Hogwarts Legacy

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1764 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 1,266 out of 1764
  2. Mixed: 248 out of 1764
  3. Negative: 250 out of 1764

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  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. Sarakor
    Feb 10, 2023
    9
    UA
    10/10
    Чудова атмосфери та дух пригод. Це той шедевр, на який ми чекали з дитинства та мріяли про щось подібне! Але через те, що у гри є ру локалізація, але немає української "-1 бал Грифіндор". Не треба ставати на сторону темних чаклунів! ~~~ ENG 10/10 For a great atmosphere and spirit of adventure. This is the masterpiece that we have been waiting for and dreamed of    UA
    10/10
    Чудова атмосфери та дух пригод.
    Це той шедевр, на який ми чекали з дитинства та мріяли про щось подібне!

    Але через те, що у гри є ру локалізація, але немає української "-1 бал Грифіндор".
    Не треба ставати на сторону темних чаклунів!

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    ENG
    10/10
    For a great atmosphere and spirit of adventure.
    This is the masterpiece that we have been waiting for and dreamed of something similar since childhood!

    But due to the fact that the game has localization, but there is no Ukrainian "-1 point Gryffindor".
    Don't side with the dark wizards!    … Expand
  4. NoahBlake
    Feb 10, 2023
    10
    It is an excellent game 10/10 the people who vote negatively show that it is from the crystal generation.
  5. EldwinArtarian
    Feb 10, 2023
    10
    Sent the immersion and the atmosphere out of the park! Fantastic work, my favorite game out there to date!
  6. Joeviv
    Feb 10, 2023
    10
    Awesome, amazing, genre defining. Truly enjoy the castle, the hunt for hidden collectibles, the combat the spells, the characters, everything! It's a masterpiece.
  7. alex99A
    Feb 11, 2023
    10
    It's a beautiful game
    Unfortunately, this game has been attacked by toxic people in society.
    People whose behavior and way of thinking are more harmful than anything else.
    But the fact is that this game is good.
    And the opinions of those people do not change the reality
  8. Trexxor
    Feb 11, 2023
    10
    What can I say, it's all a HP fan ever wanted.
    Everyth
    ing is beautiful, works flawlessly and I havent encountered a single bug.
  9. zion-k
    Feb 11, 2023
    9
    its so fun, an it makes you feel your at Hogwarts even if quidditch is not available there is fun in quests, exploration and in combat. combat is not button mashy and is more quick thinking of using different spells and mixing them together and at some moments it can be difficult on normal. it is a must have for any harry potter fans and to those who think the game is a bit of interenst,its so fun, an it makes you feel your at Hogwarts even if quidditch is not available there is fun in quests, exploration and in combat. combat is not button mashy and is more quick thinking of using different spells and mixing them together and at some moments it can be difficult on normal. it is a must have for any harry potter fans and to those who think the game is a bit of interenst, even if your not a gamer you can go on story difficulty to just know about the story without difficulty in combat.… Expand
  10. GeraltWM
    Feb 13, 2023
    10
    We all have to put out there for this studio to know: This game is so **** good! The love and hard work that I am seeing is mindblowing! I literally lost myself exploring the castle, didn't know where I was, from where I came, but was a feeling of lost that I didn't experienced with a game for like 5 years. I just wanted to explore more and more and see all the little details.We all have to put out there for this studio to know: This game is so **** good! The love and hard work that I am seeing is mindblowing! I literally lost myself exploring the castle, didn't know where I was, from where I came, but was a feeling of lost that I didn't experienced with a game for like 5 years. I just wanted to explore more and more and see all the little details.

    Avalanche, you deserve all the love from a gamer, you really beat the hype, the controversy, the experience to make a game of this magnitude. Congratulations and thank you for this game    … Expand
  11. bigg2507
    Feb 13, 2023
    10
    Hogwarts Legacy is an exceptional and magical gaming experience that transports players to the wizarding world of Harry Potter. From the moment you start the game, you are transported to a beautifully crafted and immersive world that is rich in detail, full of wonder and filled with surprises. The character customization options allow you to create your own unique wizard or witch, and theHogwarts Legacy is an exceptional and magical gaming experience that transports players to the wizarding world of Harry Potter. From the moment you start the game, you are transported to a beautifully crafted and immersive world that is rich in detail, full of wonder and filled with surprises. The character customization options allow you to create your own unique wizard or witch, and the spellcasting system is intuitive and fun to use. The storyline is engaging and captivating, and the voice acting is top-notch. The graphics are stunning and bring the world of Hogwarts to life like never before. The music and sound effects are also excellent and help to enhance the overall atmosphere of the game. Overall, Hogwarts Legacy is a must-play for fans of Harry Potter and anyone who loves RPGs. It is a game that you will want to play again and again, and each time you play, you will discover something new and exciting. It truly is a magical experience that is not to be missed.… Expand
  12. Jafsen
    Feb 14, 2023
    10
    Truly a great game, I have waited for a long time for it and for ones I am not at all dissapointed! Both the look and feel of it is awesome!
  13. 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
  14. Berg998
    Feb 20, 2023
    9
    Really good.

