Hogwarts Legacy

 Xbox Series X
User Score
8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 944 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 795 out of 944
  2. Mixed: 61 out of 944
  3. Negative: 88 out of 944
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  1. Skyzdalimit305
    Feb 26, 2023
    5
    Amazing all the way through. Exploring is a ton of fun as well as the combat. Hoping to get some DLC
  2. Chronixx
    Apr 11, 2023
    5
    The open world felt empty and the characters were badly written and acted. Hogwarts had so much potential but it was undetailed and felt like a chore to walk through. The gameplay was very good but it didn’t make up for everything else wrong with the game.
  3. AdziomOG
    Mar 20, 2023
    5
    Unfortunately I can only give this game a 5. It was great up until about the 50% mark when it became a glitchy mess and I couldn't start dialogue with NPCs. Made bug report but nothing has been done.
  4. HIBBITY
    Mar 2, 2023
    5
    The combat and dialogue want me to just turn this crap off. The combat is just so damn boring it feels like it plays itself which for some may not be a problem. The dialogue on the other hand makes me want to be f*cking deaf holly hell if feels so manufactured. If you like Harry potter you'll like this game no doubt but if you have no interest in Harry Potter and only care about it as aThe combat and dialogue want me to just turn this crap off. The combat is just so damn boring it feels like it plays itself which for some may not be a problem. The dialogue on the other hand makes me want to be f*cking deaf holly hell if feels so manufactured. If you like Harry potter you'll like this game no doubt but if you have no interest in Harry Potter and only care about it as a game it's mad boring.… Expand
  5. Wolfcola11
    Feb 11, 2023
    5
    Great game needs some work with the performance but that will get patched quickly I'm sure
  6. ChucklesZCrusty
    Feb 13, 2023
    5
    Great game! My only gripe could do with more spells, hoping dlc (If there is any) will add more
  7. Lilymon
    Feb 15, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Overall Hogwarts Legacy could have been worse. It has a good foundation, good graphic and stable fps, BUT a lot of stuff is just missing. There is no Companion System like they said. You can't take NPC's with you on Adventure. You can't interact with NPC's when you meet them in Hogwarts. You can't go drink a Butterbeer, play Wizards Chess or Gobstone. You only interact with the NPC's when they have a Quest for you. All the fun stuff Hogwarts has like Halloween, Yule Ball or Christmas and even Quiddich is not in the game. There are only 4 main Enemies: Humans, Spiders, Goblins or Trolls. Sometimes you see some Wolfes or the Swamp Creatures but they are only in the Open World and never in Quests. A big mistake are the unforgivable curses! The first you get in a mission and it has a reason you learn it but the others are just like: hey I can learn it to you. You can cast them infront of your Professors without a reaction and the whole game is build about saving Ann what you could at the end if you are evil but well you can't because the game ends before and the quest is suddenly over. Anne is gone! The lessions are cutscenes and you are more outside of hogwarts than really in school. No consequences about that either. There is also no NG+ or anything that would male the game worthy of a second playtrough. It is just said!… Expand
  8. 97kahunaburger
    May 29, 2023
    5
    Disappointing. I’m a big Harry Potter fan, but the castle serves as 2 hours of nostalgia before the soulless story, robot like protagonist, ridiculously long and boring dialogue, torturous fetch quests… it’s like they pooled all effort into visuals and a bit into gameplay, and then **** it they won’t mind completely flat writing” the experience doesn’t evolve past the initial draw and at 7Disappointing. I’m a big Harry Potter fan, but the castle serves as 2 hours of nostalgia before the soulless story, robot like protagonist, ridiculously long and boring dialogue, torturous fetch quests… it’s like they pooled all effort into visuals and a bit into gameplay, and then **** it they won’t mind completely flat writing” the experience doesn’t evolve past the initial draw and at 7 hours in it’s so painful this is yet another game I won’t finish. Credit for the semi decent combat system, except there are like 3 different enemies in the whole game.… Expand
  9. Khaosom
    Aug 16, 2023
    4
    Game is fun, but has very little replay value. Each house has a special quest. But other than that nothing changes. Game even on harder difficulty is still way too easy.
  10. BumbleRee
    Aug 10, 2023
    4
    This game is incredibly beautifully designed, Hogwarts is amazing and the open world is really pretty... and that's about it what this game has to offer. It has some of the stalest combat I've seen in a game, the open world is pretty, but empty and it's really doesn't reward you at all for exploring it. The story is very boring and your choices don't impact the story. When you're not doingThis game is incredibly beautifully designed, Hogwarts is amazing and the open world is really pretty... and that's about it what this game has to offer. It has some of the stalest combat I've seen in a game, the open world is pretty, but empty and it's really doesn't reward you at all for exploring it. The story is very boring and your choices don't impact the story. When you're not doing their quests, your "friends" ignore you like the wind, so it's a very lonely game, while as a long time Harry Potter fan, I always imagine Hogwarts to be warm and that it would give you a feeling of home. This game makes you feel like an alien in this castle.

