mal de jeux actuels se battent pour le titre du jeu le plus mal optimisé mais    Au moins 6 crashs et 2 bluescreen, un stuttering (bégaiement d'image) de malade, des drops de FPS monstrueux et omniprésent des que le personnage se déplace...
    Malgré les forums, les mod et autre méthode, rien n'y fait pourtant les jeux sous unreal engine sont courant donc normalement maitrisé mais non...
    Pas mal de jeux actuels se battent pour le titre du jeu le plus mal optimisé mais là, nous avons trouvé le maitre...
    UNE HONTE avalanche software de sortir un jeu dans cette état… dommage j’attendais ce jeu et j’aimerais vraiment y jouer mais c’est actuellement impossible.    … Expand
  73. loosechange09
    Feb 18, 2023
    0
    Impressed with the graphics, and creativity. However, the "game" has become a chore to play. It's another conversation simulator...
  74. LiteBabochka14
    Feb 21, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Кто купит, у того мать авада кедавра в могилу. Картонная хуйня, я того рот ебал… Expand
  75. Lafyuin
    Feb 26, 2023
    0
    просто худшая игра от ворнес бразерс... оптимизация ужаснейшая, изза денуво даже пиратка лагает меньше а сюжет на уровне принеси подай, никому не рекомендую этот высер.
  76. poli_lali
    Feb 28, 2023
    0
    Incredibly high minimum requirements. The graphics for such requirements are poor. A bug with hair that falls into textures, even in The Sims there is no such thing. Endless freezes and drops up to 10 fps. Can't make it full screen. Can't open settings during cutscenes. I am totally disappointed in this game as a harry potter fan.
  77. Reymundo
    Mar 1, 2023
    0
    Extremely poor optimization. Stuttering non stop, even on lowish settings on a 3080ti. All forum optimization tricks applied. Will update the review if these issues are fixed, as it stands I cannot even enjoy the game.
  78. Parasective
    Apr 22, 2023
    0
    Absolutely abysmal game. Maybe the worst game I've ever played. I could go on for hours about how I don't like J.K. Rowling as a person but that's not what we're here for. The gameplay is so boring. The story isn't true to the original plot whatsoever. Worst game I've played since Super Mario Sunshine. Absolute disappointment.
  79. H1Ghiqgamer
    May 5, 2023
    0
    Satanic game, that is an affront to our lord and savior jesus christ! Witchcraft is condemned in the bible Acts 8:9-13.

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

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

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

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

    Would have given 0 you are better off playing ps1 games. Game looks like it was made in the eighties. Only buy if you like retro games.    … Expand
  80. Hashmeag
    Jun 1, 2023
    0
    Thank you for making this interesting game. Please make better games of magical worlds. You have shown that you know how to make a game.
  81. Morivivere
    Jul 2, 2023
    0
    A thin veneer of poorly written story to target and profit off of hate for marginalized groups, team and owner purposely included hateful content with the intent to promote hateful ideologies.
  82. MayaSarasfall
    Jul 31, 2023
    0
    not perfect, but still an excellent game to play through. Too bad an absolutely abhorrent community used the lives of people who have nothing to do with the game in order to attack anyone that enjoyed this game
  83. Doctorsilvana
    Aug 6, 2023
    0
    It's a nostalgia trip through the Hogwarts Museum. The museum interacts with itself but you aren't allowed to touch anything. Just revelio for pieces of information.

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

    Then you head out into the promised Action-RPG with close to no RPG elements in the game, it feels like a combat simulation with harry potter skin and tedious and repetitive merlin trials, one room dungeons with close to no creativity. The game was promising but it missed on so many criticial and technical levels. Still it's enjoyable for the average non gamer who wants to explore Hogwarts and fight spiders.    … Expand
  84. klementineQt
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    they hyped the sh*t out of the most mid generic open world game imaginable just to reinforce hatred lmao
  85. Janen
    Sep 6, 2023
    0
    Chat GPT could write a better story. Most disappointing Game of the year and my life.
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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
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    May 4, 2023
    85
    Beautiful, cozy and incredibly detailed, Hogwarts Legacy suffers from overabundance of side activities that offer no story, substance or good gameplay. [page 42]
  2. GameSpace
    Apr 4, 2023
    80
    The success of Hogwarts Legacy clearly shows that good sales and warm feedback from players are ensured not so much by the gameplay thought out to the smallest detail but by carefully reproducing the right atmosphere. But this is already a subtle moment, akin to real magic, and here the nameless developers of Avalanche Software succeeded.
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  3. Ragequit.gr
    Feb 24, 2023
    81
    Hogwarts Legacy is an altogether excellent port of Wizarding World to PC screens. It proudly belongs to the Young Adult fiction genre, which may make immersion difficult for older gamers.
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