    Few small issues like changing your voice from the default makes it sound a bit robotic, and you don't unlock additional spell slots until you have over 8 spells making it feel clunky before then (ect.). There is also a problem where it underestimates your capacity of your hardware, but once you get past these everything from the gameplay to story to graphics to progression    Really good.

    Few small issues like changing your voice from the default makes it sound a bit robotic, and you don't unlock additional spell slots until you have over 8 spells making it feel clunky before then (ect.). There is also a problem where it underestimates your capacity of your hardware, but once you get past these everything from the gameplay to story to graphics to progression is amazing.    … Expand
  15. dima2358
    Feb 23, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Perfect game. Spend a lot of time playing it, you can relax and gameplay give you feeling "just do what you want and relax"… Expand
  16. 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.
  17. 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!
  18. 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
  19. 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!
  20. AsboXFlemzo
    Feb 10, 2023
    10
    Greatest game ever created, wow must buy game of the year contender that has hundreds of hours of gameplay
  21. 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.
  22. inkling_girl
    Feb 8, 2023
    10
    Beautiful, captivating and absorbing game. I play on PC and it runs great. FPS most of the time is about 100. If it dip it goes down to 80fps which is still great.
  23. Kafkan
    Feb 10, 2023
    9
    Maravilloso título hecho por y para los fans del mundo mágico. No había visto en muchísimo tiempo tanto mimo en cada pequeño detalle de un juego.
    A nivel técnico me parece impecable, ojalá todos los triples AAA salieran igual de pulidos, la historia es entretenida, la exploración fascinante y el toque de RPG aún sin ser muy profundo le da el toque justo para hacer un todo increíble.
    Si    Maravilloso título hecho por y para los fans del mundo mágico. No había visto en muchísimo tiempo tanto mimo en cada pequeño detalle de un juego.
    A nivel técnico me parece impecable, ojalá todos los triples AAA salieran igual de pulidos, la historia es entretenida, la exploración fascinante y el toque de RPG aún sin ser muy profundo le da el toque justo para hacer un todo increíble.
    Si eres fan del mundo mágico es un must y si no lo eres quizá te cautiva menos pero Avalanche Software se ha marcado un señor juegazo.    … Expand
  24. johnnypiede
    Feb 9, 2023
    10
    Who says that the game is thrash is a troll. The game is fantastic, never had a bug or glitch. Perfect. Who underrates the game because of politics against Jk Rowling is a fraud. Don't lie don't lie don't Lie don't lie don't lie don't lie don't lie don't lie.
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. Arat_Ntor
    Feb 15, 2023
    10
    Basically everything you'd want from a Harry Potter game.
    Explore an open world: run around Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, the Forbidden Forest and the surrounding Overland area.
    Be a Witch or Wizard and there's spells, potions, plants, magical beasts. Fight trolls, Dark Wizards, goblins, and a dangerous villain endangering the wizarding world. The game could ofc. always be longer, but it's    Basically everything you'd want from a Harry Potter game.
    Explore an open world: run around Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, the Forbidden Forest and the surrounding Overland area.
    Be a Witch or Wizard and there's spells, potions, plants, magical beasts.
    Fight trolls, Dark Wizards, goblins, and a dangerous villain endangering the wizarding world.
    The game could ofc. always be longer, but it's still cheaper per hour than going to the movie theater and you can replay it - or spend more time in the open world, why rush?    … Expand
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Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    May 4, 2023
    85
    Beautiful, cozy and incredibly detailed, Hogwarts Legacy suffers from overabundance of side activities that offer no story, substance or good gameplay. [page 42]
  2. GameSpace
    Apr 4, 2023
    80
    The success of Hogwarts Legacy clearly shows that good sales and warm feedback from players are ensured not so much by the gameplay thought out to the smallest detail but by carefully reproducing the right atmosphere. But this is already a subtle moment, akin to real magic, and here the nameless developers of Avalanche Software succeeded.
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  3. Ragequit.gr
    Feb 24, 2023
    81
    Hogwarts Legacy is an altogether excellent port of Wizarding World to PC screens. It proudly belongs to the Young Adult fiction genre, which may make immersion difficult for older gamers.
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