    Side quests are incredibly boring, unrewarding and tedious, I really could not be arsed to do any sidequests outside of Sebastian's. It at most 40 hours of content, which is far from enough for a game I spent 70€ on. Biggest disappointment of the year. Not to mention that on PC it barely is able to run, doesn't matter if you have a 4090 or a 2070, this game has lag spikes like no other, it's like you're watching a slideshow.    … Expand
  11. bluetomato
    Feb 9, 2023
    3
    I wanted to like this game. I enjoyed the Harry Potter movies and love open world games. The graphics is also amazing in his game, love the Ray tracing mode. So, why the low score? Not sure I can put my finger on any specific thing, generally I was bored.

    Some factors are the never ending tutorials and hand holding. Way too many dialogues. Even though it's and open world game, each task    I wanted to like this game. I enjoyed the Harry Potter movies and love open world games. The graphics is also amazing in his game, love the Ray tracing mode. So, why the low score? Not sure I can put my finger on any specific thing, generally I was bored.

    Some factors are the never ending tutorials and hand holding. Way too many dialogues. Even though it's and open world game, each task is very linear. Too many puzzles. The story is a big yawn, childish and unmemorable. I feel the game is aimed at children, the movies were darker and had more depth to them, reaching kids and adults alike. The battles were also very monotone. Same thing over and over. And beating the enemies has about the same depth as popping a balloon. They have no character, and I did not like the attack pattern involving teleporting in right next to you all the time. A safe gift for your child I guess...    … Expand
  12. dASHKO
    Feb 24, 2023
    3
    The most boring game ever. Empty open world, stupid plot, senseless dialogues, boring and unlikeble characters. Monotonous battle system. Many bugs and bad optimization. This is a 3D Hogwarts excursion, but not a game.
  13. clay_bort
    Feb 24, 2023
    3
    I really wanted to love this game, but as time goes on I never find myself wanting to play it and when I do play it I find myself wanting to do something else. This won’t be the case for everybody so let me lay out what was disappointing and enjoyable to me personally:

    The good: -atmosphere is incredible -combat is fun, satisfying, and engaging -music is both original and reminiscent of    I really wanted to love this game, but as time goes on I never find myself wanting to play it and when I do play it I find myself wanting to do something else. This won’t be the case for everybody so let me lay out what was disappointing and enjoyable to me personally:

    The good: -atmosphere is incredible
    -combat is fun, satisfying, and engaging
    -music is both original and reminiscent of the original HP score
    -no game breaking bugs
    -riding the broom is f’n sweet

    The bad:
    -frame rate issues on fidelity mode
    -constant pop-in on performance and fidelity mode
    -constant fade to black and loading creating disengagement -piss poor story (couldn’t care less about what happens for whatever reason or to who)
    -NPCs/characters are as robotic and lifeless as anything I’ve ever encountered
    -the open world provides little to no reason to explore it outside of hardline quest objectives
    -every combat situation can be solved the same way -holds your hand all the way through as if you’ve never played a video game
    -level locked areas that provide no reason for being restricted other than *you’re not a high enough level*
    -can only attack designated *enemies* -UI is needlessly convoluted (small gripe)

