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.
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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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