    Overall, the game is basically assassins creed with a wand and broom at Hogwarts. If you like AC you’ll like this, if you hate AC (like me) you’ll hate it. I could care less about the controversy surrounding the game (obvi, because I bought it) I just straight up didn’t find it fun or engaging overall. It doesn’t bring anything new to the table from a mechanical perspective and lacks charm from a character and storytelling perspective.    … Expand
  14. JcThegoat
    Feb 10, 2023
    1
    boring game cant even kill npcs the map is very empty and dull the sxhool is alright at best movements is weird combat is mid
  15. Mng32140
    Jul 16, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mano esse jogo e uma bosta o modo online e um lixo nos consoles e traz uma gameplay horrível … Expand
  16. Lemelin
    Aug 19, 2023
    1
    Zu kurz, Rätsel zu leicht und mindestens 2 Schwierigkeitsgrade zu wenig, also zu leicht. Nur wegen dem Namen gibt es keine extra Punkte.
  17. EllieDoodles
    Feb 15, 2023
    0
    Managed to play a friend's copy of the game for an hour or so, and was immediately underwhelmed for how gassed up this game was. The mediocre RPG mechanics aren't enough to convince me to look past the lobotomized NPCs and framerate dips. Very glad I decided not to purchase it for myself.
  18. Legendb2015
    Mar 31, 2023
    0
    I used to have this game, Hogwarts Legacy Digital Deluxe Edition, on Xbox, until Xbox banned my whole gamertag 15+ year old account with over $10k in digital games, movies, tv series, dlc all for something I posted in a GAME REVIEW yet they cant quote me as to what exactly I said and respond to my BBB complaint with "we have no obligation to provide evidence" when I violate their fragileI used to have this game, Hogwarts Legacy Digital Deluxe Edition, on Xbox, until Xbox banned my whole gamertag 15+ year old account with over $10k in digital games, movies, tv series, dlc all for something I posted in a GAME REVIEW yet they cant quote me as to what exactly I said and respond to my BBB complaint with "we have no obligation to provide evidence" when I violate their fragile "TOS". The multi-billion dollar business has no obligation to provide valid evidence for something so permanent as a PERMAMENT SUSPENSION FROM ACCESSING ANY OF YOUR PAID FOR CONTENT ON THEIR SYSTEM?!?! The thing is...you CANT leave any real hateful comments and cuss words in reviews or XBOX doesn't even even save them, just blanks it out like you didn't type anything at all. Also I would've never said anything that warrants this kind of permament suspension, at worst I was talking crap on EAs Sims 4 predatory gaming practices of cutting a main game up and selling it to you in 20-$40 "game & expansion packs". So the suspension is complete BS, groups of circle jerks can get together and report something you typed as offensive and it auto-bans you and some lame gamer on a power-trip volunteering for their "ambassador" program (more circle jerks with fragile egos) reviews the ban and appeal. Boycott Xbox, they don't deserve your money with their "woke" parenting of even the lamest of things like GAME REVIEWS. I literally cant even sign into my account to access offline content, its ALL GONE thanks to an Abusive system MS lets auto-handle, the first miss steps of "AI". Buyers BEWARE.… Expand
  19. 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 looks terrible on Xbox series X
  20. mgedik
    Feb 19, 2023
    0
    We are paying same money but getting less content. If you want to make console exc content charge it accordingly.
  21. borgaborga
    Feb 24, 2023
    0
    not a very good game. Combat get boring real quick. not a lot of spells and most of them are not even for combat. Wizard game and you can not even be dark wizard because game has linear and boring story. don't buy
  22. Katzena
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    Trans rights matter. Dont buy this trash game. Support your trans homies. Buy another game instead.
  23. sex69
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    A story like you've seen it somewhere. ordinary story. ordinary characters. Sleepy characters and content. Why did you set the time period to England in the 20th century? It's boring.
  24. Inuyasha1
    Mar 4, 2023
    0
    끊김이 너무 심하고 렉이 너무 심합니다. 발적화가 심하네요;
  25. Antoniods
    May 21, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Questo gioco bla bla è molto bello, è bello come il sole, ma dove , fanno magie buggatissime.… Expand
  26. GOTYEldenRing1
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    최적화에 실패해버린 게임....... 좀 최적화좀 해줬으면 좋겠음; 그래픽카드가 좋은데도 렉이 심각해서 드드드 거리네요;
  27. Minerva_
    Feb 8, 2023
    0
    0 points...(which would have been 10 because the prologue is great) its stuttering like **** hell, huge frame drops, freezing, my 12700k and 3070 TI can't avoid stuttering every 2 minutes, even with VRAM and RAM the game has serious problems, it consumes 59gb of my 64gb ram 6000mhz, its ****
  28. Malefix
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Boring game with a stupid combat-system. Take out the background hogwarts an the hype would be gone.
  29. 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
  30. ExWinterS
    Feb 14, 2023
    0
    Non ci sono le romance. Mancanza molto grave secondo me, ma parlo a nome di tutti. E apprendere che gli sviluppatori non le hanno messe solo perché gli scoccia, aggrava la situazione ancora di più.
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#23 Best Xbox Series X Game of 2023
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#5 Most Discussed Xbox Series X Game of 2023

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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Riot Pixels
    Jun 18, 2023
    60
    Hogwarts Legacy is a great adventure, but only for those Harry Potter fans who rarely play video games.
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  2. KeenGamer
    Apr 3, 2023
    65
    Hogwarts Legacy is littered with small niggles which, when stacked together, make the game feel like it was released over a decade ago. While the castle is a large enough area to explore, the monotony of repeating quests and tasks makes the game feel last-generation and boring over time. Hogwarts Legacy could already use some DLC's in order to expand the size of the world, add more complex spells, and introduce a wider array of enemies. If you are a power-nerd looking for a new and complete RPG, you will have to wait for Star Wars: Jedi Survivor, coming in April 2023. While most critics agree that Hogwarts Legacy is near perfect, due to the incomplete feeling of the game and lack of a solid story arc, it feels more Muggle than magic.
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  3. IGN Brasil
    Mar 10, 2023
    85
    Hogwarts Legacy is an extremely fun adventure, despite having some graphic and narrative difficulties. In the vast open world, which makes it possible to explore popular locations and live like a typical Hogwarts student, you will face interesting challenges in the path of unraveling the main mystery of the game. Even though it's an exciting adventure, even a muggle like me manages, at a certain point, to miss a greater magic to deliver everything that the fans expected.
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